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Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
 
Monthly Member Update

July 2013
..in this issue
UPCOMING EVENTS
LUNCH N' LEARN
ROCS! LEADS GROUP
SNIPPETS
SNIPPETS
JULY LUNCHEON
ALMOST GOLF TIME
AFTER HOURS
DIRECTORY UPDATE
WOMEN IN BUSINESS

UPCOMING EVENTS 

    
LUNCH N' LEARN

August 15th will be the date of our next Brown Bag Lunch N' Learn at COD-Carol Stream. Our presentation will be very informational about BLOGGING with speaker Dana Plazyk of Social Marketing Business Solutions. This event will start at 11:30am and finish at 1:00pm. This is not a sales presentation. Click here to sign up...

Brown Bag Lunch N' Learn 

ROCS! LEADS GROUP

NEED LEADS? ROCS! LEADS GROUP is a category-exclusive Leads Group of the Carol Stream Chamber, meeting the 1st & 3rd Wed's at Windsor Park in Carol Stream. For July only (due to the holiday) it will be the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, July 10 & 24th.

Learn more details about ROCS

SNIPPETS

The July 25th After Hours at the new Rec Center will be postponed - watch for more info soon. ... ... There won't be a Luncheon in August, due to vacations. ... Remember to SHOP THE CHAMBER for all your summertime, party-time needs!!! ...  SAVE THE DATE for the WIB EXPO on Wednesday, September 25th from 10-2 - Application here...Application here

BEFORE HOURS

If luncheons are difficult for you to attend and After Hours conflict with your schedule, why not try our Networking In the Morning? On August 6th, join us at Alberto's/Holiday Inn & Suites - Carol Stream for a 7:30am to 9:00am morning event. Sign up and get more info here...

Quick Links
  
Dear Chamber Members, 
This monthly eNewsletter supplements our quarterly printed edition and is designed to keep you current with chamber events and opportunities. 
  
Touch your iPhones, iPads,  fire up your 'Droids, Windows phones, or take out your day planner and enter these events. If you know someone who would benefit from our organization, feel free to forward this to them.
RADIO LEGEND CLARK WEBER SPEAKS AT JULY 10TH EVENT

 Our chamber has the opportunity to hear from a Chicago Radio Legend: the one, the only "Mother Weber's Son", Clark Weber! Back in the 1960's and 1970's he was spinning tunes on WCFL and WLS. Network with us and hear his story at the July 10th luncheon at the Holiday Inn & Suites - Carol Stream. If you bring a guest, you'll get 30 seconds to tell us about your business. Sign up before 5pm on Monday-- click here to sign up...

GOLF OUTING JULY 18th AT KLEIN CREEK GOLF CLUB


The Chamber office activity has been all about GOLF lately == > golfers have been signing up, volunteers are raising their hands, and raffle prizes are coming in. Remember, there is SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE at this, one of the few chamber fundraisers! We hope you will find a way to be a part of this fun and exciting event! Maybe you will be a Drink Hole Sponsor or buy raffle tickets for the iPad giveaway. Perhaps you've been trying to get onto the links all spring and now have a great excuse!

 

July 18th is the date and Klein Creek Golf Club is the place for this, the 24th annual event.

 

If you don't golf and cannot volunteer, join us for dinner and network with other chamber members and associates. It's the perfect setting! Find more information here....

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS - BRAND NEW REC CENTER! - POSTPONED

Our next After Hours gathering will NOT take place on Tuesday, July 25th at the new and not-yet-opened Park District Rec Center  in Carol Stream. Watch for more info soon on the reschedule date.

NEW DIRECTORIES READY BEFORE THE END OF JULY

The new 2013-2014 Business-Community

Directories are being printed as we speak. Our partner, the Daily Herald/Niche' Publications, has done a great job and we can't wait to see it. Word has it that they will be delivered to 11,000 doorsteps in Carol Stream July 15-16. We hope to have them ready to give our golfers at the July 18th Golf Outing. There will be an online/electronic version as well, that will be posted on our website. We thank our advertisers!! More info, soon!!!!

 

WOMEN IN BUSINESS
  
It's a B-to-C event. It's filled with Chocolate, Shopping, Pampering, and Inspirational opportunities. It's September 25th. Will you be standing in front of your table, meeting and greeting the public and local businesses?
  
Our next Women In Business event will be the "What Women Want" Expo on Wednesday, September 25th from 10am until 2pm. To be a part of it -- in any way -- click here for the application. If you do not want a booth, you are able to have an item in the goodie bags (to the first 200 attendees) or a flyer/coupon for the low fee of $30.
  
Spread the word --- and some of our pink, shiny postcards. Stop in the chamber office today to get a handful. Bring in a new member to be in this expo and receive a FREE CHAMBER LUNCHEON certificate. (there really is such a thing as a free lunch!) Thank you! 
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Thank you for taking the time to read these updates from the chamber. Be sure to forward this to a business associate who could benefit from chamber membership.
 
Sincerely,
Luanne Newman, Executive Director
Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce
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