Marion Chamber Announces 2016 Business/Industry Of The Year; Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotations (Thanksgiving); Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber asking for food donations; City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce 2016/2017 Community Map has arrived; Boone County Community members honored at annual chamber banquet; Homemade for the Holidays: Company Execs from Faygo, Shinola and Sanders Candy to Speak at Troy Chamber's Holiday Luncheon; Kentucky Chamber: 2017 Legislative Preview Conference; Greater Beloit Taste of Chamber planned; Northern Virginia Chamber: Frank Kendall named Public Sector Partner of the Year; Town Square Publications Chamber Membership Directories and Community Profiles: The best in the Midwest!

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Marion Chamber Announces 2016 Business/Industry Of The Year

Marion, Ill. - The Marion Chamber of Commerce has announced that the 2016 Business/Industry of the Year is Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc.

“Hospice of Southern Illinois is proud to be the recipient of the Marion Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Business/Industry of the Year 2016 Award,” said Deborah Hogg, Community Education Manager. “It is through the time and efforts of the Marion employees that we earned this distinction. We graciously accept this Award.”

Hospice of Southern Illinois is a not-for-profit free-standing, community-based hospice provider that serves people of all ages. The organization is Medicare- and Medicaid-certified and relies on the generous support of the communities it serves. In 1981, Hospice of Southern Illinois opened its doors, pledging to enhance the quality of life for metro-east residents dealing with terminal illness by providing services in patients’ homes and other settings. During the three-and-a-half decades since its inception, the agency has provided services to more than 38,000 patients and their families across 27 counties.

Rebecca Wisdom, President and CEO, stated, “We started as a grass-roots movement to help individuals and their loved ones with a terminal illness live their end-of-life journey with peace and dignity.”

Over the years, Hospice of Southern Illinois has expanded, providing more services to a broader area of the Metro East and Southern Illinois. The Marion Team has served over 820 patients in 2016. Approximately 50 employees, including a Medical Director, Nurses, Social Workers, Spiritual/Bereavement Counselors, Hospice Aides and support staff serve the local patients. Learn more about the Chamber here: Marion Chamber



Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotations (Thanksgiving)

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. --- Mark Twain



Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber asking for food donations

The Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce is challenging Chamber members and the community to a “Phlash Drive Challenge” to collect as much food as they can to be donated to The Pantry, Oxford’s food bank.

“Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday,” said Chamber president Ryan Miller. “It is a time for family, reflection, and true thanksgiving for those things most precious to us. A meal shared with family and friends often lends itself to a sense of gratitude that, quite frankly, seems to be lacking the rest of the year.”

Businesses and individuals are being asked to deliver nonperishable food items to the chamber by 4 p.m. Monday. The food will be delivered to The Pantry on Tuesday morning so it can be dispersed to local families in time for Thanksgiving. Read more: Oxford Eagle

City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce 2016/2017 Community Map has arrived

The new City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce 2016/2017 Community Map is available at the City of Ridgeland Chamber today! Thanks to Linda Bynum, Sandy Baas and the chamber team for their help and direction putting this together!

Town SquarePublications  (www.townsquarepublications.com) can help you accomplish your chamber's gloss map, directory, community guide or publication needs at no expense to the chamber. Please email John Dussman at jdussman@tspubs.com or call (847)-427-4633. 

Boone County Community members honored at annual chamber banquet

Business owners, community servants and Boone County’s leaders gathered Monday night at the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds for the annual Boone County Chamber of Commerce Civic Banquet.

Thirteen awards were presented to outstanding businesses and members of the community who have contributed to the county through service and commerce.

The evening began with a tribute to veterans. Michelle Wiltermood, executive director of the chamber, gave each audience member a green light bulb. The bulbs are part of the Greenlight a Vet campaign, which encourages people to keep green bulbs glowing in their homes to show veterans encouragement.

“It’s a symbol of support, hope and progress for veterans as they go about their lives,” Wiltermood said.

The presentation of awards began with the Richard G. Brown Memorial Law Enforcement of the Year award, given annually by The Lebanon Reporter to a law enforcement officer. Publisher Greta Sanderson took the stage to announce Lebanon Police Department Detective Eric Adams the 2016 winner.

Sanderson said that Adams, a six-year member of the Hamilton/Boone County Drug Task Force and 11-year veteran of the LPD was chosen for his often thankless dedication to his job. Adams is an undercover officer who has been responsible for the arrest of 42 drug dealers this year, Sanderson said. Read more: Reporter.net

Homemade for the Holidays: Company Execs from Faygo, Shinola and Sanders Candy to Speak at Troy Chamber's Holiday Luncheon

The Troy Chamber’s annual Holiday Luncheon returns with the “Homemade for the Holidays” theme featuring a panel of company executives from Michigan-made brands Faygo, Shinola and Sanders Candy. The panel discussion will be moderated by Fox 2 Detroit anchor Charlie Langton and includes: 

·         Tom Lewand, CEO, Shinola

·         Orlando Woods, Vice President of Direct Store Delivery Sales, Faygo

·         Ron Rapson, President, Sanders Candy

The event is December 15, 2016 from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Petruzzello’s (6950 Rochester Rd., Troy). Source: Troy Chamber

Kentucky Chamber: 2017 Legislative Preview Conference

Don't miss the Kentucky Chamber’s Annual Legislative Preview Conference, presented by Brown-Forman, Monday, Dec. 19, at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa in Lexington.
The 2017 Kentucky Legislative Preview is a one-day gathering of the most prominent and influential policy-makers in Kentucky. Key elected and appointed officials will be on hand to discuss the fast approaching legislative session.
Join us as we look ahead to the 2017 General Assembly. Lawmakers will convene in Frankfort to consider legislative proposals – including many that will impact business. To help you stay informed, the Legislative Preview provides you with a rare opportunity to hear many of Kentucky's top public officials discuss their plans, priorities and predictions for next year's legislative session – you'll get the inside scoop from those who know.
December 19, 2016 | Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa | Lexington, Ky.


We hope to see you there! More information: Kentucky Chamber

Greater Beloit Taste of Chamber planned

The Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its second annual Taste of Chamber event from 5 - 8 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Eclipse Center in Beloit.

The turnout for this year’s Taste of the Commerce event is expected to be greater than last year’s turnout of about 125 people. The cost to enter the event is $25 per person and interested people can either register online at www.greaterbeloitchamber.org, or pay at the door.

Director of Operations at the chamber, Aimee Thurner, states “the purpose of the event is to have a fun, new community event and promote restaurants, caterers and beer vendors.”

The vendors are all members of the chamber and are all from Rock County area, and they provide a wide range of selections from pulled pork to cheesecake bites to beer.

In regards to last year’s event Thurner said, “Everybody enjoyed it and thought it was a great event so we decided to put it on again this year.”

Interested vendors should contact Aimee Thurner at the chamber to sign up. She can be reached at aimee@greaterbeloitchamber.org. Setup for vendors will be from 3 - 5 p.m. and tables and power will be provided. The fee for vendors is $60 and vendors must be chamber members. The deadline for vendors to sign up is Nov. 30. Small portion sizes are encouraged seeing that vendors should expect to serve anywhere from 150 to 200 people. Read more: Beloit Daily News

Northern Virginia Chamber: Frank Kendall named Public Sector Partner of the Year

The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce recently inducted Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics at the Department of Defense, as its Public Sector Partner of the Year. The presentation was made as part of the 14th Annual Greater Washington GovCon Awards.

In his role at DoD, Kendall is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for all matters pertaining to acquisition; research and engineering; developmental testing; contract administration; logistics and materiel readiness; installations and environment; operational energy; chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; the acquisition workforce; and the defense industrial base. He is the leader of the DoD’s efforts to increase the department’s buying power and improve the performance of the defense acquisition enterprise.

Kendall has over 40 years of experience in engineering, management, defense acquisition, and national security affairs in private industry, government and the military.

Kendall is a former member of the Army Science Board and the Defense Intelligence Agency Science and Technology Advisory Board and he has been a consultant to the Defense Science Board and a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Kendall also spent 10 years on active duty with the Army serving in Germany, teaching engineering at West Point. Read more: Federal News Radio

Town Square Publications Chamber Membership Directories and Community Profiles: The best in the Midwest

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