Cheque made out to Historic Joy Kogawa House Society
Address to send cheque: 
Historic Joy Kogawa House
1450 West 64th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6P 2N4

<div style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px; margin: -30px -40px 30px; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.4px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'> </div><article style='box-sizing: border-box; display: block; border-bottom: double rgb(221, 221, 221); margin-bottom: 80px; padding: 30px 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.4px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">GIVE WRITERS A PLACE TO MEET AND SHARE STORIESGiving Tuesday is coming! On November 30, 2021, help support the writers who live and work at Historic Joy Kogawa House, one of Canada&#39;s most established author residencies and a meeting place for Vancouver writers.Who are we?Historic Joy Kogawa House is a gathering place for Vancouver&#39;s literary community. Our writing workshops and literary events connect local writers and readers with visiting writers who live at the heritage house while developing new work at critical points in their writing career. And our weekly Wednesday writing evenings are a place to write with other writers.<strong style='box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(14, 61, 228); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>Why do we need your help?Although we are partially funded by the provincial government for literary program, we still need to raise close to $15,000 annually to keep the house warm, lights on, wi-fi humming, and enhance our resident writers&#39; experience. Your donation will go directly towards month-to-month expenses as we weather the challenges of this pandemic and sustain existing programs and online resources.<strong style='box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(14, 61, 228); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>What do we do?We continue to adapt and find creative ways to support writers and writing throughout the current pandemic. And we have had some successes! Highlights from 2021 include:<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"><li>Hosting 9 writers-in-residence, from local poets to out-to-town playwrights to a dynamic pair of social activists writing through trauma and chronic pain</li><li>Offering 23 engaging and informative writing workshops and literary events</li><li>Paying artist&#39;s reading fees to 42 writers to support their creative work</li><li>Creating a safe space where 22 writers who identify as queer and Asian could discuss experiences of anti-Asian racism during the pandemic</li><li>Maintaining weekly writing meetups for up to 12 writers at a time, in-person and online</li><li>Partnering with PEN Canada, Or Gallery,<span style='color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;'>&nbsp; Word Vancouver, Collage Collage, The ArQuives: Canada&#39;s LGBTQ+ Archive, and other organizations to raise awareness for writers from diverse communities and to create space to share stories</li></ul><strong style='box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(14, 61, 228); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>What is the goal?The goal for this year&#39;s Giving Tuesday fundraising campaign is $5,000, one-third of our annual operating budget.Here at the end of the year we are falling short and may not meet budget without your help.$50 will contribute to the honorarium for one writer-in-residence$150 will pay one writer to participate in a shared literary reading$300 <span style='color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.4px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;'>will pay one writer to host a solo literary reading or writing workshop&nbsp;<strong style='box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(14, 61, 228); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>How can you help?Although we are looking forward to re-introducing some in-person events in 2022, we do not anticipate a quick return to our full slate of in-person events, which includes our key fundraising activities. Donations will be essential to sustain our author residency and community-engaged writing programs and our direct support to writers, readers, teachers, and students in the coming year.<strong style='box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(14, 61, 228); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>Support us this Giving Tuesday!The past two years have been difficult for everyone and we hope that you are safe and healthy. If you are in a position to do so, please donate to Historic Joy Kogawa House on November 30, Giving Tuesday 2021, so that we can continue to connect as a community and enjoy the many benefits that writers and writing bring to our lives.For more information about the broad range of programs and resources at Historic Joy Kogawa House, please visit <a href="https://www.kogawahouse.com/" id="_idgpn_6212">www.kogawahouse.com</a>.Sincerely,Ann-Marie Metten, executive director <a href="mailto:ametten@kogawahouse.com" id="_idgpn_6462">ametten@kogawahouse.com</a> Historic Joy Kogawa House is a place to write and share stories that reveal history with its legacies of prejudice, resilience, and courage --&nbsp;located on unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples with whom we share stories and histories</div></article>

Hello Prénom Nom, On behalf of the Historic Joy Kogawa House Society, I would like to thank you for your donation. Please find attached a charitable tax receipt for your records.The Historic Joy Kogawa House Society depends on community support to serve writers, artists, and other cultural groups who face practical issues in our community: a lack of affordable workspace for writers; the need for living wages for artists; and through cross-sectoral partnerships and readings, the need for connection among citizens.Thank you for helping to create these opportunities.If you would like to contribute further, contact us to become a volunteer, or talk to your friends about our cause! Ann-Marie Metten ametten@kogawahouse.com 604-897-7438

<div> </div><article><div>GIVE WRITERS A PLACE TO MEET AND SHARE STORIESGiving Tuesday is coming! On November 30, 2021, help support the writers who live and work at Historic Joy Kogawa House, one of Canada's most established author residencies and a meeting place for Vancouver writers.Who are we?Historic Joy Kogawa House is a gathering place for Vancouver's literary community. Our writing workshops and literary events connect local writers and readers with visiting writers who live at the heritage house while developing new work at critical points in their writing career. And our weekly Wednesday writing evenings are a place to write with other writers.Why do we need your help?Although we are partially funded by the provincial government for literary program, we still need to raise close to $15,000 annually to keep the house warm, lights on, wi-fi humming, and enhance our resident writers' experience. Your donation will go directly towards month-to-month expenses as we weather the challenges of this pandemic and sustain existing programs and online resources.What do we do?We continue to adapt and find creative ways to support writers and writing throughout the current pandemic. And we have had some successes! Highlights from 2021 include:<ul><li>Hosting 9 writers-in-residence, from local poets to out-to-town playwrights to a dynamic pair of social activists writing through trauma and chronic pain</li><li>Offering 23 engaging and informative writing workshops and literary events</li><li>Paying artist's reading fees to 42 writers to support their creative work</li><li>Creating a safe space where 22 writers who identify as queer and Asian could discuss experiences of anti-Asian racism during the pandemic</li><li>Maintaining weekly writing meetups for up to 12 writers at a time, in-person and online</li><li>Partnering with PEN Canada, Or Gallery,  Word Vancouver, Collage Collage, The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ+ Archive, and other organizations to raise awareness for writers from diverse communities and to create space to share stories</li></ul>What is the goal?The goal for this year's Giving Tuesday fundraising campaign is $5,000, one-third of our annual operating budget.Here at the end of the year we are falling short and may not meet budget without your help.$50 will contribute to the honorarium for one writer-in-residence$150 will pay one writer to participate in a shared literary reading$300 will pay one writer to host a solo literary reading or writing workshop How can you help?Although we are looking forward to re-introducing some in-person events in 2022, we do not anticipate a quick return to our full slate of in-person events, which includes our key fundraising activities. Donations will be essential to sustain our author residency and community-engaged writing programs and our direct support to writers, readers, teachers, and students in the coming year.Support us this Giving Tuesday!The past two years have been difficult for everyone and we hope that you are safe and healthy. If you are in a position to do so, please donate to Historic Joy Kogawa House on November 30, Giving Tuesday 2021, so that we can continue to connect as a community and enjoy the many benefits that writers and writing bring to our lives.For more information about the broad range of programs and resources at Historic Joy Kogawa House, please visit <a href="https://www.kogawahouse.com/">www.kogawahouse.com</a>.Sincerely,Ann-Marie Metten, executive director <a href="mailto:ametten@kogawahouse.com">ametten@kogawahouse.com</a> Historic Joy Kogawa House is a place to write and share stories that reveal history with its legacies of prejudice, resilience, and courage -- located on unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples with whom we share stories and histories</div></article>

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### Context Profile for Historic Joy Kogawa House Society

1. **Organization Mission & Cause:**
   - The Historic Joy Kogawa House Society is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Joy Kogawa, a renowned Canadian author known for her works that explore themes of identity, culture, and social justice. The organization aims to promote education and understanding of the Japanese Canadian experience, particularly during World War II, through literary events, workshops, and community engagement. Their mission emphasizes the importance of storytelling as a means of fostering empathy and social change.

2. **Type of Activities:**
   - The organization hosts various events, including literary readings, workshops, and screenings that focus on themes of resistance, identity, and community. A notable recent event is "Reading and Screening with Rice Against the Machine," which features discussions on poetry and storytelling as forms of resistance. They also engage in fundraising campaigns and community programs that promote education and cultural awareness.

3. **Tone of Voice:**
   - The tone of the organization's communications is friendly, inspiring, and inclusive. The language used is accessible yet thoughtful, aiming to engage a diverse audience while fostering a sense of community. They often highlight personal stories and experiences, which adds an emotional depth to their messaging.

4. **Emoji Usage:**
   - The analysis of the website and recent communications indicates that the organization does not frequently use emojis in their content. Their focus remains on clear and impactful language rather than informal or playful elements like emojis.

5. **Key Facts:**
   - **Founding Info:** The Historic Joy Kogawa House Society was established to honor Joy Kogawa's contributions to Canadian literature and to provide a space for cultural and educational activities.
   - **Scale:** The organization has conducted a total of 25 forms and 46 email campaigns, indicating an active engagement with their community.
   - **Impact Metrics:** While specific impact metrics are not detailed on the website, the organization’s events and programs aim to educate the public about historical injustices and promote cultural understanding.
   - **Volunteer Info:** Information on volunteer opportunities is not explicitly mentioned on the website, but the organization likely encourages community involvement through its events.

6. **Writing Guidelines:**
   - Content should maintain a friendly and engaging tone, focusing on storytelling and personal experiences.
   - Use clear and accessible language that resonates with a diverse audience.
   - Highlight themes of identity, resistance, and community in communications.
   - Avoid the use of emojis to keep the messaging professional and focused on the organization's mission.
   - Incorporate calls to action that encourage participation in events and support for the organization’s cause.

This context profile serves as a foundational guide for creating personalized content that aligns with the Historic Joy Kogawa House Society's mission and values.

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