This year the Chamber’s 2022 Person of the Year is Dave Kovar of Kovar's Satori Academy of Martial Arts. Also, being honored as Businesswoman of the Year is Dr. Gabrielle Rasi, DDS or Almond Orchard Dental Care; Businessman of the Year is Paul Scholl of Carmichael Times; Volunteer of the Year is Sharon Ruffner of Kiwanis and Carmichael Parks Foundation; Outstanding Community Service goes to Scott Young of Carmichael HART & Sac Self Help Housing and Dr. Lenora Lee, MD of Kaiser Permanente, and Non-Profit of the Year is Carmichael Parks Foundation. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Carmichael Parks Foundation to support the wonderful work they do for our park services.
The cost of the event is $125 per person and includes a no-host bar, dinner, a raffle, and a live auction with Guest MC Tina Macuha from Good Day Sacramento. No tickets will be sold at the door. Table sponsorship is available.
Per current county guidelines, the Carmichael Chamber may require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test.
Previous honorees include District Attorney Ann Marie Schubert, former Sheriff John McGinness; Supervisor Susan Peters; radio personality Kitty O’Neal; Sacramento Kings Color Analyst Jerry Reynolds; former District Attorney Jan Scully; baseball great Dusty Baker, and Kings General Manager Vlade Divac.
A big thank you to the sponsors of this year’s event – Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center;
Topics covered in this session:
• Determine homebuying affordability
• Understand credit criteria
• The home-buying experience
Ribbon Cutting Celebration!
4131 Manzanita Ave.
April 8, 11:30 am
Topics covered in this session:
• The difference between federal and private student loan debt
• The pros and cons of student loans
• Student loan repayment after college
AIMS Urgent Care
GRAND OPENING
April 22nd at 6pm-8pm
5900 Coyle Ave Ste A
Carmichael, CA 95608
Join us at this family-friendly outdoor market. With over 30 local businesses and seven market-to-table restaurant merchants, you can dine + shop local business at this beautiful venue!
Choose from Sushi, Mexican, Italian, Gelato, and Brewpub style cuisines, as well as artisanal roasted coffee and pastries.
Enjoy the water fountain under the pavilion or rest near the palm trees in the vendor lot.
Kids activities may include:
- crafts
- face painting
- yard games
Please join us, as former Bay Area artist and award winning floral designer, Phyllis Brady, shares her insights, with a talk and and demonstration, on designing the flowers, for the San Francisco’s, de Young Museum’s, annual “Bouquets to Art”, exhibit. With a combination, of a BA in fine arts, and 24 years with her floral company “Twigs & Ivy”, she participated in 8 years, as an invited floral designer, with the museums, most beloved tradition, and largest attended exhibit, now in its 39th year.
Using a palette of fresh flowers, and inspired by the museums galleries, the week long display of floral displays will offer new ways of seeing the permanent collection. Inside the rotunda, a spectacular two story floral chandelier, with over 10,000 floral stems, assembled with 30-40 volunteers, requiring a 2 day setup, will be colorfully viewed. Floral walls will be found throughout the museum. There will also be a blind tour for the “Bouquets to Art”.
The Sacramento Fine Arts Center, is excited, too be hosting, a bus trip, to see the “Bouquets to Art" exhibit, taking place in June. Tickets available in late April, are expected to go fast. With crowds anticipated, the art center, is planning to attend early in the week, to see the flowers at their freshest.
A discussion on the, behind the scenes, with this exhibit, starting with the audition process, to the selection of art works, when the museum is closed to the public, and opened only to the designers, to give a wish list, of 5 works of art, that inspire their designs. Weeks later, an envelope will arrive, addressed to the floral designer, containing the name of the art work and artist, that has been selected for their exhibit. Now the hard work begins.
During the demo, the flowers last the longest, and why, will be shown. Using a wire dress form, the mechanics of the prop, that are crucial to keeping the flowers at their peak, will be demonstrated. This wire dress form design ( similar to the one featured in a past exhibit), will be used to create a composition from weaving, and clustering, the flowers, branches, stems and leaves, to make a delicate floral sculpture.
And, lastly as the, cold early morning setup day begins, in the parking garage, a line forms, with nervous florists having their carts filled to the brim. They wait, for the curators, walking around, wearing white lab coats, inspect all fresh flowers, materials and containers, before entry into the museum, is permitted.
By 2PM, all floral displays must be completed, so that maintenance can clean up, the temperatures lowered, and the lighting crews, can begin, to set the galleries. Soon the grand Gala, taking place that night, will start. For 7 days, the exhibit will run and be seen, approximately 50-60,000 visitors. Takedown begins, after the last hour, of the last day, when the same florists, once again lineup, in the garage, and wait, for when a flurry begins.
Location: Christ Community Church - 5025 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608
Special Nonprofit & Service Club Luncheon
Registration required.
Members: $25
Future Members: $30
Nonprofit/Service Club Table (Includes 1 lunch): $25
WHERE: Milagro Centre parking lot (6241 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael, CA 95608)
DATE: Saturday, April 30, 2022
TIME: From 9. am until 1 pm
COST: $5 Banker Box Size / $10 Garbage Bag Size
Sponsor Opportunities Available call Julie Schott 916-481-1002
Bring your confidential documents and watch them get shredded.
We will shred confidential documents, No Need to remove staples or paperclips!
Acceptable documents include bank records, financial documents, legal documents,
business records, tax documents, etc.
Pianist Joe Gilman accompanies her American standards -- music you love!.
Carmichael resident Joe is world-famous. He has a Thai wife whose recipes have made their restaurant a destination. Susan will present two shows -- 5 pm and 7 pm.
No cover charge but guests should eat! Wine and beer are available. Bring your wine for a corkage fee. You may also order a meal in advance if preferred. The place is not huge so reservations are recommended. Feel free to call or email Susan or Joe for reservations: sknrband@aol.com (Susan ph 916 481-0334) gilmanjoseph@aol.com (Joe). Or you can go to Twin Lotus Thai on Facebook and message reservations via their Facebook page. OR call the restaurant: (916) 806-8627.