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Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
eNews
July 28, 2015
Board of Directors
Melanie Robbins
President
 

Kim Ortamond

Vice President

 

Susan Peplow
Secretary

Carey Alderson
Director

John Wilson
Director

Kelly Crawford
Director

Cheryl Cox
Director
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EMV Card Deadline is October 1, 2015, is your business ready? 

The nationwide switch from magnetic stripe credit cards to EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) chip cards is well underway. Is your business ready? If not, you're leaving your customers more susceptible to fraud and your company wide open to some serious liability. If you do not swap your swipe-and-sign card reader out for an EMV card reader by 10/01/2015 of this year, the so called "liability shift" deadline, you could have to eat potentially crippling costs and charge backs associated with fraudulent transactions, not your payments processor.

 

EMV cards are basically the same as your standard magnetic strip "swipe-and-sign" cards, only they are much more secure. The added security is packed into a small, "smart" processor computer chip embedded in the card. The metallic microchip, Visa claims, is nearly impossible to counterfeit it stores and safeguards private card holder data. Every time the card is used it generates a unique, one-time authentication cryptogram signature that proponents of the technology say it is incredibly difficult to duplicate. Also, it is quite difficult to clone the chip.

 

The new EMV card will prevent the bad guys, who earn their living by skimming magnetic card numbers and recreating magnetic strip cards, will not be able to do that when the world migrates to EMV chip cards.

 

Click this link and read the Visa U.S. Merchant EMV Chip Acceptance Readiness Guide

Have a great week everyone, 


 

Mary Reeves

Executive Director 

 

Shade and Shadows Exhibit - Art in Public Places
Local Non-Profit  Spotlight: Soroptimist International of 29 Palms

Soroptimist is a global women's organization whose members volunteer to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. Approximately 80,000 Soroptimists in 130 countries and territories support community-based and global projects benefiting women and girls. The organization is particularly concerned with providing women and girls access to education, as this is the most effective path to self-determination. The name, Soroptimist, means "best for women," and that's what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are women at their best, working to help other women to be their best.


Soroptimist members belong to local clubs. Clubs participate in the Dream Programs of Soroptimist, Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women and Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls to help women and girls achieve social and economic empowerment. The Dream Programs of Soroptimist ensure women and girls have access to the education and training they need to reach their full potential and live their dreams. Soroptimist is committed to investing in programs that have a sustainable, measurable change for women and girls. Clubs also participate in local level projects such as providing mammograms to low-income women, working to end sex trafficking for women and girls and mentoring women in domestic violence shelters.


Soroptimist also sponsors Live Your Dream.org, an online community empowering offline
 volunteer action. DailyWorth.com, the leading financial medi a company for women,  recently named  LiveYourDream.org  one of  six charities
every woman needs to know. 

If you would like more information about Soroptimist International or wish to join, you can contact your local chapter at sitwentyninepalms@soroptimist.net.

If you wish to donateSoroptimist is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that relies on private donations, corporate support and foundation grants to support programs that help women and girls worldwide.  

Attention All Business Owners!

A very important meeting will be occurring on August 3rd, 2015 between the City of Twentynine Palms, G-5 representatives, and the Marine Corps Community Services. The Chamber of Commerce would like to include your input during this meeting. Please contact Executive Director Mary Reeves at 29Chamber@29Chamber.org with any questions you might have for those living on base including the type of merchandise or activities that the base population might have interest in, and we will do our best to get some answers for you.

Lifestream Blood Drive


California Competes Offers Free Workshop 


Business owners are invited learn about how to apply for the California Competes Tax Credit at a  free, one-hour workshop on Thursday, July 30, beginning at 10AM at Mary Pickford Theatre, located at 36850 Pickfair St in Cathedral City. The California Competes program provides $31 million in income tax credit to businesses that want to locate, stay, and grow their business in California. CLICK TO REGISTER 

 
Theatre 29 announces "Disney's Peter Pan Jr." cast

The 2015 Summer Youth Theater Program is in full swing at Theatre 29 with Directors Gary Daigneault and Katie Van Sumeren busy working with some 50 kids from 7-17 years old on two separate productions of "Disney's Peter Pan Jr.". Both Daigneault and Van Sumeren are teachers at local schools volunteering their time and skills for the the in-depth, specialized theater education program.

 

The intense pace of the unique Youth Program will culminate in 4 performances of the delightful Disney musical, two with the "Seniors" (ages 12-17), and two with the "Juniors" (ages 7-12). Acting as the Captain of the Seniors is recent Twentynine Palms High School graduate Curtis Mohn, while the Captain of the Juniors is Twentynine Palms High School Senior Diana Jimenez. Both Mohn and Jimenez have already logged an impressive list of theater credits in many productions at the non-profit theater.

 

Performances will be held at Theatre 29!, 73637 Sullivan Road in Twentynine Palms. The Juniors" will perform the show at 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 31st and at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 1st. The "Seniors" will take the stage at 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 31 and 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 1. Tickets for both age groups of "Peter Pan Jr." will be $7.00 each and are available on-line at www.theatre29.org  starting July 15. 

Theatre 29 announces auditions for Broadway Musical Hit "The Addams Family"

 

Auditions for the fall production of Theatre 29's 2015 season, the new hit Broadway musical extravaganza "The Addams Family Musical", have been scheduled for Monday, August 10th at 6:30PM on the Theatre 29 Main Stage at 73637 Sullivan Road in Twentynine Palms.  Under the direction of Multiple-award winner Kathryn Ferguson, the musical comedy will take the stage for five weeks beginning October 2nd through 31st .

Production is also seeking technical assistance as stagehands, set builders and costume construction. Any wishing to participate in these capacities, please also attend auditions (you will not be required to audition).  For more information, check out the audition details on Theatre 29's Facebook page www.facebook.com/Theatre29TwentyninePalms or on www.theatre29.org/auditions  or contact the director, Kathryn Ferguson, via email at webmaster@theatre29.org.


 
Contact the Marine Sandpiper for your Unit's Marine Corps Birthday Ball


 
Call the Foundation to RSVP or for more information - 760-365-7219

 
Insects and Arthropods of the Morongo Basin - September 18-20, 2015

  Did you know that insects can survive in temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade with little or no water? Kurt Leuschner will explore the lives of the largest group of animals in the world through a study of insect anatomy, survival traits, habitats, and behaviors. Participants will learn to identify and distinguish insects from other arthropods and then practice their skills in the field. Field observations will include Joshua tree forest, palm oasis, desert, dune, and riparian habitats as well as a special night session with blacklights at the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.  Leuschner will share amazing stories of insects including the yucca moth, antlion, and tarantula hawk wasp and their interconnections with the world around them.

 

For more information or to sign up online, go to http://www.joshuatree.org/desert-institute/field-classes/insects-and-arthropods-of-the-morongo-basin/

 

 
ASYMCA Job Opportunity        
      

The ASYMCA is now accepting applications for an Operation Hero Facilitator and a Thrift Store Lead Clerk. The ASYMCA is a 501(c)3 non-profit located aboard the Marine Corps Base in 29 Palms, CA. Applications and position descriptions are available on our website at http://www.asymca.org/twentynine-palms-ca/employment-opportunities  or may be picked up in person at our office. Completed applications may be turned into our office located at Bldg. 192 on Mineral Street; or faxed to 760-830-8797; or mailed to ASYMCA 29 Palms, PO BOX 6002, Twentynine Palms, CA. 92278.

 

If you have questions about the application process, please call our office at 760-830-7481. *The ASYMCA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer 

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