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We would like to thank the Offinger staff for the marvelous job they do in managing our association and events. Our jobs as volunteers would be impossible without them.”
– CGOA Board Member
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American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) , founded in 1978, is a non-profit organization of nearly 8,000 members
from all 50 US states and more than a dozen other countries. It is the world’s largest ride enthusiast organization
whose mission is to promote and enjoy roller coasters everywhere regardless of type or size. |
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Association of Artisan Businesses (AAB) is a national non-partisan, professional organization whose mission is to assist individual artisans in reaching their full business potential while also promoting awareness of the artisan industry to the public, government agencies and elected officials.
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The Crochet Guild of America (CGOA) is an
international consumer organization dedicated to
preserving and advancing the art of crochet. Its purpose is to educate the public about crochet,
provide education and networking opportunities, and set a national standard for the quality, art and
skill of crochet through creative endeavors. |
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Helping Hands Foundation is a charitable
organization dedicated to create community partnerships that promote and encourage relationships between adults and youth,
fostering curiosity, creativity and a feeling of achievement through the teaching of needlearts through the
teaching of needle arts via the Needle Arts Mentoring ProgramSM. |
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The Redesigners and Stagers of the Interior Redesign Industry Specialists Association (IRIS) utilize skills, design talent and professional training to offer a variety of decorating services to their clients. Whether you are looking to enhance your home with interior redesign or are looking to prepare your home for sale with staging, IRIS redesigners and stagers are expertly equipped to provide the highest level of service. |
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The International Decorative Artisans League (IDAL) creates a forum for bringing together artisans at every skill level
to learn from each other, to recreate and rekindle the old world techniques while embracing and refining new world artistic expressions.
Hundreds of its members donate personal time, financial support and resources to charitable causes, including hospitals, foundations and
schools throughout the country. |
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The Ohio Forestry Association (OFA), established in 1903,
is chartered to promote the general welfare of the people and private enterprise of the State of Ohio. This is accomplished by encouraging,
through education, a unified conservation program, including the multiple uses of forests, development of adequate water supplies,
applied sound land management and the development of adequate wildlife and recreation values. |
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Located in the heart of the largest Amish community in the world, the Ohio Hardwood Furniture Market is a wholesale show featuring locally crafted, high-quality hardwood furniture. |
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The Ohio Land Title Association (OLTA),
founded in 1910, represents the state’s licensed title insurance agents and underwriters. The mission of the
association is to promote the educational, ethical, professional and legislative interests of the industry while striving
to benefit the public by providing education about the title industry and by promoting product quality and integrity. |
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The Ohio Lawn Care Association (OLCA) serves the lawn care and affiliated industries by
providing essential agronomic, business, education and legislative resources. The association is the
voice of the lawn care industry in Ohio. |
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The Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacists (OSHP)
is a non-profit organization of pharmacists and who believe that pharmacy is a clinical profession whose main purpose is to serve the public by promoting rational drug therapy, providing appropriate drug use control and ensuring the safe and appropriate clinical outcomes from their use. |
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The Ohio Sod Producers Association (OSPA) is a division of the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation. Its purpose is to maintain an association of individuals and firms engaged in the business of
planting, growing and selling sod by fostering and promoting the general welfare of the Ohio sod industry and encouraging
constant adherence to the highest standards of business practices. |
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The Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the turfgrass industry in Ohio,
to encourage further study and research of turfgrass science, and to speak on matters of policy affecting the turfgrass industry. |
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The Opticians Association of Ohio (OAO), founded in 1953, represents Ohio’s licensed dispensing opticians and has a
mission to enhance the quality and growth of opticianry through education,
government affairs and professional advancement for the visual well-being of the public. |
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Parents Without Partners (PWP) is the largest international, nonprofit membership organization devoted to the welfare and interests of single parents and their children. Parents Without Partners provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing personal growth, self-confidence and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support, friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques. |
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The Professional Lighting and Sign Management Companies of America (PLASMA) is a national alliance of independent service providers offering regional and national clients a ready made service delivery network of companies committed to excellent workmanship and expertise in lighting, sign, electrical and project. |
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The Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM) represents a group of individuals and their companies dedicated to advancing industry awareness of retail facilities maintenance for all industries, while promoting professional and ethical standards to service the customer with added value. |
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The Restaurant Facility Management Association (RFMA)
is a non-profit association that promotes the advancement of the restaurant facility management professional. |
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The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA) is an international consumer
organization dedicated solely to knitting and knitters. Since 1984, TKGA has brought knitters together to connect, create and grow
through education offerings, its Master Knitter™ program, conferences and Cast On magazine. |
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The National NeedleArts Association (TNNA), established in 1975, is an international
trade organization representing retailers, manufacturers, distributors, designers, manufacturers’ representatives, publishers, teachers and
wholesalers of products and supplies for the specialty needlearts market. These businesses create and market hand painted needlepoint canvases,
hand-dyed and specialty crochet and knitting yarns, embroidery,
needlepoint and cross-stitch materials, kits, furniture, notions, gifts, books, publications, accessories, tools and more. |
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The Uniform Retailers Association (URA) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the
growth and prosperity of the independent uniform retailer. |
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