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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here’s the most recent listing of funding opportunities available in conjunction with the UA Foundation GIFT Center. Hopefully you or your colleagues will find some value here. Those of you who have worked with the GIFT Center know them to be helpful and professional. If you haven’t considered these opportunities, this might be a good time to check them out. Let us know if we can support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ann Stevens<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Associate Director of Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PO Box 210036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-7883 office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-349-3824 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-1394 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu">giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu]">[mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>GIFT Center News<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> giftcenternews<br><b>Subject:</b> [GIFTCenterNews] GIFT Center Alert 08.31.11 [85]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=981 height=139 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBBE10.4B18ECF0" alt=Alert><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>After reviewing specific grant opportunity guidelines, contact the GIFT Center with any further questions, <a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu">GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu</a>. If a good fit is determined and you are interested in submitting a charitable grant request, please also contact your unit’s development office. Note that appropriate routing for some opportunities may be UA Sponsored Projects Services and/or the VP for Research and Graduate Studies. If routing is most appropriate through the GIFT Center please remember that the GIFT Center requires three days prior to the mailing deadline to review a charitable grant proposal; electronic proposals and those with signature requirements require a week. To initiate review before your submission, send a draft proposal and funder guidelines to your GIFT Center contact (if applicable) and to <a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu">GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Internal</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ABCD Advanced Graduate Fellowship in Complex Diseases<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: October 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for a 1-year Advanced Graduate Fellowship in line with its mission of fostering trans-disciplinary research on complex diseases (e.g., asthma, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases) at UA. The fellowship will provide one year of stipend ($21,180) and tuition for a UA graduate student to perform cutting-edge, trans-disciplinary research on complex disease-related themes. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: email Donata Vercelli, M.D. at <a href="mailto:donata@arc.arizona.edu">donata@arc.arizona.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Grants<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=5 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image003.png@01CC67E7.F1C64170" alt="http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/images/spacer.gif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: September 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The foundation is dedicated to the goal of increasing economic literacy throughout the United States. The Foundation provides grants to programs with national impact that address the following issues: raising the public's participation in economic education and creating a demand for greater economic literacy; encouraging measurement of economic understanding; developing the application of new strategies for teaching economics, including online instruction; and helping disenfranchised youth or young adults with children learn to participate in the economic system. The average grant is approximately $22,000, however grants as small as $3,500 and as large as $150,000 have been made.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.kazanjian.org/grants">http://www.kazanjian.org/grants</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>LGBTQ Community Awareness Education<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Deadline: September 23, 2011</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The LGBT-Straight Alliance Fund provides grants up to $5,000 to organizations in southern Arizona working in one of their focus areas. One point of interest for the Alliance Fund is educating both the larger community and the LGBTQ community to promote inclusion, health and well-being. Examples might include: educating people about LGBTQ issues, including broad issues such as gender expression; educating students (high school and college), teachers, and school administrators about LGBTQ issues; educating the LGBTQ community about being philanthropic; and educating social service providers about LGBTQ issues. The Fund also has a Queer Youth initiative that funds projects from $500 to $4,000. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information: <a href="http://alliancefund.org/news.htm#grant-req2012SafariHTML\Shell\Open\Command">http://alliancefund.org/news.htm#grant-req2012SafariHTML\Shell\Open\Command</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Verizon Foundation Grants</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Deadline: October 16, 2011 <br>The Verizon Foundation makes grants in the following areas: 1) Education, 2) Literacy, 3) Domestic Violence Prevention, 4) Healthcare and Accessibility, and 5) Internet Safety. There is no specific maximum grant amount, but average grants range from $5,000 - $10,000.<br>For more information: <a href="http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml">http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>American Health Assistance Foundation - <a name="NGR_apply"></a>National Glaucoma Research Grants<br></span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: October 26, 2011<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Funding of up to $100,000 over two years will be awarded to U.S. as well as international researchers pursuing pioneering research on glaucoma.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=5 id="Picture_x0020_30" src="cid:image003.png@01CC67E7.F1C64170" alt="http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/images/spacer.gif">For more information: <a href="http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/main.html">http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/main.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Parkinson's Disease Foundation - Funding for Conferences</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Deadline:</b> November 1, 2011<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 are available for conferences to address emerging issues in Parkinson's disease therapy advancement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.pdf.org/en/media_pr/release/pr_1314214162">http://www.pdf.org/en/media_pr/release/pr_1314214162</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Central Arizona Project Charitable Contributions</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>Deadline: November 1, 2011 <br>Central Arizona Project (CAP) makes grants up to $5,000 in the areas of water education and the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.cap-az.com/PublicInformation/CharitableContributions.aspx">http://www.cap-az.com/PublicInformation/CharitableContributions.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public-Private Partnership to Connect Latin American Performing Artists with U.S. Audiences</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Deadline: February 10, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The <i>Southern<b> </b>Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America</i> program will provide<b> g</b>rants of up to $25,000 to consortia of nonprofits and local government agencies working to present performances by Latin American dance, music, and theater artists and ensembles in the United States and its territories.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=5 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image003.png@01CC67E7.F1C64170"></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/Southern_Exposure/index.html">http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/Southern_Exposure/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Earthwatch Institute</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>Deadline: ongoing<br>Earthwatch funds scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment. Their four Research Areas are 1) Ecosystem Services, 2) Climate Change, 3) Oceans, and 4) Cultural Heritage. Their average project grant range is between $17,000 and $51,000 for a full field season, dependent on the number of participating Earthwatch volunteers. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.earthwatch.org/aboutus/research/scientistopps/reqresprop">http://www.earthwatch.org/aboutus/research/scientistopps/reqresprop</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Brain and Behavior Research Fund - NARSAD Young Investigator Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: September 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Up to $30,000 per year will be awarded to promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research. Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported, but research must be relevant to serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://bbrfoundation.org/?q=node/124/apply_for_grants/124">http://bbrfoundation.org/?q=node/124/apply_for_grants/124</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>International Reading Association – Research Grants & Fellowships</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: November 1, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Elva Knight Research Grant provides up to $8,000 for research in reading and literacy. Other awards available as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants.aspx">http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kress Foundation - Art History Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: November 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art provide $22,500-per-year for a two-year research appointment in association with select foreign host institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=52">http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=52</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lake Institute on Faith and Giving - Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Deadline: January 31, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at the Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University will provide a fellowship stipend of $22,000 for the final year of dissertation writing by a Ph.D. candidate at a U.S. graduate school whose primary research focus is in the area of religion and philanthropy or faith and giving.<br><b><img border=0 width=1 height=5 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image003.png@01CC67E7.F1C64170"></b>For more information: <a href="http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/LakeFamilyInstitute/offerings.aspx">http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/LakeFamilyInstitute/offerings.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></b></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Visit the GIFT Center </span></b><a href="http://uafoundation.org/information/faculty_staff/grantseeking/giftcenter/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>online</span></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You received this message because you opted in to the GIFT Center News listserv. 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