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Greetings!
Summer is always a busy time of year. We hope that your community is busy putting together your project book and gathering information for your adult and youth nominations. Entry materials may be found on our web site. To assist you we have again placed on our web site project books from different population categories. Reminder project books, adult and youth leadership nominations and the contact list are due postmarked July 31.
We want to be sure that you are using the new Project Book guidelines and entry materials as you prepare for the MCB Award Competition, therefore we are reprinting them from the previous newsletter. Remember this information is available on our web site and may be entered online or printed and filled out. We are also reprinting the information about the MCB Calendar of Events so that you have the deadline information at your finger tips.
Missouri Community Betterment has changed their mailing address and phone numbers. The new information is: 1702 Cedar Ridge Way, Branson West, MO 65737, Phone 417-334-3474, FAX 417-334- 3475.The MCB email and web site will remain the same. Please use this new information when corresponding with us.
In this issue of Community Matters
MCB Award Competition Deadline July 31
Reminder of 2008 MCB Calendar of Events
Project Book Examples on MCB Web Site
Michael Perry 45th MCB Conference Luncheon Speaker
MCB Sweatshirts and T-Shirts For Sale
Friends of MCB Members Wanted
Reminder of 2008 MCB Calendar of Events
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Project Entry Form and MCB Permission Statement Form Deadline - June 30, 2008
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Project Books, Adult and Youth Nomination Forms and Community Contact Form Deadline - July 31, 2008
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MCB Judges Visit Communities - September 15- 18, 2008
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MCB Conference, Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City - October 19-20, 2008
Project Book Examples on MCB Web Site
MCB wants to provide you with as much assistance as possible as you prepare for the Award Competition. Again this year we have placed four Project Books from different population categories on our web site. Two of the project book examples are new and two have been listed previously on our web site. These examples will give new or reactivating communities or neighborhoods a starting point as they assemble information and put their project book together. For the communities and neighborhoods that have participated in the Award Competition for many years this will give you examples of how other organizations compose their project book to determine if you would like to try a new style of presentation.
If you would like to use this MCB resource please go to our web site at mcb web site and review the Project Book examples. Then start working on your Project Book using the style your community decides to use. The pages following each project may be filled with newspaper articles, photos or other documents that provides information about your project. Remember your Project Book is the first opportunity that the judges have to learn about your projects before they visit your community or neighborhood.
New this year: the Project Book may be submitted electronically. As an example, a Power Point presentation, word document or Excel document may be submitted as the electronic Project Book entry.
One paper copy of this electronic presentation must be submitted to MCB for display at the Annual Conference.
Michael Perry 45th MCB Conference Luncheon Speaker
Drawing on his experience as a
Wisconsin farm kid, Wyoming cowboy, and
small-town volunteer firefighter and EMT,
humorist and bestselling author Michael
Perry provides a laughter-filled and
poignant look at rural and small town
living. Using perspectives ranging from
the deck of a fire truck to the inside
of a burning barn, Perry illustrates how
service to community is ultimately a
gift to one's self.
Author of the memoirs Population
485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at
a Time and Truck: A Love Story,
he currently lives on a small farm in
rural Wisconsin with his wife and two
daughters. Come meet Michael and learn
why you should never stand behind a
"sneezing cow".
Mark your calendar for October 19-20,
2008 and plan to attend the 45th Annual
MCB Conference. We will be featuring
topics and speakers in our upcoming MCB
newsletters. Watch the excitement grow
as we are Celebrating 45 Years of
Accomplishments!
MCB Sweatshirts and T-Shirts For Sale
MCB Sweatshirts and T-Shirts are
available to order through the MCB web
site. The cost of the sweatshirts is $20 and the T-Shirts are $10. Orders may be mailed to one contact in a community or may be mailed individually. There are no handling fees. When orders are shipped an invoice will be included.
Please go to the MCB web site for pictures of the Sweatshirt, T-Shirt and order form. For more information contact Jan Simon at 417-334-3474 or at
mcb@iland.net .
Friends of MCB Members Wanted
Please consider becoming a member of "Friends of MCB". For your $50-$249 membership your name will appear on the web site, in the conference program and other printed materials, as well as being introduced at the MCB luncheon and banquet and receiving an MCB pin.
Make your check payable to MCBEF and designate "Friends of MCB" on your check. Send your membership dues to MCB, 1702 Cedar Ridge Way, Branson West, MO 65737.
For more information about the "Friends of MCB" call Jan Simon at 417-334-3474. To obtain a membership form go to Friends of MCB Membership Form .
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