Welcome To Our Monthly Newsletter
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Our 2018 Small Business Award Winners are:
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The Fence Experts
– mentor team of Fred Engle, Dave Diffenderffer, Eric Parker, and Joann Davis-Brayman. Follow them on
Facebook
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Keep your eyes out as we disclose the stores about the winners of this exciting award over the next few weeks. Please follow us on
Facebook
, connect with us on
LinkedIn
, and watch for our
blogs
as we prepare for exciting reveals leading up to the celebration.
Registration will open on
Monday, March 19th
for community tickets. For additional questions or sponsorship opportunities, please contact the
SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon
office at (717) 397-3092.
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Deb Brandt of Fig Industries energizes the February Chapter Meeting!
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Deborah Brandt
, owner, and creative director at
Fig Industries
, and publisher of
Fig Lancaster
energized the mentors gathered for the SCORE February Chapter meeting at Liberty Place with her story of the birth of Fig, and her description of their mantra
Design for Good
. She described how the Fig brand has grown from its flagship in Lancaster to four additional locations including, Bethlehem, Kennett Square, West Chester, and Columbia, SC. Deb and her team uphold the company mission of Design for Good by supporting non-profits and selecting social mission partners each year. SCORE Lancaster – Lebanon is a proud non-profit partner with Fig Lancaster.
Save the date for our
March Chapter Meeting
on
Tuesday March 20
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at 9:30 AM at Liberty Place. Guest speaker, new City of Lancaster Mayor, Danene Sorace.
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Duke Street Business Center Updates
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The Business Center has updated it's Tool Kits and Quick Sheet - paper copies of these for your clients are in the office file cabinet that contains your mailboxes. Here are the links:
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The Very Heart of Score Lancaster - Lebanon!
An organizational chart might show the structure, ranks & relationships in a group, but it never really paints a picture of its heart. Anyone who is involved with SCORE, has visited the office, or called on the phone, knows that our strong heart is centered around two remarkable women,
Office Manager, Jeanne Aument
, and
Administrative Assistant, Michelle Deller
. Like other administrative professionals they find themselves in ever changing and diversifying organizational roles.
Jeanne and Michelle coordinate
with individual executive committee members and the mentor community at large, to formulate
and deliver the activities required to keep the Chapter functioning while, at the same time, serving as the face of the organization to our clients. That can mean a day that includes juggling database maintenance, while exploring cloud-based apps, and monitoring social media campaigns, while tinkering with the SCORE website. Yet when you walk through our door at Liberty Place they look up and greet you with a bright smile, and hello.
“Jeanne and Michelle are true herders of cats. They anticipate the needs of 65 mentors and hundreds of clients and initiate plans and processes for the betterment of the SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon Chapter. We are honored to have them on our team”
- Bobb Bewley, President, SCORE Lancaster – Lebanon, Chapter 16
Most importantly Jeanne and Michelle serve as the very first introduction to SCORE for our clients, and for our new volunteer mentors. They answer not only phones, and emails, but questions and concerns about how to find a mentor, how to become a mentor, and how to support SCORE – Lancaster Lebanon. They are our gatekeepers, and they do it each day with smiles, and a heaping measure of heart!
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2018 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest
Small business owners, share your story for a chance to win a $25,000 grant and more from
FedEx
! The FedEx Small Business Grant Contest recognizes and rewards incredible small businesses from across the country. Enter Your Small Business by March 28.
Mentors - share this contest with your clients today!
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Business Start-Up Learning Circle
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Dear Mentors:
We are again invited to help our friends at
ASSETS
with their spring
Business Start-Up Learning Circle
cohort with 15 entrepreneurs.
This will occur on April 4, 2018 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the
Southern Market Center
(100 S. Queen Street).
We have helped out in the past, and those of us who attended came away gratified and delighted.
The
Learning Circle
members are enthusiastic entrepreneurs who appreciate our help and often become long-term clients. The
ASSETS
staff are terrific to work with and make our jobs easy.
As in the past, Lou Davenport will make an initial presentation on Business Plans, as only he can, and then we move on to one-on-one mentoring.
Please let me know if you would like to attend. You will not regret it.
Thanks.
Larry
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New SCORE Mentor: Jennifer Bushey
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Meet
Jennifer Bushey
, one of our newest volunteer mentors at SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon!
Jennifer is the General Manager/Owner of
Rettew’s Catering
located in Manheim. This award-winning catering success, is also a family owned business that spans over 30 years. Jennifer Rettew Bushey purchased the company from her father and previous business partner, Bruce D. Rettew. In 2015 Jennifer joined SCORE Lancaster–Lebanon as a client with her husband, Executive Chef Steven Bushey, in order to streamline operations. She now continues in the role as mentor to others.
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“It started as a seed and grew into an orchard.” A fitting description of the origins of
SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon
client,
Allergy Orchard
. Co- owners, Tammy Gingras-Moore and Karen DiPace are two moms, who grew weary of the constant struggle to shop for healthy, and delicious food for their children with multiple food allergies. So, they decided to fix it! But first they did their homework, in a careful and methodical way, that included reaching out to SCORE for a mentor.
"From my first contact with Tammy and Karen in December 2016, I have been impressed with their careful, meticulous and thorough planning through every stage of the start-up process. Being the only grocery store in a large geographical area dedicated to selling only allergy-free products presents unique challenges. To reach their specialized customer base, they have relied on personal networking with school groups, the medical community (particularly pediatricians,) in addition to maintaining a robust social media presence.”
- Bill Beyer, volunteer mentor, SCORE Lancaster – Lebanon
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March 2018 Roundtable Schedule & Topics
- Palmyra Roundtable: March 1 - Employee Handbooks - Why You Need One. Presenter: Jeff Worley, attorney at Gibbel Kraybill & Hess LLP
- Elizabethtown Roundtable: March 15 - "What Can Go Wrong In A Business - And How To Fix It" Presenter: SCORE mentor Dave Templeton, and (Chamber Members Only)
- Southern Lancaster County Chamber Roundtable: January 25 - "The Facebook Pivot and How It Will Effect Your Business" Presenter: Kris Bradley, owner of NameSpark, founder of Lancaster Marketing Group
For the full RT schedule see the calendar on our website.
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Simple Steps Registration Is Now Open for
March and April Class
Registration is now open for
March & April Simple Steps workshops. Please contact your clients that might be interested in attending! Workshop dates are listed below.
DATES
: March 14, March 21, March 28, April 4, April 11
TIME
: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
LOCATION: SCORE Offices, 313 Liberty Street, Suite 231, Lancaster, PA 17603
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