Your nominations have been collected, and the final list of Common Cents nominees are in!

Alchemical Nursery
All Faiths Food Pantry, Inc
Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse (ACTS)
Art Rage
CNY Fair Housing
Home Learners Association of CNY
It's About Childhood and Families
Nosotros Radio
On Point for College

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Your votes have been counted, and we are pleased to announce the top 10 winners of the 2013 Common Cents Awards.

They are:

ArtRage
Westside Learning Center
Interfaith Works
Syracuse Peace Council
Northside UP

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Nico Leyva writes for Nerdwallet, a consumer finance website that promotes financial literacy and looks for the best ways to save you money.

The importance of being green is often mentioned in regards to saving the world. You can do your part to decrease landfill, reduce carbon emissions, and clean up oceans and wildlife areas. But being green is also very important on an individual level. Being a green consumer can improve your personal financial standing, and by buying from local businesses, you can contribute to your community and help it grow. Your community isn’t just a city or a town; it’s a collection of all the economic and personal interests of everyone who lives there. By making conscious financial choices, you can help save the world and keep your unique community flourishing. Here are three ways to be a green consumer.

Without further ado, here is the Annual Meeting Dinner Menu! Brought to you by LOFO and Tunura's Homemade Speciaties.

Annual Meeting Menu
Catered by LOFO

• Corned Beef and Cabbage Sandwiches
  In honor of St. Patty's Day!

• Black Bean Burgers
  Packed with quinoa, carrots, corn and cilantro on a slider bun.

• Kale Miso Salad
  Blend of massaged kale and aqua-ponic greens topped with carrot ribbons, roasted shitakes, tea egg, cucumber and popped amaranth, served with a sesame miso dressing.

• Roasted Root Grain Salad
  

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