<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It's that time of year!  Enrollment & Student Success is coordinating the campus' decades old tradition of </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adopt-a-Friend</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, our annual gift giving campaign. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-4846844863562068272gmail-docs-internal-guid-86537f05-7fff-cfbb-f0fc-d08eddb6a0c9"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This year we are excited to announce that we will be doing campus wide fundraisers to support the Adopt-a-Friend program. This program helps provide gifts for local kids in need during the holidays. Traditionally we have given names of children to a volunteer, who bought individual gifts for each kid. However, we have found that not every kid was getting a volunteer or the same overall experience. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">So to help this, we have launched our Adopt-a-Friend campaign. We will be collecting money at various events (see below), taking walk-in donations at 4 different sites, and forming a small shopping crew to help buy the items, making this service a true cardinal community service event. Details are below on how you can help. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our goal is $3,000 and every bit helps.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Every dollar over that amount will be put toward Market 32 gift cards for additional local families in need.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Upcoming Events:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">October 31st:</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Pie an Administrator</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> in Amite Plaza from 11-2</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><b>October 31st - November 16th:</b> Raffle for <i>Get Out of a Parking Ticket </i>passes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date TBD:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Drive a Cop Car</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (more to come on this!)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you would like to donate, cash or check contributions can be made via:</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lyndsey Lafountain (</span><a href="mailto:lbech001@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lbech001@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) in ESS - Kehoe 610</span></font></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">James Sherman (</span><a href="mailto:sher9195@plattsburgh.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">sher9195@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">) in Campus Housing & Community Living - Whiteface 122</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">Center for Student Involvement - ACC 106</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">Directly through CAS - Clinton Dining Hall</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thank you for your continued involvement in this program over the years!</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><img src="cid:ii_lo8rng7u0" alt="Fundraising Goal $3,000.jpg" width="407" height="542"><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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