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Brochure and Registration Information

2010 NWAIRS Conference Brochure

2010 NWAIRS Conference-Registration to pay by Credit Card contact Wanda Smith at 509-654-7350

2010 NWAIRS Scholarship Application for NWAIRS Conference

Application deadline is September 1, 2010

Call for Submissions

This year’s opening dinner will highlight I& R program innovations in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. If your organization has developed programs or creative ways to address community needs, we would like to hear from you. Ideas include, but are not limited to, the following:

· Understanding diversity and promoting cultural competence

· Creative partnerships to address a community need

· Addressing the consequences of poverty and unemployment in the economic downturn

· Successful use of technology and media in outreach and marketing

· Innovative approaches to serving special populations, such as children and families, elders, persons with disabilities, LGBT, immigrants and refugees.

· Advocacy

If you’d like to be considered, Please submit a brief description of your program by July 30^th to:

Bill Brackin

Program Director

Volunteers of America North Sound 211

P.O. Box 838

Everett, WA 98206

Phone: (425) 609-2213

E-mail: bbrackin@voaww.org

The Northwest Alliance of Information and Referral Systems is an affiliate of the Alliance of Information and Referral systems - a professional membership association of more than 1,200 organizations, supporting 28 state and regional affiliates that bring people and services together.