It's easy, just follow these steps: 

Login to the new Carbon County Chamber website at www.CarbonCountyPA.org in order to submit your events. If you don't have your login and password, email us at mail@carboncountychamber.org.

 

1. After logging in, click Events! in the main menu on the left
2. Below the calendar, click Add an Event:

 

Click Add an Event just below the calendar.

3. Fill in the Common tab.

Fill out all the basics about your event, including contact info.

4. Choose a date in the Calendar tab.

Choose the date-related specifics from the Calendar tab.

5. On the upper right of the screen, click Save.

6. If you made a mistake, just click the Edit icon:

To enter the event click Save. To make changes, just click the Edit icon.

Metroaction to Offer Webinar to Help Start New Businesses
 

Although it may be a time of difficult economic conditions and high unemployment, there are options. There is no better time like the present to pursue your passion and start doing what you enjoy everyday. Why not go into business for yourself? 

As part of MetroAction's "Ask the Expert" webinar series, Chuck Pierce, Business Consultant at Wilkes University's Small Business Development Center, will offer three tips to help you get started. Participants' questions about this timely topic will also be addressed. The webinar will be conducted on Tuesday, January 4 from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. No special equipment is necessary.  All you need is a telephone line and an internet connection. Cost is $10 per person and pre-registration is required. Visit www.MetroAction.org or call (570) 341-0270 to register.
 
MetroAction provides loans to small business in northeastern Pennsylvania that do not have access to traditional sources of credit. Covering Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties, MetroAction, a nonprofit Small Business Administration (SBA) lender, is northeastern Pennsylvania's leading provider of small business loan and comprehensive business training. For more information, visit www.MetroAction.org or call (570) 341-0270.   

Miller-Keystone Blood Center - the not-for-profit 501(c)(3) community organization serving as the sole blood provider to Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Hazleton General Hospital, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Palmerton Hospital and the St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network - has announced the upcoming blood drives:

Sun Jan 9 * 8am-1pm
Zion United Church of Christ, 225 Iron St, Lehighton; call 610-577-5040
Wed Jan 12 * 8am-3pm
St. Luke's Miners Memorial, 360 W. Ruddle St, Coaldale; call 570-645-8222
Mon Jan 17 * 3pm-7:30pm
Slatington American Legion, 510 Main St, Slatington; call 610-395-5696
Tues Jan 18 * 10am-5pm
Hazleton General Hospital, 700 E. Broad St, Hazleton; call 570-501-6204
Tues Jan 18 * 3pm-7pm
Mt. Bethel Volunteer Fire Co, 234 N. Delaware Ave, Route 611, Mt Bethel; call 570-455-2018
Thurs Jan 27 * 11am-2:30pm
Hometown Nursing & Rehab, 149 Lafayette Ave, Tamaqua; call 570-668-1775
Mon Feb 7 * 8am-8pm
Polk Township Fire Co, Route 209, Kresgeville;' call 484-225-8351
Wed Feb 9 * 9am-6pm
Lehigh Carbon Community College, 4525 Education Park Drive, Schnecksville; call 610-799-1146
Thurs Feb 11 * 11:30am-5:30pm
First UCC Palmerton, 457 Delaware Ave, Palmerton; call 610-826-2097
Wed Feb 16 * 12:30pm-5pm
Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, 211 N. 12th St, Lehighton; call 610-377-7350
Wed Feb 16 * 9am-3:30pm
McCann School of Business, Humbolt Industrial Park, 14 Maplewood Dr, Hazleton; call 570-455-6172
Sat Feb 19 * 9am-12:30pm
Good Shepherd UCC, 3940 Mountain Road, Slatington; call 610-767-6006
Mon Feb 21 * 12pm-6:30pm
St. Katherine Drexel, 124 Abbott St, Lansford; call 570-645-3994
Wed Feb 23 * 4:30pm-7:15pm
Nesquehoning VFW, 300 E. Center St, Nesquehoning; call 570-669-9551
Mon Feb 28 * 12:30pm-5:30pm
Hazleton Health & Wellness, 50 Moisey Dr, Hazleton; call 570-501-6948

Info: Marie D'Amato, Donor Resources Representative
570-455-2018 * mdamato@hcsc.org