Executive Committee to Meet to Discuss PAC
Chamber Workplace Wellness Committee Plans Event
Information Available for Chamber Trips in 2020, 2021
Leadership Alumni Launches Newest Campaign
Are Your Young Professionals Making Valuable Connections?
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Executive Committee to Meet to Discuss PAC
The Executive Committee of the Blair County Chamber will meet on Friday to discuss the possibility of the organization forming a Political Action Committee. The recommendation to form a PAC came from the Chamber’s Public Policy Committee. The Chamber Board entrusted the decision as to whether to form a PAC to the Executive Committee, since the full Board doesn’t meet in July and August.
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.
Information Available for Chamber Trips in 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 the Chamber-member trade schools and career centers that were recognized recently by PA Business Central magazine. They are: Altoona Beauty School, Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center and South Hills School of Business & Technology.
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