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Annual Awards Banquet

39th Annual Banquet

Tuesday, February 17


Doors open 6:15pm
Dinner served
6:30pm

Program begins 7:00pm

Prestage Hall
Sampson County Exposition Center

Tickets: 
$15.00 each

Must be ordered before February 12, 2009.

Gold & Silver Sponsor Tables are available.  Additional details are listed online. 


Tickets to the banquet may be purchased by contacting the Chamber office or by following the link below.

Phone: 910.592.6177
Email

Reserve your seats now by ordering tickets online
 
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 February 2009
Member of the Week
Cape Fear Farm Credit

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Cape Fear Farm Credit's mission is to be the lender of choice to agricultural and rural communities.  Cape Fear Farm Credit is a cooperative that has more than $760,000,000 in loans outstanding to more than 2,900 members.  Members are served by 12 branch offices throughout 12 counties in North Carolina. 
Contact Cape Fear Farm Credit
Ph: 910.592.8121
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From Ho-Hum to High Power
 
Transform yourself into a high power smart communicator.Business Execs  Join us for crash courses in Extremely Smart Business Communication.  You will learn interpersonal skills that boost workplace production as well as how to attract, develop and maintain business.  This seminar series includes a BONUS dining experience that will give you the skills you need to shine as a professional.

Register Online
 
Executive Presence
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:00-3:00 pm
$10.00 Chamber Members/$15.00 Non-members

Acquire the skills you need to be a polished professional in this course.  Learn what top leaders do to develop and maintain business.  This presentation illustrates the value of relationships and empowers the professional.

Professional & Social Versatility
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 1:00-3:00 pm
$10.00 Chamber Members/$15.00 Non-members

Business people must effectively interact with various personality styles in order for their professional network to run smoothly.  Have fun learning how to recognize, understand and communicate with the four major personality types.

Maintain Relationships:  Verbal & Nonverbal Communications, including written, telephone and electronic communication
Wednesday, May 13, 2000 1:00-3:00 pm
$10.00 Chamber Members/$15.00 Non-members

Learn how written, telephone and electronic communication can be used to create a positive business culture.  You'll take away practical, ready-to-implement techniques for business success. 

Bonus Dining Seminar
Wednesday, May 13, 2009  6:00 pm 
$30.00 per attendee

This presentation incorporates a working meal and demystifies the dining skills that will make you shine as a professional. You represent your company not only at work but also at parties, dinners and meetings that on the surface seem purely social. Many business people are at ease at such functions; however, knowing how to take advantage of the potential in these situations adds to an individual's overall effectiveness.
Member News
 
Survey Request from UCare
UCare of Sampson County is participating in a special project of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation of Winston-Salem to strengthen local support of its services.  Sampson County is one of only nine communities in North Carolina who have been invited to participate in this project and receive the support of professional counsel.  As part of the project, an online survey has been developed to help assess the relationship UCare has with the people of Sampson County.  Here is a link to the survey:

UCare Community Survey

Please take a few minutes to share opinions and ideas that will help strengthen our local domestic violence program.  Your responses are completely confidential with only aggregate information shared with UCare's board of directors. 
 
Thank you for your participation.


Bridal Extravaganza Presented by the Sampson Arts Council

You are cordially invited to participate in this very exciting event to be held at the Victor R. Small Arts Center in Clinton. 
Sunday, February 22, 2009
2 until 5 o'clock

The center is a beautiful location to show your talents and merchandise, while the brides and their bridal parties shop for the touches that will make their wedding a picture-perfect day. 
Each vendor will be provided with a 48" round or 6' rectangular clothed table.  Tables will be arranged throughout the Small House with plenty of room for display.  The public will be invited to attend.  Notification will be through newspaper, radio spots, email and Internet listings, as well as banner advertising on the front of the Small House.  The Arts Council will furnish light refreshments to the guests.
The cost for the event is $75.00 per table.  Space is limited, so in order to participate, registrations are needed by February 1st. 
To register, contact the Sampson Arts Council by emailing or calling Lisa Turlington at 910.596.2533.


Career Fair-Youth Industrial Council

As local business leaders, we are all responsible for Sampson County's financial future.  As citizens we are responsible for Sampson County's future as a safe and clean place to live.  Finally, as parents, grand parents, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters of the students of Sampson County, we are responsible for their future and showing them how bright it can be right here in North Carolina's largest county.
Each year in March, the Sampson-Clinton Youth Industrial Council hosts the "Passport to Your Future" Career Fair.  The Career Fair, sponsored by Star Telephone Membership Corp., is a great opportunity for you to not only market your company as an employer of choice in Sampson County, but also to interact with students from across the county and help them as they prepare to graduate and start their career.
This year's event will be held on March 12, 2009 at the Sampson Agri-Exposition Center located at 414 Warsaw Road in Clinton.  The Career Fair will consist of two career sessions in which students will be encouraged to speak with company representatives to better understand their organization and the types of opportunities offered.  High school students, Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy Cadets, agency clients and community college students who are actively seeking
employment are among the attendees. Keep in mind that students sign up for the Career Fair and are excited about the chance to learn what your organization has to offer.
To register your business for this event, contact Ginger Stone by February 9, 2009.  592.1401 ext. 20140. 
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