News from Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce

Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter

A Member Resource For An Improved Business Community.

August/2010

Calendar of Events

August 17

Bridge Party!

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Ribbon Cutting/Dedication of North Clinton St. Bridge

**Ribbon cutting will take place on the bridge at

4:00 and will be followed by an evening

of fun at the Northtowne Mall parking lot.

August 19

Business After Hours

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Sponsored & Hosted by Stykemain Buick GMC

25124 Elliott Road, Defiance

August 25

Breakfast of Champions

7:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Guest Speaker: Michael Struble, Superintendent of Defiance City Schools

Held in the Hubbard Banquet Room located in the

Defiance College Serrick Campus Center.

RSVP required to sbowling@defiancechamber.com

September 9

Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet

K of C Hall, 111 Elliot Lane, Defiance

September 25

Maumee River Quack Splash

2:00 PM

Race can be viewed from Pontiac Park or the

Defiance Public Library

President's Post

Dear Chamber Members,

It would be wrong of me to not thank all of the members for your support for our Annual Golf Outing held at Kettenring Country Club on July 12^th. We had tremendous support for this event. This event has always had great success but something was different this year. I received quite a few comments about the outing on how smoothly it ran considering I started only a few months ago. I must tell you that this is largely due to the amount of help and support from the Chamber Board of Directors and my wonderful Marketing and Events Coordinator, Sarah Bowling.

So what are we doing now that the golf outing is over? Vacation, right! Quite wrong. We have moved into our next planned event which is our Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet on September 9^th, 2010. Also, we are still coordinating and selling ducks for our Co-fundraiser with Junior Achievement. The duck race is scheduled for September 25^th, 2010 at 2:00pm on the Clinton Street Bridge, right before this year's Rib Fest. We also have the return of our Business After Hours on August 19^th at Stykemain's Buick-GMC and Breakfast of Champs on August 25^th hosted by Defiance College and our guest speaker will be Mike Struble (Defiance City Schools Superintendent).

You have probably noticed in your emails that we have been sending out surveys to get a better handle on how we are doing as a member based organization. These surveys are important to the Chamber because it tells us what our membership is thinking. I personally read each and every response. These responses will remain confidential but are used to identify areas that we need to improve upon. I'm not so much interested in those comments that say we are doing a great job. Though I appreciate the kind words, I would much rather like to hear about those comments that say they are dissatisfied with their Chamber membership and why they feel that way. These are the things that make an organization better. And in a sense, take our organization from good to great!

If you ever have any questions or would like to stop by the office, my door is always open. I personal extent an invite to each and every member. I truly would like to work for you.

Isaac Lee, President

Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce

615 W. Third Street

Defiance, OH 43512

p - (419) 782-7946

f - (419) 782-0111

c - (419) 956-9493

isaaclee@defiancechamber.com

Annual DACC Golf Outing

Thank you!

We want to extend a special "thank you" to all the Chamber members that sponsored and supported the 2010 DACC Golf Outing. Thank you for supporting your local Chamber and community!

Flag Sponsors:

Batt & Stevens, Inc.

Buffalo Wild Wings

Century 21/Strait Realty

Charlie's Down Under

Defiance Clinic/Mercy Hospital

Defiance County Economic Development

Defiance Regional Medical Center

Diehl Food Ingredients, Inc.

Dilly Door Co.

First Federal Bank

First Insurance & Investments

Keller Logistics

MetaLINK Technologies, Inc.

Midwest Community Federal Credit Union

Ohio Gas Company

OmniSource Corporation

Stambaugh Jewelers

Steyer, Huber & Associates, Inc.

Stykemain Buick-GMC

The Hubbard Company

The Sherwood State Bank

The State Bank & Trust Company

Twin Rivers Care and Rehabilitation Center

United Appraisal Group

Tee Sponsors

Ameriprise Financial Advisors

Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill

Arps Dairy, Inc.

Arthur, O'Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown Co. L.P.A.

Baker-Shindler Contracting Co.

Beilharz Architects, Inc.

Beilharz Consulting, Inc.

BIGGBY Coffee

Bobbybee.com

Brookview Healthcare Center

Complete Wireless

D & R Computer

Dairy Queen, Defiance DQ Grill & Chill

Defiance College

Defiance Dental Group

Defiance Metal Products

Defiance Orthopedic Center

Defiance Stamping Co.

DeTray Investment Group

Domino's Pizza

Dr. William Lorenz, Chiropractor

Fifth Third Bank

Fitzenrider, Inc.

Grant Insurance Agency

Gustwiller Electric Supply

Harold Hahr Insurance

Heather Allman/Edward Jones Co.

Higbea Embroidery

Homier's Monumental, Inc.

JBS Office Solutions, Inc.

Koester Metals, Inc.

Luderman & Konst, CPA

Martin Diesel, Inc.

Mathewson, OD

Matt Schmenk/Edward Jones Co.

McDonalds' Design & Build, Inc.

Mercury Cleaners

Natural Design and Graphics

Nelson & Bob's Auto Care

Northtowne Motors

Northwest Real Estate

Okuley's Pharmacy & Home Medical

Olson Comm. Cold Storage

P & R Medical Connection

PNC Financial Services Group

Poggemeyer Design Group

Rath Builders Supply, Inc.

Reliance Financial Services

Rental Market

Rick Small/Mix 98.1's "The Wake-up Show"

Sakal/CAI

Servicemaster of Defiance

Smitley CPA Services

Stahl Stroller Meyer Insurance

Stephen Snavely, Attorney

Steyer & Co.

Stoneco, Inc.

The Farmers & Merchants State Bank

Time Warner Cable Business Class

The Crescent News

Werlor, Inc.

Zeller Scratch & Dent

Award Sponsor:

Time Warner Cable Business Class

Beverage Cart Sponsors:

City Beverage Co.

NWO Beverage

Ball Sponsors:

Grant Insurance Agency

First Insurance & Investments

Time Warner Cable Business Class

Special Thanks to:

DRMC for donating water for golfers

Jacob's Meats for donating lunch before the golf outing

Charlie's Down Under for preparing the lunch and supplies

Chief Supermarkets for donating lunch items and welcome bags

Defiance Therapeutic Massage & Wellness Center for sponsoring our massage hole

Kettenring Country Club

Maumee Valley Vending for donating soda and snacks for on the course

Wal-Mart for donating frozen fruit bars

New Car Dealers Association for sponsoring our Hole-In-One prize

The Laurel's of Defiance for sponsoring our margarita hole

All our wonderful volunteers!

Prize and welcome bag donors:

All Occasions Plus

American Cancer Society

Beckman Chevrolet

BIGGBY Coffee

Buffalo Wild Wings

Cabin Fever Coffee

City Beverage Company

Curves

DeTray Chiropractic

Duerk Construction

First Federal Bank

First Insurance & Investments

Fort Wayne Tin Caps

GM Powertrain Defiance

Huntington Bank

Kroger

Marco's Pizza

McCarthy's Yamaha, Inc.

McNaughton-McKay Electric Co.

Midwest Community Federal Credit Union

Northwest Real Estate

P&R Medical Connection

Papa Primo's

Putt-Putt Golf & Games

Scotty's 111

The Sherwood State Bank

Time Warner Cable Business Class

Twin Rivers Care and Rehabilitation Center

Weaner, Zimmerman, Bacon, Yoder & Hubbard, Ltd.

Maumee River Quack Splash

Buy your ducks today!

As a board sitting board member of Junior Achievement, I am very excited about the partnership with the Defiance Chamber of Commerce and the Maumee River Duck Splash. This has been a great event for the past few years that many have come to look forward to. I think that the partnership of Junior Achievement and the Defiance Chamber gives this event an opportunity to be even better. I think that the connection to the Rib Fest on September 25, 2010 will also be a good one.

The success of the event will fall on everyone associated with Junior Achievement and the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce. On behalf of Junior Achievement, I can assure we are counting on the success of this event. We understand the potential it has. This will help our organization in so many ways. The additional funds will allow us to branch out and impact even more youth in the Defiance area. That is exciting to me!

I do hope that we will all pitch in to make this event a success. The possibilities are huge but we will only get out of it what we put into it. How do we get the most out of it? First of all, we all need to promote the event to everyone we know. Second, if there is an opportunity to lend a hand, take advantage of that. And the most important thing is to get out there and purchase some ducks!

Ryan Frederick

Board Member

Junior Achievement of Defiance