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The holidays are upon us, and, as we reflect on the people and things that have made our lives special in the past year, let us take the opportunity to give back to the community around us.
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Last year <a href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=819199764790346">
MIT provided over 700 gifts </a>to local children and families through the MIT Giving Tree, and
<b>175 of them were from us postdocs</b>. This year, please help us to carry on the tradition of helping those around us have a magical holiday season! </span></div>
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The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/volunteering/programs/givingtree/getinvolved.html">
Giving Tree</a> has put together an initial list of<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> gifts that local underprivileged children and their families have requested:
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MIT Postdoc Giving Tree Wishlist</a>. These gifts are mostly under $25. When this first list is fully purchased, we will send out another list with more gift requests. The gifts can be purchased off the Amazon website (no gift wrap please) and sent to:</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Thank you for your support and hope you enjoy
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73UqDX_quk0">the most wonderful time of the year</a>,</div>
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