Free Rainbow Flags for Pride 2021! by QWELL

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<h2><span style="color:#000000">Thank you to everyone who donated and volunteered to help QWELL Community Foundation distribute more than 2,500 rainbow flags to households all over Greater Austin for Pride 2020!&nbsp;</span></h2>

<h3><u><span style="color:#8e44ad"><strong>With your help, we will expand this program for 2021!&nbsp;</strong></span></u></h3>

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	<li><span style="color:#000000">People who live all over the Austin area were excited to show pride in their neighborhoods&nbsp;even though the Pride parade and festival had to be cancelled because of the pandemic.&nbsp;</span></li>
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	<li><span style="color:#000000">Also, <u>QWELL relies on&nbsp;the zip code data from this program</u> to tell us where&nbsp;LGBTQIA+ people&nbsp;live in Greater Austin so we can plant future</span> <u><strong><a href="https://austinoutpost.org" target="_blank">Austin Outpost community centers</a></strong></u> <span style="color:#000000">in locations that are convenient to LGBTQIA+ residents.</span></li>
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	<li>Note that if you request a flag now, you will not receive it until Summer 2021.&nbsp;</li>
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<span style="color:#000000">We learned a lot this first year of doing FreePrideFlag.com, including that:</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><u>We need your help to identify sponsors willing to offer pick-up events in all parts of Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, Hays, and Caldwell counties.</u></strong></span><br />
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<p><span style="color:#000000">Just like each Austin Outpost needs to be convenient for folks, so does picking up their rainbow flag!&nbsp;</span></p>

<h2><span style="color:#000000">If you know an LGBTQIA-affirming business in your neighborhood, please invite them to visit FreePrideFlag.com to sponsor our event EARLY!&nbsp;</span></h2>

<p style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>About 1,000 people visited one of our sponsors to pick&nbsp;up their flags.<br />
We expect even more people to participate in 2021!</strong></span></p>

<h3><strong><span style="color:#8e44ad">92% of local LGBTQIA+ people say it is important to them that they spend their money at businesses that have their back. Sponsoring QWELL&#39;s FreePrideFlag.com program is a great way to help them find you!</span></strong></h3>

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	<h3><span style="color:#000000">Donate 100 or more flags if you would like recipients to pick up their flags at your business.</span></h3>
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	<h3><span style="color:#000000">Sponsors receive recognition on social media and in the print booklet everyone gets with their flag.&nbsp;</span></h3>
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<h4><strong>Thank you again to our 2020 flag sponsors:</strong></h4>

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	<h4><u><a href="https://kindclinic.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Kind&nbsp;Clinic</strong></a></u></h4>
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	<h4><u><strong><a href="https://fumcaustin.org/" target="_blank">First United Methodist Church of Austin</a></strong></u></h4>
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	<h4><u><strong><a href="https://clementspaint.com/" target="_blank">Clement&#39;s Paint</a></strong></u>&nbsp;</h4>
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	<h4><u><a href="https://pridefamilymedicine.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Pride Family Medicine</strong></a></u></h4>
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	<h4><u><a href="https://www.ebookwoman.com" target="_blank"><strong>Bookwoman</strong></a></u></h4>
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<p style="text-align:center">QWELL, Greater Austin&#39;s LGBTQIA+ Community Foundation, is a fund of <strong>Austin Community Foundation</strong>.&nbsp;<br />
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