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Dear AZ NIGP Members,
Summer is here. The kids are out of school. We are getting ready to close one fiscal year and open another. Good times are here to stay!
The May 13th Chapter Training Meeting featured Gary Barkman and his Cooperative Committee with an update on best practices for cooperative procurement. The documents and information are available in the document library on the website and feel free to reach out to any committee members if you have questions. We also had a presentation by our charity, Lost Our Home Pet Rescue. Our chapter is fully committed to being an active part of our community.
Our crown jewel in May was the Reverse Vendor Trade Show (RVTS) on May 19th at the Tempe Center for Arts on the beautiful shores of Tempe Town Lake. We filled all the public entities booths. For the first time ever, we sold sponsorships and Lisa Goodman and her team sold them out! Close to 700 vendors attended and almost 50 public entities were represented. So many vendors t

SAVE THE DATE!

AZNIGP Annual Regional Conference and Vendor Expo is set for Thursday, October 16th from 8 am to 5pm at the Mesa Convention Center

The Purchasing Exchange

This March, we shine a spotlight on the dedicated professionals who keep organizations running smoothly and efficiently- our procurement heroes!

Lost Our Home Pet Rescue was founded in 2008 as a grassroots response to the housing crisis that left thousands of people displaced and thousands of pets abandoned. Lost Our Home Founder and Executive Director, Jodi Polanski, worked as a local mortgage banker during that time and witnessed these devastating results firsthand.
Pets were abandoned in foreclosed homes, often without food or water. Others were forced into shelters—their owners having no other choice. With the second highest foreclosure rates, and the second highest shelter-euthanasia rates, Maricopa County was experiencing a crisis and no existing service was designed to address the needs of both people and pets.
Jodi was quick to recognize this urgent need and launched Lost Our Home Pet Rescue with just a small network of volunteers who were focused on helping the pets that had been abandoned during the housing crisis. Help and hope were on the way!