News from Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Chronicles

April 2012

Upcoming Events

SRMC The Center for Health + Wellness (TCHW) ongoing classes / programs, etc.:

Walk-N-Talk: Free to public

Monday - Friday

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Track available to non-members during this hour.

Line Dancing: Monday nights

7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Free, donations accepted for SRMC Foundation & The Center for Health + Wellness.

Blood Drives - Help us help others, be a donor

April 4 - Hobbton HS; April 19 - Sampson Community College; April 26 - Midway HS; May 2 - Tarheel Challenge; May 3 - Midway MS; May 17 First UMC Roseboro

If you are interested in being a blood donor or holding a blood drive, please contact Debbie Finney, RN at 592-8511.

Sampson County Board of Commissioners Meeting

Monday, April 2

7:00 p.m. County Auditorium of the County Administration Building located at 435 Rowan Road, Clinton. Contact the County Managers office for more info at (910) 592-6308. Open to Public.

Clinton City Council Meeting

Tuesday, April 3

7:00 p.m. at Clinton City Hall Auditorium, 221 Lisbon Street

(910) 592-1961, Open to Public.

Sugar Buddies - Diabetes Support Group: Diabetic Medication

Tuesday, April 3

6:30 p.m. at TCHW

SRMC Pharmacist, Tara Jackson

Contact Brenda Avent at 592-8511 ext. 8744 for info.

SRMC Outpatient Education

Heart Healthy Living

Wednesday, April 4 & May 2

9:00 a.m. at TCHW

Call 596-5400 to register.

Ambassador Applications Due

(deadline extended)

Thursday, April 5

by 4:00 p.m. in the Chamber office.

See article at right for more info.

Business After Hours hosted by CenturyLink

Thursday, April 12

5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at their new Clinton store, 115 Fayetteville Street, Clinton, 28328 (910) 347-6101 (see info on right). Attendees will be able to enter to win a 32" HDTV, among other door prizes!

SRMC Breast Cancer

Support Group

Monday, April 16

6:30 p.m. at TCHW. For more info contact Wanda Boyette at (910) 592-7771.

Diabetes Bus Initiative

Monday, April 16, 23 & 30

10:00 - 12 noon at TCHW

Learn how to live WELL with Diabetes! Ask your health provider to send a referral; FREE!

Visit www.thediabetesbus.org or call 877-781-6664 for more info.

SRMC Outpatient Education

Understanding Diabetes

Wednesday, April 18 & May 16

9:00 a.m. at TCHW

Call 596-5400 to register.

Woodmen of the World 4-Person Golf Tournament

Friday, April 20

8:00 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Shot-Gun Start at Coharie Country Club in Clinton. Teams will be Post-Flighted. $240 Per Team, Breakfast & Lunch Provided. Proceeds will benefit the East North Carolina Woodmen Youth Camp. Deadline to enter April 16 To register contact Greg Osborne, Woodmen Clinton office (910) 592-8811, or Joe Walters/Eric Pilson, Woodmen New Bern office (252) 636-6500, or Dickie Walters, Coharie Country Club (910) 592-2951.

SRMC Spring Series

Women and Heart Disease

Tuesday, April 24

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. at TCHW

Bill Newman, MD

Bring a bag lunch and join us for an informal chat with the experts.

Partners for Life Golf Tournament sponsored by Sampson Regional Medical Center Foundation

Thursday, April 26

at Coharie Country Club in Clinton. Call Brenda Warren at 596-4269 to volunteer, sponsor a team or a tee, or for more info. Proceeds will benefit the relocation and new equipment for their Blood Assurance Program, which will be located at the Outpatient Diagnostic Center for greater convenience for their blood donors.

Sleep Apnea Support Group

Tuesday, May 22

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at TCHW. For more info contact Sam Thornton (910) 592-8511 ext. 8721. Usually the fourth Tuesday, every other month. If you or your spouse have a concern that you or a loved one have sleep apnea, come and learn more about it. Or if you have equipment and are not fully acclimated to it, you can bring it and talk to representatives of the home medical suppliers regarding your questions.

Please visit the Chamber Web Site under Calendar of Events for more info on upcoming events.

March

Members of the Week

Congratulations to our Chamber Member of the Week!

March 5
North Carolina Marble & Granite

2064 Southeast Boulevard

Clinton, NC 28328
(910) 592-7112

March 12
The Royal Home

109 W. Clinton Street

Salemburg, NC 28385

(910) 525-5554

March 19

Sampson-Bladen Oil Company

520-A Railroad Street

Clinton, NC 28328

(910) 592-4177

March 26

3HC Home Health and Hospice Care

1023 Beaman Street

Clinton, NC 28328

(910) 592-1421

Business After Hours

If your business would like to host Business After Hours contact the Chamber office to schedule. BAH is now on the second Thursday of each month (excluding February, June and July when there is none).

Quick Links

Our Website

Our Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

The Chamber of Commerce has two Platinum Program Sponsors, two Gold Program Sponsors and eight Silver Program Sponsors whose annual contributions make possible many Chamber events including the Annual Banquet and programs such as Leadership Clinton-Sampson. We appreciate the following corporate citizens who generously sponsor the Chamber of Commerce.

2012 Platinum
Program Sponsors

2012 Gold
Program Sponsors

2012 Silver
Program Sponsors

Clinton Truck & Tractor

Tram Road Animal Hospital

Wilson Manufacturing

Chamber Retail
Tervis Tumbler

Set of 2 tervis Tumblers

The Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce's newest retail item - a set of two, 24 oz. tervis tumblers (boxed) with the Chamber of Commerce wrap. These make wonderful gifts to be given as a set or divided into two gifts! Also, if you'd like to sell them at your business, contact the Chamber for more information. Show your support for the Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce and purchase your's today! Cost per set: $42.80 including tax.

Buy Local FIRST for all of your needs.

LOOK FOR THE DECAL!

Phone: (910) 592-6177
Fax: (910) 592-5770

Your Chamber Staff

Paula Peters, Admin. Assistant,and Janna Bass, Executive Director.

Dear Chamber Member,

We are here to serve you. Please contact us if you need assistance with a special event, ribbon cutting, information about your membership (including how to utilize the Chamber website to increase your business) or if you'd like to host a Business After Hours or New Member Reception. We appreciate you and your business. Let us know how we can help!

2012 Member Decal

Please contact the Chamber office at (910) 592-6177 or info@clintonsampsonchamber.org if you have not received your 2012 Member Decal and have paid your Member Investment for 2012.

We appreciate your membership.

Chamber Chat

Listen to Janna on Chamber Chat each week on Friday and Saturday mornings at 9:05 a.m. on WCLN 1170AM radio or at www.oldies1170.com.

Spring 2012 Professional Development Series: Take Charge of Your Work Day & Change Your Life!

Mike Collins, Presenter

The Professional Development Series is co-hosted by the Small Business Center and Clinton Sampson Chamber of Commerce. The remaining seminars are scheduled for 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon on the following Wednesdays: April 4, and May 9, 2012. They will be held at Sampson Community College, Aiken Occupational Building, Room O-140.
Cost: $10 each for Chamber Members; $15 each for Non-Chamber Members.
Breakfast Refreshments (served beginning at 8:30 a.m.) included. Certificate of Completion for those who attend all three seminars! Deadline to register is 2 days before the seminar date.

Contact the Clinton Sampson Chamber of Commerce to register or you may register online at www.clintonsampsonchamber.org.

March 7 - The Perfect Workday

We had 17 people attend the March 7th seminar. Everyone enjoyed breakfast biscuits, cinnamon biscuits, and coffee provided by Hardees (Sampson County), and fruit, orange juice and water provided by the Chamber. Cliff Ireland of Small Business Center stated that the following comments are from a few of the evaluations given at the March 7th seminar:

"Great presenter, fun learning experience . . . very motivational."

K. Gautier, Paramount Foods (Piggly-Wiggly)

"Well worth my time. Great presentation and information."

R. Hall, Technology by Design

"Greatly enjoyed today's seminar . . . energy of speaker - methods of teaching (involving everyone). Look forward to returning next month."

N. Clifton, Pharmacist - Matthews Health Mart

April 4 - What Every Manager Should Know
(Breakfast Refreshments are being provided by Piggly Wiggly.)

Congratulations! You are a manager or supervisor...or well on your way. Now, what does that mean?
In this seminar you will learn:

How to help employees focus on the "mission"
How to cut down on miscommunication
How to manage people who may be your friends and used to be your peers
How to understand different types of people
How to create at "team"
How to discipline effectively
How to keep from letting the stress get to you

What Every Manager/Supervisor Should Know can help new and veteran managers and supervisors master a broad range of skills, manage time and communications more effectively and build a positive foundation for moving ahead in the workplace.

May 9 - I Didn't Sign On for This! Dealing with Constant Change in the Workplace
Won't it stop? Today's increasing pace of change can create a personal and work life that mirrors the experience of standing on the baseline at a tennis court and having your opponent fire balls from a tennis cannon at you. This type of change seems constant: before you can assimilate one change another comes along. The phenomenon has become known as "Repetitive Change Syndrome (RCS)."

Moving through change, and especially leading in times of change, takes time and energy; it's extremely stressful. In this seminar you will learn:

How to recognize how change effects you and the organization.
Why we resist change and how to lower resistance.
How to more easily embrace and work within the change.
How to move on to the new reality.

The managers and professionals who have attended the program have repeatedly rated this seminar as excellent and highly recommend it for their colleagues. The style of presentation is highly interactive, lighthearted and fast-paced. Attendees often comment that they had a lot of "Aha!" moments and frequently say, "I needed this right now in my life...and for more than just work."

3.7.12 PDS The Perfect Workday_ Mike C., Janna, and Cliff

Mike Collins, Janna Bass, & Cliff Ireland

at the March 7th seminar.

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"Last Call" for Ambassador Applications

Calling all Chamber Members who have Reps they would like to serve as Chamber Ambassadors, and Reps who have been Ambassadors in the past or would like to be an Ambassador for 2012! We need your Ambassador Application filled out and submitted by (deadline extended) April 5, 2012.

Chamber Ambassadors are, among other things, a liaison for our membership to the Chamber Board of Directors. They are the messengers who bring our members' interests, needs and opinions about what is needed for our community to the Board of Directors. For more info on what our Ambassadors do, view our Ambassador Brochure. We look forward to receiving your Ambassador Application. Feel free to contact the Chamber if you have any questions (910) 592-6177.

Chamber of Commerce Feedback Survey

Just a friendly reminder to complete the Survey that was emailed through Constant Contact on Monday, March 19th. We value your membership and also your suggestions in order to improve and better meet each of the member's needs. Please take the short 10 question survey in order to give us more knowledge about how we can help each of you this year and in years to come. Again, we appreciate you taking the time to take this survey and give us your feedback.

Congratulations to our winners from the Survey drawing: Pamela Gonzalez from U Care, Inc. and The Bee Hive Thrift Stores and Patrick Giddeons from Guardian ad Litem. Pamela received one free registration to the April 4th PDS: What Every Manager Should Know seminar, and Patrick received one free registration to the May 9th PDS: I Didn't Sign on for This! Dealing with Constant Change in the Workplace seminar. Thank you to all who have completed our COC Feedback Survey. If you have not had a chance to complete it, please take a few moments today. We appreciate your input.

3.14.12 Ribbon Cutting Grand Opening Beautiful Skin by Shay

Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening at Beautiful Skin by Shay

Wednesday, March 14th a new Chamber Member, Beautiful Skin by Shay had a Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening at 1303 Beaman Street in Clinton. Owner Shannon (Shay) Caperoon gave a tour of her facilities and explained some of the different types of services she has available. For more information on services and treatments or to schedule an appointment, contact Shay at (910) 337-4010.

Janna & Tyler Bass

Meet & Greet with Janna

The Chamber hosted a Meet & Greet at The Ashford Inn on Thursday, March 15th to allow Chamber Members to meet and welcome Janna Bass as our new Executive Director. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make it a great event! Enjoy some of the photos from the evening.

Royal Home Ministries, Salemburg, NC

Join Us for Member of the Week

Join us on Monday mornings (at 10:30 a.m.) and support the Chamber Member of the Week. It's a fun few minutes and a great way to network! You should receive an email on Fridays letting you know who Member of the Week is for the following Monday.

We look forward to seeing you!