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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We are giving <u>free, one hour tours</u> of the Turlock Community Gardens (TCG) this academic year for all CSUS
<u>students, faculty, and staff</u> <span style="color:black">starting this month.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Please encourage your students to attend a tour possibly by offering extra credit.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Registration is required here:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/csustours"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/csustours</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We hope to increase awareness amongst the CSUS community about community gardens, organic gardening, composting, drip irrigation, and sustainable urban agriculture.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The community garden is at 4105 Crowell Ave (behind the church), 2 blocks north of campus. TCG is a local nonprofit set up to establish community gardens in Turlock.
</span><a href="https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If you have any questions, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks for your help and please pass this message on to others!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Julia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(Thanks to a campus grant from the Office of Service Learning that is supporting this TCG student ambassador/tour guide.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#464646">Turlock Community Gardens:</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#464646"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TurlockCommunityGardens"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.facebook.com/TurlockCommunityGardens</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#464646"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Julia T. Sankey, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Professor, Paleobiology/Geology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sustainability Faculty Fellow, Council for Sustainable Futures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">209-667-3090; </span><a href="mailto:JSankey@csustan.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">JSankey@csustan.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.csustan.edu/geology/sankey"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.csustan.edu/geology/sankey</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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