Blair Business Mirror to Be Published Tomorrow
Thursday’s “Breakfast Club” to Focus on PFEW
Information Available for Chamber’s Greece, Ireland Trips
Hampton Inn to Host Thursday’s “Business After Hours”
Sponsorships Still Available for Annual Meeting
Have You Posted Positions on the Chamber Job Board Yet? It’s Free!
“Buy Here Bucks” Recruiting Effort Continues
Congratulations . . .
Blair Business Mirror to Be Published Tomorrow
The December issue of the Blair Business Mirror will be published tomorrow as a supplement to the Altoona Mirror. The cover feature this month focuses on Blue Knob All-Seasons Resort and the major renovations and upgrades taking place there. Inside stories include a Q&A interview with Ron Dick of Duncansville Pharmacy and a Non-Profit feature on Garvey Manor Nursing Home. A copy of the Blair Business Mirror will be mailed to every Chamber-member business by the end of the week. The Blair Business Mirror is published on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of January and July.
Thursday’s “Breakfast Club” to Focus on PFEW
One of the nation’s best programs for helping young people to better understand the challenges and opportunities of operating a business will be the focus of the next Chamber “Breakfast Club.” Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, in its 39th year, has educated more than 42,000 young adults on the American Free Enterprise System. The Breakfast Club will be held this Thursday, December 14th at 7:45 a.m. at The Casino at Lakemont Park. Guest speaker will be Scott Lee, PFEW’s Vice-President of Marketing & Development. The cost to attend Breakfast Club is $20 for Chamber Members and $30 for non-members. To register, call the Chamber at (814) 943-8151 or register online. Corporate sponsor of the December Breakfast Club is Altoona Mirror.
Information Available for Chamber’s Greece, Ireland Trips
The Blair County Chamber is offering trips to both Greece and Ireland during 2018. The first trip, “Greece and the Sunny Mediterranean,” departs on July 11th and returns on July 20th. It features a 4-night Greek Isle cruise and four night, first class hotel in Athens. The Mediterranean ports visited are Mykonos, Santorini, Ephesus, Rhodes, Crete and Patmos. The Athens portion of the trip includes tours of the Parthenon & Acropolis, the Olympic Stadium, the Royal Palace and a full-day tour of Mycenae. The Greece Trip, offered through Chamber Discoveries, is $3,699/per person including round trip airfare, hotels and seventeen meals. The second trip – “Celtic Adventure” - departs on October 4th and returns on October 13th. It features Belfast, Galway, Killarney and Dublin with many attractions including Titanic Museum, Giant’s Causeway (with Shuttle Bus), Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, Cliffs of Moher, Connemara Marble and Galway Crystal. There are city tours of both Belfast and Dublin. The Ireland Trip, offered through Classic Travel, is $2,939/per person including airfare, hotels, full Irish breakfast daily and five hotel dinners. For information on either trip, contact the Chamber at (814) 943-8151.
Hampton Inn to Host Thursday’s “Business After Hours”
The next Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be held this Thursday, December 14th, from 5 -7 p.m., at Hampton Inn Altoona, located at 180 Charlotte Drive. Door prizes, food and beverages will be provided. Cost to attend is $10 for Chamber Members and $20 for non-members. Reservations can be made by calling the Chamber at 943-8151 or register online.
Sponsorships Still Available for Annual Meeting
The Blair County Chamber’s Annual Meeting & Awards Presentation will be held on January 26th at The Casino at Lakemont Park. Sponsorships at several levels are now available for that event by calling Jessie Covert at (814) 943-8151 or emailing her at jcovert@blairchamber.com.
Have You Posted Positions on the Chamber Job Board Yet? It’s Free!
The Blair County Chamber Website at www.blairchamber.com features a Job Board where member businesses can place up to three positions at no cost. The Job Board concept came about as the result of a meeting held at the Chamber in which local retailers and employment agencies discussed the trials and tribulations of finding interested and qualified employees. The decision to limit businesses to posting only three positions at one time was a recommendation by the Chamber’s Board of Directors who was concerned that larger businesses with multiple openings would make the task of overseeing the Job Board rather labor intensive. Tori Liebal, the Chamber’s Vice-President of Website Development and Social Media, is the staff member assigned to maintain the Job Board. Jobs will remain on the Board for one month unless the employer asks that they be removed or extended. At the present time, Job Board postings are limited to Chamber members only. (For more information on the Job Board, contact Tori Liebal at 814-943-8151 or email her at tliebal@blairchamber.com.)
“Buy Here Bucks” Recruiting Effort Continues
The Blair County Chamber’s new gift certificate program, known as “Buy Here Bucks,” is underway and businesses are being added every day to the list of those where certificates can be redeemed. To register to be on that list (it costs Chamber Members nothing), contact Tori Liebal at (814) 943-8151 or email her. To purchase Buy Here Bucks, visit the Chamber Website at www.blairchamber.com. You can also get them at the Chamber Office, located in the Devorris Center for Business Development.
Congratulations...
. . . to the three area Chamber Members who were recently recognized in the Top 100 Places to Work in Pennsylvania. They are Doing Better Business, Inc., 1st Summit Bank and Wessel & Company. The Best Places to Work program is a partnership between Team Pennsylvania, the Department of Community and Economic Development and the Central Penn Business Journal.
. . . to Altoona Beauty School, which was chosen to represent excellence in the category of Nails in Modern Salon Media’s 2017 class of Excellence in Education honorees.
. . . to the Family Resource Center of Blair County, which was recently recognized as a Blue Ribbon Affiliate by Pennsylvania Parents as Teachers National Center. Only ten affiliates were recognized statewide for successfully completing a self-study and review process that meets or succeeds the organization’s standards.
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December 11, 2017
Upcoming Events
Breakfast Club
Thursday, December 14
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
The Casino at Lakemont Park
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Business After Hours
Thursday, December 14
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Hampton Inn
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Breakfast Club
Thursday, January 11
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
The Casino at Lakemont Park
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Safety Program
Wednesday, January 24
7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Hoss's - Duncansville
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Business After Hours
Thursday, January 25
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Ingelnook at Presbyterian Village
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Annual Meeting
Friday, January 26
7:30 -9:30 a.m.
The Casino at Lakemont Park
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Upcoming Committee Meetings Week of 12/11/17
BASICS Steering Committee
Monday, December 11, 8:00 a.m.
GACTC
Regional BASICS
Monday, December 11, 11:00 a.m.
Marzoni's Duncansville
Chamber Ambassadors
Tuesday, December 12, 8:00 a.m.
Devorris Center
Committee of Non-Profits
Tuesday, December 12, 9:00 a.m
Devorris Center
Attractions/Hotel Roundtable
Wednesday, December 13, 8:15 a.m.
Baker Mansion
Safety Committee
Thursday, December 14, 9:00 a.m.
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