Polly-Esther,We've Come a Long Way, Baby

Dust off those bell-bottoms, feather that hair, and dig up all those bright patterns you tried to forget. Join the coolest cats in the industry and sport your retro duds as we dance the night away to classics from 70s and 80s. Keep an eye open for hustle lessons, costume contests, a dance off to crown the poly gal and poly guy of the night.

Tickets:

• Available for online purchase May 2008.
• Limited tickets available.
• Non-member $30
• Members $25

More info coming soon! If you are interested in being a sponsor of this event, please contact Sally Grimes: sgrimes@oiwc.org.

Background and purpose of the event

Since 1996, OIWC has served women in the outdoor industries by providing opportunities for networking, education and mentoring. For its 10th anniversary in 2006, OIWC launched a Professional Development program, aimed at meeting OIWC’s members’ desire for trainings and resources to help them develop their career and reach their goals, both professional and personal. OIWC hosted its first seminars at the August 2006 Outdoor Retailer and at every trade show since, and the demand for more seminars, mentoring programs, and online resources has grown dramatically.

To meet this demand, in 2008 OIWC will launch the OIWC Education Foundation, a funding arm for OIWC’s educational programs. The Education Foundation will support educational seminars and panels at trade shows and regional chapter events, intra- and cross-industry mentoring programs, and online resources including articles, job postings, discussion groups, and opportunities for networking. The OIWC Education Foundation has a 501c3 status and can accept tax-deductible contributions from individual donors.

Polly-Esther will be a fun, creative, outlandish event aimed at raising awareness and funds for the Foundation. Since OIWC’s Ramp It Up event (which sold out with 900 people attending and tickets scalped at the door!) anticipation about the next big OIWC event has been buzzing. The outdoor industry knows that OIWC can throw a good party, and we have no doubt that Polly-Esther will be the talk of the summer show, attended by every who’s-who of the industry, OIWC member, and anybody else who can get a ticket.