<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">FYI.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from My IPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Simone Cooper <simcoop10@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> October 4, 2022 at 7:56:30 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Martin N <martinelson1@verizon.net>, Marsha <marshaRlevy@gmail.com>, eleanorchilds1911@gmail.com, Everypraise43@gmail.com, Denice Brown <dbrown8827@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Upcoming Event: "Explore the Plants of the Wissahickon"</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hello everyone, </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I just wanted to inform you about an event that I'm having, which is sponsored by The Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers. Please read below and please share with others. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"Explore the Plant of the Wissahickon" was designed with the blind and visually impaired in mind.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This will be </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">a first-hand experience of the</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> diversity of forest plants and some of their defining characteristics.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">First there will be a short indoor session introducing some of the plants of the Wissahickon, focusing on the use of texture, smell, and shape as keys to plant identification.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> Then there will be a </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">short hike to put this knowledge into practice, examining plants as we follow a gravel road and a paved trail along a small stream to the Wissahickon Creek. See details below.</span><br><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><u>EVENT DETAILS:</u></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Date:</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Thursday, October 20 (rain date on Thursday, November 3)</span><br><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Time:</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> 10:00am - 12:00pm (if using CCT, please make your ride for 12:30pm)</span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><b>Location:</b> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Historic Rittenhousetown, located at 208 Lincoln Drive, near the intersection of Lincoln Drive and Wissahickon Avenue.</span><br><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">Cost:</b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> A donation of any dollar amount of your choosing</span><br><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">Deadline:</b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> RSVP by Monday, October 17 at 5:00pm</span><br><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><br></i></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>Optional-</i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">Following the exploration event, a few of us will have lunch at Olive Garden located at 83 City Ave., Bala Cynwyd 19004, located in the Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center. Everyone will be responsible for their own meal. If you would like to attend, please let me know so I can reserve your seat.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><i>THANK YOUR TO OUR SPONSOR - </i></span></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This exploration is sponsored by the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers, a community-based organization that carries out ecological restoration in the Philadelphia section of the Wissahickon Valley.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Thank you,</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Simone Cooper</span></font></div></div></div>
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