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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: black; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm">In honour of Robert Bateman's 90th birthday this year, The Bateman Foundation is proud to be launching Sketch Across Canada - a national outreach campaign bringing
free sketchbooks to Canadians. We are looking to connect with organizations that are interested in coming on board as free sketchbook collection point in their commununity. Please contact Steph Meine for more information on the project - steph.meine@batemanfoundation.org
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