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Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce
Weekly Newsletter
September 22, 2010 |
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Chamber President's Special Request
Last week we were privileged to
be at Grand Prairie
Independent School
District when we were recognized for the work
that the Chamber has done for the Great Texas Scholars Program. We appreciate
the recognition, but are more excited about the prospect of the new Texas
Scholar program as the District takes it on.
At that meeting it hit me that we
can all do a LITTLE that would add up to a LOT at the school district. This is
what I am asking our member businesses to do. Select a school that you want to
help and join the PTA. Now, PTA membership varies from school, so I am asking
that you send an even $10.00 and support this organization. This will help our
PTAs build their school organizations stronger and will demonstrate that the
businesses of our chamber are committed to the community.
If you do not want to select a school, but wish to support this
program, we will be happy to select a school for you. If you like, you can reply to this e-mail and
we will invoice you for the $10.00 and cut checks to the various schools. However you choose to help, we hope that you
will let the chamber know of your contribution so we can recognize those
businesses that participated.
What does this have to do with
the chamber mission to "Promote, strengthen and expand the business community",
you ask? What better way to strengthen
the future workforce than by assisting the organizations that support our
students.
If you want to get creative, I'll
bet you can come up with other ways to support your school of choice. We hope this option will just get your juices
flowing.
For your convenience, here is a list of schools from which
to choose:
Campus
Adams MS, Middle School Arnold, Middle School
Austin, Elementary Bonham, Elementary
Bowie, Elementary Bush, Elementary
Crockett, Elementary Daniels, Elementary
Dickinson, Elementary Dubiski, High School
Eisenhower, Elementary Fannin, Elementary
Florence Hill, Elementary Garcia, Elementary
Garner, Elementary GPHS, High School
GPHS 9th, Ninth Grade Houston, Elementary
Jackson, Middle School Johnson, Elementary
Kennedy, Middle School Lamar AEP, Alternative School
Lee MS, Middle School Marshall, Elementary
Milam, Elementary Moore, Elementary
Moseley, Elementary Powell, Elementary
Rayburn, Elementary Reagan, Middle School
Seguin, Elementary SGPHS, High School
SGPHS 9th, Ninth Grade Travis, Elementary
Truman, Middle School Whitt, Elementary
Williams, Elementary Zavala, Elementary
We Mean Business
Lynn
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| Upcoming Events..... | |
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Wednesday, September 22nd
Legislative Affairs Meeting
Chamber
4:00 pm
The Chamber is the voice of business to the local, state and federal government.
This
committee meets to discuss and legislation that will affect business.
We share this information with our membership and ask for feedback so we
can appropriately represent our community businesses.
We
also provide a Voter's Guide each year to share information about
candidates for local City Council and School Board elections.
Mary Jean Maloney 817-303-2911 mary.maloney@atmosenergy.com
Thursday, September 23rd
Taste of Grand Prairie
QuikTrip Park
1600 Lone Star Parkway
$10 Adults, $5 Students and Seniors
4-8:30 pm
Wednesday, September 29th
Quarterly Health Care Meeting
Host
location Medical Center of Arlington
3301 Matlock Road, Arlington.
Please RSVP to Greg Cashman by September 23 by calling 972-264-1558 or
by email to Greg@grandprairiechamber.org
11:30-1pm
Thursday, September 30th
Branding Irons Breakfast
Brass Bean
123 West Main #112
7:45 am
Friday, October 8th
Business Exchange Breakfast
Chamber
7:45 am
Wednesday, October 13th
GEEP Ribbon Cutting
2501 N. Great Southwest Pkwy
11:15 am-1:00 pm
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September 23, 2010
4-8:30 pm
QuikTrip Park
1600 Lone Star Parkway
Tickets available NOW at the Chamber!
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Fireworks for this evening event have been cancelled. Our apologies. We regret any disappointment this may cause you.
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RSVP Required
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Quarterly Health Care Meeting
Wednesday, September 29th, 11:30-1pm
Host location Medical Center of Arlington, 3301 Matlock Road, Arlington. Please RSVP to Greg Cashman by September 23 by calling 972-264-1558 or by email to Greg@grandprairiechamber.org
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Save the Date!
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| On October 12th our Chamber will be participating in a multi-chamber networking event. More information will be forthcoming!
Make plans to attend our Business Seminars:
Thursday, October 21st, 9:00 am, Tom Hart, City of Grand Prairie, City Manager
Topic: "Board Governance"
Tuesday, October 26, 10:00 am, Dave Lieber, Star Telegram Journalist
Topic: "Getting Your Story Out to the Media"
Seminars are FREE to Grand Prairie Businesses and/or Chamber Members, all others are welcome-$20/ per reservation.
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| CHAMBER LINKS | |
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Messages from our members
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Job Postings!
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Did you know that you may post job openings on the Chamber website at no cost, it's a benefit of you membership. If you are interested please contact Carmen at the chamber, 972-264-1558 and she will give you more information.
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Call to Action!
Y.M.C.A is looking for volunteers to
help with their Halloween At the Y.M.C.A event on Thursday, October
21st. Click here for more info.
Are you a not profit organization looking for volunteers? If so contact the Chamber and will show you how to post it on our website and we'll include it in our newsletter. |
Welcome New Member!
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