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Greetings!
MCB Award Competition entry forms and permission statements are starting to arrive. If you have not sent in your entry please do so now. 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
2008 MCB Award Competition Materials
Community Plan/Assessment/Community Inventory Needed
Reminder of 2008 MCB Calendar of Events
Project Book Examples on MCB Web Site
Plan Now to Attend the 45th MCB Conference
MCB Sweatshirts and T-Shirts For
Sale
Community Plan/Assessment/Community Inventory Needed
Thank you to the communities that sent in either their community plan, assessment or the community inventory form postmarked June 1. You will receive an additional five (5) points on the judges scoring sheet.
If your community has not sent me this information please do so before June 30 so that we may have this information on file.
If you would like to use the new MCB
Community Inventory Form it is
located on the MCB web site.
Please mail this information to: MCB, 1702 Cedar Ridge Way, Branson West, MO 65737.
Reminder of 2008 MCB Calendar of Events
To assist you in planning for 2008 we would like to remind you of some important MCB dates.
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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.
Plan Now to Attend the 45th MCB Conference
The MCB Adult and Youth Planning Committees are hard at work selecting topics and speakers for our Annual Conference. The conference will be held again this year in Jefferson City at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. Events will start on Sunday afternoon and conclude with the Awards Banquet on Monday evening.
We hope that all our communities will enter the Awards Competition, but if it is not possible this year, please plan to attend the Annual Conference anyway. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet people from other community betterment organizations, review Project Book entries, visit with vendors that can assist your community on future projects and hear great speakers with topics for youth and adults.
Mark October 19-20, 2008 on your calendar 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 .
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