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Chamber hosts Career Exploration lunch and Sunriver Saturday Market
The fourth annual Career
Exploration Lunch was held
Thursday, May 14 at Benham
Hall at SHARC.
Sunriver Area Chamber of
Commerce Executive Director Kristine Thomas, South
County Collaborative Program
Director Sarah Cochran and
Three Rivers School Councilor
Malie Niebergall organized the
lunch for about 100 middle
school students from Three
Rivers School in Sunriver and
100 students from La Pine
Middle Schol along with more
than 80 volunteers.
“The goal of the lunch is not
for students to leave knowing
what career they want to do,”
Thomas said. “Instead, it’s a
chance for them to start thinking about what their interests
are and to be able to talk with
adults about their careers.”
The organizers are extremely
grateful to the volunteers who
represented careers ranging
from automotive technicians
to doctors and firefighters
to veterinarians.
"The Career Exploration
Luncheon was a success because the volunteers' efforts,
including taking the time to rearrange their schedule to show
up for students, helping them
gain some insight into their
career path and giving them
a real example of what having
a commitment to community
participation looks like, and in
such a meaningful way, too! We
simply could not have done this
without you, so again, thank
you so much for being part of
our event," Cochran said.
Thomas said the event is
truly a stellar example of community collaboration.
"The lunch would not be
possible if it weren't for everyone who lent a hand whether
it was hosting a fundraiser,
donating items for gift bags or
providing financial support,"
Thomas said.
Upon surveying youth in
the school year, the organizers
recruited volunteers from the
youth-identified career sectors
ranging from animal sciences,
nursing and medical fields,
acting, education, firefighting,
mechanical, engineering, writing, marketing and more.
Students rotated among
three different career sectors,
having the opportunity for
small-group discussions and
focused attention from these
wonderful community members who served as mentors for
this event.
"What a fabulous event! Everything was so well thought out
and every detail in place! It was
a perfect gathering of interested
students and interesting volunteers," Sunriver Stars Artistic
More than 80 volunteers discussed their careers with middle schools students from Three Rivers
School in Sunriver and La Pine Middle School.
Director Victoria Kristy said.
"The keynote speaker, Scott
Crabtree, spoke to all, no matter what our age.I was honored
to be a part of the chamber
career day!"
Thank you to the
following for making the
lunch possible:
• Bowtie Catering for providing the lunch.
• Aspire, Rotary Club of
Sunriver-La Pine, Century
Commons Taps & Trucks,
South County Collaborative,
Sunriver Saturday Market,
Newberry Regional Partnership
and Sunriver Area Chamber
of Commerce for providing
financial support.
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awesome staff members, especially Kaitlin Horvath, events
manager for SHARC and for
the use of the room.
• Sunriver Music Festival, Visit Central Oregon,
Deschutes Public Library,
Sunriver Oktoberfest and First
Interstate Bank for donating
items to the gift bags.
• St. Charles Health Systems
with special thanks to Carlos Salcedo, CDP, Manager,
Community Partnerships, who
organized and sponsored the
guest speaker.
• Scott Crabtree is the "Chief
Happiness Officer" of Happy
Brain Science. Thank you to
Scott for his excellent presentation and for his insightful
information. Please visit www.
happybrainscience.com to
learn more about Scott's work.
• To the more than 80 volunteers. This event is only
possible because of your time
and your commitment to
the vision of helping middle
school students began to think
about possible career paths.
Thank you for being role
models to the youth in
our community.
If you are interested in learning more about the lunch,
donating to it, providing items
for the students' gift bags,
volunteering or being on the
committee, please contact
exec@sunriverchamber.com.
Plans will begin for the 2027
lunch in September.
Sunriver Saturday Market
on June 27 at SHARC
The Sunriver Area Chamber
of Commerce hosts the fourth
annual Sunriver Saturday Market, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, June 27 at SHARC,
on the basketball court.
Visit sunriverchamber.com
and click on events to see
the vendors for June 27. A
boutique market limited to
50 vendors, the dates are Saturdays, July 25, Aug. 29 and
Sept. 26. The market fulfills the
chamber's mission to support
businesses in Central Oregon.
Thank you to the
market's 2026 sponsors:
Bounty sponsors: Bleu Bite
Catering, Custom Shade Solutions, LLC, Kelly Winch Real
Estate - Cascade Hasson Sotheby's International Realty,
Vegetable Man of La Pine
Harvest sponsors: Century
Commons Taps & Trucks,
Dream Decks & Remodeling
Friends of the Market: First
Interstate Bank of Sunriver
Market news can be found by
signing up newsletter at exec@
sunriverchamber.com or on
Facebook and Instagram.
