Weekly Facts for February 23, 2015
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Welcome New Members

Senator Chuck Wiger
Chuck Wiger, State Senator
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-6820

Minnesota Sales Institute
Scott PlumPresident
301 South 4th Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-345-7251

Committee Meetings

None this week.

Social Media.

Rethink Recycling

Save the Lake

Multicultural Business After Hours Event

Looking to grow your customer base? There is a really valuable after hours event coming up this Thursday with our co-hosted Multicultural Business event.

Leaders from various ethnic business will give the "Do's and Don'ts" for doing business within their specific communities. Get the details here.

Ambassadors

What could you and Benjamin Franklin have in common? The title of Ambassador to France! Well... half that title, at least. The Ambassadors are looking for new cohorts to join their mission.

Who we are
A collection of smiley Chamber members who... 
What we do
...Welcome new Chamber members and new businesses to the area, lead Grand Openings & Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies, and greet members at various Chamber events.

Call Maureen at the Chamber if you'd like more info about becoming an Ambassador.

Hey, do you have extra business-named stuff?

Scholarships!

We are awarding a minimum of three $500 scholarships this spring! Check out the application and see if you know someone who is eligible.

Scholarship pdf and details here.

Professional Development

Thursday, March 5 is the date for our next Professional Development event at the Vadnais Heights Country Inn. We have two speakers from Insperity by the names of Russ and Stuart who will present on all things business-related to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

If you have a body and live in America, then this is for you.

Feed My Starving Children - Recap

Great news! Our three shifts on Friday at FMSC had a wonderful turnout and did tremendous work. Here are our numbers:

73 Chamber Volunteers
140 Boxes packed
216 Meals per box
30,240 Meals
83 Children fed for a year

Thanks to everyone who helped and we will be doing this again in the future!

 

Shift 1 Volunteers

Member-to-Member Discounts

We are now boasting EIGHTEEN (18) Member-to-Member Discounts. Yeah, deals!

Email Mike if you would like to offer a discount to fellow Chamber Members.

Have a bite

Mike's Musings

Has anyone actually seen Birdman?
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