The Enterprise On-Line July 16, 2012

The Enterprise On-Line

July 16, 2012

The mission of the Dripping Springs Area Chamber of Commerce is to provide business leadership and advocacy for the continuous improvement of the business environment, economic development and quality of life in the community.

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CHAMBER NEWS & EVENTS

THIS WEEK

Chamber Board Meeting*

3:00pm - Wednesday, July 18th at Corridor Title

*Chamber members may attend Board meetings as observers.

For an Updated List of Local Community Events
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NEWS

Time to do more Welcome Bags for School Registration

DSISD is scheduled to register new students to the district on August 6th. Officials are expecting quite a few new families to register their students so we need to prepare 100 more welcome bags! If you have an item, coupon or gift certificate that you would like to include, please bring it to the Chamber by August 1st.

Membership Drive

The Chamber member who recruits the most new members* to join the Chamber will win a $100 gift certificate to a local business of your choosing**. This quarter's contest ends September 28th.

*New members are classified as those who were not a member of the Chamber during 2011 or 2012.

**Gift certificates/cards must be from a current member of the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce.

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MEMBER NEWS

DSYAF Fundraiser

DSYAF has teamed with PackMonster to bring you a discount on your backpack shopping, that also helps raise money for DSYAF! As you prepare for the new school year, please consider shopping at PackMonster on August 10th, or via www.packmonster.com between now and September 15th.

DSYAF is a non-profit that helps kids in Dripping Springs pay to participate in extracurricular activities when they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it.Anyone can benefit from this sale, so please share it with your friends - even if they don't live in town! Packmonster does a great amount of their business via the website.

CORE Health Foundation Fundraiser

The CORE Health Foundation, a Dripping Springs based disability advocacy non-profit http://www.corehealthfoundation.org/ is partnering with Generous Art http://generousart.org/ for a collective showing of Art by local professional artists as well as our CORE residents who have sustained a brain injury.

The Art Exhibition will be held Thursday, August 16th from 6:00 - 9:00pm at Camp Lucy, 3509 Creek Road, Dripping Springs. The CORE Health Foundation will receive 40% of all art purchased at the event to be used for our educational symposiums on stroke and traumatic brain injury.

KDRP Pescado Shootout Benefit

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park News - Civil War to Civil Rights Trading Cards
Trading cards have been popular with kids for generations, from images of sports figures to movie stars. Now, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Parkis offering free trading cards featuring civil rights legislation signed into law by President Johnson during his five years in the White House.

The cards available at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Parkare part of a series of 550 cards available at participating national parks throughout the United States. To "earn" a trading card, kids may participate in a ranger-led tour or answer a question about their visit to the park.

"The trading cards are vehicles for telling some 'lesser-known' stories - including the stories of civilians, women, African-Americans and American Indians," said Superintendent Russ Whitlock. The trading cards are a great way to engage kids with our history as a nation, both here at LBJ NHPand throughout the United States. According to Whitlock, the cards also provide an incentive to families with children to visit all parks which offer the cards.

Each trading card tells a little-known story but collectively the cards describe the struggles we have endured as a nation to strive for freedom and equality. The Civil War Sesquicentennial and the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement provide opportunities for us to reflect upon our past, celebrate the strides we have made and look forward with commitment to achieve a more perfect union.

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

Dripping Springs Networking Group

DS Networking Group meets the second Wednesday of each month at Creek Road Cafe at 11:30am. Contact Corey Skahill at 894-0665 for more information.

Toastmasters

DS Toastmasters regularly meets every Tuesday, 6:30pm, at Pioneer Bank Bldg. (Conference Rm), 100 Creek Rd at Hwy 290. Visitors always welcome. For more information, call Tom Zalewski at thomasz@austin.rr.com. Our website: http://www.dstoastmasters.com

DS Property Tour

Every Tuesday at Farm Bureau Ins. 105 Canyon Wood Drive South Suite D-2, Dripping Springs. Breakfast meeting starts at 9:00am with tour of homes immediately following. For more information contact tour coordinator Carol Brown at dshometour@gmail.com , phone number 512-576-7711. Or Debra Williamson at dwilliamson@txfb-ins.com, phone number 512-858-7777.

Rotary Club

Every Monday, 11:45am at Café 131, 131 E. Mercer St., Dripping Springs. To attend, please contact Bonnie Rose at (512) 894-3944 or brose@austin.rr.com.

Charlotte's Book Club

DS Community Library

Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at 6 PM, at 501 Sportsplex Drive. Go to www.dscl.org or call 512-858-7825 for more information.

Lions Club

Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at Café 131, 131 E. Mercer St.

Contact Sharon Goss at (512) 858-5159.

Alzheimer's Support Group

Free Alzheimer's Support Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at Noon at Arveda Alzheimer's Family Care, 11013 Signal Hill Drive, 78737. (Off Hwy 290, just past Nutty Brown, behind McCoy's). Please RSVP to 512-637-5400. Also, visit our website at http://www.arvedacare.com.

Vince F. Taylor American Legion Post 290

Meets in the Vet Hall on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Vet Hall is located at RR12N and Loop 64 (Mercer St.) For Info please call 858-5637.

Dripping Springs VFW

Post 2933

Meets in the Vet Hall on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Vet Hall is located at RR12N and Loop 64 (Mercer St.) For Info please call: 858-5637.

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Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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STAFF

Sherrie Parks Shannon Moler

Executive Director Visitors Bureau Director

Physical Address: 509 Mercer St. (next to City Hall)

Mailing Address: P. O. Box 206, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

Chamber of Commerce - 512.858.7000 E-Mail - dschamber@drippingspringstx.org

Visitors Bureau - 512.858.4740 E-Mail - dsvisitorsbureau@drippingspringstx.org