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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) AmeriCorps Program <rare@uoregon.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 8, 2024 1:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sheri Stuart <sheri.stuart@state.or.us><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🎉</span> RARE AmeriCorps Program Host Organization Applications Open!
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🎉</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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You might be surprised by what one of our amazing RARE AmeriCorps members can accomplish for your community!
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222">Whether it is collaborating with planners and residents to help rebuild wildfire-affected communities; conducting critical community outreach and engagement
around rural solar or broadband; creating a downtown master plan; coordinating a food trail; or helping ignite the local entrepreneurial ecosystem
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">- our members help create catalytic change in the communities we serve.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora;color:#222222"><br>
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</span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">If this sounds like the support your community needs, apply for a RARE AmeriCorps member!</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora;color:#222222"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222">Join us for an upcoming information session to learn more:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora;color:#222222"><br>
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Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) AmeriCorps Program</span></a> helps build the capacity of rural communities to improve their economic, social, and environmental conditions, through the assistance of trained graduate-level members who live and work
in communities for 11 months. Our members assist host organizations in the development and implementation of plans for achieving a sustainable natural resource base and improving rural economic conditions while gaining community building and leadership skills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora;color:#222222">
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Coordinating the development of a downtown or parks master plan</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Facilitating a regional economic development planning process</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Engaging a community in creative placemaking and installing murals</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Developing and supporting outdoor recreation-based tourism in a region</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Coordinating an array of land conservation and enhancement projects</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Collaborating with planners and residents to help rebuild wildfire-affected communities</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Creating a rural solar outreach strategy</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Developing a Climate Action Plan for regional tourism organizations</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Facilitating and developing community food assessments and tribal food sovereignty assessments</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Enhancing local farmers’ markets and food related business activities</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222">Our members truly become a part of their communities during their term of service. The potential to make a significant
community-based impact is possible for all of our members. Last year's 32 members who served during the 2022-23 service year collectively...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora;color:#222222">
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Secured $2,724,880 in grant funding</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Had an additional $11,724,880 in grant funding pending</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Organized more than 496 volunteers (totaling more than 1,147 service hours for communities)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Delivered 328 formal trainings in environmental stewardship/environmentally conscious practices</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Provided 514 educational trainings to small business owners, entrepreneurs, and residents</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Created/implemented 399 planning documents</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Created 735 pieces of social media content</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222">These are just some of the impact statistics we were able to quantify. Our members are also found facilitating meetings,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">May 29:</span></strong> Position Descriptions due from Host Organizations<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">June 24-28:</span></strong> Members Interview with Potential Host Organizations<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Early July:</span></strong> Final placement decisions will be made<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">August 15:</span></strong> Host Organization Supervisor Orientation<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">September 4-6:</span></strong> Member Orientation</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora;color:#222222">
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222">July 31, 2025</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222">: Last day of service</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">11 months/1700 hours of service from a graduate-level RARE member </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Quarterly trainings for member and supervisor in Community Development, Grant Writing, Communication, Land Use, Economic Development, Facilitation, Leadership, Etc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Lora"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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2024-25 Host Organization Match: $26,000<br>
Year 31 Term of Service: September 2024 - July 2025<br>
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