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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Please help us spread the good word about the RARE Program! This year alone, we are have participants working with Astoria Downtown Historic District Association, Coos Bay Downtown Association, La Grande Main
Street, and Milton-Freewater Downtown Association. In other words, we love working with organizations and communities who are following the Main Street Approach.
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Do you have community building, natural resource or planning projects that you do not have resources to complete?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">The Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) Program might be your solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">The mission of the RARE AmeriCorps Program is to increase the capacity of rural communities to improve their economic, social, and environmental conditions, through the assistance of trained graduate-level participants,
from across the US. These RARE AmeriCorps participants live in and serve the communities for 11 months. RARE AmeriCorps participants assist communities in the development and implementation of projects for achieving a sustainable natural resource base and
improving rural economic conditions. The RARE AmeriCorps Program is now in its 19th year and has placed more than 400 volunteers and served nearly every Oregon County.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">For more information about RARE, including the benefits and the costs of the program, please visit our website at
</span><a href="http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/">http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/</a>. <span style="color:#333333">
Pre-applications (due April 15, 2013) are available online as well. If you have any questions, please email us at:
<a href="mailto:rare@uoregon.edu">rare@uoregon.edu</a> or call 541.346.2879.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Titus Tomlinson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Community Service Center | Resource Assistance for Rural Environments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://csc.uoregon.edu/">http://csc.uoregon.edu</a> |
<a href="http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/">http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">T | 541-346-2879<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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