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20+ Member Benefits... WOW! Check them out! Your Return on Value At The Chamber! TOP 5 out of 22 Benefits At The Chamber! Chamber Benefits link online: http://whitehouseohiochamber.com/member-benefits.htm Contact Josh Torres at the Chamber for more information or to sign up for a valued benefit! 1. Chamber Energy Solutions We understand that you do not have time to be an energy expert. As a business owner, your focus needs to be on growing your bottom line. You just want competitive prices and the peace of mind that someone is looking out for your best interest. Through the strength of group buying, Chamber Energy Solutions* (CES) has developed energy savings programs for your electric and natural gas costs to assist you with the task. When you participate in these programs, you can rest assured that CES will strive to maximize your power supply savings. Give us the opportunity to review your natural gas and electric bills to see if our program will be beneficial to your business. 2. Business First Grant Program The Whitehouse Area Chamber of Commerce is offering financial assistance to our local businesses in our community through a matching funds grant. The grant is NOT affiliated with the CDGB grant that is currently being administered by The Village of Whitehouse. A business who receives one of these grants, cannot apply for an additional grant for 12 months after the origination date of the previous grant. This is funded through non-dues revenues sources of the Chamber and not member dues. Grants will be considered on a first come, first reviewed basis. 3. Chamber Direct-NEW DEBUTING IN JULY! "Delivering Your Message to Doorsteps Within the Community." Proudly promote your business to the local areas of Whitehouse, Neapolis, Waterville, and Monclova. Your affordable advertisement will go directly to the doorsteps of your customers each month to drive traffic back to your business and deliver great results. 4. Mobile App Store The Come Back App helps members promote their business through the two most popular mobile networks. Someone using an Apple iPhone™ or Google Android™ mobile device or tablet, can easily access local businesses. The Chamber offers development of your very own mobile app for your business to grow! 5. Capture-A-Customer® Marketing System-Marketing to New and Existing Customers Over 50 different marketing tools! •Complete Online Advertising System •Area Search Engine Optimization Services •BUY LOCAL PROGRAM© •Coupon Management •Broadcast through Twitter and Facebook •Create scrolling Business Tours •Create or Integrate Video Commercials •Receive Leads Electronically Website, Members and From Chamber Contacts Free Member Classes Online To Learn the System •FREE Member Support that is 100% USA Based •Much More... read more... Submit Your Article or Advertisment For Weekly Chamber Update Deadline... Each Monday by 5pm for Wednesday publication* Interested in sharing something interesting or exciting that has happened at your business or organizartion? Email us so that we can share them with everyone through our Chamber E-Newsletter, send us your events to post on our events calendar which sync's with our Chamber mobile app. We welcome an article of expertise from any member as well. All content is allowed to be submitted for FREE by members of the Chamber. Please email us at: jtorres@whitehouseohchamber.com or contact the office at 419-877-2747. Calendar of Events Safe T City 06/26/2012 Safe T City 06/27/2012 Safe T City 06/28/2012 Safe T City 06/29/2012 Whitehouse Farmer's Market 06/30/2012 Whitehouse Village Council Meeting 07/03/2012 Design Review Board 07/05/2012 Whitehouse Founder's Day 07/05/2012 Whitehouse Farmer's Market 07/07/2012 Chamber Mobile App Services NOW OPEN Contact the Chamber to Get Started We have an "APP" for that! The Chamber has unvieled their very own mobile app for the Chamber and business community and is available for FREE download for the Apple, Blackberry, and Android phones. This easy to use app includes a variety of features including: member access and dashboard management through "Members Only" area, a public area that includes our community calendar of events, photos, a complete interactive business directory, area offers and classifieds, news, and more! We are adding more and more features and information weekly as the Chamber APP gains momentum. Please check it out at www.whitehouseohiochamber.com and choose which app you would like to download! The Chamber now offers this Mobile Application to all members and has already taken orders for businesses to have a mobile app! Contact the Chamber today to get your MOBILE APP ordered!	Chamber Lights Up The Sky Again With Annual Fireworks Show Thursday, July 5th in conjunction with Founder's Day If you thought Cherry Fest fireworks were awesome, well- you are in for another exciting show. The Chamber will sponsor the 2nd annual fireworks show in conjunction with the Village of Whitehouse Founder's Day on Thursday July 5th. The fireworks display will launch at dusk or around 10:00 p.m. behind the quarry. Check out these other great activities during the day that the Village of Whitehouse has planned! The Village of Whitehouse will sponsor the third annual Founders’ Day Event on Thursday, July 5, 2010 from 5:30 pm to 10:15 pm. This fun-filled family event will be held at the Whitehouse Village Hall, 6925 Providence Street, next to the beautiful Nona France Quarry. Meet your family and friends and unwind with Mother Nature, great music, food, fun, and fireworks! This event features live music by Mt. Fuji & the Eruptions, hot dogs and brats cooked by the Whitehouse Fire Company, kids games and activities, a live auction, and a fireworks display sponsored by the Whitehouse Area Chamber of Commerce. New this year is a fundraising activity for the Whitehouse Library. We will be auctioning off a Flock of Flamingos – 10 uniquely dressed pink flamingos. The flamingos have been on display on several occasions in May and June in downtown Whitehouse. First you can vote on your favorite flamingo and the designing artist will receive prizes and gifts. Then Charles Plymale, a local auctioneer, will auction them to the highest bidder. All proceeds will go directly to our Library to help support the various programs offered. Your generosity will be appreciated! Kids activities will begin at 5:30, dinner will be ready at 6:00, live music at 6:30, live auction at 7:30, and fireworks at dusk. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy Mother Nature along with the other great family-oriented activities. For more information, call Village Hall at 419-877-5383 or visit our website at www.whitehouseoh.gov. Cherry Fest A Huge Success!! Pictures Coming Soon to Website! The 30th Whitehouse Cherry Fest was a huge success with great weather, large crowds, and plenty of attractions this year. We would like to thank the Whitehouse Police and Fire Departments for their assistance as well as the Village of Whitehouse maintenance team for the beautiful appearance of the park for the festival and their hard work in part with our logistics preparation. A special thanks to our presenting sponsor Steve Rogers Ford, Steve and Kristy really worked to ensure that our premiere community event was taken care of and thanks to Chris Ruby-State Farm Insurance for sponsoring our first ever Family Movie Night and Cherry Fest Parade. We are planning on possibly doing another Family Movie Night this summer due to the success and attendance of the film at the festival. Stay tuned for that date in the near future. We would like to thank and recognize these sponsors: The Whitehouse Area Chamber of Commerce The Village of Whitehouse Allwear Anthony Wayne Fitness Basic Kneads Massage Therapy Coble & Urenovitch, Attorneys at Law Dave Giest Body Shop Diversified Insurance Edward Jones-Whitehouse Finley Hauling & Excavating First Federal Savings & Loan Garcia Surveyors Guarantee Carpet Cleaning Hi-Tek Sign Shop Hope Child Care and Nursery Inspire Salon & Spa Lial Catholic School Peinert Funeral Homes PNC BANK Savage McVicker Insurance Spring Valley Business Solutions The Whitehouse Inn Villagio Hair Studio WTOL News 11 Whitehouse Self Storage Diversified Insurance's Chamber Chatter By Robert Keogh Business Insurance Losses and Making Sure Your Staff Gets Out Safely With the heat of the summer upon us we have several items we wanted to discuss in this week’s Chamber Chatter. With heat comes storms and some times severe storm activity. If something serious occurred at your workplace, be it a storm or a fire or another catastrophic event, are you and your staff prepared to “GET OUT?” Follow the link to the Whitepaper we have shared with many of our clients, it gives some good practical tips on getting out safely. It may be commonsense but it also is probably good to think about it before you have the need to think about it. Feel free to share this with your. Turing Up the Heat on Workers Compensation Insurance Losses I was in the car recently driving and was enjoying the College World Series. Kent State upset the number one seeded Florida Gators! While it is always fun to root for the underdog, especially from our part of the country, it also reminded me of one of the biggest perils of working during this time of the year. In the first inning, with the very first batter up, the pitcher collapsed and was taken from the field. It was not until later in the game that we heard he had suffered from heat exhaustion. While scary, it sounds like with fluids everything was back to normal. How do we keep ourselves and our employees safe from extreme heat? Please take a look at the newsletter we have by following this link to get practical tips on avoiding heat exhaustion or worse heat stroke. Geeks and Grills – Keeping with Our Summer Heat Chatter I love eating BBQ, and I love cooking BBQ! And what goes really great with BBQ? Technology, of course. Here are three products that I like: iGrill – it’s an app for BBQ-ing. You heard me. Weber on the grill - over 280 great recipes from the Weber people, who know a thing or two about barbecuing. Ask the Butcher - an iTunes app that answers all your meat questions. Great if you ever get on David Letterman’s show and have to play “Know Your Cuts of Meat.” Seeing Beyond Insurance Nobody likes it, few understand it many avoid it. What is it? Your business insurance. I am Robert Keogh and here at Diversified Insurance Service we try to see how our product can affect your total operation. We hope that some of the information we shared today benefits you. If you would like an exposure audit please feel free to contact me at 800-848-2788. We don’t just stop at excellent coverage and fair pricing—that should be expected. We like to help our clients avoid loss and continue business operations if they do suffer loss. Sincerely, Robert Keogh rkeogh@divinsurance.com
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