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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Grantees,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please be advised that due to changes brought around by the Arthritis Foundation, in-person trainings for Walk With Ease group leaders
<b>will be discontinued as of January 1, 2015</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Share widely the information about two upcoming FREE in-person trainings for Walk With Ease leaders that will be held in Central/Eastern Oregon in August:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">August 21<sup>st</sup>: Harney Co. Courthouse, Burns, OR, at 9am-2pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">August 22<sup>nd</sup>: Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood Ave., Redmond, OR, at 9am-2pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To register for the training, go to:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3aV2ZA1tzAx1W29">http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3aV2ZA1tzAx1W29</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Take this training opportunity to build capacity for physical activity programs in your communities!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks for helping us promote these trainings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tamara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tamara Burkovskaia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Community Programs Liaison/Oregon Arthritis Program<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Center for Prevention and Health Promotion<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Health Division<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Health Authority<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 730<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portlanad, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:tamara.v.burkovskaia@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">tamara.v.burkovskaia@state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ph: 971-673-1085<o:p></o:p></p>
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