<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-2fe395c1-7fff-d419-8487-c25967cf2099" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.59996;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">***apologies for the cross-posting***</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.59996;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#1c1e21" face="Georgia"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Live in Chicago or plan or plan on visiting the city right before school starts? </span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.59996;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.59996;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We now have a partnership with the fabulous folx at the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thestopalong/?__cft__[0]=AZV4yGVAyo6jxY7YlOnrg8ZbAgvqSlvtxL0kEDDb98iGHhYTmJB1T5JkWnOHMJaFpoHiXJDpmKtmsoxnlvOgXJUz41JZT-2biV19n1xKU6_fhGhGQ0BkjGgaNfD3_qLMhxI&__tn__=kK-R" style="font-family:georgia,serif;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The StopAlong</span></a>, <font face="georgia, serif">who have </font><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">kindly offered a free meal to anyone who votes For Clemente HS at least five times.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.59996;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here are the rules:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.59996;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please vote every day until the contest ends on August 10th.                                                       </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">Take screenshots (you'll get an email confirmation once this is done)                                        </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">Email those five snaps to: <a href="mailto:robert@thestopalong.com">robert@thestopalong.com</a>                                                                       </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Voting is now</span><a href="https://www.heartofamerica.org/voting" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">linked.</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.59996;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.thestopalong.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The StopAlong</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is located at 1812 N. Milwaukee Avenue. They are a super family-friendly neighborhood spot offering up pizza and burgers, a full bar, and a classic arcade (think bright colors and retro toys and vintage lunch boxes and action heroes and comic books -- that 80s/90s pop culture still lands, btw). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.59996;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Learn more about Rob's work through his creation of the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thelovefridge/?__cft__[0]=AZV4yGVAyo6jxY7YlOnrg8ZbAgvqSlvtxL0kEDDb98iGHhYTmJB1T5JkWnOHMJaFpoHiXJDpmKtmsoxnlvOgXJUz41JZT-2biV19n1xKU6_fhGhGQ0BkjGgaNfD3_qLMhxI&__tn__=kK-R" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Love Fridge</span></a> whereby <span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>The Love Fridge is a Chicago-based initiative created to nourish our communities through mutual aid. Powered by kindness, generosity, and most importantly, love, Magiet and his team firmly believe that feeding oneself is not a privilege, but a right. Volunteers come from all over the city to place community fridges in collaboration with like-minded partners.</i> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.59996;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">Don't see a fridge on the <a href="https://www.thelovefridge.com/locations">map</a> in your community?  Learn more about how you can become a like-minded partner by helping to feed others by following the link(s) above.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:1.59996;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As Rob just told me, "Let's get this!"</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.800000190734863px"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><img alt="" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51qNO0IXDML._SX344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="66" height="96" style="max-width:240px;border:none;vertical-align:top;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:"Amazon Ember",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:center;max-height:346px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Currently Reading: <i>Ghost Boys </i>by Jewell Parker Rhodes</span><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Andie Townhouse, M.A., M.L.I.S., Library Director/</span><font face="georgia, serif">Pronouns: she / her /</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif">hers / ella/ ona/ </font>她 /<span style="font-family:inherit;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:rgb(248,249,250);font-size:24px;text-align:right;white-space:pre-wrap">هي</span><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1KExCYiwqC33dkcGxnrcEJIMeM3D4FEGi&export=download" width="96" height="40"></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#3d85c6" face="georgia, serif">Roberto Clemente Community Academy</font></b><br></div></div></div><font face="georgia, serif">tel: <a href="tel:(773)%20534-4000" value="+17735344000" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">773.534.4000</a><br>fax: <a href="tel:(773)%20534-4003" value="+17735344012" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">773.534.4003</a></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif">@: <a href="mailto:atownhouse@cps.edu" target="_blank">atownhouse@cps.edu</a></font></div><span style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif">web:<a href="http://goog_1333025299/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"> </a></font></span><font color="#3d85c6"><u><a href="http://rccachicago.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">www.rccachicago.org</font></a></u><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.800000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