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Second Chances Antiques & Resale, is excited to announce their opening to Lake In The Hills and the surrounding communities. "We've always wanted to take our hobby to the next step," said Second  Chances Antiques & Resale Nick Utech, owner. "The world of clean, good quality, antiques and resale is growing in the area and being from the area we wanted a way to be more involved in the community!" Second Chances Antiques & Resale is featuring a variety of items from Antiques and collectables to furniture and home décor. Their mission is to bring their customers clean, good quality merchandise at a reasonable price. For more information, visit www.SecondChancesAntiques.com
Congratulations to Rightsize Facility Performance who turns 10 years old this month! This Office Furniture can help you with all of your furniture needs. For more information contact Jason Abrahams at 312-698-6963 or jabrahams@rightsizefacility.com
Elk Grove Village Bank and Trust is pleased to sponsor the Kenneth  Young Center 5K Run/Walk for Mental Health and Senior Services on Saturday May 10, 2014 in Busse Woods. For more information on this event, please contact Cheri Seley at cheris@kennethyoung.org or better yet, stop by the Kick Off Event on Thursday, March 13th from 5:30-7:30 at Drink in Schaumburg to learn how you and your business can help the Kenneth Young Center.
Patrick Dunne, PMP, has joined Rightsize Facility Performance as  director of project management, announced President and Founder Mason Awtry. He is the first new hire in what promises to be a very busy year of growth for the firm. Mr. Dunne will be responsible for
the overall technical and cost performance of the firm's large and complex design/furnish assignments. In addition, he will maintain partnerships with the company's network of premier vendors.
Itasca Bank & Trust Co. will host a luncheon to help raise funds for the Roselle American Legion Post 1084 Veterans Memorial which is  being built to honor those who have served. The luncheon will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at Medinah Country Club from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM. The luncheon's featured speaker will be Allen J. Lynch, a Vietnam Army Veteran and 1970 Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. The site for the Veterans Memorial will be in Depot Park along Irving Park Road and Park Street, a location owned by the village of Roselle. The centerpiece of the memorial is a "Battle Cross and Kneeling Soldier" bronze statue mounted on a pedestal memorializing all those who have given their lives in service of their country. The five military branch insignias will be mounted on the pedestal. Plans also call for a brick paver walkway and seven flagpoles with the American, POW, and military service flags. For more information about the luncheon, please contact Ginny Wagner, Director of Marketing, at Itasca Bank & Trust Co. at 630-773-0350 or ginnywagner@itascabank.com.
 Mason Awtry, President of Chicago-based Rightsize Facility Performance (Rightsize), a nationwide office interiors and facility services firm serving corporate clients in transition, announced the promotion of Jason Abrahams from marketing and communications manager to marketing director, Ruth Minnick from senior account manager to senior account manager/team lead, Chicago Loop office and Tyesha Davis to design team leader. "I am extremely proud of our dedicated professionals," said Awtry. "Ruth, Jason and Tyesha have  been excellent additions to our team and I look to them for their leadership in 2014 as we grow our operations." Rightsize Facility Performance, headquartered in Chicago, IL, is a nationwide office interiors and facilities services firm serving corporate clients in transition. Founded in 2004, Rightsize employs an industry leading "Design/Furnish" approach to ensure seamless workplace transitions and is a single source for  interior design, furniture procurement, delivery and installation, asset disposition, facility decommissioning and ancillary project services. Through its Office Furniture Center brand, which includes OfficeFurnitureCenter.com and an 85,000-square-foot showroom, Rightsize also provides a single source for quality workstations, desks, seating, filing, conference and reception furniture. For more information please visit www.rightsizefacility.com
Inspired by the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Illinois Office of Tourism (IOT) showcased the state's brightest stars in the tourism industry with the second annual 'Lincoln Awards.' presented during a special  program at the Excellence in Tourism Awards on February 3, part of the 2014 Governor's Conference on Travel & Tourism. Award recipients are those "behind the scenes stars" that go above and beyond for the Illinois tourism industry. Meet GOA's own Christina Anderson-Heller, Marketing Director of Lynfred Winery, was presented the Ski Jumping Gold Medal - awarded to an individual who isn't afraid to take risks to achieve new heights - by Illinois State Travel Director, Jen Hoelzle. Dave Parulo, President of Meet Chicago Northwest, also a GOA member said "We are very excited to have Christina's efforts to market our region recognized. We are honored to have her representing our vibrant Chicago Northwest region. Her passion and support for tourism could not be more valuable to our promoting our region." The award ceremony kicked off the 2014 Illinois Governor's Conference on Travel & Tourism that ran February 3-5, in Chicago at the Palmer House Hilton.
Kenneth Young Center would like to thank the members of GONE IV for their generous donation of $1,000. This is the second year in a row that they have donated and KYC every much appreciates it. Donations like this enable KYC to continue to help adults live more productive lives, assist elderly people to stay as independent as possible and help children and adolescents who are going through difficult transitions or emotional crises. Thank you GONE IV!
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Congratulation to Kari Ann Ryan who suggested the winning name for the GOA's monthly lunch seminar program. "Learn Over Lunch" or LOL, which was previous known as Brown Bag Seminar, but now includes a lunch. Kari Ann will receive compliment attendance to LOL for the balance of the year as the winner of the contest. Thank you to all of our members who submitted great suggestions for this contest. 
There are three things that make GONE III unique. First, at GONE III is we track the quality of referrals. This is in recognition that we are a referral group and NOT a leads group. When you get a referral from a member of our group, the referral expects your call. Second, we have several events throughout the year which are intended to help build trust 
among our members. Trust that helps facilitate referrals. Examples of trust building activities are monthly Buddy Lunches, Our annual Rib Cook Off and our annual awards celebration. Third we have a mutually beneficial relationship with the Elk Grove Township. We meet at the Township Hall and the Township is an honorary member.
