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Education Foundation Support Opportunities

OREF is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable and educational foundation and donations are fully tax deductible. Your investment reflects corporate values through commitment to the future of Oregon's hospitality industry and quality workforce training.

Specific Program Opportunities:

Annual Leadership Conference
• Major speaker sponsor
• Major education sponsor
• Supporting education sponsors

Northwest Foodservice Show
• Presenting Education Program Sponsor
• Supporting Education Sponsors

ProStart Hospitality Program (School to Career)
• Major program sponsor
• Supporting program sponsor
• Scholarships for students continuing in hospitality education (scholarship dollars will be matched!)

State Culinary & Hospitality Management Championship
• Presenting sponsorship
• Named competition sponsorship
• Major sponsor
• Post-secondary listing

Maurine Johnson Annual Scholarship
• Scholarships for students

Professional Development and Training:

• Online Food Handler Course
• Online Alcohol Server Education Course
• Contributions to workforce training programs and new products will be available for exclusive and major sponsorship

Why support OREF?

Invest in your industry's human capital. The Oregon Restaurant Education Foundation (OREF) understands two of the critical issues facing Oregon's hospitality industry:

  • Sufficient future qualified staff and managers
  • The need to upgrade the skills of today's work force

OREF is the principal educational organization for Oregon's hospitality industry. It serves as the leader in addressing the education, training, information and awareness issues facing our businesses.

Industry education and information insures healthy businesses and should be an integral part of your company's operating philosophy. OREF helps hospitality businesses become more successful.

OREF understands that the hospitality industry is one built on relationships. And businesses grow through strengthened relationships between operators and suppliers and the image their company holds within the industry. Becoming a Foundation supporter, you not only support thousands of business owners, employees and students in every sector of the state's hospitality industry, but also positively impact your own company.

Your investment returns real business benefits.

In addition to helping strengthen and solidify the future of Oregon's hospitality industry, OREF program investment opportunities give your company a wide range of valuable recognition and image enhancement benefits. Each will complement your industry relations and marketing efforts before thousands of Oregon hospitality business decision makers. In addition, your support will also help strengthen your company's bottom line. These include but are certainly not limited to:

  • Industry-wide acknowledgement of your program support
  • Company presentation opportunities during Oregon Restaurant Association and Foundation events
  • Business leader networking opportunities
  • Media exposure and positive industry involvement
  • Prominent on-site program signage and exposure
  • Exposure on invitations, programs, marketing materials
  • Title sponsorship listings and acknowledgement
  • Web site links
 
SCHOOL-TO-CAREER
OREF's ProStart™ school-to-career program encourages high school students to consider lifetime careers in the hospitality industry.
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The Oregon Restaurant Education Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable and educational foundation. Donations are fully tax deductible. OREF serves the state's hospitality industry with workforce development programs, training and certification classes, and research projects.
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