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Lending a Helping Hand:Allison Pedley (l), executive director of the Truckee Trails Foundation, with Teresa O’Dette at the Lending a Hand award ceremony. Courtesy photo |
CommentsSpot News Briefs: Business
(15 July to 11 August)
Published: July 19, 2010
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O’Dette Mortgage Group Gives Grant
The Truckee Trails Foundation has received a $4,000 grant from the “Lending a Hand Campaign” organized by O’Dette Mortgage Group. Over 30 local businesses and individuals donated nearly $2,000, which OMG partners Teresa O’Dette and Ephraim Schwartz then matched. Twenty-two nonprofits applied for the fund, but the Truckee Trails Foundation proposal to complete the Legacy Trail project to Glenshire received the most votes by the donors.
“We were amazed by the number of quality applications we received and are so proud that so many organizations are working towards improving our community,” said O’Dette. “Although Truckee Trails was the ultimate recipient, we learned a great deal about the current needs of so many of our nonprofits.” Info: stephanie@omglenders.com
Laughing Sun Clothing Creates, Gives Back
Truckee artist Sara Zimmerman and husband Rob have launched Laughing Sun Clothing, a company specializing in hand-drawn illustrations on T-shirts and decals. One dollar of each sale will be donated to a variety of local and national nonprofit organizations. The clothing company will be primarily Internet-based, with three initial designs and three nonprofit beneficiaries: SOS Glenshire, the AccessFund, and the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Save BioGems Initiative. Info: laughingsunclothing.com
Help for Local Small Businesses
The Sierra Economic Development Corporation is offering a scholarship program funded by the Golden Sierra Job Training Agency to employers of business with nine employees or less, to offset the cost of attending SEDCorp classes. Classes include Inernet Marketing, Alternative Marketing, Business Planning, Business Legalities, QuickBooks, Getting Out of Debt, Franchising as a Career Option, Making Solar Part of Your Business Plan, and Communication Skills/Time Management. SEDCorp is also offering a free public class on identity theft protection in August. Info: (530) 823-4703, info@sedcorp.biz
Bar Association Hosts Famed Lawyer
Friday July 23
Trial attorney James J. Brosnahan, well known for defending terrorism suspect John Walker Lindh, will speak to the Tahoe Truckee Bar Association on “Representing the Despised and Unrepresented” at Cedar House Sport Hotel. Brosnahan has over 50 years of experience in civil and criminal law and was named one of America’s most influential trial attorneys in 2006 by the National Law Journal.
Also in 2006, he was inducted into the State Bar of California’s “Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame” and received the Samuel E. Gates Award from the American College of Trial Lawyers for his “significant, exceptional lasting contribution to the improvement of the litigation process.”
A limited number of seats for the July 23 event will be available for the general public. $10 adv/$15 door includes appetizers. Info: tahoetruckeebar@yahoo.com, (530) 584-1134
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