August/2013

Save the Date!

 

August 2

DACC Member Appreciation Day!

To be held at the DACC office (325 Clinton St.)

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

 

August 7

Free Small Business Workshop

"Team Building"

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Workshop will be held at Defiance College in the Buchman Board Room.

All chamber members are welcome to attend!

*To attend, email isaaclee@defiancechamber.com 

 

August 15

Business After Hours

4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Sponsored by Malhoit & Associates-Ameriprise Financial

Hosted by The Black Lantern (200 Clinton St., Defiance)

 

August 28

Breakfast of Champions

7:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Guest Speaker: Heather Teegarden of MetaLINK Technologies

Topic:  Cross Promotion and Marketing 

To be held at Defiance College's Hubbard Banquet Room located in the Serrick Campus Center.

*Please RSVP to isaaclee@defiancechamber.com 

 

  
President's Post 

 

Valued Chamber Member,

 


For the last four years, our office and membership has been blessed to have Sarah Cates working for us. In July, Sarah accepted a position at Keller Logistics and we are truly excited for her in this next step in her life.

 

With that being said, during the last month, I spent quite a bit of time looking over resumes to find someone that would have the members interest at heart. I am proud to announce that we have hired Erica Noggle to the Marketing and Events Coordinator position effective August 1, 2013.

 

Erica spent a few months with us earlier this year as an intern from Defiance College. During this time, she experienced what it meant to work with our wonderful membership and board. She was also able to gain valuable experience working with our Membership Database that drives a lot of our processes.

 

I personally know that Erica will quickly acclimate herself to this position. I would encourage you, when possible, to help make an introduction at any one of our next upcoming events. Her email will be enoggle@defiancechamber.com.

 

Please help me welcome Erica to the Chamber World!

 

Sincerely,

 

Isaac R Lee

President

Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce

325 Clinton Street

Defiance, OH 43512

Thank you to the following sponsors and supporters of the 2013 Golf Outing!

 

A Little Slice of Heaven

Advantage Powder Coating

All our wonderful volunteers

Anytime Fitness

Arps Dairy, Inc.

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

Auglaize Golf Club

Baker-Shindler Contracting Company

Batt & Stevens Body Shop

Behringer, Herman & Eckhardt, Inc.

Bob Evans Restaurant

Buffalo Wild Wings

CenturyLink

Chief Super Market, Inc.

Citizens National Bank

City Beverage Company

Coca-Cola Refreshments

Complete Wireless

Defiance College

Defiance County Economic Development

Defiance Dental Group

Defiance Eagles #372

Defiance Publishing Company

Defiance Stamping Company

Defiance Therapeutic Massage & Wellness Center

DeTray Chiropractic Center

DeTray Investment Group

Domino's Pizza

Dr. Darryl D. Mathewson

Edward Jones- Matt Schmenk

Eric's All American Ice Cream Factory

Estle Chevrolet Cadillac

Farmers & Merchants State Bank

Fifth Third Bank

First Federal Bank

First Insurance Group

Fitzenrider, Inc.

Fricker's

GM Powertrain

Grant Insurance Agency

Habitat for Humanity of Defiance County

Harold Hahr Insurance

Higbea Embroidery

Homier's Monumental

Hubbard Company

Hubbard Law Firm

Huntington Bank

Integrity Motor Sales

Jordan Mack

Keller Logistics Group

Kim's Katering

Kroger

Luderman & Konst, CPA's

M W Solutions

Malhoit & Associates- Ameriprise Financial

Mark Moats Ford, Inc.

McDonalds' Design & Build, Inc.

Mercury Cleaners

MetaLINK Technologies

Midwest Community Federal Credit Union

Northtowne Motors

Northwest Real Estate Services

Northwest State Community College

Ohio Gas Company

OmniSource Corporation

P & R Medical Connection

Perry ProTech

Poggemeyer Design Group

ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital

Rath Builders Supply, Inc.

Re/Max Realty of Defiance-Brent Joost

Rental Market

Roehrs-McMillen Insurance

Sam Switzer Realty

Scotty's 111

ServiceMaster by McCann

Sherwood State Bank

Shutlz Huber & Associates, CPA's

Smitley CPA Services

State Bank

Steyer & Co.

Stykemain Buick GMC

The Laurels of Defiance

Time Warner Cable Business Class

United Appraisal Group

Wash-N-Fill

Welles Bowen Realtors- Marvin Yoder

Wells Fargo Advisors-Randy Yoder

Werlor Waste Control & Recycling, Inc.


DACC's new "Feature Member of the Month"

  

There's a new benefit to your Chamber membership!  Once a month (the first Sunday of the month), the chamber will be advertising our "Feature Member of the Month" in the Sunday Business Section of The Crescent-News! 

 

Every month, we will randomly select one of our members to be featured in this section as our way to show our appreciation to our members. 

 

Network with your Chamber and win money!! 
  
For 2013 Business After Hours we are excited to announce a new advantage to networking with your chamber! Beginning at January 2013's Business After Hours, we will attempt to give away a $25.00 Chamber Gift Certificate!

 

All individuals in our database will automatically be entered to win every month. The catch? You must be present to win! So contact our office today to make sure your name, along with your fellow employees' names, are in our database!

 

**Must be present to win. If the winning member is not present, the money will roll over to the next month's event and be combined with that month's pot. This will continue until a winner is present at a 2013 Business After Hours event. The pot can grow to, but will not exceed, $225.00 during the calendar year.

  

The January, February, March, April and May winners were not present at Business After Hours to walk away with the money so August  15th's pot is up to $150.00!!!

  

January's name pulled was Pastor Michael Donnally of St. Paul's United Methodist Church.

February's name pulled was Patty Hindell of Clear Channel Media & Entertainment.

March's name pulled was Rolland Deming Jr. of Lefty's Pizza.

April's name pulled was Ellen Kuckuck of Morris Floor Covering.

May's name pulled was Linsey Hollingshead of Partners in Employment, Inc.

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 feature 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 800 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.
 
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In This Issue
President's Post
Thank you to Golf Sponsors!
"Feature Member of the Month"
2013 Business After Hours
Advertising with your Chamber
Welcome New Members!
Thank you!
Volunteers Needed
AAA can help you with GAS
Business for Sale
A Day of Shopping!!
Buy local with The Hubbard Company
Defiance College Job Fair
Where will your money go when you're gone?

 

Welcome New Members! 
 
101 Clinton St., Ste 1700
Defiance, Ohio
419-782-1573
  
  

Thank you to our members that renewed their memberships during the month of July 2013:

 

 

AmeriCare Home Health of Defiance

Bud's Restaurant

Cabin Fever Coffee

Community Health Professionals of Defiance

Defiance Public Library

Diehl Cleaning Solution, LLC

Edward Jones- Matt Schmenk

Gustwiller Electric Supply

Hubbard Law Firm, LLC

Interim HealthCare

Kahle Design & Build

Kim's Katering

William C. Koester

LegalShield

OfficeMax #912

The Sherwood State Bank

Steven J. Sondergaard, Attorney at Law

Tri-County Roofing & Home Improvement, Inc.

United Appraisal Group

Yvonne Dale Graphics

 

Volunteers Needed

 

   The Ohio Women's Open is Monday, Aug. 5 and Tuesday, Aug. 6 at Eagle Rock Golf Club in Defiance. Last year, some of you took time out of your schedule to help as volunteers and we thank you. With the tournament a little over a month away, we would like to request your time again as a volunteer for the tournament.

   As with previous years, the biggest need is for golf ball-spotters. The job would be to identify the landing place of a golf ball after it is hit off the tee, whether the ball is in the rough or informing whether or not the ball is still in bounds. Ball-spotters are used in 1.5-2-hour intervals (beginning in the early morning,) but if you want to volunteer for more hours, please let us know.

   If you are interested, you may contact Mark Froelich or Anne Gregory, who are co-volunteer coordinators for the event. Their contact information is below.

   Thank you for your time and for making the Ohio Women's Open a success.

Sincerely,

Mark Froelich
419.439.3890 (call or text) | marklisafroelich@gmail.com

Anne Gregory
419.438.5002 (call or text) | agregory@ButlerRE.com
     
AAA can help you with GAS
 

 

"Get PUMPED" when you apply for a AAA Member Rewards VisaŽ and use your new card. Receive a $50 Gas card after qualifying purchases.  Stock up on rewards with your new AAA Member Rewards VisaŽ credit card. You can earn bunches of points on everyday purchases all  year round that can be redeemed for exciting rewards like cash back, gift cards, and AAA/AAR vouchers. Earning has never been easier! Hurry offer ends August 30th!

 

 

Judy A Aden CTC

AAA Northwest Ohio

Branch Manager

1007 N. Clinton St., Suite #2, Defiance

 

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