Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce

August/2011

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Save the Date!

 

August 18
Business After Hours
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Sponsored by The Rental Market
Hosted by The Station
1121 Harrison St., Defiance

Make sure to mark these dates on your calendar...
September 8
Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet
To be held at the Defiance K of C Hall
More information will be provided shortly

 

November 10
DACC Reverse Raffle
To be held at the Defiance K of C Hall
2011 Golf Outing  
On behalf of the Chamber staff and Board of Directors, we want to express our appreciation to everyone who helped make the 2011 DACC Golf Outing a huge success.  Whether you volunteered on the course, sponsored a tee, flag or door prize item, played on a team, or made any other donation of time, money and efforts, we could not have done it without you.  We are very thankful for the supportive membership that we have and cannot wait for next year's outing!

 

*All event sponsors are listed at the end of the newsletter.
Advertising with your Chamber 

 

Interested in having an article or advertisement in the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce's newsletter?  To add value to our Chamber's membership, we will now be featuring articles and advertisements from our members, at no extra cost! 

   

For additional exposure, take advantage of the Chamber E-Mail Marketing option.  This allows your advertisement to go directly to the inbox of approximately 500 individuals with the spotlight on your business.  At only $50.00 per e-mail blast, it fits in almost any marketing budget!

 

**To submit an article to the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce for inclusion in the monthly newsletter, the following criteria must be met:  All articles must be written in paragraph format with the pertinent information included.  All articles must be from a Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce member.  All articles may be edited by the Defiance Chamber staff.  All articles will run for one month - no exceptions.  Articles must include a website, e-mail address or phone number to allow access for more information.  Chamber staff has the right to eliminate or not include any article.

 

 

President's Post 

 

Valued Chamber Member,

 

Do you currently have a health insurance policy for you and/or your family through your place of employment or individually? Most of us would say "YES" to this question. However, are you aware that by being a chamber member, we have the ability to put you into a pool of other health insurance policies, which would give you a discount on your annual premium? In addition, would you believe that this discount, in most cases, covers the full cost and more of what it takes to become a chamber member? Well, you do not have to believe me but I would encourage you to look for yourself.

 

This past spring we signed a contract with Paramount Health Insurance, which is now the third health insurance provider that we have a program with that provides our members a discount on the premium of their health insurance costs. All that is needed is proof of membership in good standing. The other two programs are with Medical Mutual of Ohio and Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield.


As health insurance premiums have and will continue to rise, I am sure you have taken other measures to effectively lower your out of pocket costs for health insurance. However, in most cases, this simple discount is over looked. Below, I have listed all of our insurance agent's contact information for your convenience. Most agencies, depending on who their broker is, have the ability to issue health policies through one or two of the providers listed above. At your convenience, give them a call and make sure that your chamber membership is working for you. I would gladly provide you with a letter of membership for proof to ensure that you are getting the best health insurance rate possible. Again, the three providers are Paramount Health Insurance, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Medical Mutual of Ohio.

 

Cline-Armstrong Insurance

501 W. High St.

Hicksville, OH 43526

Ph: (419) 542-7758

 

First Insurance & Investments

419 Fifth St. Ste. 1200

Defiance, OH 43512

Ph: (419) 784-5431

 

Grant Insurance Agency, Inc.

324 Clinton St.

Defiance, OH 43512

Ph: (419) 782-7176

 

Harold Hahr Insurance

115 Clinton St.

Defiance, OH 43512

Ph: (419) 782-3999

 

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

121 Clinton St.

Defiance, OH 43512

Ph: (419) 784-2836

 

Roehrs-McMillen Insurance

414 Clinton St

Defiance, OH 43512

Ph: (419) 784-3979

 

The Wright Agency

419 W. Fifth St. Ste 2040

Defiance, OH 43512

Ph: (419) 782-3456

 

Western & Southern Financial Group

101 Clinton St. Ste 1300

Defiance, OH 43512

Ph: (419) 784-3232

 

Isaac R Lee

President

Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce

615 W. Third Street

Defiance, OH 43512

p - (419) 782-7946

c - (419) 956-9493

isaaclee@defiancechamber.com

 

 
Thank you to all our 2011 Golf Outing Sponsors and Supporters!  

Anytime Fitness

Arps Dairy

Arthur, O'Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown Co., LPA

Auglaize Golf Course

Batt & Stevens Body Shop

Beckman Chevrolet-Cadillac

Beilharz Architects

Beilharz Consulting

BIGGBY Coffee

Bobbybee.com

Brookview Healthcare

Century21 Strait Realty

CenturyLink

Chief Supermarkets

City Beverage Co.

Complete Wireless

Defiance Clinic/Mercy Hospital

Defiance College

Defiance Dental Group

Defiance DQ Grill & Chill

Defiance Metal Products

Defiance Orthopedic Center

Defiance Stamping Co.

Defiance Therapeutic Massage & Wellness Center

Delbert Did It

DeTray Investment Group

Dilly Door

Economic Development of Defiance Co.

Edward Jones- Matt Schmenk

Farmers & Merchants State Bank

Fifth Third Bank

First Federal Bank

First Insurance & Investments

Fitzenrider

Fort Defiance ServiceMaster

Fun Factory Promotional Products

Grant's Insurance Agency

Gustwiller Electric

Higbea Embroidery

Integrity Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram

Jacob's Meats

Kim's Katering

Koester Metals

Luderman & Konst CPA's

Malhoit & Associates - Ameriprise

Marin Diesel, Inc.

Mark Moats Ford

McDonalds' Design & Build

Mercury Cleaners

MetaLINK Technologies

Midwest Community Federal Credit Union

Natural Design & Graphics

Northtowne Motors

Northwest Real Estate

Northwest State Community College

NWO Beverage

Ohio Gas Company

Okuley's Pharmacy & Home Medical

OmniSource

P & R Medical Connection

Promedica Defiance Regional Hospital

Putt-Putt Golf & Games

Roehrs-McMillen Insurance

Sherwood State Bank

Shultz Huber & Associates

Stephen K. Snavely

Steyer & Co.

Stykemain Buick-GMC

The Crescent-News

The Hubbard Co.

The Rental Market

Thomas E. Keller Trucking

Time Warner Cable Business Class

United Appraisal Group

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

Wells Fargo Advisors-Randy Yoder

Werlor, Inc.
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In This Issue
2011 Golf Outing
Chamber Marketing
President's Post
2011 Golf Sponsors
Message from the Fire Dept.
Thank you!
New Ten Under 40 Award!
Kingsbury House Ice Cream Social
Defiance College Job Fair
Message from the Defiance Fire Department 

 

The Defiance Fire Department would like to notify all businesses located in the downtown Defiance area that they will be conducting a walk through the downtown buildings to help familiarize new firefighters with the layouts (exists, extinguishers, etc.). The walk through will take place during the month of September.   Thank you for your cooperation.

Ten Under Forty!

 

The Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce and The Crescent-News are sponsoring a new award program to honor ten young business leaders in Defiance!  Individuals that have demonstrated leadership through business achievement or community service can be nominated. 

 

Anyone can make nominations (see form below) and turn them into the Chamber office before August 15, 2011.

 

Recipients will be honored at the September 8th Awards Banquet.

Thank you to our members that renewed their membership for the month of August 2011! 

 

  • Advantage Powder Coating
  • Brookview Healthcare Center
  • Credit Adjustments, Inc.
  • Defiance Eagles #372
  • Defiance County General Health District
  • Paul E. Brose
  • Figley Stamping Co.
  • Grant Insurance Agency
  • Jim Phillips
  • Putt-Putt Golf & Games
  • Moose Lodge #2094
  • Natural Design & Graphics
  • R.G. Zachrich Construction, Inc.
  • Tim Cor, Inc.

 

10 under 40 top

 

10 under 40 bottom

 

Kingsbury House Ice Cream Social

 

DC Job Fair