2011 Golf Outings... Good Food & Low Scores  

William Tell Banquets To Host Speed Networking Event 

   Southwest Suburban's

LARGEST  

Speed Networking Event

Wednesday, October 19

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

William Tell Banquets / Holiday Inn

6201 Joliet Road ~ Countryside, IL.  60525

BPCIA invites you to meet & mingle at a night of high speed networking!

This is a joint event which will include members from the following groups:

Bedford Park-Clearing Industrial Association

Bridgeview Chamber

Burbank Chamber

Countryside Business Association

Oak Lawn Chamber

West Suburban Chamber

Westchester Chamber

Willowbrook-Burr Ridge Chamber

Two rounds of speed networking will be offered on a first-come, first-available basis.  Admission includes hors d"oeuvres and two drink tickets.   

Registration:   

_____ $20 Pre-registered      _____ $25 for Walk-Ins

(Advanced payment required and due by October 14)

For registration details call 708-496-0336 or email donna@bpcia.org  

Know Your Neighbor:  Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach 

BPCIA is pleased to welcome Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach as our newest member.  Mission Outreach, founded by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis in 2002, is a small, not-for-profit organization that recovers used medical equipment and surplus supplies from hospitals, corporations, and others, and responsibly redistributes them to needy hospitals and clinics in the developing world. 

It is estimated that $6.5 billion worth of medical equipment and supplies are discarded in the U.S. each year.  By responsibly redistributing these items, Mission Outreach is helping to provide life-saving care to the poor throughout the world as well as diverting items from the waste stream.

Mission Outreach relies on volunteers to sort the donated supplies.  All of the supplies are boxed into boxes of like items, placed in an online inventory, and the recipient hospital or clinic can order what they need. They have sent 40-foot shipping containers loaded with equipment and supplies to over 50 countries - as close as Haiti and as far away as the Philippines.  In FY2010, 77 containers were shipped - 22 container equivalents went to Haiti in response to the earthquake.  Not only do they send 40-foot shipping containers, but they also provide supplies to medical mission teams for hand-carry.

Mission Outreach, with warehouse facilities in Springfield and Bedford Park, currently works with 50 hospital partners in Illinois and Wisconsin including Rush University Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, Resurrection Health Care, Central DuPage Hospital, and the Provena Health System. 

If you'd like to learn more about the Mission Outreach, volunteer opportunities, or to schedule a tour of their local facility, please contact Mary Ann Skvara at 708/496-3900.  

Everest College - Grand Opening Celebration 

Everest College - Bedford Park, a 40,814-square-foot facility located at 7414 S. Cicero Ave., held its grand opening ceremony July 13 with students, faculty, staff and local and state dignitaries.  Everest College - Bedford Park is designed to help meet the growing demand for hands-on, career-focused education, and is the eighth Everest campus in the Chicago metropolitan area. The school offers short-term diploma programs allowing students to receive concentrated training in a particular field in a short time span. Programs include dental assistant, pharmacy technician, medical assistant, medical administrative assistant and medical insurance billing and coding. For more information, visit  http://www.everest.edu/campus/bedford_park or call (708) 793-4600.   

Regional Planning discussed at Latest Quarterly Meeting 

Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)  spoke at our latest quarterly meeting.  He presented "GO TO 2040: Comprehensive Regional Planning + The Private Sector".

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