<div>Hi everyone!</div>
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<div>Upcoming benefit to support the Ypsilanti Freighthouse, where we have had many fantastic events! Unfortunately I will be out-of-town that day, otherwise I would be there. If you are so inclined I would highly recommend going - there will be lots of fantastic auctions, good food and for a great cause!</div>
<div><br>Yours,<br>Giovanna<br></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span><strong><font style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color="#3e506d">The Train Stops Here</font></strong></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d"><strong>Benefit Auction for the Ypsilanti Freighthouse</strong></font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Candace B. Pinaud, Chair
<div> with Honorary Co-chair Congressman John D. Dingell</div></font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Program emcee:<span> </span>Linda Yohn</font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">Friday, April 9 - 6 p.m.</font></strong></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">Michigan Firehouse Museum</font></strong></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">110 West Cross Street, Ypsilanti</font></strong></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">(Dress: "festive" attire)</font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Tickets:<span> </span>$35 each*</strong></font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Live Jazz provided by Divine Child High School Jazz Band</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Hors d'oeuvres & Cash Bar provided by Sidetrack Bar & Grill and The Corner Brewery</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Live and Silent Auctions with auctioneer Steve Gross</font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">Sponsors to date (additions being made daily):</font></strong></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Bank of Ann Arbor
<div>Kathleen Becker</div></font></span></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Cueter Chrysler Plymouth</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Cheryl Farmer</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Fifth/Third Bank
<div> Peter Fletcher</div></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Gene Butman Ford</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Matt & Rene Greff</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Krell & Associates</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Michigan Ladder</font></span></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Pete Murdock
<div>Andrew Muth</div></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Orchard Hiltz & McCliment</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Brian Robb</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Ron Rupert</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Penny & Paul Schreiber</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font color="#3e506d">Sesi Motors</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Vincent & Fifelski, P.C.</font></span></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d"> </font><font color="#3e506d">Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation Board</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#3e506d"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Sponsorship opportunities still available! Please contact </strong><strong><a style="COLOR: rgb(42,93,176); TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:bonpenet@comcast.net" target="_blank" shape="rect" color="blue">Bonnie Penet</a>.</strong></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">Here are some of the exciting auction items already committed:</font></strong></div></font></span>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">Vacations:</font></strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A nearly all-inclusive South African photo safari for two</font></span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A full week in a great 4+ bedroom waterfront home on Higgins Lake
<div></div></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">One week in a 2-bedroom, ocean-front Anastasia Island, Florida, condo
<div></div></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Other vacations</font></span></div></blockquote></blockquote>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">Parties:</font></strong></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A very special Sunday brunch party with local Chef Extraordinaire Bee of</font></span><font color="#3e506d">Beezy's Café</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A fully catered garden party for 16 at the award-winning home of Hank Prebys</font></span><font color="#3e506d">and Joe Mattimoe with evening entertainment by Rob Reed's string trio</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A progressive dinner (Haab's, Paesano's, Gandy Dancer) for 6 by chauffeur-driven </font></span><font color="#3e506d">limousine</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A gourmet dinner for 8 prepared and served by Chef extraordinaire Judge John Kirkendall
<div>Zingerman's bacon-tasting for 12 with Ari</div>
<div>Car-crushing</div></font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Beer-brewing</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Wine-tasting</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Pizza-making</font></span></div></blockquote>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Two VIP floor seats for the Dancing with the Stars semi-finals</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Choice seats at Tigers game</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Choice seats at Red Wings game (with Zamboni ride)</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Tickets to Michigan football and other sports</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Concert tickets</font></span></div></blockquote>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#3e506d">Other cool stuff:</font></strong></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A guitar autographed by Bruce Springsteen</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A VIP Celebrity tour for 10 of the Motown Museum</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">Original stained-glass window from the Thompson Block</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">A vintage 1975 Ford Ranchero (with warranty)</font></span></div></blockquote>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#3e506d">And more coming in every day!</font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>*Tickets will be sold from Tuesday, March 23, through Thursday, April 8, at the following locations:</strong></font></span></div>
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<li style="MARGIN-LEFT: 15px; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong><a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103203892984&s=384&e=001TS7t6tRwwbBXR5cnyEdkqGN6cOfZcV_3uHCl3OJFat8XAu8s2Bto3tWTrnSkHbz5wfnkDx8P1OeL2pUBpYahSupvdwabSqlSzAQmMzr1xbqRMg-tI9mU_g==" target="_blank" shape="rect">Haab's Restaurant </a>- 18 West Michigan</strong></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN-LEFT: 15px; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong><a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103203892984&s=384&e=001TS7t6tRwwbBMvsSeRmJC4lOZs9MJAKvoGGx57yzDh4JEPVBEn2Vhb9XVxkYQYBbz7pqd_MqyKeOsbNBpbxHw5DKg5i6Qmr40t4SBXtodMP2I-QOcGLdH-VR8YEnDpb7RqUfhdGn2k2ffMIOEgNJ4V3YsnahhthUKb_JIiSYh7VNhPx0cqf3PYQ==" target="_blank" shape="rect">MIX</a> - 130 West Michigan</strong></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN-LEFT: 15px; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong><a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103203892984&s=384&e=001TS7t6tRwwbD7VMYa3kVpBLKAxAA0MLCAWDfR65E6OdlwLmc9svaL7ARiburw2gGQ-UGl7WTKM4RQUWlCM6JIP9pR8NMI5pwfH-dIbWe8MZm9_Kdx_QXWwbx_qH5XuhLH" target="_blank" shape="rect">Sidetrack Bar & Grill </a>- 56 East Cross </strong></font></li>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font color="#ff0000">Seating is limited!</font></strong></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><em><font color="#3e506d">Donations in excess of the fair market value of goods and services received are tax deductible as permitted by law.</font></em></span></div>
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