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Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
 
Monthly Member Update

August 2013
..in this issue
UPCOMING EVENTS
LUNCH N' LEARN
ROCS! LEADS GROUP
SNIPPETS
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.

Learn more details about ROCS

SNIPPETS

Have YOU signed up for the WIB EXPO on Wednesday, September 25th from 10-2 - Application here...Application here  ... ... Our thanks to Ann Kennedy/Rotary Club of Carol Stream who was named to an open position on the board. Thank you, Ann!... ... ...

During the House August Recess, the Office of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth will be hosting events and meetings that we believe will be especially helpful to the 8th District business community.  They are: Monday, August 5th - Global Access Forum with the Export-Import Bank, Schaumburg; Wednesday, August 7th - The Concord Coalition, Villa Park; Friday, August 23rd- Small Business Forum, (location TBD) For more info...  ... ... ... We hope you are having a super summer! Remember to shop the chamber for all your summertime needs!

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...

WELCOME!!

We welcome our new members during the month of July:

 

Dove Chocolate Discoveries

870 Castlewood Ln.

Bartlett 60103

(630) 441-3667

   Laura Kuehn

 

Devitt Investment Firm

365 Countryside Drive

Roselle 60172

(630) 220-4878

   Patrick Devitt

 

Isagenix

830 Arbor Ave.

West Chicago 60185

(630) 272-0431

   Lori Itrich

 

Visions of Light, Inc.

504 Cheyenne trail

Carol Stream 60188

630-306-8244

   Joseph Farris

 

On The Beaton Path, LLC

2612 N Windsor Dr

Arlington Heights 60004

(630) 967-4566

   Paul Morrell

 

CertaPro Painters

551 Roosevelt Rd. Suite 204

Glen Ellyn 60137

(630) 510-2086

   Ron Palumbo

 

Gold Canyon Candles

1584 Tuppery Court

Roselle 60172

(630) 363-9158

   Kelly Fleck

 

 

 

 

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.
AUGUST LUNCHEON 

Due to vacations of many of our members, there will be no chamber luncheon in August. The Chamber office will be open 9-5 weekdays in August.

 GOLF OUTING  RECAP

The day was HOT but great for our 24th annual Golf Classic at Klein Creek! We had 96 golfers and many sponsors, volunteers, ticket-buyers, and donors!  See the link below for the video of photos taken by our photographer from Just Picture This...!
  
Thank you to all our wonderful sponsors!
  

GOLD SPONSORS

BARTEL'S AUTO CLINIC

MC NEES & ASSOCIATES
WINDSOR PARK

FAST SIGNS

 

Silver Sponsors

COMMUNITY AUTO BODY, INC.

IVY

SAVERINO & ASSOCIATES

NAMEPLATE & PANEL TECHNOLOGY

ADVANCED HEALTH CARE CENTER

JUST PICTURE THIS...!

ACCOUNTING NETWORK, INC.

 

Bag Drop Sponsors

Sport Clips in Carol Stream

Adventist GlenOaks Hospital

 

Bronze Sponsors

Porte Brown CPAs
Rotary Club of Carol Stream
Bloomingdale Township Republican Party

DuPage County Farm Bureau

Belmont Village

 

Hole in One Sponsor

Sunrise Chevrolet

 

Drink Hole Sponsors

Alberto's Restaurant

Kabuki Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

Village Tavern & Grill

John & Tony's

 

Chair Massage Sponsor / Registration

elements therapeutic massage

 

Thank you, golfers, for your generosity and great sportsmanship!!! You made our day!

 

 Find more information including the video here....

MULTI-CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS

searchlight   Our next After Hours will be a joint effort with the Bloomingdale Chamber on Thursday, August 15th and will be held at Shiraz at Hilton/Indian Lakes Resort. Be sure to bring business cards, and even a co-worker or business associate. The event will be held from 5:30-7:30pm...sign up here...

NEW DIRECTORIES HAVE ARRIVED!

The new 2013-2014 Business-Community

Directories have been printed and our partner, the Daily Herald/Niche' Publications, has done a great job. They were delivered to 11,000 doorsteps in Carol Stream July 15-16 and given to golfers in the amenity bags at the July 18th Golf Outing. Here is a link to the online/electronic version , which is also posted on our website. Pick up your copy or a stack of them in the chamber office to distribute through your place of business. We thank our advertisers!!

 

ADVENTIST GLEN OAKS HOSPITAL

A.W.E. AIR. WATER. ENERGY.

ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL GROUP

JOE COTTON FORD

HOLIDAY INN & SUITES & ALBERTO'S

VISITING ANGELS

WHEATON PARK DISTRICT/COSLEY ZOO

SWEET MORNINGS CAF�

IVY

CAROL STREAM ANIMAL HOSPITAL

MAUI WOWI HAWAIIAN SMOOTHIES

ROTARY CLUB OF CAROL STREAM

A PERSONAL TOUCH

WINDSOR PARK

MC NEES & ASSOCIATES

MATHIESON, MOYSKI, CELER & CO. LLP

COMMUNITY AUTO BODY, INC.

AQUA FLOW PLUMBING

CAROL STREAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

LAKEHAVEN LUXURY APARTMENTS

BARTEL'S AUTO CLINIC

VILLAGE OF CAROL STREAM

THE DAILY HERALD MEDIA GROUP

FLOOD BROTHERS

BORTER HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

 

 

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.
  
At this writing, we have 25 already signed up which makes us more than halfway full. Don't delay...sign up today!
  
Spread the word --- and some of our pink, shiny postcards. Stop in the chamber office today to get a handful. 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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