[Oe List ...] VOTE TODAY - JewEllsworth Trail funding

[Jean Long via OE]

Greetings Margaret -
Many miles we have trod since sharing a room at "Home Base" on the West
side.

We did this voting daily for a project here in Chicago - and the project
won.  There is still a way to tap the corporate to care for the local.

Take care,
Jean Long


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Tracy Longacre via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> I voted and I noticed that they say to vote "only once a day". So my
> friends, as they say in Chicago, vote early and vote often!
>
>    Tracy E. Longacre
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> On Aug 26, 2014, at 07:59 , Margaret Aiseayew via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> Dearest Friends,
>
> As some of you know, I currently serve as the pastor of the Ellsworth
> United Methodist Church.  We are struggling with many new initiatives to
> try and bring vitality back to our community.  We have formed a new
> community organization EAGLES (Ellsworth Association Giving Life, Energy
> and Service).  We have managed to paint the light poles on main street and
> get some flower baskets on them.  It doesn’t seem like much when all the
> sidewalks need repair and the water system needs millions of dollars of
> input to stop the basement flooding all over town and this list could go
> one and on.  Ellsworth is surrounded by rich farming land and the town
> itself is so poor that less than half of the residents have internet
> access.  This is why I am sending this on to all of you.
>
> A little three mile trail between Ellsworth and Jewell (the nearest town
> with a grocery story) has made it into this competition for a grant of
> $7,500 to pave the old railroad track into a bike trail.  People walk it
> all the time and it is not particularly safe.  It is a vote based
> competition and with a town so small and projects competing with us that
> have major organizations and huge communities behind them (also other ways
> to get the money they need) we have probably very small hope so I am
> sending this to everyone I know.  This is what I wrote to others on my
> lists:
>
> This is a unique opportunity for Jewell and Ellsworth to raise money for
> the bike trail.  We need this kind of sign that the world cares about our
> communities.  It would also be a boon to even the family that makes ice
> cream and sells it along the way.  I am asking all of you to forward this
> to anyone you might be able to convince to vote for us each day until
> September seventh.  We are such small communities in comparison to others
> in the running it is hard to believe that there might be hope for us.  It
> is also doubly difficult because the poverty of our communities means that
> less than half the residents have computer access in Ellsworth.
>
> Personally, I hate messages like this myself that lay one more burden on
> me, but I am asking you to consider doing all that you can.  Thanks in
> advance.  Hope springs eternal.  Margaret
>
>
> *From:* Josephine Fletchall [mailto:jvfletchall at live.com
> <jvfletchall at live.com>]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 25, 2014 7:29 AM
> *Subject:* FW: VOTE TODAY - JewEllsworth Trail funding
>
>
> I am forwarding this message from Diane Sinclair, member of the Hamilton
> County Conservation Board.
>
> *Support our Conservation Board and our county*.*    The trail would be a
> great asset for the Jewell/Ellsworth area.  Vote today and every day
> through Sept. 7.*
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>
> Subject: Fwd: VOTE TODAY - JewEllsworth Trail funding
> From: eaglesinclair2 at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:07:23 -0400
>
>
>
> Subject: VOTE TODAY - JewEllsworth Trail funding
>
>
> VOTING STARTS TODAY at www.Wellmark.com/75 <http://www.wellmark.com/75>
> Remember to vote for the JewEllsworth Trail $7,500 grant everyday thru
> September 7!!
>
> This Trail will connect the communities of Jewell and Ellsworth creating a
> 3.5 mile paved trail.
>
> Please be sure to share this project with fellow community members,
> friends and family. Remember public voting is one of four final factors
> Wellmark will use to determine the ten winners of $7,500. Only one vote per
> ISP address per day will be allowed – so vote every day!!
>
> Diane Sinclair
> Hamilton County Conservation Board
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