Chamber Office Closed for Independence Day
Chamber Workplace Wellness Committee Plans Event
Russia Trip Full, Other Trips Planned for 2020, 2021
Leadership Alumni Launches Newest Campaign
Are Your Young Professionals Making Valuable Connections?
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Chamber Office Closed for Independence Day
The Blair County Chamber Office will be closed this Thursday, July 4th, in commemoration of Independence Day. The office will re-open on Friday at 8:30 a.m.
Chamber Workplace Wellness Committee Plans Event
The Blair County Chamber’s Workplace Wellness Committee will hold a “Wake Up to Wellness” event on September 10th to unveil a new toolkit that the committee is developing to help employers implement wellness programs at their businesses. The event will begin at 8:00 a.m. at a location still to be determined. For more information or to join the Workplace Wellness Committee, contact Joe Hurd at (814) 943-8151 or email him at jhurd@blairchamber.com.
Russia Trip Full, Other Trips Planned for 2020, 2021
Although the Chamber’s Imperial Russia Trip is full, it’s not the only destination that the Blair County Chamber will feature in 2020. The Chamber and Epic Journeys will offer the “Britain Sampler” from July 12-21 and the French Riviera from October 31 – November 8. The Britain Sampler begins in London and includes stops in Bath, Stonehenge, Liverpool, Edinburgh, York and Stratford-upon-Avon. It also features the English Lake District and Westminster Palace. The French Riviera trip, co-sponsored by Dream Vacations, includes Nice, St. Tropez, Monte Carlo, Cannes and Monaco. The Chamber has also begun exploring travel possibilities for 2021 and recently contracted with Citslinc to do a sixth China Trip from April 16-27, 2021. Informational meetings will be scheduled for all these trips in the relatively near future. For information on any of these trips, contact the Chamber at (814) 943-8151.
Leadership Alumni Launches Newest Campaign
Each year, the Leadership Blair County Alumni of the Chamber initiate a cause that helps someone in the local community. For eight years, that cause was “Basket of Hope.” In the 2019, the Alumni has switched direction and has created a program known as “guaran.teez.” The goal is to raise enough funds to purchase 1,600 t-shirts for the 400 students enrolled at Penn Lincoln School in Altoona. Penn Lincoln’s community is economically disadvantaged and the guaran.teez program is designed to help students gain a greater sense of community while at the same time combatting the stigma of the haves and have-nots. Donations to this program will be accepted through August 2nd. Each shirt costs $5.00. Each $20 donation will allow donors to “adopt” a child and to provide them with clean shirts throughout the week. The LBC Alumni will match each donation dollar-for-dollar up to $2,500. Checks should be made to: Blair County Chamber Foundation and can be mailed or dropped off at the Blair County Chamber Office, 3900 Industrial Park Drive, Altoona, PA, 16602.
Are Your Young Professionals Making Valuable Connections?
If you’re an employer with employees between 21 and 40 years-of-age, you might want to consider getting them better positioned within the local business community. How can you do that? The Young Professionals of Blair County, a program of the Blair County Chamber, is an active program helping young professionals to make connections, gain greater professional development skills and assist in community projects. There is no cost to be added to the YP Contact List. Just call the Chamber at (814) 943-8151 and provide the name and email of someone in your business that could benefit through this association.
Congratulations . . .
. . . to Tina Dallape and Dana Peo who were recently named Financial Solutions Area Managers for the Altoona/Johnstown market by First Commonwealth Bank. Dana is a graduate of Leadership Blair County and is a Chamber Ambassador.
. . . to the following Chamber members who were recently honored in the Altoona Mirror’s “20 Under 40” promotion. They are: K.C. Kantz of WTAJ, Angie Miller of the Altoona Mirror, Michael Dandrea of Blair Candy, Jackie Lantzy of CNB Bank, Karen Beauchamp of Stuckey Automotive, Joshua Gunnett of Gwin, Dobson & Foreman, Shawn Cerully of Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08, Shana Stern of Delaney Insurance, Matthew Gieg of Gieg Law Offices, Stephen Dalecki of ARC Federal Credit Union, Mariah Turiano of Okonak Dean Lechner, PC, William P. Madden of Hollidaysburg Area School District, Marissa Lombardi of Griffith Family Foundation, and Mark and Kara Glova of Holiday Pools & Spas.
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July1, 2019
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