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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>From Allen Parlier …<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Share the news! <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Our Central Park Neighborhood Youth Group called Closer to Earth Youth Gardens will receive 5% of all sales at the OKC Whole Foods Market this Wednesday, April 8th !</span> <span style='color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>This is our neighborhood non-profit youth group supporting at-risk youth to help themselves and their community to make healthier choices and become environmental advocates! YOU can help our youth and yourself by shopping at Whole Foods on Wednesday, April 8th. We will have a table there so you can meet some of our youth. <span style='color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>The CPNA started this Closer to Earth youth group in 2007 in partnership with Harding Fine Arts Academy. Youth enter C2E doing school or court required community service and when finished can apply to be a paid garden trainee to work with other youth. These are the youth taking care of the Shartel Medians from 30th to 33rd and ten organic greenspaces (former vacant lots) in Central Park. <br>Closer to Earth has been coordinating the composting of the food waste from the OKC Whole Foods store since opening in October of 2011. This large scale composting supports our greenspaces in Central Park and our urban farm called CommonWealth Urban Farms. <br>If you want to know more.... see <a href="http://Closertoearth.org/">Closertoearth.org</a> or <a href="http://Commonwealthurbanfarms.com/">Commonwealthurbanfarms.com</a> or come by Whole Foods this Wednesday ! <br>You can begin Earth Month by buying some Whole Foods and helping our neighborhood youth! <br><br>Thanks,<br>Allen Parleir, Coordinator<br>Closer to Earth Youth Gardens<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>