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Phone 503-668-4006
Fax 503-668-3459
38963 Pioneer Blvd/P.O. Box536
Sandy, Oregon 97055
Chamber@SandyOregonChamber.org
www.SandyOregonChamber.org
Office Hours:
Wed-Fri 10-5
Sat & Sun 10-4
Mon. & Tues. by appointment
Staff
Hollis MacLean-WenzelExecutive
Director
Erin Albers
Office Manager
Julie Wittenborn
Office Assistant
Our Networking Meeting Schedule
Good Morning, Sandy
1st & 3rd Wed. ~ 7:30-8:30am
Luncheon
2nd Wed. ~ 11:30am-1:00pm
Good Evening, Sandy
4th Wed. ~ 5:30-6:30 pm
Brown Bag Lunch
Workshop
3rd Thurs. ~ 12 noon-1:00pm
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Practical Help for our Members!
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FREE BUSINESS AND EVENT LISTINGS WEBSITE
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I have just become aware of a website that provides business listings for any Oregon business. The free listing includes your business name, address and phone number. If interested, go to:
http://www.stateoforegon.com
and click "Add Your Business to our Online Directory" about half-way down the right side of their home page.
They also provide free events listings, so after you email me to add your event to our website calendar, you can list it with them as well!
REMINDER TO USE WINDOWS 7 UPGRADE
For any of you who have purchased a laptop or desktop with Windows Vista, and were eligible for the free Windows 7 upgrade, your deadline to complete that free upgrade is quickly coming to a close. To avoid having to purchase a full copy of Windows 7, remember to take care of this ASAP.
If you need any assistance with this process, contact John or James at Leckie Tech. 503-572-8988.
FUNDRAISING FUNDAMENTALS FOR NON-PROFITS
(Taken from
NotForProfitsAmerica.com,
"Hands-On
Solutions for Non-Profit Boards & Their Organizations")
Fund raising seems to be the
one activity that strikes fear into the hearts of every Non-Profit worker and
Board member. No one likes asking others for money... it feels like begging, or
the response feels like it is out of a sense of guilt or duty. None of these
attitudes or emotions are positive or beneficial.
Without funding, money,
support, call it what you will, your mission won't last very long. And even if
everything is volunteer and donated, it does take a few dollars every month
just to pay off the organizational start up costs, legal fees, and ink for the
printer.
Fund raising starts with a
Board committed to generating sufficient funding to keep the organization
working for a specific time period, usually, this year and next. The Board's
composition is critical. Every group needs researchers, people who make the
introductions, those who ask for funds, and those who follow up, thank, and
work the funds received. A full Board effort is required to make any fund
raising program, from donuts to seven figure telethons, work.
Money comes in roughly four
varieties for Non-Profits:
1. Formal
grants, from foundations, government agencies, other Non-Profits,
2. Informal
grants and organizational/corporate gifts,
3. Larger,
individual donations, often conditional or specific,
4. From
the general public via donations and/or direct fund raising.
If you know a grant writer, sit
down and have a talk. Even if it costs you an hour's fee, it is well worth your
time and expense, both for this exercise, and then, to use the information when
you move forward. If you don't, ask around for a referral. It will save you a
major amount of time and energy from the alternative, which is doing the grant
research yourself.
Again, if you are local, find
out how many grants you might qualify for, and based on your discussions, how
many would you be more likely to get. An answer of one or two would be normal,
not a shock. By understanding how many and how much funding they would
represent, this could be a yardstick for potential revenue.
For the second category, you'll
have to do some homework unless your grant writer is also plugged into 'gifts'
from such sources as local major corporations, the United Way, and local
foundations who don't formally 'grant' funds, but do provide 'gifts' for
general purposes. You'll need to make contact with the various local major
corporations, the United Way, and any local foundations who make blanket gifts,
and find out how many, if, and how you qualify. Between the first two
categories will come your major sources of large revenues.
In the category of large
individual donations, this is hit or miss and shouldn't be counted as part of
your potential, unless you truly have a legitimate line on one or more
individuals who have committed verbally to supporting your organization.
While public fund raising and
donations from the general public are fine, your ability to generate smaller
public donations is somewhat based on what you have seen as empirical evidence
with other groups, and what you may have personally been involved in, in the
recent past with fund raising.
If you truly believe you can
raise, say, $5,000 from your friends, relatives, coworkers, and others who are
believers in your cause, fine. Feel free to use HALF of any number you believe
is do-able, and assume it will take exactly twice as long to get it done.
Of course, fund raising is much
more that what we have laid out here, and we'll get into it in more depth in
other articles and materials. It encompasses many functions, from planning to
contact to execution to post follow up. Our Board Series of workbooks has a
specific title dealing with Fund Raising from the Board's perspective. It
breaks down each function and the personality required to be successful at it;
it is a great reference for those groups embarking on major or minor fund
raising using their Board as the primary vehicle. Click here to review the Series, and scroll down to Fund Raising, to view the
specific title.
Copyright © 2009,
NotForProfitsAmerica.com.
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Good Morning!
For those of you who have noticed, I apologize for the hiccup with our website, again. Due to a complication transferring our domain name to a new registrar, we have had interruptions in service this week. I've been assured by the previous company that it should be up again in the next 48 hours. ARGHHH! :)
Erin - SACC Office Manager
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Join Us at our Luncheon this week!
Sandy Main Street & Facade Program - overview and update
Wednesday, March 10th, 11:30am-1pm
at The Crossing Restaurant - 39024 Proctor Blvd, Sandy
· Speaker, Tracy Brown, City of Sandy Director of Planning and Development
· Lunch options will be given, & cost will vary based on your choice.
· The public is welcome!
RSVP requested by March 9th.
503-668-4006 / chamber@sandyoregonchamber.org
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~Stars of Sandy~
RSVP for the
SACC 62nd Annual Awards Banquet!
And get ready for a fabulous evening!
You have the choice of Chicken or Beef for your dinner entree.
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SBDC Marketing Business Class at the SACC Office!
on Saturday, March 20th from 1-4pm
Effect ive Marketing in Today's Environment
Explore alternative marketing practices to reach a larger group of consumers.
Fee: $45
The class will be held in our chamber office, 38963 Pioneer Blvd, in
Sandy, and is available to the public! Please register at least 1 week
in advance to:
503-491-7658 or gerri.raisanen@mhcc.edu
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No "Good Morning, Sandy"
on Wednesday, March 10th due to the luncheon.
Mark your Calendar:
GMS on March 17th will be hosted by Cascadia Village Retirement!
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Brown Bag Lunch
Twitter Workshop
presented by Laura Allen, with Alphabetix
March 18th, 12noon-1pm
at the Chamber Office
Come away with practical, hands-on knowledge about how to use Twitter effectively! Please feel free to bring your laptop along if you'd like.
RSVP by Wednesday, March 17 to reserve your space.
503-668-4006 or chamber@sandyoregonchamber.org
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Please see $-saving coupon for new chamber member, Goodman Sanitation, at the end of this EBlast!
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| Do you need a...Title Company?
(Use a Chamber Member) |
First American Title Insurance Company
38750 Proctor Blvd, Sandy
503-668-4161
http://www.firstam.com
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 | Sandy Community Garden
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The Sandy Community Action Center in Sandy, Oregon is an established 501 © 3 designated nonprofit. We feed and cloth the low-income and homeless of the Oregon Trails School District. Currently we serve over 700 clients each month (Sandy's current population is roughly 8,200), with the number growing steadily as economic hardship has hit our area quite heavily.
We provide children's bags which supply healthful and nutritious snacks to children in the twelve or younger group; we also have a very small thrift store in the building that used to provide for most of the cost of running our establishment. We are now finding that many of our newly unemployed residents of Sandy are also in dire need of food. Our yearly food cost is approximately $10,000, an increase of around $3,000 over the last three years.
To help provide for more of our food needs, we have consulted with a local business, Suburban Auto Group, which has graciously given us access to five acres of land. It is our desire to use this land to grow a variety of healthful herbs and plants to provide a convenient and accessible site where our clients can obtain wholesome foods to supplement their all-too-often sub-standard diets. We are starting this plot with, among others, carrots, radishes, onions, brussel sprouts, cucumber, zucchini, lettuce, spinach, and tomatoes. We are seeking the most efficient method of maintaining this plot, so it will be perpetually ready to provide our hungry citizens with their nutritional needs.
We are seeking gardening tools (shovels, hoes, gloves, hoses, etc.). We also need any and all seeds and starts that we can get. Thanks for your assistance, and for further information, to donate, or volunteer, please contact: Candice Christensen @ 503-668-4746 or shaka240_2081@hotmail.com.
Sincerely,
Candice M. Christensen,
The SCAC Board, and all volunteers
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LIMERICK CONTEST & ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION
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Calling all poets! It's time for the Sandy Library's 6th Annual Limerick Contest.
Winners of the contest will be announced at the Limerick Night event on March 19th at 7:00, which will be hosted by the comical Dan Bosserman. All contestants will be asked to read their limericks for the audience. In addition, the award winning, exuberant, An Daire Irish Dancers will delight the audience with an energetic, traditional dance performance and The Cotter Brothers will be singing traditional Celtic ballads. Free refreshments will be provided by The Friends of the Library.
As in years past, there will be categories for middle school, high school and adult, but this year there will also be a grade school category.
Limericks must be submitted to the library by Mar. 17.
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Secret Sweet Spots
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An announcement from Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory
Secret Sweet Spots - All areas have them, and we all wish we knew where these
very things were located when we visit new places - those attractions, events,
eateries and shopping haunts that are never found in traditional
guidebooks. Our upcoming "Secret Sweet Spots" spring campaign
is designed to entice visitors to discover some of our area's hidden gems. We
have partnered with businesses throughout Mt. Hood Territory to create short
amateur videos for each "Secret Sweet Spot" location. The
videos will be posted on YouTube and our website beginning early March, and a
related contest with questions designed to familiarize visitors with the region
will be posted weekly, with the opportunity to win a 3-night vacation to Mt.
Hood Territory.
SACC note: I'm going to find out this week what it takes to submit a location and will let you know in next week's EBlast. (Joe's Donuts is one of the top 10!)
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2010 Oregon Governor's
Conference on Tourism
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We invite you to join your Oregon tourism and
hospitality friends and colleagues at the 26th annual Oregon Governor's
Conference on Tourism,
April 11-13, 2010
as we meet for the first time in Bend!
Map Your Adventure
is the conference theme and we'll make sure you leave the conference with tools
to survive these trying times, both personally and professionally. And as
you've come to expect, you'll re-connect with old friends, make new ones, meet
new potential industry partners and get your creative juices flowing.
Visit the conference website for registration, agenda and workshops, special events, and details on how to book
your discounted room with the Riverhouse Hotel & Convention Center.
Sincerely,
Travel Oregon
Register to attend by Monday, March 22, to receive the discounted early
bird pricing!
Scholarships are available for the
Governor's Tourism Conference!
The
event is April 11-13 in Bend and a limited number of scholarships are available
to cover the registration fee of $250 through the Clackamas County Tourism Development Council. Preference is given to those who have
not previously attended. Partners are responsible for their own travel, meal,
entertainment and lodging costs.
If you'd like to apply for a scholarship, please send an email to wendy@mthoodterritory.com with
your name and full contact information, a brief description of how you think
you'd benefit by attending, and note whether you have been to the conference
before. Requests must be received no later than Monday March 15th,
so that you have time to register before March 22nd at the early bird rate.
Additional questions? Wendy Popkin 503-331-7528.
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Oregon Economic Development Association
Presents
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New Skills
and Applications for a
Post
Recession Economy
Spring
Conference '10
Friday, March 12, 2010
9:30 am -
3:00 pm
The Historic
Clock Tower
The Dalles,
Oregon
To Register: www.oeda.biz
OEDA
Members - $ 50.00 Non-Members - $ 65.00
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Thank you for your continued support of the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce!
Sincerely,
Erin Albers
SACC Office Manager
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