<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5720"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5931" style="" class="">Come join the YNC and run in the Blue Nose Marathon and raise funds for our organization!</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5930" style="" class=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5929" style="" class="">The Blue Nose Marathon Scotiabank Charity Challenge was launched in
2009 and has raised over $1,000,000 for hundreds of charities. Runners
can join a charity team, fundraise for them and then participate in any
of the races offered.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5928" style="" class=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5835" style="" class="">Running in the Blue Nose is VERY fun with a big encouraging crowd
cheering you on – plus you get a free marathon t-shirt and get to go to a
post-race event at the Forum. And running in the race is a great
opportunity to raise awareness about your favourite endangered species
that our face painter will help you promote!</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5833" style="" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5832" style="" class="">Our goal is to raise $3500 this year and you can help support us by either:</b></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5837" style="" class=""><b style="" class="">1. </b><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5836" style="" class="">Registering for one of the races and fundraising for the Young Naturalists Club </b><em id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5838" style="" class="">(you can run and fundraise by yourself or become a member of our “Nature Nuts” team that will participate in the Youth Run)</em></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8896" style="" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8895" style="" class="">2. </b><b style="" class="">Sponsoring a YNC runner or donating directly to the Young Naturalists Club </b></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8898" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8897" class="" style="text-decoration: underline;">Again we have 10 free registrations for racers who commit to fundraising for the Young Naturalists Club. </span>This year we are offering one free registration per family.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8899" style="" class=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8900" style="" class="">Fundraising is made easy by the use of the Bluenose Charity Challenge
website. You can create your own page and set your own fundraising
goals. It is easy to send emails inviting your friends and colleagues to
ask for their sponsorship.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8837" style="" class=""><br></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8836" style="" class="">We also will <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8868">give each race fundraiser a Lee Valley Pocket Nature
Guide if they get a friend or family member to sign up as race
fundraisers as well.</b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8835" style="" class=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8834" dir="ltr" style="" class="">AND we have some <b>great prizes for our biggest fundraisers!</b><br></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8841" style="" class="">SO…..</div>
<ul id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8843" style="" class=""><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8842" style="" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8867" style="" class="">If you or anyone in your family is interested in running and fundraising </b>for the Young Naturalists Club please contact Robin at <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8890" style="" class="" href="mailto:yncns@yahoo.ca">yncns@yahoo.ca</a> or call 902-455-5643.</li></ul>
<ul id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8845" style="" class=""><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8844" style="" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8866" style="" class="">If you want to donate to a runner or directly to the Young Naturalists Club:</b>
<ul id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8848" style="" class=""><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8847" style="" class=""><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8846" style="" class="" href="https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=2711694&langPref=en-CA#&panel1-3">Young Naturalists Club Scotiabank Charity Challenge Donation Page</a></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8865" style="" class="">Click on the <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8889" style="" class="">“Donate Now”</b> button</li><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8849" style="" class="">Fill out donation form and a tax receipt will be sent to you by email</li><li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8850" style="" class="">Thank you for your support!</li></ul>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_8851" style="" class=""> </div><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5793"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5716" class="signature"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5715" size="3"><br>______________________________________________<br><br><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5719">Robin Musselman, YNC Coordinator</b><br><br>Young Naturalists Club of Nova Scotia <br>1747 Summer Street. Halifax NS B3H 3A6<br>902-455-5643<br>website: <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429737701694_5718" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nature1st.net/ync">www.yncns.ca</a><br></font><font size="3">facebook: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/yncns">https://www.facebook.com/yncns</a><br><i><br>YNC motto "Young Naturalists Observe and Conserve"<br></i></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422369348063_8069" style="color:#008A39;"></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422369348063_8068" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#008A39;"><br><font color="#000000" size="1">Please consider the environment before printing this email</font></span></div></div></body></html>