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<div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4" style="">This year as Local Arrangement Chair, I had the opportunity to choose the OASFAA service project and ways our members can support an organization.  I chose <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline"><b><u style="">Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy</u> </b></span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">"OICA",</span><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><a href="http://oica.org/" id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPlnk581886" target="_blank" style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://oica.org/</a><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">.</span></font><div id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPBorder_GT_15212257156100.7090227396924635" style="font-weight:400;margin-bottom:20px;overflow:auto;width:1611.08px;text-indent:0px"><table id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPContainer_15212257155980.8939676396829074" cellspacing="0" style="width:1449px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);overflow:auto;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;margin-top:20px;border-top:1px dotted rgb(200,200,200);border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(200,200,200)"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932ImageCell_15212257156000.0757051209622761" colspan="1" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;width:250px;display:table-cell;padding-right:20px"><div id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPImageContainer_15212257156000.3398048208456236" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);height:250px;margin:auto;display:table;width:250px"><a id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPImageAnchor_15212257156020.36650464366874547" href="http://oica.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);display:table-cell;text-align:center"><img id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPThumbnailImageID_15212257156020.34625338055292365" width="250" height="250" src="http://oica.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-OKBlueCir-1.png" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="display: inline-block; max-width: 250px; max-height: 250px; height: 250px; width: 250px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"></a></div></td><td id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932TextCell_15212257156020.2597430633657436" colspan="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;vertical-align:top;padding:0px;display:table-cell"><div id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPRemovePreviewContainer_15212257156020.5348183427901309"></div><div id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPTitle_15212257156020.48999876619016625" style="color:rgb(0,121,52);font-weight:400;font-size:21px;font-family:wf_segoe-ui_light,"Segoe UI Light","Segoe WP Light","Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><a id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPUrlAnchor_15212257156060.5656905783406275" href="http://oica.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none">Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) – “Creating ...</a></div><div id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPMetadata_15212257156060.3860239113539108" style="margin:10px 0px 16px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-weight:400;font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:14px"><a href="http://oica.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">oica.org</a></div><div id="gmail-m_558435356277092100m_8833651177448224932LPDescription_15212257156060.3254208974711349" style="display:block;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-weight:400;font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"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<font color="#000000" face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>So I bet you're wondering how can you help?</b>  Like prior years  we will still be raffling off specific-themed baskets; you can buy tickets for each basket and<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Thursday</span></span><span> </span>night we will draw tickets and call those lucky numbers. </font><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><b>Please bring a basket from your school to be included in the silent auction or you can make cash donations by going to their website,</b></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"> lets help<span> </span></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><b>OICA</b></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span> </span>protect our children.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></span></div><font size="4">Thank you,</font><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Lori Deardorff</font><div><font size="4">Director of Financial Aid-Traditional </font></div><div><font size="4">Southern Nazarene University</font></div><div><font size="4">6729 NW 39th Expressway</font></div><div><font size="4">Bethany, OK 73008</font></div><div><font size="4">(405) 491-6382 </font></div><div><a href="mailto:ldeardorff@snu.edu" target="_blank"><font size="4">ldeardorff@snu.edu</font></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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