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<Title>Free Farmers Market CANCELED (Today 9/29 only)</Title>
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<Summary>Due to an issue with the delivery, this event is unfortunately canceled for today (9/29). We apologize for the last-minute change and for any inconvenience caused by this cancelation. Thank you...</Summary>
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<Title>Now accepting volunteer signups for October markets!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Well, folks, we are in our second month of Free Farmer's Markets in partnership with AOK Library and So What Else!<div><br></div><div>We have opened up the October signups and look forward to seeing you in front of AOK Library! </div><div><br></div><div>Sign up <a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4aa5a828a3f4c25-free" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retrieveressentials/posts/128010/attachments/44649" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div></div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="127690" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/retrieveressentials/posts/127690">
<Title>New Hours for The Essential Space</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retrieveressentials/posts/127690/attachments/44461" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;">Starting this Monday, September 20th, The Essential Space in RAC 235 will have a slight change in hours. We are still open 4 days per week. The new hours are:<div><ul><li>Mondays &amp; Wednesdays: 12 PM to 6 PM</li><li>Tuesdays &amp; Thursdays 10 AM to 4 PM</li></ul><div>These will be our hours for the entire semester. Please check our <a href="https://retrieveressentials.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">website</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/umbcretrieveressentials/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Instagram</a> for information about days we will not be open.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope to see you there!<div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="127622" important="true" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/retrieveressentials/posts/127622">
<Title>Deadline to donate meal swipes is coming up!</Title>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="127361" important="true" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/retrieveressentials/posts/127361">
<Title>Volunteers Needed Tuesday</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Retriever Essentials is looking for a small group of volunteers to help us collect, process, and shelve all the donations that have been flowing in from our campus community.<div><br></div><div>Date: Tuesday, September 13</div><div>Time: 10 AM to 12 PM</div><div>Location: Sherman Hall, Room 205</div><div><div><br></div><div>Please sign up <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKhfUvmUZ90tLKxfAiaFhJkMdNPJ6bOcUbEWPgDUllWKE5mw/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> to join us!</div></div></div>
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