Hello Everyone,
I hope everyone is getting a chance
to enjoy the summer weather. I can’t believe it’s August
already!!
The Greater Middle Country Chamber
of Commerce co-hosted a blood drive along with the Middle
Country Public Library, and I wanted to thank every one of
you that helped by displaying posters in your workplace and
spreading the word. I especially wanted to thank those of
you that came out and gave blood. As a general rule, the
regional supply runs low in the summer months, and every
person that donated is helping to save a life. The Chamber
is also grateful to Sandy Feinberg and the staff of the
library (especially Elizabeth Malafi) for putting this all
together.
Those of us that missed the meeting
in July really missed something worthwhile. The BBQ King did
the on-site cooking, and the Member of the Month, Charles
Eggleton of the Delphi Group did a wonderful job of
representing his company and its services. The main speaker
for the meeting, Gloria Glowacki of the NYS Small Business
Development Center, was very effective and really made our
members aware of the importance of developing and delivering
an “elevator speech”. Some of our members are still talking
about her presentation!
Let me take just a minute and tell
you that the members of the board continue to be very busy
serving the needs of the Chamber in several areas. We’ve
created several committees to help meet your needs, and we
are setting up an easy way for you to provide feedback to
the committee members through the website. We’ll have more
information on this at our next meeting.
Speaking of the next meeting, it
will be August 21st at the Middle Country Public Library.
The catering will be handled by JeJoJo’s Bagels, who has
excellent food. Please RSVP to Doreen Newman and let her
know if you will be able to attend. Doreen’s email address
is
Doreen@MiddleCountryChamber.com. The Member of the month
is Richard Van Allen of Star Publishing, and the guest
speaker will be Ron Cusano, of Business Networking, Inc. It
should be very, very interesting, and a lot of fun!! I’m
looking forward to it. As always, bring a new member and
receive a $25.00 credit toward next year's membership dues.
Also, remember that we select one
business each month to be the Chamber Member of the Month.
That member gets to present their company at the Chamber
meetings, and also receives additional coverage in the
newsletter. If you are interested in taking advantage of
this free service, please give Doreen or me your business
card and let us know of your interest.
As always, please feel free to
contact me or any board member with any suggestions or ideas
that you may have for future meetings or events. If there is
a speaker that you think should address the Chamber at one
of our meetings, please share that as well.
There are many more updates that we
will share with you in upcoming emails and, of course, at
the meetings. I hope to see you there!
Regards,
Mike Anderson
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