NEIGHBORHOOD STORE ASSOCIATION

Summer 2008     

Vol. 10 No. 2

The Coalition for Responsible Tobacco Retailing will offer three classroom We Card training sessions in Oregon during August 2008, in Tigard, Eugene and Medford. The training sessions are free and open to all retailers (owners, managers and frontline associates).

These two-hour training sessions teach managers and employees how to spot the latest in fake IDs, techniques on how to avoid confrontation, how to properly use age verification tools, plus many more tips on preventing underage tobacco sales. Each session will end with a quiz, allowing participants to test their knowledge.

You may register by calling 888-872-4603 or send an e-mail to: Register@wecard.org. In the subject line indicate: We Card Registration and include the following information: Company Name
Contact Person & Phone number
Number of people attending
Seminar city, date and time.

1)         9:00 am to 11:00 am
            Wed, Aug. 13, 2008 
            George Fox University
            Portland Center-South Bldg
            12753 SW 68th Ave.
            Tigard, OR

2)         3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
            Wed, Aug. 13, 2008
            Hilton Eugene & Conference Center
            66 East 6th Ave.
            Eugene, OR

3)         9:00 am to 11:00 am
            Thurs, Aug. 14, 2008
            Red Lion Hotel Medford
            200 N. Riverside Ave.
            Medford, OR

The Coalition for Responsible Tobacco Retailing also offers FREE online training,

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