<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hello and Happy New Year!</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">I am writing in regards to a new program
we are in the process of putting together here at the <a href="mailto:mail@vancouverheritagefoundation.org">Vancouver Heritage Foundation.</a> Our goal is to create a Heritage Kit for Schools in Vancouver to enhance
place-based culturally diverse learning and local community engagement in the
classroom. This school kit will be an addition to our heritage study guide for
schools to further our goals of increasing student's knowledge of local
heritage places and history. You can view our Heritage Study Guide for schools <a href="https://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/learn-with-us/heritage-study-guide-for-schools/">here.</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We’re reaching out to inquire about any
objects you might have to donate to our Heritage for Schools kit. We hope to
include small light-weight items such as day-to-day objects, kitchen
tools, old technology, toys, photos, postcards, newspapers etc.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Please let us know if you had any items
of this type to donate. All items in the kit will be credited to the
organizations they were donated from. We would love to know about the
provenance of the items and any stories you may have associated to their histories.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">A VHF representative is able to pick up
items in the Lower Mainland between now and the summer months. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);">If you have any questions please contact: Lyla Asmat, <a href="mailto:lyla@vancouverheritagefoundation.org" target="_blank">lyla@vancouverheritagefoundation.org</a>, 778-984-2786.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Thank you!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Lyla</p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Lyla Asmat</b></div><div><b>Heritage Resources Assistant</b></div><div>Vancouver Heritage Foundation</div><div>604-264-9642 #302</div><div><br></div><div>Suite 402 - 510 West Hastings Street</div><div>Vancouver BC V6B 1L8</div><div><a href="http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org" target="_blank">www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org</a></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com" target="_blank">twitter.com</a> / @vanheritage</div><div><a href="http://facebook.com" target="_blank">facebook.com</a> / TheVancouverHeritageFoundation</div><div>Instagram / @VancouverHeritageFdn</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>