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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">As always, not everything may pertain to your program, but you may know someone who may benefit from it.</span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Free Talk! Mobilizing Volunteers for Small Town Success<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#202020">Small towns rely on volunteers for prosperity, but it can be a challenge to sustain volunteer energy and enthusiasm.
With a resident-driven approach, Heart & Soul<sup>®</sup> towns rally community members to increase civic participation and create positive change. Listen in for ideas to keep volunteers motivated and engaged for the long run.<br>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif">Thursday, July 27, 2017 from 3-4 p.m. Eastern</span></em><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF"><a href="http://orton.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9bddaa61681275c61a63051b7&id=f5717705c0&e=d6e758f478" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF">Register
Now!</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif">Speakers:</span><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Sara Lightner, senior associate of programs, training, Orton Family Foundation</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
Before joining Orton, Sara spent 13 years volunteering and working with volunteers in the Peace Corps. She was director of programming and training for the Eastern Caribbean and for Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Sara directed volunteer and partner trainings
and programming opportunities, ensuring that volunteers received the support needed to be successful.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Debbie Moreno, project coordinator, Galesburg on Track</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
Debbie is a journalist, a poet, a parent, and an active volunteer—skills and experience that have transferred to her role as project coordinator of Galesburg on Track, a Community Heart & Soul<sup>®</sup> project in Galesburg, Illinois. Debbie is devoted to
effective communication with residents and has built a strong and dedicated group of volunteers that represent the broad range of perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Fran Stoddard, moderator</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
A national award-winning producer of video programs, Fran produced and hosted Vermont Public Television’s weekly “Profile” interview program for more than a decade. She frequently serves as moderator for community events and has served on numerous non-profit
boards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:black">Choctaw Nation Opportunities</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Oklahoma Hunting and Fishing License</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#D96D1A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">The Choctaw Nation is excited to announce that hunting and fishing license will now be available for all Choctaw citizens residing within Oklahoma regardless of
age or if they are a current Oklahoma lifetime license holder.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">For more information or to access the online application you can</span></b></em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#D96D1A">
<a href="https://huntingandfishing.choctawnation.com/" target="_blank"><i>click here</i></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#D96D1A">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="752" height="406" style="width:7.8333in;height:4.2291in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3023E.BA5CFB00" alt="http://files.constantcontact.com/79520e7c401/0fd00c9b-7151-4629-a7da-4c34d42ee420.jpg"></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#D96D1A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:black">Federal, State, and Nonprofit Opportunities</span></u></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#D96D1A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">The Agency will make grants to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations to provide associations Technical Assistance and/or training with respect to essential
community facilities programs. The Technical Assistance and/or training will assist communities, Indian Tribes, and Nonprofit Corporations to identify and plan for community facility needs that exist in their area. <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294154" target="_blank"><b><i>More
information...</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: July 24, 2017</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">The purpose of this program is to provide technical assistance to Socially Disadvantaged Groups in rural areas. Eligible applicants include Cooperatives, Groups
of Cooperatives, and Cooperative Development Centers. This program supports Rural Development's (RD) mission of improving the quality of life for rural Americans and commitment to directing resources to those who most need them. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001wonHlPYqZVsKKqxUBH_bT4Bb47BSlyY9lKh4O6BcUUDG4BASvZ2ovbqePR6zdiQ9vBPSulPmqh4fqGs-rTMxrFfm71yaaVi_Armd-kWFSAvLMmrFiySTpHh6qutX84cYhIHBYDeVt9QWAHHhdjGKR8NawtzE49yIzXyi_qM8_ZLyF2yL5fYPj1AnEwpZGENJz0PxFZG5lkmtz2dmuc7Hsii3pS8NJb9OLPhTxCsx37ViUfjV_ojQb_yXhwXG63SE&c=97r7nLN1NDI_ve9AZCqDlW_R9pvwDFbEBIddnoyungfz4bw6IWJ_SA==&ch=meghqOcfWCmjg1a9b73sd-Hn2lyDRWJeufOxVSOYbP59mG51p7pA6A==" target="_blank"><b><i>More
information...</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: July 25, 2017</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Rural Community Development Initiative Grants</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Qualified private, nonprofit and public including tribal intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible
to receive the funding. The Intermediary will be required to provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the RCDI grant. The respective minimum and maximum grant amount per Intermediary is $50,000 and $250,000. The Intermediary must provide a program
of financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development that will support the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294134" target="_blank"><b><i>More information...</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: July 25, 2017</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">With this publication, HUD is making available up to $5,000,000 for Planning Grants, including Planning and Action Grants.1. Planning Grants are two-year grants
that assist communities with severely distressed public or HUD-assisted housing in developing a successful neighborhood transformation plan and building the support necessary for that plan to be successfully implemented.2. Planning and Action Grants are three
and a half year planning grants that pair planning with action. <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=Choice%20Neighborhoods%20Planning%20Grants" target="_blank"><b><i>More information...</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: August 28, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></i></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Capital Magnet Fund</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Grants to finance affordable housing and community revitalization efforts that benefit low-income people and communities. <a href="https://www.cdfifund.gov/programs-training/Programs/cmf/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><b><i>More
information...</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: August 31, 2017</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Centers for Agricultural Health and Safety (U54)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Funding to operate a Center for Agriculture Health and Safety, which will conduct research and help translate scientific discoveries focused on improving worker
safety and health in the areas of agriculture, forestry, and fishing. <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-353.html" target="_blank"><b><i>More information...</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Letter of Intent (Optional): September 29, 2017</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: November 30, 2017</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Economic Development Assistance Programs</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">The Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) mission is to lead the Federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing
American regions for economic growth and success in the worldwide economy. <a href="http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=279842" target="_blank">
<b><i>More information...</i></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: Rolling</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:black">Training & Workshop Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Standards for Excellence 2.0</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42">This includes expanded and enhanced benchmarks for nonprofit best practices, including 78 benchmarks for best practices; new sample policies in social media and
information technologies all nonprofits need to know; and improved information on outcome based measurements and logic models to prove mission impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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- September 20-21</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Managing Through A Budget Crisis</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Gain skills and resources for setting and maintaining organizational priorities - and where to cut back - in the midst of uncertain economic times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://www.oklahomacenterfornonprofits.org/event/managing-budget-crisis-okc/" target="_blank"><b><i>OKC - August 11, 9am - 12pm</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://www.oklahomacenterfornonprofits.org/event/managing-budget-crisis-tul/" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tulsa - August 25,
9am - 12pm</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">True Colors Workshop</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42">This is a model for understanding yourself and others based on your personality temperament. The colors of Orange, Gold, Green, and Blue are used to differentiate
the four central personality styles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><a href="https://www.oklahomacenterfornonprofits.org/event/true-colors-workshop-tulsa-jul-17/" target="_blank"><b><i>Tulsa - July 28, 9am - 12pm</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Webinar Series: Get More Grants</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#403F42">Maryn Boess, a veteran nonprofit professional, social entrepreneur, and leader in capacity-building and grantsmanship training, has won more than $42 million for
her clients in a single ten-year period. Since 2000 she has focused on creating and delivering a portfolio of high-quality, low-cost grants information tools, resources, and workshops shared by thousands of nonprofits nationwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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- August 2</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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- October 4</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Black Box - December 6</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:black">Webinars<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:green">Bringing Life Downtown After Hours: Arts, Shopping, Culture After 5</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">Being open evening hours is not just a matter of extending store hours. It is more like opening a whole different store with different customers. Becky McCray and
Deb Brown be sharing ideas and examples from real small towns. Deb will share from her experience as a Chamber of Commerce director, and Becky will share from her perspective as a business owner in a small town.
<a href="http://saveyour.town/webinar-downtown-5/" target="_blank"><b><i>More information...</i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:black">When: Webinar continually available. </span><o:p></o:p></i></strong></p>
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