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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b>Please see the following announcement from FEF! This would be a great opportunity for any of you interested in potentially going to AFS Show/Conference this year or any other activities! Please let me know if you
are interested!</b><br>
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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Beginning today, FEF will accept grant requests of up to $2,000 per AFS Student Chapter per school year to help advance their role as brand ambassadors of metalcasting
for young minds.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;">With the support of a generous donor, FEF has created a fund to assist AFS Student Chapters; they can utilize the funds to help further their efforts to increase interest
in the field of metalcasting at FEF-supported institutions. AFS is partnering with FEF on evaluating requests, coordinating student chapter officers and their advisors, and promoting this fund.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;">The requesting process includes filling out a one-page application
<u>and</u>, following the completion of the project, submitting a one to two paragraph report explaining what was done, the results, and what the funds were spent on.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;">More specific information is available
<a href="http://fefinc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=252" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
here</a>, as well as the <a href="http://fefinc.org/afs-student-chapter-grant-application.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
application form</a>.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;">On Friday, we will also be sending this email to the list of chapter officers we have as well as the 2017 CIC student attendees.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0;"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Thanks,</span></font></b></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Colin</b><br>
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