2020 Events Update
2020 EVENTS UPDATE
This year Covid has allowed us to explore the digital opportunities that Zoom has to offer as we have transitioned several of our event series to virtual. We will continue to use Zoom as we finish out 2020 for our weekly events: Coffee for Closers, Marketing Monday, Women 4 Women, and Percolate Peoria.
We have decided to take a pause in our monthly Networking Breakfast for the month of January.
We plan to re-engage our Networking Breakfast event as we move into 2021. We want to bring you prominent community leaders and create a space where you can network with one another as business leaders and mingle over breakfast. Until we know what 2021 will bring, we hope that you will continue to join us on Zoom weekly and take part in learning ways to increase sales, market your business, and interact with other Chamber Members.
Calling All Nonprofits!
Care2Call - Free Ninja Number for Nonprofits
If your organization has a nonprofit, tax-exempt certification, it may qualify for our Care2Call business phone program and receive a free Ninja Number!
This is just one way we give back to our community: sharing all of Ninja Number's benefits with our nonprofit friends so they can make even more of a difference in their communities.
"I use this for my nonprofit calls to take messages, which are relayed to my computer with clarity. So nice to use this service!" - Carol Leonard, Friends of the Englewood Archives, Inc.
"This is a great phone system. It has changed the way that our nonprofit communicates." - Sarah Lynne Bernzott, National Movement Alliance
As a Care2Call partner, you will enjoy all the same value and features as all Ninja Number clients. We make it so easy to partner with us!
Get Care2Call Now!
- Complete and submit the form below.
- Provide proof that you're a 501(c)(3) organization.
- Link to ninjanumber.com somewhere on your website, and you're set!
**Note - your Care2Call Program Application is handled with care! Please allow our Team up to Two (2) Weeks to process your application. Thanks!
COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 RESOURCE CORNER
Banners for Businesses
Banners, Tabletop Signs, a Safety Webpage and Social Media Graphics have been created for Peoria businesses. If a business owner would like to learn more or request any of these free marketing materials, they can sign up at:
www.peoriaaz.gov/business/small-business-task-force.
Paycheck Protection Program
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on PPP Loan Forgiveness
The Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, is providing this guidance to address borrower and lender questions concerning forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, as provided for under section 1106 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), as amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (Flexibility Act).
Borrowers and lenders may rely on the guidance provided in this document as SBA’s interpretation, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, of the CARES Act, the Flexibility Act, and the Paycheck Protection Program Interim Final Rules (“PPP Interim Final Rules”) (link).
Click here for Document on (FAQ's) on PPP Loan Forgiveness
Testing Sites
from Arizona Department of Health Services
Click image to go to ADHS List of COVID Testing sites
Upcoming in Peoria
Sign up for the Holiday Reading Program
If you want to keep your kids busy over winter break, check out the Holiday Magic Reading Program at the Peoria libraries. Pick up a program game board at the Children’s Reference Desk at the Peoria Main or Sunrise Mountain Libraries. Beginning on Nov. 23, children who read for at least 20 minutes per day for 20 days can mark their progress on their program board. Boards then can be returned before Jan. 4, 2021 to a Peoria library to claim a small prize and register for a drawing entry for one of three $100 Visa gift cards. Additionally, if you sign up for the program by Dec. 4, you can win one of six magical early registration prizes. Kids up to 12 years old are eligible to participate. Check out www.peoriaaz.gov/library for more information.
Submit Your Artwork to the Utility Box Art Wrap Competition
The city of Peoria is adding more art to the streetscape by showcasing artwork designed by members of the community on utility boxes throughout the city. The city is expanding on the pilot program that started with four locations, and now they are looking for Peoria residents' artwork to be featured at 10 new locations throughout the city. Peoria residents of all ages will have the opportunity to submit designs to the competition. A panel of judges and the Peoria Arts Commission will evaluate artwork. All submissions are due by Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. For more information, visit www.peoriaaz.gov/arts.
City Offers Rent & Utility Assistance to Residents
Peoria residents impacted by COVID-19 can receive up to $500/month to assist with their utility bills and up to $1,500/month to assist with their rent or mortgage up to three months. The program started Oct. 1 and will run until funds are exhausted. For more information, contact the Peoria Community Assistance Program office at 623-979-3911 ext. 405 or visit www.peoriaaz.gov/communityassistance. For additional assistance beyond this program, consult the PeoriaSUPPORT Resource Guide at www.peoriaaz.gov/peoriasupport.
Double Donations to Billy's Place!
Peoria,
We are so excited to share that one of our amazingly generous donors is going to match, dollar-for-dollar, each donation we receive through the end of the year, up to $5,000!
That means if you are able to support us with a $100 donation, it has a $200 impact!
$400 turns into $800. $50 becomes $100. You get what we mean...
This year, there are more families turning to us for help than we can possibly support without YES people like you. Every dollar makes a difference. And now, it makes twice the difference!
Will you join us to double the impact today?
YES! Donate Here
Support Small Business
Support small businesses! Turn to page A12 of the Peoria Independent to read why Scot Andrews, our President & CEO, spends his dollars to support small biz.
READ IT HERE
Blood Donors Needed - Virtual Blood Drive
This year, more than ever, is a time to give thanks for good health. Can you give a blood donation and share your good health with a patient in the hospital? Plasma from those who’ve recovered from COVID-19, known as convalescent plasma, contains antibodies that could be used to treat patients with an active, severe COVID-19 case and give them an extra boost to fight their illness.
Wondering if you have COVID-19 antibodies? Vitalant is testing all blood donations for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to help identify potential donors who could give convalescent plasma. Healthy donors may donate and will receive test results in their online account within two weeks.
As a bonus.. you'll get free pizza from Streets of New York! To Join our Virtual Blood Drive campaign, please follow the 4 easy steps below:
- Sign up here to get your virtual blood drive invitation and you will be emailed to set an appointment:
https://learn.vitalant.org/LP=148?drive_code=P2Y465&division=SOUTHWEST%26%region=PHX
- When your email arrives click “Schedule Now” to book your appointment at the most convenient blood drive location to you. Be sure to use the same email you used when you registered on the site.
- Prepare for your donation as you usually would by eating a good meal and drinking plenty of water.
- Provide you email address at the time of your donation. Thank you for transforming lives!
Can you help out Gompers?
Prior to COVID-19, Gompers served 500 students and adults with disabilities with a Private Day School, Adult Day Program (DTA) and Employment Services (ES) at locations in Peoria, Glendale and Phoenix. As we approach our 75 th anniversary, our mission as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit continues to transform local lives for the better with unique programming and experiences.
On September 14, 2020, Gompers welcomed back 60+ adult members and 50 drivers and staff to Adult Day Program (DTA) at our Phoenix and Peoria locations after 5 months of virtual services. Employment Services offers group supported employment in partnership with 15 local businesses across the valley, from Peoria to Mesa. Our ability to re-open and stay open is largely due to our work with HealthyVerify. In collaboration, we developed a re-opening plan, staff training and health and safety protocols that are certified in accordance with all Federal, State and Local guidelines. These safety measures require us to operate program rooms at a reduced capacity of 45%.
In order to continue services for all the individuals we supported before building closure, Gompers needs additional space and is looking for opportunities to partner with local business that have unused space. Please contact mbotterbusch@gompers.org if you can help!
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State Farm Stadium
Home to the Arizona Cardinals Football Club (NFL), the annual Fiesta Bowl, and numerous other sports and entertainment events and activities, State Farm Stadium has garnered notable recognition in its brief history including being named 'Event Site of the Year' by Event Solutions Magazine in 2007, Best NFL Facility by Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily in 2006 and 2007, NFL's best playing surface in 2008 and Best New Venue of the 2000s by SportsIllustrated.com.
Delivering a world-class experience for fans, event organizers and participants, the stadium's innovative approach to sports facility design incorporates the first retractable natural grass playing surface in North America and the first completely retractable roof operating at an incline. The stadium's exterior skin of shimmering metal panels reflects the shifting desert light while 21 vertical glass-walled slots incorporated into the building exterior offer fans inside the stadium outstanding views of the desert horizon.
Whole Coaching
After years of personal experience and working informally with friends and colleagues, we founded Whole Coaching with the goal of helping individuals become wholly healthy and happy through nutrition, fitness and life coaching. How do we do that? We walk with our clients side-by-side as they make a commitment to embark on a lifestyle change that will enable them to set active goals and achieve success! If you are ready to start a new lifestyle, contact us.
Prepare to be transformed— and be the whole person that God dreams for you to be. The best is yet to come!
2nd Annual First Responder's Charity Golf Tournament
We are beyond grateful to have Law Enforcement Specialists, Inc. as our title sponsor for the 2nd Annual First Responder’s Charity Golf Tournament! Together in this partnership, we are honored to support Peoria Police AZ & Peoria Fire-Medical Department.
People left to right:
Art Miller, Peoria Chief of Police; Scot Andrews, CEO Peoria Chamber; Bonnie Lucas, CEO Law Enforcement Specialists; Lisa Norman, Business Development Manager Peoria Chamber; Robert Brewster Deputy Chief, Peoria Fire & Rescue Department
REGISTER HERE
Email events@peoriachamber.com for more information.
Don't golf but still want to support our 1st responders?
We have a goal to have 30+ 1st responders sponsored to participate in the golf tournament. Register online and select a 1st responder sponsorship for them to play!
We also have a goal to have 100 raffles items donated, valued at $100, for our event. If your business would like to donate to our raffle, please contact vchristiansen@peoriachamber.com.
We are also gathering donated items for our Swag Bags, with a donation of 150 items.
Available Sponsorships
Hole Sponsorships are selling quickly!!
If your business would like to be a sponsor, please contact vchristiansen@peoriachamber.com.
Upcoming Chamber Events
Women 4 Women
January 8th
08:30 - 10:00 AM
Moment of Truth Physical Therapy
8765 W Kelton Ln. Suite B5E
Peoria, AZ 85382
You will purchase the holiday craft you want to create.
Select the craft you want to create in registration so we know what supplies to have ready!
REGISTER HERE
Marketing Monday
January 11th
12:00 - 01:00 PM
Zoom
Link emailed upon registration.
Chris Amos
No Boundaries Marketing Group
Setting a schedule for content creation and sticking to it!
REGISTER HERE
Business Alliance
January 11th
04:00 - 05:00 PM
Zoom
Link emailed upon registration.
REGISTER HERE
Board of Directors
“Our Board of Directors are talented, contributive and influential. We could not be more optimistic about the future of the Peoria Chamber of Commerce and our Peoria businesses under the guidance and support of these extraordinary community leaders. Please welcome our new Executive Committee & a new Board Member effective 2021!"
- Scot Andrews
President & CEO Peoria Chamber of Commerce
David Tracy
Senior Vice President | BNC National Bank
Chair Peoria Chamber of Commerce
Bobbi Magdaleno
Executive Director | ASU Office of Government & Community Engagement
Vice Chair Peoria Chamber of Commerce
Adam Carey
Owner | Adam T. Carey, CPA PC
Treasurer Peoria Chamber of Commerce
Leah Harrison
Manager | SRP Research Archives & Heritage
Secretary Peoria Chamber of Commerce
Welcoming... Tina Smith!
Owner | E3-Cryo & Wellness
Peoria Chamber Business Alliance Committee Chair
"We are pleased to welcome Tina Smith, Owner of E3-Cryo & Wellness and serves as our Peoria Chamber Business Alliance Committee Chair to our 2021 Board of Directors. Tina has served this Chamber with passion, energy, and consistency for over 2 years. Tina brings a fresh business perspective to our association and will make an immediate positive impact on our members! Welcome Tina!"
- Scot Andrews
President & CEO Peoria Chamber of Commerce
Thank you, Dave Mitchell!
Business Partner & Owner | Ideal Insurance
Retiring Peoria Chamber Business Alliance Committee Chair
"Dave Mitchell, business owner and partner of Ideal Insurance ends his term of office as the Chair of the Peoria Chamber of Commerce. On behalf of our members, community stakeholders and our team we recognize and thank Dave for serving with distinction, integrity and leadership during one of the most difficult times in Peoria Chamber history. Our current success is a in part due to Dave's contributions and we look forward to him continuing on our board as a member."
- Scot Andrews
President & CEO Peoria Chamber of Commerce
Will you support Peoria Unified's students and teachers?
Greetings from the Peoria Education Foundation!
As 2020 wraps up we are willing to make the following three assumptions:
- You’ve had more than your fill of virtual meetings and events.
- As always, you care deeply about the future leaders, workers and citizens in our classrooms and the educators who inspire them every day.
- You don’t need the Peoria Education Foundation to put on a fancy dinner for you to know how much your support means to students and teachers in the Peoria School District.
Don’t get us wrong: We’d really love to be rubbing elbows and catching up, but look at the upsides! The foundation is putting all its current resources into scholarships and grants, not putting on a party. You don’t have to buy a new outfit or a new pair of shoes (OK, maybe that’s not an upside), and you don’t have to arrange for a babysitter on a school night.
Life goes on, and for many deserving students, the dream for the next stage in their lives is higher education. They need the help of our Foundation and you to open those doors.
Last year the Foundation provided more than $50,000 to 32 graduating seniors who excel at community service or have endured extraordinary challenges, and $32,914 to 20 innovative educators who go the extra mile to make learning deeper and more engaging. We launched our Emergency Needs program, which allows for students’ critical needs to be fixed on the spot, and we started our new scholarship for students who are pursuing careers working with others with special needs. Our goal is to match last year’s giving this year, especially since we know that so many of our students’ families are facing financial hardship right now.
Please know that we wish we could be enjoying your company and showing you a good time, and we certainly will again. But for now, we are asking that you support our kids and teachers as if you were all dressed up, holding a glass with a tiny umbrella sticking out of it, and waving a bidder’s paddle wildly through the air. Going to a party feels great. Helping kids and teachers feels even better. So this year, we’re giving you your night back and we figure that’s worth about $455!
- New outfit $75
- Babysitter $60
- Raffle tickets $50
- Silent auction item $150
- Drinks $20
- Gift to the Foundation $100
We hope you’ll consider giving what you would have spent to our students and stuff in need.
Here’s how to give:
You can mail your tax deductible, year-end donation to Peoria Education Foundation, P.O. Box 5544, Peoria, AZ 85385 or visit our website to make an impact for our students and staff.
Thank you for your support of the Peoria Education Foundation and the students and teachers we serve.
Community News & Events
VIRTUAL EVENTS
Events, classes, support groups and educational courses for both team members and customers may look a little different in order to keep you safe and/or adhere to social distancing guidelines.
Upcoming events:
Ongoing 2021:
Safest Outside Restaurant Assistance Program
The State of Arizona created the Safest Outside Restaurant Assistance Program, which is designed to assist bars and restaurants with funding for the infrastructure needed to expand their premises. With $1 million total in the fund, businesses may apply for up to $10,000 to cover expenditures for items restaurants need to extend their premises to approved outdoor spaces such as outdoor furniture, barriers, patio heaters, or parklets.
Eligibility
- Licensed restaurants and bars
- Fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees
- Must comply with all COVID-19 related executive orders
- Must demonstrate a new extension of premises that has been approved by the local governing body and the Arizona Department of Liquor Licensing and Control (if applicable)
- Must submit a complete application, including a budget (incomplete applications will not be considered)
ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION HERE
Volunteer with Peoria Diamond Club!
Our volunteers are at the heart of everything we do. From assisting with Spring Training to helping with our year round fundraising events, our 500 volunteers step up to give their time, talent, experience, and heart, to help us accomplish our mission of supporting community programs that educate and enrich children’s lives, while enhancing their futures.
Click here to learn more.
Your tax deductible donations helps us provide grants for organizations dedicated to helping our West Valley kids.
Visit their website for more information.
We're teaming up with Member AZTV Channel 7 to help local businesses!
We know getting back to business is exciting as we all work to grow Arizona’s economy. And as the last locally owned and operated broadcasting TV station in a top 20 market, we have the ability to pass along great savings to our local Arizona partners and help local businesses re-emerge successfully.
AZTV Channel 7 is offering the Peoria Chamber of Commerce a discount. The value for broadcast and production can reach up to $3,000, but members can get it for just $150. All you have to do is mention that you are a Peoria Chamber member!
AZ Daily Mix is a live show that airs from 8-9am Monday through Friday, and 7-8am Saturday. Your segment will be aired and re-aired the following day.
Wouldn’t it be exciting to see your company televised? Book your interview now!
Contact: Ryan Ferris, Account Executive, (602) 708-9553 or rferris@aztv.com.
For additional questions please reach out to memberservices@peoriachamber.com.
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