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Save the Date!
Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair
Saturday December 3, 2011
10:00am - 6:00pm
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Holiday shoppers at a past Alternative Gift Fair
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The eighth annual Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair will take place on Saturday, December 3 at two adjacent locations in Dewitt Park: The First Baptist Church and the First Presbyterian Church.
The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair offers holiday shoppers a choice of gifts to honor family and friends while supporting charities and non-profit organizations in a festive atmosphere. Holiday shoppers browse displays and tables from over sixty local non-profit and social service agencies to donate to in a loved one's name.
How Does It Work?
Each organization that participates in the fair offers variously priced gifts that have a specific purpose. Gifts in the past have ranged from $5 to give a compact fluorescent light bulb to a local, rural household; $10 for a week of school, clothing and two meals a day for an orphan in Zambia; to $100 for a "Golden Opportunity" scholarship fund to help students remain successful in area schools. This year there will be over 300 offerings to choose from. For each donation, the giver receives a holiday card with a description of the organization and gift, and the organization to which your contribution is made gets 100% of your donation.
The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair is co-sponsored by the Center for Transformative Action and Tompkins Community Action.
For more information, please contact CTA at 607-255-9985 or ctaoffice@cornell.edu.
This year's participating organizations are:
Advocacy Center of Tompkins County; Akwesasne Freedom School (LACS); Ashraya Initiative for Children; Biosecience Resource Project; BJM Enrichment Program; Bob's Fund, Brooktondale Community Center; Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes; Catholic Charities; Cayuga Dog Rescue; Cayuga Lake Watershed Network; Cayuga Nature Center; Community Dispute Resolution Center and many, many more. For a complete list of participating organizations, click here.
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CTA in the News
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This past month, CTA celebrated 40 years of peace & social justice work with a number of special events in Ithaca and at Cornell. We are grateful to Cornell Chronicle, Ithaca Times and WHCU for helping us publicize our events and our visiting guest, acclaimed artist Lily Yeh. The Ithaca Times also recently wrote a piece on Kirby Edmonds, the director of the Dorothy Cotton Institute, and his work in bringing human rights curriculum to local area schools. Read more at the following links: Ithaca Times: CTA Celebrating 40th Anniversary Ithaca Times: The Transformative Art of Lily Yeh
Cornell Chronicle: CTA Celebrates 40 Years as Catalyst for Social Change
Ithaca Times: Speakeasy: Kirby Edmonds Bringing Human Rights Workshops to Ithaca area Schools
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The Center for Transformative Action (CTA) helps to create communities that work for everyone. We do this by providing fiscal sponsorship to innovative social change agents in New York State, as well as financial, human resources, and grants management services. CTA is an educational non-profit organization affiliated with Cornell University.
Our Vision
We envision change makers everywhere engaging and strengthening the power of the heart to remake the world.
Our Mission
We are an alliance of individuals and organizations inspired by principles of nonviolence and committed to bold action for justice, sustainability, and peace. CTA supports change makers with the tools to build thriving, inclusive communities that work for everyone. We serve our projects, the public, and Cornell University by offering educational programs and strategic organizational resources.
Thank you for reading!
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