Avoiding Consumer Problems on the Internet Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:00 am - 1:00 pm CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue , Ithaca, NY 14850-3555 In this Consumer Issues program, Mike Danaher, NYS Assistant Attorney General, will explore ways for consumers to protect their identity, financial accounts, and personal information, and what they can do to resolve problems should they occur.  Then from 12:00-1:00pm, he will then take questions that have been submitted via the Zoom chat box.  YouTube OptionDon't have Zoom? You also may view this presentation (but not submit questions) live-streamed on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQB1tQzDOMmw1kzPkgM-NEwPresentations are videotaped for broadcast on Public Access Channel 15 on Mondays at 7:00 am, 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm.Setting Up Zoom:To download and install the Zoom Application: Go to https://zoom.us/download and from the Download Center, click on the Download button under “Zoom Client For Meetings”. This application will automatically download when you start your first Zoom Meeting, but installing before class is a good idea.Once the download is complete, proceed with installing the Zoom application onto your computer.Once Zoom is installed, click on the emailed Zoom link to begin viewing the class in Zoom FREE! ========================================= Farm to School Geographic Preference Bid Opening Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Tompkins County Farm To SchoolFresh Fruit, Vegetable and Meat Geographic Preference BidJanuary 1st, 2021- June 18th, 2021Tompkins County Child Nutrition departments work to provide the highest quality meals to their students, understanding that school meals are an essential component of student health, well-being, and future success. Tompkins County Farm to School works to connect k-12 schools with local food providers to improve student nutrition, provide agriculture and nutrition education opportunities, and support local and regional farmers. Child Nutrition departments are also striving to achieve this by working with vendors who can cultivate relationships with various types of local farmers that canprovide local products to our districts. Geographic Preference is a credit system designed to help local providers by awarding the bidder with the highest geographic preference percentage points a 10% credit on the bid price for a given product.Geographic preference is based on price, location, food safety, and distribution capabilities. Geographic Preference bids will take place at the beginning of each spring and fall.Join by zoom at https://cornell.zoom.us/j/93773632831?pwd=OU1NYXN... Chloe Boutelle, ceb367@cornell.edu, (607) 272-2292 ext. 152 ========================================= Partnerships for Transformative Change in a Time of Mounting Crises: Covid19, systemic racism, economic disruption, and the climate emergency Monday, December 14, 2020 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Ithaca College, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, Sustainable Tompkins, and Building Bridges, is pleased to invite campus sustainability professionals and their community partners to a virtual discussion series exploring the campus-community relationship.We are now offering part two of the three-part series, titled Partnerships for Transformative Change in a Time of Mounting Crises: Covid19, systemic racism, economic disruption, and the climate emergency.Partnerships for Transformative Change will take place Monday,December 14th at 3 PM over Zoom. Registration is now open. Registration and additional information can be found here.In the face of our four current crises - COVID-19, systemic racism, economic disruption, and the climate emergency - we must begin reaching across silos to addressour shared challenges. In this discussion, we’ll explore what it means to be in a community and how to leverage our collective power for progress across the crises. While entirely virtual, this discussion will be heavily participatory, with all participants asked to engage in break-out rooms and group dialogue. Campus and municipal sustainability staff are encouraged to attend and consider inviting local community partners. Partnerships for Transformative Change is part of the Campus to Community: Leveraging Power to Create Community-Wide Change series, which addresses campus and community relationships and interdependence. FREE Guillermo Metz, gm52@cornell.edu, (607) 272-2292 ext. 185 ========================================= 2020 Annual Meeting & Strategic Planning Session Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:00 am - 10:30 am Tompkins County residents are invited to share their priorities for local extension programming at the 2020 Annual Meeting & Strategic Planning Session of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County to be held online via Zoom on Tuesday, December 15th from 9:00-10:30am. The meeting is free and all are welcome to attend. In past years, our Annual Meeting has featured a breakfast buffet of local foods; 2020 guests are invited to enjoy a “BYO-Breakfast” at home during Zoom welcoming remarks, a brief vote on board officers, and a short presentation of work accomplished in 2020 including efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees then will join smaller breakout rooms to share their thoughts on community needs going forward and ways that CCE-Tompkins can structure its work to help address them. Board and staff members at CCE-Tompkins now are developing the strategic plan that will guide our organization’s work over the coming 5 years and your input on community needs and responses will determine the direction our programs will take.There will be other opportunities for residents to share their goals for our communities and to provide feedback on CCE-Tompkins’ work. Those who are unable to attend the December 15th Annual Meeting but who wish to participate at a later date are asked to email tompkins@cornell.edu so that we may contact you when other dates are scheduled. Please direct questions about the 2020 Annual Meeting or additional discussion sessions to Sandy at sjr37@cornell.edu . FREE! Sandy Repp, sjr37@cornell.edu, 607-272-2292 ext 158 ========================================= CLOSED for the Holidays Wednesday, December 23, 2020 8:30 am - 4:30 pm CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue , Ithaca, NY 14850-3555 The offices of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County will be closed for the Holidays. ========================================= CLOSED for the Holidays Thursday, December 24, 2020 8:30 am - 4:30 pm CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue , Ithaca, NY 14850-3555 The offices of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County will be closed for the Holidays. ========================================= CLOSED for the Holidays Friday, December 25, 2020 8:30 am - 4:30 pm CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue , Ithaca, NY 14850-3555 The offices of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County will be closed for the Holidays. =========================================