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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Main Streeters!<br>
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We may be wrapping up the year but that certainly does not mean that we’ve stopped looking ahead for next year. Knowing that everyone requested a little more in depth schedule of what Third Thursday speakers to expect, I wanted to provide that information for
you so you can plan to share with others as is appropriate. This schedule shares from December’s event through July of 2024. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Reminder! <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">December’s guest presentation will occur on December 14<sup>th</sup> not December 21st. This is due to the Third Thursday falling too close to the holiday.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Who:</i> Susan Bower, Department of Justice<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Topic:</i> Presentation on the legal channels to conduct fundraising through games of chance such as bingo, Monte Carlo, lotteries, auctions, etc. Susan is coming to share her perspective from DOJ to help organizations fundraise in a
legal way.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2024 Schedule (through July)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>January 18th<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Who: </i>Titus Tomlinson, Oregon RARE Program<br>
<i>Topic</i>: Titus will join us to talk about what it means to participate in the RARE program including costs, eligibility, expectations and more. We will work collaboratively on looking for content to balance this presentation for organizations ineligible
for RARE to have similar experiences.<br>
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<b><i>February 15th</i></b><i><br>
Who: Lise Grato & Albany’s Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Association</i><br>
<i>Topic</i>: Lise and her partners will talk about how to have positive relationships with the groups in your city that have similar audiences and parallel goals. How do you work together collaboratively while also staying in your lanes? This group will tackle
those tough questions.<br>
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<b><i>March</i></b> <b><i>21<sup>st</sup></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Who: </i>Marcia Hale, Volunteer Coordinator; Hillsboro Public Library<br>
<i>Topic:</i> Engaging volunteers and preparing for atypical volunteer groups. Marcia will also touch upon ways to include your volunteers in your end of year giving campaigns and empowerment of volunteers as ambassadors. With over 25 years in volunteer coordination
at both small nonprofits, government organizations, and large private entities, she’s got a wide background of skillsets. Feel free to come with your questions!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i>April – No Third Thursday due to Heritage Conference<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>May 16<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Who: </i>Susan Parsons, Nonprofit Association of Oregon<br>
<i>Topic: </i>Susan will come to share the new version of the NAO resource library that features templates, documents, and references galore for operating nonprofits. Their new website will be fully operational and allow better indexed navigation for anyone
seeking assistance from their materials. She will be joined by their membership coordinator, who will talk about the benefits of NAO membership and the resources, webinars, trainings, and other opportunities that come along with it.<br>
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<b><i>June 20<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Who: </i>Joy Sears, Restoration Specialist; Oregon SHPO<br>
<i>Topic: </i>Working on and restoring historic storefronts; considerations, planning, and process associated with bringing these spaces and places back. Joy will share her many years of experience working on historic buildings’ storefronts and what some successes
and pitfalls might look like. Feel free to come with your questions & think about how this might apply for OMSRG applications in 2025.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>July – No Third Thursday due to Network Meeting in person in Reedsport.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this is helpful for folks when looking at planning for Third Thursday attendance and of course, if something changes you’ll be informed!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228">Cam Amabile,
<a href="https://www.interpnet.com/NAI/interp/Certification/Certification/nai/_certification/Certification_Program_Page.aspx?hkey=238a449c-b3c6-4a93-9ebb-ebaeaef7e29a">
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">| Technical Resources Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;color:#A6A6A6">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">schedule: Tuesday – Friday, 7A – 5:30P<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">cell: (971) 720-8998<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">725 Summer St NE, Ste C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Salem, Oregon 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Visit our <a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/">
<span style="color:blue">website</span></a>, Like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonHeritage">
<span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a>, Visit our <a href="http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/">
<span style="color:blue">Blog</span></a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/oregon-parks-and-recreation-department/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">LinkedIn</span></a>, Join the Oregon Heritage News <a href="https://omls.oregon.gov/mailman/listinfo/Heritage">
<span style="color:#0563C1">e-news</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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