Please join the Whittier Chamber and the SKILLS Foundation on April 7th at 3:30 PM to celebrate "Club Orchard Dale" at Orchard Dale Elementary School (10625 S. Cole Rd., Whittier, CA 90604). Club Orchard Dale is a drop-in afterschool rereation program for children in the second through fifth grade. For more information on Club Orchard Dale and the Ribbon Cutting, please call the SKILLS Foundation at (562) 325-5620.

On Thursday, April 10th the Whittier Chamber will raise the curtain on its 94th year by hosting the "Opening Night" Installation Dinner and Awards Ceremony. Chamber leading lady Maria Segovia of Pacific Western Bank will walk the red carpet and be installed as the Whittier Chamber's 94th President. At the same time, the Chamber will be honoring outgoing President Chris George from FNIC. George will also present a "State of the Chamber Address".

There are many other "show stopping" events scheduled for the evening, but you have to attend the event to be in on the surprises! The Installation dinner and program will be held at the Radisson Hotel at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $50 each with tables of 10 for $500. All Chamber members are encouraged to attend this event.

Call (562) 698-9554 for more information or to reserve your tickets.

Join the Whittier Chamber for great food, business and networking at Southern California University of Health Sciences (16200 E. Amber Valley Dr., Whittier, CA 90604) on April 9th, 7:30 AM. The Wake Up Whittier networking breakfast is an awesome venue in which to promote your business for FREE! Chamber members also have the opportunity to host a Wake Up Whittier table. Table hosts receive recognition at the event and in the Business Focus newspaper.

For more information about Wake Up Whittier, call the Whittier Chamber at (562) 698-9554 or email to katie@whittierchamber.com.

Metro invites Whittier-area residents and business owners to a Project Update on the Eastside Extension Transit Corridor Phase 2 study on April 9, 6:30 - 8:30 PM at the Uptown Senior Center. The goal of the proposed study is to improve mobility in the Corridor by connecting the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, which is currently under construction, to cities further east of Los Angeles.

Those who attend the Whittier meeting will hear a status report on the study as the project team continues to refine alternatives. Some areas to be addressed include potential alignments, transit modes, configurations and screening criteria used in the process.

For more information, contact Metro at (213) 922- 3012.