WHAT'S A FAIR BOOSTER?
The Washington County Fairground Boosters (aka Fair Boosters) is a 501-(c)-3 Corporation that is celebrating it's 33rd year as a non-profit volunteer organization, whose primary purpose is to promote and support the Oregon - Washington County Annual Fair, typically held Thursday through Sunday on the last full week of July each year!
WHEN AND WHERE DO THE FAIR BOOSTERS MEET?
THE FAIR BOOSTERS TYPICALLY MEET ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED).
OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 - 9:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, July 3rd, 2013, AT MARIETTA SORENSON'S HOME (LOCATED AT 1216 NE QUEEN LANE, HILLSBORO, OR - LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HARE FIELD).
WE HOLD A SHORT REGULAR MEETING COVERING ESSENTIAL BOOSTERS TOPICS AND THEN WILL USE THE BALANCE OF OUR MEETING TO DECORATE OUR FOURTH OF JULY FLOAT FOR THE HILLSBORO ROTARY PARADE, WHICH TAKES PLACE THE NEXT DAY.
SEE YOU THERE !
Please come join the Fair Boosters at our next meeting and help be a part of the Fair Boosters 2013 events. If you have other Fair and/or Fair Boosters related photos which you wish to share, please forward them via e-mail to: fairboosters@fairboosters.com AND/OR bring them to our next regular Fair Booster meeting held at the Washington County Fair Complex in the Cloverleaf Building, every first Wednesday of each month, 7:00PM - 9:00PM. [Note: Parking is available at the Fair Complex's west parking lot.]
Also, visit our NEW "Fair History" page (see above tab) for information regarding a book that the Fair Boosters are working on with a projected publication date of mid-2013! Send in your old Fair & Rodeo photos and stories about the past Fairs to our Fair Booster Historian Inez Griffels as indicated on that page.
FAIR BOOSTER NOTICES:
1) Our current 2013 Fair Boosters Officers are as follows:
2) Fair Boosters membership dues will now be due on January 1st of each year, starting in 2014. All Fair Boosters members paying their dues for 2012 will also be credited for dues paid through 12/31/13! If you have not already paid your yearly Fair Boosters dues, please forward your check payment, payable to the "Washington County Fairground Boosters", and mail to P.O. Box 2679, Hillsboro, OR 97123. You can also bring your dues payment to the next Boosters monthly meeting. Remember you now have the option of joining the Fair Boosters with the following membership options; 1) Single Membership = $10/person 2) Family Membership = $15 / family (i.e. two adults and two children under 18 years of age) and 3) Associate Membership = $25 and 4) Life Time Membership = $150.
3) The "Washington County Fair History Book" is still in the works with a new target published date of Fall 2013 ! Our Historian Inez Griffels and History Book Assistant Judy Palumbo have been dutifully working on crafting our Fair History Book and we will start aggressively marketing the "Washington County Fair History Book" in mid-2013, presenting the book on local Washington County and Portland media sources as well. Don't forget to forward and share your old Fair photos and Fair stories with Inez Griffels, Fair Boosters Historian (see our Contact page listed above).
4) The Fair Boosters will be holding their next regular membership meeting on a different day than usual for our May meeting, which is now scheduled from
7:00 - 9:00 PM on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, in the Cloverleaf Building at the Washington County Fair Complex.
The Washington County Fairground Boosters (aka Fair Boosters) is a 501-(c)-3 Corporation that is celebrating it's 33rd year as a non-profit volunteer organization, whose primary purpose is to promote and support the Oregon - Washington County Annual Fair, typically held Thursday through Sunday on the last full week of July each year!
WHEN AND WHERE DO THE FAIR BOOSTERS MEET?
THE FAIR BOOSTERS TYPICALLY MEET ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED).
OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 - 9:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, July 3rd, 2013, AT MARIETTA SORENSON'S HOME (LOCATED AT 1216 NE QUEEN LANE, HILLSBORO, OR - LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HARE FIELD).
WE HOLD A SHORT REGULAR MEETING COVERING ESSENTIAL BOOSTERS TOPICS AND THEN WILL USE THE BALANCE OF OUR MEETING TO DECORATE OUR FOURTH OF JULY FLOAT FOR THE HILLSBORO ROTARY PARADE, WHICH TAKES PLACE THE NEXT DAY.
SEE YOU THERE !
Please come join the Fair Boosters at our next meeting and help be a part of the Fair Boosters 2013 events. If you have other Fair and/or Fair Boosters related photos which you wish to share, please forward them via e-mail to: fairboosters@fairboosters.com AND/OR bring them to our next regular Fair Booster meeting held at the Washington County Fair Complex in the Cloverleaf Building, every first Wednesday of each month, 7:00PM - 9:00PM. [Note: Parking is available at the Fair Complex's west parking lot.]
Also, visit our NEW "Fair History" page (see above tab) for information regarding a book that the Fair Boosters are working on with a projected publication date of mid-2013! Send in your old Fair & Rodeo photos and stories about the past Fairs to our Fair Booster Historian Inez Griffels as indicated on that page.
FAIR BOOSTER NOTICES:
1) Our current 2013 Fair Boosters Officers are as follows:
- Matt Pihl - President
- Lyle Spiesschaert - Vice President
- Kris Pickett - Secretary
- Tom Black - Treasurer
2) Fair Boosters membership dues will now be due on January 1st of each year, starting in 2014. All Fair Boosters members paying their dues for 2012 will also be credited for dues paid through 12/31/13! If you have not already paid your yearly Fair Boosters dues, please forward your check payment, payable to the "Washington County Fairground Boosters", and mail to P.O. Box 2679, Hillsboro, OR 97123. You can also bring your dues payment to the next Boosters monthly meeting. Remember you now have the option of joining the Fair Boosters with the following membership options; 1) Single Membership = $10/person 2) Family Membership = $15 / family (i.e. two adults and two children under 18 years of age) and 3) Associate Membership = $25 and 4) Life Time Membership = $150.
3) The "Washington County Fair History Book" is still in the works with a new target published date of Fall 2013 ! Our Historian Inez Griffels and History Book Assistant Judy Palumbo have been dutifully working on crafting our Fair History Book and we will start aggressively marketing the "Washington County Fair History Book" in mid-2013, presenting the book on local Washington County and Portland media sources as well. Don't forget to forward and share your old Fair photos and Fair stories with Inez Griffels, Fair Boosters Historian (see our Contact page listed above).
4) The Fair Boosters will be holding their next regular membership meeting on a different day than usual for our May meeting, which is now scheduled from
7:00 - 9:00 PM on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, in the Cloverleaf Building at the Washington County Fair Complex.
NEW FAIRGROUNDS MANAGER APPLICANTS UPDATE:
A special THANK YOU to all of those job applicants who applied for the New Fairgrounds Manager position, which was recently closed on Friday, 4/19/13, by the Washington County's HR Dept.. Applications are now being reviewed by the County HR Dept. and there will be a vetting process of those applicants who meet the job requirements and are selected by the HR Dept. for job interviews (Note: This may take awhile to do). At last count on Tue. 4/16/13, there were 36 job applications received for this New Fairgrounds Manager job position!
Good luck to all who applied and may the most qualified person win!
Good luck to all who applied and may the most qualified person win!
♦ PLEASE SEE OUR "CALENDAR" TAB FOR ALL UPCOMING FAIR BOOSTERS EVENTS !!! ♦