April 23, 2015 

Dear Readers,


Earlier this month we recognized some very special Kelowna Chamber volunteers at our AGM. In honour of National Volunteer Month and recognizing that volunteers are a crucial part of engaging our members, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of our volunteers. 

 

Our nine committees, mainly headed up by our Board executives, are made up of 175 chamber member volunteers!

 

Thank You, to all of you! 

 

Sales Lead Network Launch
New Kelowna Chamber Initiative provides referrals

Kelowna Chamber's newest initiative will be the largest business referral network in the BC Interior, allowing participants to plug into our Chamber membership of 1,200+ members to directly market themselves. 

The group will be compiled of 35 non-competing Chamber Members who will meet to exchange meaningful referrals each week from 7:00 am - 8:30 am Thursday mornings over breakfast while engaging in a series of networking activities and business- focused presentations. To learn more about being one of them, please visit:
 www.kelownachamber.org/chamber/sales_lead_network.aspx

Spotlight on New Orleans Trip

Discount nearing end


The latest Travel & Learn Venture is filling up fast, so if you've been considering taking the great getaway to New Orleans this October, the time to act is now. Booking by May 12th ensures the best price, protected from current US/Canadian dollar disparity. Booking by this date will also save members $100. 

While there, it's not all eating, jazz-bar hopping with host Anna Jacyszyn, bayou cruising, French Quarter walking and cooking lessons; we have also booked a visit to the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce-- a pleasant 20 minute walk from our 5-star hotel in the heart of the French Quarter. Read More

Members in the News

Recognizing our members' outstanding achievements

  • Choices Market celebrates 25 Years in business!
     
  • Kelowna Flightcraft celebrates 45 Years in business; shifts focus and rebrands to KF Aerospace
     
  • Laurel Douglas, CEO of the Women's Enterprise Centre, received the Community Catalyst honour at the Wendy McDonald Awards ceremony
     
  • Okanagan Post-Secondary Students are #1  -  Bachelor of Management students at UBCO have won the Argus Cup and a $5,000 prize at the Live Case Challenge and Business Administration students at Okanagan College have won first place at the TRU Human Resources Management Case Competition  
     
  • Valley First Credit Union and Soil Mate have joined forces to raise food, funds and awareness for hunger
     
  • Kris Stewart has documented a tv series featuring Okanagan seniors entitled "Blissfully Aging", currently airing on ShawTV 
     
  • Urban Systems, Grant Thornton LLP, TD Bank Group, RBC, Scotiabank, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, CIBC and Deloitte have all been awarded "Best Workplace in Canada" for 2015
     
  • BrandAlliance, Graycon, FLOFORM Countertops, Mr. Lube, Payworks, PrairieCoast Equipment, Westcorp and Maple Reinders have all been named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies
     

Congrats to all!

 

Upcoming Events

TODAY!

 

New Orleans Trip 

Online Info Session

Thursday April 23rd 

2:00 to 2:30 p.m.

 

TODAY!
   
Business After Hours @ 

UBC Okanagan Campus 

Thursday April 23rd 

5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Atrium, EME Building

Panelist Breakfast: Attracting & Retaining Top Employees 

featuring 

3x Olympian Douglas Vandor

Thursday May 7th

7:30 to 9:00 a.m.

Kelowna Golf & Country Club

    

Business Smarts: Brand Building & Telling Your Story

Tuesday May 12th 

8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

 Kelowna Chamber 

  Wednesday May 20th 

4:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Rotary Park, Penticton

Check out All Event Listings:


Campaigns for Cause

Road Safety at Work -  Free Workshop 

Social Enterprise Day of Learning 

Bike To Work Week - Call for Team Leaders