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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear County and Tribal Coordinators,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please spread the word widely about two more in-person trainings for Walk With Ease leaders to be conducted in Portland, at the Food Innovation Center.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The dates are: <b>Nov 10<sup>th</sup> and Dec 10<sup>th</sup>, 9am-2pm<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">To register, please go to the newly created Walk With Ease website
<a href="http://walk.oregonstate.edu"><span style="color:#1F497D">http://walk.oregonstate.edu</span></a> where you can also find a lot of good information about the program.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We’re trying to fill up these two training groups so that we can get as many people trained before the end of this year:
<b><i>starting January 2015,</i></b> <b><i>we will not be able to offer any in-person trainings</i></b><i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Note: the online training website for Walk With Ease leaders currently down as the Arthritis Foundation updates the training. We don’t expect it to be available again until December.</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you for your help with spreading this information!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tamara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tamara Burkovskaia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Community Programs Liaison/Oregon Arthritis Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Center for Prevention and Health Promotion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Public Health Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Oregon Health Authority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 730<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">ph: 971-673-1085<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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