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

Dear AZ NIGP Members,

Happy National Procurement Month!

Although March is the month of Spring Training Baseball in Arizona, it is also the most important month of the year for Public Procurement Professionals. This is our time to be recognized for all the great things we do for our organizations throughout the year!

Included with this message is a copy of the Arizona Procurement Month Proclamation by our own Governor Hobbs and the Chapter’s Procurement Professionals' Day Proclamation.

Please display both of these documents proudly at your entity and share with your family and friends. Public procurement is a noble and often forgotten profession so don’t let this month slip by without celebrating our hard work and dedication.

Our chapter will be celebrating procurement month in at the March Career Seminar I.
Career Seminar I is scheduled for March 18th, 2024 at the Willow Conference Center and sponsored by 1GPA. The State Procurement Administrator and the CEO of L

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!