<div dir="ltr">Hello, <div>Please include :<br clear="all"><div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(58,85,124);font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.6875rem">Pure Barre Fitness Class with Athleta & EPI</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115)">Join us at Athleta for a fun morning of fitness, mingling, Athleta raffle prizes, mimosas, and snacks! Frances from PureBarre Missoula will be instructing the class. And EPI will be celebrating the last week of its <a href="https://www.ecologyproject.org/about/blog/how-engaging-more-girls-in-science-will-help-save-our-planet" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">STEM for Good</a> campaign, which highlights the obstacles young girls face in pursuing their interests in science and how EPI works to break down those barriers, empowering girls to become the next generation of conservation scientists. To help us celebrate, bring a woman who keeps you going through the obstacles of life. Athleta will raffle off some of great prizes at $1 per raffle ticket. It's the perfect way to start your Sunday. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">When</strong>: Sunday, May 6, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Where</strong>: Athleta at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Athleta/@46.8456041,-114.0273281,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x36670edb7fa5b335!8m2!3d46.8456041!4d-114.0273281" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Southgate Mall</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Who</strong>: Everyone!<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Cost</strong>: Free, but bring cash for raffle tickets<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Let us know you're coming on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1862967030405479/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Facebook</a>.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(58,85,124);font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.6875rem"> </h3><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(58,85,124);font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.6875rem"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><img alt="" src="https://www.ecologyproject.org/assets/images/EPI_News/Womens_navigation_class_circle_photo.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: 170px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; width: 170px;">Women's Navigating with Map & Compass Class</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115)">Feel empowered when you're in the backcountry by knowing exactly where you are and where you're going by using a map and compass. Learn hands-on orienteering in a supportive space at this all-women's navigation class. <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(239,130,0)">Register below</span></strong>.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">In this outdoor workshop, cartographer Amelia Hagen-Dillon will teach you to use a map and compass to plan a route and stay on it. You'll learn how to read a topographic map, the parts of a compass, and how to use a map and compass in tandem. You'll be able to pinpoint your location through triangulation and then navigate to new locations by following a bearing. <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Each participant will get their very own Cairn Cartographics map of the Missoula area. We will have a few compasses on hand for participants to use, but please bring your own if you have one. (Many phones have compass apps.) The class will begin at the Greenough Park Pavilion for the classroom portion, and then we'll hike to Waterworks Hill for hands-on practice. Please dress appropriately. <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">This class is a collaboration between <a href="https://cairncarto.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Cairn Cartographics</a> and <a href="https://www.ecologyproject.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Ecology Project International</a> (EPI), a local science education nonprofit. All proceeds from the class support EPI's #STEM4Good campaign to engage more girls in hands-on science and empower them to pursue careers in STEM. To learn more about the campaign, please visit EPI's <a href="https://www.ecologyproject.org/about/blog/how-engaging-more-girls-in-science-will-help-save-our-planet" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">website</a>. <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Class Size Max</strong>: 15<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Who</strong>: Women ages 9 to 99<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Where</strong>: Meet at the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Greenough+Park+Pavilion/@46.8769,-113.9752689,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x9ac03000712edaf5?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiEh9zo4bLaAhWH8YMKHakkBTEQ_BIImAEwDg" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Greenough Park Pavillion</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">When</strong>: Saturday, May 19, 12-4 pm<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Cost</strong>: $30 for adults, $15 for children 16 & under<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Register below and let us know you're coming on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/164533917712272/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Facebook</a>.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115);text-align:center"></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(58,85,124);font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.6875rem"><img alt="" src="https://www.ecologyproject.org/assets/images/EPI_News/Moscow_Monday_event_circle_photo.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: 170px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; width: 170px;">Moscow Monday</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115)">Drink incredible hand-made cocktails while empowering the world's youth to take an active role in conservation. How could you ask for a better time than that? Join EPI at the Montgomery Distillery on Monday, May 14! $1 from every drink benefits EPI and its mission.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115)"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">Where</strong>: <a href="http://montgomerydistillery.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Montgomery Distillery</a> (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Montgomery+Distillery/@46.8702307,-113.9985115,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x535dcc2b31077bb9:0x56ea7b55cfe60750!8m2!3d46.8702307!4d-113.9963228" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(109,171,222);line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">map</a>)<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit">When</strong>: Monday, May 14, 12-8 pm</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(58,85,124);font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.6875rem"> </h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(107,113,115)"> </p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(58,85,124);font-family:museo-sans-rounded,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.6875rem"><img alt="Musicians play all sorts of music at EPI's annual First Friday event." src="https://www.ecologyproject.org/asse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