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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="6"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:34.0px'><B>15th Annual BUY NOTHING DAY </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Palatino"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'> <BR>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="6"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:32.0px'><B>WINTER COAT EXCHANGE <BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'>If you have a coat to give, please drop it off.<BR>
If you need a coat, please pick one up.<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24.0px'> FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 10-2PM</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:32.0px'> <BR>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24.0px'> State House lawn </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>(directly across from Providence Place mall) <BR>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:34.0px'> </SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>rain location </SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'>St Johns Cathedral </SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:34.0px'> </SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>271 N Main St Providence</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:34.0px'> <BR>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24.0px'><B>Pawtucket Visitors Center,</B></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:28.0px'> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>175 Main St.</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'>Pawtucket<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>On November 26th 2010 – the busiest day in the American retail calendar and the unofficial start of the international Christmas-shopping season – thousands of activists and concerned citizens in 65 countries will take a 24-hour consumer detox as part of the annual Buy Nothing Day, a global phenomenon that originated in Vancouver, Canada. Some see it as an escape from the marketing mind games and the frantic consumer binge that has come to characterize the holiday season, and our culture in general. Others use it to expose the environmental and ethical consequences of over-consumption. In Providence as part of International Buy Nothing Day, we hold a winter coat exchange on the lawn of the State House directly across from Providence Place mall. In Pawtucket the transfer of coats takes place at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center. Events are also held at 4 other locations in Rhode Island. There are many partners for this event: community organizations, places of worship, civic, and environmental groups. Volunteers are needed to help with this life-affirming event.<BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'><B><U>Contact information</U></B>:<B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'>Providence </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Greg Gerritt: 331-0529; <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>gerritt@mindspring.com</U></FONT>; <BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Phil Edmonds: 461-3683; </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><U>philwhistle@gmail.com<BR>
</U></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'>Pawtucket - </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Arthur Pitt 724-8915; <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>kingarthur02940@yahoo.com</U></FONT> <BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'><B>Other participating locations <BR>
</B> <B> </B></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Newport</SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'> – St Paul's Church 12 West Marlborough St. 10 AM to Noon Maggie Bulmer <BR>
<B> </B>849-3537. <BR>
<B>Woonsocket</B> St Ann’s Arts and Cultural Center 84 Cumberland Street </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT FACE="Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Wally Rathbun <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>Stannartsctr@aol.com</U></FONT></FONT><U><FONT FACE="Palatino"> </FONT></U><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
<B>Wakefield </B>--St. Francis Church, 114 High Street, 10AM to noon Tom Abbott 364-0778<BR>
<B>Barrington</B> Bayside Family YMCA 70 West St Connie Ganley <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>mcganley@comcast.net<BR>
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on 9/27/11 7:17 PM, Emlyn Addison at noisyblocks@gmail.com wrote:<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT FACE="Palatino">What Greg said!<BR>
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Ditto. Heard about the coat exchange thing through the grapevine last year....love it.<BR>
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Emlyn<BR>
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