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Sammamish Chamber of Commerce
Weekly Update
December 14, 2009
SCC Events & Announcements
 
Board Meeting December 15, 6:30PM at
Pine Lake Covenant Church, Room 104. 
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Special Event:
Chamber Holiday Gathering at Bake's Place!
 
This Thursday Evening -
 December 17, 2009 6:00 PM
All Welcome!
Location:
Bake's Place, 4135 Providence Point Drive SE
Issaquah, WA 98029
Cost: $40.00 per person. (Price include salad, entree, entertainment, plus tax & gratuity)
Bring a guest! Enjoy holiday music, choice of beef tenderloin or salmon. Craig Baker will be putting on a fabulous show for us! Pre-registration required.
 
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December Chamber Luncheon THIS THURSDAY 
 
Date: December 17, 2009
Time: 11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
Location: Bake's Place at Providence Point
Guest Speaker: Pat McNiff of PJ McNiff Advisory Services
Program Topic: "Customers - Key to our Success"
 
Register early and get your name listed on our homepage for the entire month of December! 
 
Please Register HERE
 
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These members have renewed their membership early in order to take advantage of the lower rate in December and the 2009 tax advantage. 
 
Thank you for your support this month Better By Design Embroidery; Butkus Consulting Inc.; Chinook Compost Tea; D A Davidson; Issaquah Family Chiropractic; Jana Williams-Edward Jones; Maria Burke-Providence Point Realty; and the Family Resource Center.

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New Promotional Opportunities!
 

We are hearing from New Movers that they want local information and referrals.
  SCC will deliver New Mover Packets to New Movers beginning with January, 2010.  If you would like to include a promotional gift, or gift certificate, in the packets to be delivered to the door and through our Sammamish Farmers Market, please let us know right away.  We are taking 1 per category up to 26, first come first serve.  If you sign up this December, the annual cost to you is just $225. + your gifts.  Let us know at info@sammamishchamber.org  or 425.681.4910.
 

Action Team Sponsorships available for Volunteer & Membership Teams.  Brand your business with what these team are doing for the chamber.  Contact Deb at 425.681.4910 
 

SCC will be offering some bigger raffle prizes for the December luncheon. We are also looking for coupons and gift-certificates to put in our goodie bags.  If you can offer a special something for the bags, or the raffle, please contact Deb today at 425.681.4910.
Member Events & Announcements
 
Meadow Creek Professional Center and LennuHR collaborate to bring you....
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HR Issues Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know;
Protect Your Company and Avoid Employee Lawsuits tomorrow
 
Date: Tuesday December 15th,
Time: 12 pm - 1pm
Location: Meadow Creek Professional Center
22525 SE 64th Place, Issaquah, WA 98027
 
If you have one or more employees, you don't want to miss this opportunity to listen and learn!
 
  • Learn what small business owner, at minimum, needs to know about Human Resources function.
  • Learn how to be proactive and prevent costly legal issues.
 
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At BECU Sammamish Neighborhood Financial Center
WE ARE HOSTING A HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
with free advice provided by experts in the area of Financial Education
, Wealth Management and Small Business.  We invite you to stop by for a meet and greet with staff, community networking and refreshments. 
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Sammamish Highlands Shopping Center
710 - 228th Avenue NE, (next to Safeway)
GET $25.00
Become a BECU member during the
holiday open house and we'll deposit
$25 into your BECU Savings Account
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Sammamish Arts Commission Presents

HARDWARE: A Love Story
December 10, 2009 - March 19, 2010
Sammamish City Hall Commons Gallery
801 228th Avenue SE
Sammamish, WA 98075
Hours: Weekdays 8:30am - 5:00pm
Local artists Larry Calkins and Carla Dimitriou pay tribute to an artist's source for materials - the local hardware store. Canvas tarps, chicken wire, plaster, nails and power tools mixed with a large quantity of creativity, turn raw materials into art. www.ci.sammamish.wa.us  
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SAMMI
Awards of Distinction 2010
Do you know someone who deserves a SAMMI Award?
Nominate and save the date: March 13, 2010 at Mary, Queen of Peace for the SAMMI Awards Celebration!
For more information and nomination forms, go online at www.sammiawards.org  or nominations@sammiawards.org
 
Sammamish Chamber of Commerce Mission Statement:
"To encourage economic development and vitality through enhancement and support of business, city and community"

2009 Vision
Statement:
 
"Building community one business at a time".
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