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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(Apologies in advance for cross posting!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:red;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Come, Let us Celebrate!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Friends of the <st1:place w:st="on">Forest</st1:place>
Preserves’ <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Victory Celebration and Prairie <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Tours</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:
0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Saturday, September 16<sup>th</sup>, 3-8 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:
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w:st="on"><b><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>Theodore</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:
bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Stone</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Forest</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>
Preserve, Hodgkins<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:
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w:st="on"><b><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>67<sup>th</sup> Street</span></font></b></st1:address></st1:Street><b><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>
just east of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">LaGrange Road</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Please RSVP via e-mail to <a
href="mailto:alice@fotfp.org" title="mailto:alice@fotfp.org"><font color=red
title="mailto:alice@fotfp.org"><span title="mailto:alice@fotfp.org"><span
title="mailto:alice@fotfp.org"><span style='color:red'>alice@fotfp.org</span></span></span></font></a>
or 312-696-0070<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Suggested Donation $10<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>Not already a member? Come and join at the Picnic at the $20
level!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>You are invited to a festive day of celebrating the return of
greatness to our<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>forest preserves. Friends of the Forest Preserves celebrates its 8th
year as the only<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>organization focused entirely on the Forest Preserve District of
Cook County.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>We celebrate our big win at Theodore Stone Forest Preserve. See the
disgraceful<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>“<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Apathy</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Canyon</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>” (1,000 feet
long and as much as 20 feet deep) before it is gone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>forever. This sad monument to decades of neglect is becoming a
rallying cry for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>the new “can do” spirit of the District and its
supporters. We stopped the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>stormwater dumping and helped save the globally-rare dolomite
prairie, which is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>being lovingly restored by stewardship volunteers. Come and see it
all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>We’ll have a picnic with prairie tours led by site stewards
(and local experts!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>George and Barbara Birmingham. We’ll bring the beer, wine,
chicken and burgers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>(real and veggie). Please pitch in a side dish to share. We hope
you’ll join us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>Friends Board Members and Staff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Benjamin Cox</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Executive Director</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Friends of the <st1:place w:st="on">Forest</st1:place>
Preserves</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>205 <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">W. Monroe St.</st1:address></st1:Street>, 4th Floor</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
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yes'>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">60606-5006</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>o. 312-696-0070</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>c. 773-398-1178</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="mailto:benjamin@fotfp.org">benjamin@fotfp.org</a></span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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