Happy Holidays!
Chamber Board to Meet Thursday
LBC Youth Session to Focus on Servant Leadership, Community Service
Nomination Period Winding-Down for Chamber Awards
Information Available for Chamber’s Greece, Ireland Trips
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
Happy Holidays!
The Board of Directors and staff wish all Chamber Members a happy holiday and a prosperous New Year! There will be no Business Bulletin published on December 25th. The next publishing date will be January 1, 2018.
Chamber Board to Meet Thursday
The Blair County Chamber’s Board of Directors will meet this Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Devorris Center for Business Development. The meeting will mark the final board tenures of four members: Carol Gensimore of Value Drug Company, Dan Slep of the Altoona Mirror, Bill T. Ward of Ward Transport & Logistics, and Brittany Solomon, most recently of the United Way of Blair County. Anyone wishing to address the Board should contact Joe Hurd by noon on Tuesday at (814) 943-8151.
LBC Youth Session to Focus on Servant Leadership, Community Service
Session #4 of the Chamber’s Leadership Blair County Youth program will help class members better understand how servant leadership and community service dovetail to create successful outcomes. The session will take place on Tuesday, beginning at 8:15 a.m. at the GACTC. Class members will also have the opportunity to interact at lunch with business people who have helped to underwrite the costs associated with the LBC program. For more information on LBC Youth, contact Judy Juda at the Chamber at (814) 943-8151 or email her at jjuda@blairchamber.com.
Nomination Period Winding-Down for Chamber Awards
Nominations are being accepted for the following Chamber awards: Athena Award, George Award, Donna D. Gority Servant Leadership Award, Small Business Person of the Year Award, the Joseph P. Rosenhamer Chamber Spirit Award and Young Professional of the Year Award. These awards will be presented at the Chamber's Annual Meeting to be held on January 26th. Deadline to submit a nomination is January 2, 2018. Click here for a description and nomination for each award
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.
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.
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December 18, 2017
Upcoming Events
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
Register Here
Upcoming Committee Meetings Week of 12/18/17
YEA! Steering Committee
Monday, December 18, 8:30 a.m.
Devorris Center
BASICS STEM Subcommittee
Monday, December 18, 9:30 a.m.
Devorris Center
Presidents' Forum Steering Committee
Monday, December 18, 1:30 p.m.
The Chamber
Chamber Executive Committee
Tuesday, December 19, 8:00 a.m
The Chamber
Safety Sub-Committee
Tuesday, December 19, 3:30 p.m
PNG Field
Transportation Committee
Wednesday, December 20, 8:15 a.m.
Devorris Center
Foundation Board of Directors
Wednesday, December 20, 8:15 a.m.
Villa Restaurant at Graystone Court
LBC Youth Committee
Wednesday, December 20, 3:30 p.m.
Marzoni's Greenwood
Chamber Board of Directors
Thursday, December 21, 7:30 a.m.
Devorris Center
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