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Helping Hands Program
OTSA is wanting to help you. Our Helping Hands program helps OSTA member residents with home repairs so that you can age safely in place. You can fill out an application for a grant and submit it for approval. The grants are limited to one grant per year, not to exceed $1000 actual cost. Of this $1000, OSTA will pay 75% of the submitted amount. The resident is responsible for the remaining 25%.
Please comment on this post if you are interested in applying or have any comments or questions.
Please comment on this post if you are interested in applying or have any comments or questions.
Directors....Action...Camera....POST
OK Directors,
This is your spotlight: Comment to this post with any updates, shoutouts, concerns, photos, anything you are wanting to share.......
This is your spotlight: Comment to this post with any updates, shoutouts, concerns, photos, anything you are wanting to share.......
New Year - New Dreams - Looking to the Future - GRANTS
Hello Bloggers,
The new year brings a new vision and scope for OSTA. The newly formed Grant Search Committee has begun to search for grant opportunities to better help manufactured home owners. We have identified a number of grant categories which we could apply for and many projects that could help. Our existing Helping Hands program focuses on home repairs that allow residents to age in place safely.
Please comment to this post with any ideas, areas of interest for possible grant ideas, and how you might volunteer to make this happen....
Nancy Inglehart, Grant Committee Chair
The new year brings a new vision and scope for OSTA. The newly formed Grant Search Committee has begun to search for grant opportunities to better help manufactured home owners. We have identified a number of grant categories which we could apply for and many projects that could help. Our existing Helping Hands program focuses on home repairs that allow residents to age in place safely.
Please comment to this post with any ideas, areas of interest for possible grant ideas, and how you might volunteer to make this happen....
Nancy Inglehart, Grant Committee Chair
Dear Friends,
Before the Happy Holidays, you should be able to read the latest OSTA Quarterly Review on the web site. We're no longer able to post it here on the blog. Everything else you need is here, though, including the PayPal account for those of you who prefer to charge your dues and donations. Look on the left of your screen where it says "subscribe" to make a charge. Also on the web page you can see pictures of our two new board members, Deanna and Sheryl.
We don't make many changes on the web site because it's pretty expensive to do so. We'd like you to rely on the blog, which isn't expensive to maintain. Notice at the top of the web page that there's a link to the blog. All you have to do is click on it and Voila! you'll be connected to this blog.
Speaking of donations, unless you specify otherwise, all donations go to Helping Hands, our program to help members age in place. We'll be encouraging members to check the steps and railings leading into their homes. Loose railings and rotting wood steps can cause accidents, so you may need a Helping Hand to have steps and railings fixed or replaced. Give your district director a call for guidance in how to apply. Or call our answering service: 1-800-423-9371 and say you want to talk to Jane about Helping Hands. Also remember OSTA is a non-profit organization, so any donations you make are tax deductible.
We're encouraging all our state board members to occasionally post something on this blog. It works like Facebook, so you can comment on the posts, if you want, or ask questions. Nancy administers the blog, so don't expect to put any ads on it or forward any scams. She won't allow that. I'm hoping for new messages at least once a week. Posting on the blog is my New Year's Resolution, so stayed tuned. Meanwhile, Feliz Navidad to you all. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, I wish you happiness in the new year. --Jane
We don't make many changes on the web site because it's pretty expensive to do so. We'd like you to rely on the blog, which isn't expensive to maintain. Notice at the top of the web page that there's a link to the blog. All you have to do is click on it and Voila! you'll be connected to this blog.
Speaking of donations, unless you specify otherwise, all donations go to Helping Hands, our program to help members age in place. We'll be encouraging members to check the steps and railings leading into their homes. Loose railings and rotting wood steps can cause accidents, so you may need a Helping Hand to have steps and railings fixed or replaced. Give your district director a call for guidance in how to apply. Or call our answering service: 1-800-423-9371 and say you want to talk to Jane about Helping Hands. Also remember OSTA is a non-profit organization, so any donations you make are tax deductible.
We're encouraging all our state board members to occasionally post something on this blog. It works like Facebook, so you can comment on the posts, if you want, or ask questions. Nancy administers the blog, so don't expect to put any ads on it or forward any scams. She won't allow that. I'm hoping for new messages at least once a week. Posting on the blog is my New Year's Resolution, so stayed tuned. Meanwhile, Feliz Navidad to you all. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, I wish you happiness in the new year. --Jane
DO IT THIS WEEK! Register for the MH/OSTA Convention
October 17 is the deadline to register for the 2018 annual meeting for the reduced price of $15 this year. Registrations received after that date will be $20. Send name of each person attending plus $15 for each person to MH/OSTA, P.O. Box 24958, Eugene, OR 97402.
Details about the Meeting
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27
Where: The Village Green Resort, Cottage Grove, Oregon
If you'd like to spend Friday night, call (541) 942-2491 no later than Oct. 17 to reserve a room at a special rate for OSTA members. RV spots also available.
Directions: From I-5 take Exit 174 east on Row river Rd about 2 blocks to the resort. Plan time to visit the lovely gardens at the Village Green. Also "Shrek, the Musical" is playing across the street at the Cottage Theater.
Details about the Meeting
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27
Where: The Village Green Resort, Cottage Grove, Oregon
If you'd like to spend Friday night, call (541) 942-2491 no later than Oct. 17 to reserve a room at a special rate for OSTA members. RV spots also available.
Directions: From I-5 take Exit 174 east on Row river Rd about 2 blocks to the resort. Plan time to visit the lovely gardens at the Village Green. Also "Shrek, the Musical" is playing across the street at the Cottage Theater.
Information Needed
Someone going to the meeting in Ashland on Oct. 4 please volunteer to take notes for publication in the Dec. 1 OSTA Quarterly Review. If you send me your notes, I can put them together for you.
Also....
Chapter Presidents: Please identify yourselves. The OSTA board voted to give you free memberships as long as you serve as president of your chapter. Send your names to me, please, and let me know when your term is up. We won't be rescinding dues but will push you ahead a year if you've paid recently.
--Jane Capron, board secretary
capron.jane@gmail.com
Also....
Chapter Presidents: Please identify yourselves. The OSTA board voted to give you free memberships as long as you serve as president of your chapter. Send your names to me, please, and let me know when your term is up. We won't be rescinding dues but will push you ahead a year if you've paid recently.
--Jane Capron, board secretary
capron.jane@gmail.com
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