
October 5 Chamber Weekly Newsletter
Thank You Renewals! WCHS Band Boosters Cindy Murray 407 West Bryant Drive Sylvester, Ga 31791 Member Since: 05/02/2011 Georgia Power Company Jay Smith 101 Georgia Power Road Albany, Ga 31701 Phone: (229) 889-5101 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Today's Weird Holidays! Every Tuesday, we will be sharing what the day's weird holidays are! National Apple Betty Day National Get Funky Day National Do Something Nice Day Starting a New Food Business - Designed with the Food Entrepreneur in Mind Get Your Flu Vaccine Now! FAFSA Info Upcoming Football Games Upcoming Election! General/Special Election ~ Municipal ~ November 2, 2021 Registration Deadline ~ October 4, 2021 Early Voting ~ October 12-29 On the Ballot: ESplost ~ Special City of Sylvester ~ City Council Ward 2 & 4, Mayor Absentee Earliest day for applying ~ August 16 Earliest day to send out ballots ~ October 12 Last day to send out ballots ~ October 22 Job Openings! Worth County Health Department Public Health Registered Nurse, Level 1, 2, or 3 For more information, please click here. Access Medical Clinic Full-Time LPN Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm If interested, please email candicecartwright@amcmedicalclinic.com or call 501-413-9713 Rental Assistance "The Georgia Rental Assistance Program can provide up to 12 months of rental assistance and utility assistance paid directly to landlords and service providers on behalf of tenants" If you would like to apply, click here! COVID-19 Contact Guidance For the updated DPH quarantine guidance to reflect changes released by CDC for persons who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 click here. COVID-19 Resources For more updates, please visit our Facebook page. We also encourage you to look at other resources such as the CDC and the Georgia Department of Health for updates about COVID-19. For more updates, please visit our website. U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has recently unveiled its ''Reopening Business Digital Resource Center". This site provides up-to-date state guidelines, sector-specific guidance, small business advice, and other resources to help businesses safely return to work. For access to this website, please click here. Georgia Center for Nonprofits The Georgia Center for Nonprofits has put together to collect info on how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting nonprofits. Click here! Georgia Department of Education Updates Includes the latest state news, school closure information, online learning resources, and more here! Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Daily Status Report Track confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state by clicking here. Conquering a Business Crisis Contact your local UGA SBDC office for assistance with any of the items in this guide. To access the document, click here. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Assistance Program The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans offer up to $2 million in assistance for a small business. Learn more and apply here! read more... Local Personal Protective Equipment Resources Click here for more PPE information & resources! State Personal Protective Equipment Resources Click here for a list of State PPE Resources! COVID-19 Test Registration Quick Guide to register for COVID-19 testing! Visit the website, https://covid19.dph.ga.gov/ or scan this QR code! For a guide to how to register, click the QR code to access the guide. Isolation and Quarantine Calculator If you need help figuring out how long you should stay in isolation or figuring out your quarantine period, use the Department of Public Health link below! https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-quarantine-calculator Vaccine Opportunity! The Worth County Health Department is able to come to your business or church to administer COVID-19 vaccinations! Call (229) 777-2150 to request a vaccine clinic. Crisis and Support Hotlines read more... What Would You Like To See? We are excited to serve you all Sylvester-Worth County! In an effort to serve you best, we would like to hear from you and gather ideas on what you would like to see from your Chamber! Feel free to give us a call or send us an email. 229.776.7718 info@swcountychamber.com Follow Us On Social Media!	Upcoming Events! BINGO Night @ Ed's Truckstop 10/05/2021 & 10/12/2021 & 10/19/2021 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Worth County Board of Commissioners Meeting 10/05/2021 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM Kiwanis Club Meeting 10/06/2021 & 10/13/2021 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Sylvester Woman's Club 206 Pope St. City of Sylvester Stakeholders Breakfast 10/06/2021 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM 100 Mile Peanut Pickin Yard Sale Meeting Sylvester Committee 10/08/2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce 122 N. Main Street Sylvester, Ge 31791 Ruth's Cottage Candlelight Vigil 10/08/2021 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM 100 Mile Peanut Pickin Yard Sale 10/09/2021 Downtown Sylvester 101 N. Main Street Sylvester, GA 31791 Sylvester's Farmer's Market 10/09/2021 & 10/16/2021 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM 102 S. Main Street Sylvester, GA 31791 City of Sylvester DDA Meeting 10/11/2021 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Political Meet & Greet 10/12/2021 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM 29th Annual Lem Griffin Wild Game Dinner, Auction & Gun Raffle 10/12/2021 6:00 PM PLEASE REGISTER BY TODAY!!! City of Poulan Council Meeting 10/12/2021 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM EDA Board Meeting 10/14/2021 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Ruth's Cottage Walk A Mile In Her Shoes 10/14/2021 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM Color the Night Concert 10/15/2021 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Georgia Peanut Festival Golf Tournament 10/15/2021 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM 57th Annual Georgia Peanut Festival 10/15/2021- 10/16/2021 Jefford's Park 301 E Franklin Street Sylvester, GA 31791 Georgia Peanut Festival Parade 10/16/2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM City of Sylvester Council Meeting 10/18/2021 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM Leadership Worth Steering Committee Meeting 10/19/2021 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM City of Warwick Council Meeting 10/19/2021 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM Domestic Violence Awareness Month 1st Annual Business Expo If you would like to represent your business at this year's expo, please click here to fill out the registration form. Are You Feeling Lucky? Farmers Appreciation Sponsors We are excited to announce that we are busy planning the Farmers Appreciation Dinner for 2021. With this being said, we need your help. Without help from our community sponsors, this dinner would not be possible. We ask that you consider becoming a sponsor of this event where we get to highlight the lifeblood of our community, agriculture. We are very fortunate for the sponsorships we have received thus far: Gold: Access Medical Clinic AGGeorgia Farm Credit Astro Exterminating Buck Run Preserve LLC City of Sylvester Colony Bank of Worth Farm Commodities Flint Ag & Turf Division Griffin Chevrolet of Sylvester Mitchell EMC Phoebe Worth Medical Center South Georgia Banking Company Southwest Georgia Bank, A Division of The First, A.N.B.A. Southern Woods Plantation Specialty Sales Company Sunbelt Ford of Sylvester Williams Insurance Agency, Inc. Worth County Farm Bureau, Inc. Worth Gin & Whse, Inc Silver: Conger LP Gas Dental Partners of Southwest Georgia Doles Peanuts Doyle Hancock and Sons Construction Finnicum Motor Company First Baptist Church The Howard Center Lasseter Tractor Company Popham Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Scales Systems & Automation Singletary & Son Tire Company Stuart Pate - State Farm Insurance Southwell Medical Sylvester Primary Care Bronze: AT&T Agri AFC LLC Birdsong Peanuts Brownlee Agency Cari Shanklin, CPA Dr. Henry Gordon Davis Jr. & Family Doerun Gin Company Doug Hughes Pest Control Excelsior Buildings, LLC H. Warren Rentals LLC Invision Technologies JetStream Media Natural Solutions Wholesale Division Newell Firearms & Outdoor Snipes Piggly Wiggly South Ga Ag & Fertilizer State Representative Bill Yearta District 152 Sumner Peanut Company, Inc. Sylvester Animal Hospital UGA Worth County Extension Worth Air Heating & Cooling Worth County High School CTAE Department Worth County Rams Alumni Reunion, Inc. Worth Insurance Agency, Inc. Door Prize: Dairy Queen Fields Funeral Home Fletcher-Yearta Jewelers Shell Rapid Lube The Martin News Unity Baptist Church Visions of Sylvester If you would like to become a sponsor, please email or mail us a completed application form. Click here for the Farmers Appreciation Dinner Sponsorship Form Join Us for the Peanut Festival! We are now taking Vendor Applications! If you are interested in being a part of this year's Georgia Peanut Festival, please fill out one of the following applications! Food Vendor Application Arts & Crafts Vendor Application Once completed, please mail all documents to 122 N Main St., Sylvester Georgia 31791 If you have any questions, please contact us at 229-776-7718 or email us at info@swcountychamber.com Thank you to our sponsors thus far: Platinum Festival Underwriter City of Sylvester Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Phoebe Worth Medical Center Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce Gold Festival Underwriter Birdsong Peanuts Festival Supporter CTSI - Comnet Technical Solutions, Inc. Festival Sponsor 3 Squares Diner Ag Georgia Farm Credit Buck Run Preserve LLC Dental Partners of Southwest Georgia Howard Center for Women's Health Mitchell EMC Southwell Medical Sylvester Primary Care Festival Friend Flint Ag & Turf Division Griffin Chevrolet of Sylvester Jet Stream Renasant Bank Southwest Georgia Bank, A Division of The First A.N.B.A Event Sponsor City of Poulan Popham Mechanical Scales, Systems & Automation Seeds that Grow Event Friend Shell Rapid Lube Williams Insurance Agency Worth County High School Event Participant The Martin News Sylvester Computer Guy Leadership Worth 2022 Application is Now Open! If you are interested in joining our 2022 Leadership Worth Class, please fill out the form below. The deadline to apply is November 30th. The Georgia Business Action Network (Click the image below to access the Legislative Update)
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