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Weekly Message from Committee Chair

 

Education & Workforce Development Committee

Chair:  Helen Higgins, Boys & Girls Club

 

 

The Education and Workforce Development Committee is just starting their work as the newest committee of the Chamber.  Committee members include representatives from Samaritan Health, HP, the Oregon Employment Department, Keller Williams, OSU, LBCC, and the Corvallis School District - and we welcome more businesses!  The committee will be looking for ways that the business community can engage more fully  to help local student  develop career skills, support local businesses interests in professional development, and look for greater collaboration in these areas.   We welcome your ideas and participation!

  

  Lunch & Learn
 QuickBooks Part IV - Spring Series 
 
March 23rd, 2012
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Corvallis Chamber of Commerce
420 NW 2nd St
Corvallis, OR 97330
  
Chamber Members $5
One of the many benefits of Chamber membership is discounted pricing at our events!
 
Non-Members $15
Everyone is welcome!

                                                                
QuickBooks Training Part IV:
Items & Inventory: Where is the money going?
 
Join QuickBooks ProAdvisor Jackie Shaw to learn the basics of QuickBooks and how accounting software can help you manage your business.  Discover the mishaps, misadventures and mistakes many users make and how you can avoid them.  These lunch & Learn classes are ideal for both new and current QuickBooks users.
 
Presented by: 
 
Jackie Shaw
QuickBooks Certified Pro-Advisor
Owner - Go! Get Organized!, LLC
gojackieshaw.com 
541.231.5115
 
Bring your lunch to this "brown bag" educational opportunity.  There will be water, coffee and hot tea available.  Access to a microwave.
 
LIMITED SEATING  

Get Organized!
   
 Are you ready to LEAD?
 
You need information.  You want to develop your business.  We want to give you the tools to be successful.  Join us at the Leadership Education & Development (LEAD) Summit on April 20 at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center!  You will select from a variety of great mini-seminars, and over lunch we will hear from special guest speaker Tim Leatherman, creator and founder of Leatherman Tools.  There will also be networking opportunities, and a vendor display area!  This will be the Mid-Willamette Valley's premiere springtime leadership conference, providing relevant and timely information for everyone.
 
Join us for LEADs on Friday, April 20 from 8am - 3pm.  Lunch will be provided.  Special Early Bird Registration: $35 until April 6.  Registration after April 7 will be $50.  For vendor tables or sponsorship opportunities, contact the Chamber at 541.757.1505 or info@corvallischamber.com.
 
CLICK HERE for more information and to register

Rx Brown Bag 

 

Every Thursday at The Regent
 
  
  • Bring  ALL your medications to share at an individual consultation with a pharmacy student
  • A personal inventory list of all your medications will be compiled for you
  • A wallet-size list will also be available
  • We encourage you to post this list on your refrigerator with other "IN AN EMERGENCY" information
 
Call Grace to schedule your appointment
541.752.2222
 
 
 
 
National Women Build Week
  
May 5-12, 2012

INSPIRE 
yourself, your community, your world


Women have the determination and capability to build homes for those in need.  Join Benton Habitat for Humanity and Lowe's, as we train volunteers and give women the chance to take charge on the construction site.  Women Build creates an opportunity to educate and nurture women to build--and advocate--for decent, affordable housing.
 
National Women build Week challenges women to devote at least one day to the effort to eliminate poverty housing.  Join 275 Habitat affiliates across the country during this week. Together, women can affect dramatic change in their communities.
 
Get Involved!
Attend one of the following info sessions:
Tuesday, April 3, 5:30-6:30 pm
Monday, April 9 5:30-6:30 pm
Market of Choice, upstairs meeting room
922 NW Circle Blvd, Corvallis, OR 97330
 
Educate Yourself!  
Attend one of the clinics at Lowe's of Salem on power tool safety & siding.  
April 21 or  28 from 1-4 pm
 
About Our Project:
 
Benton Habitat for Humanity will take on a special repair project for Carmon Thomas and her children in Philomath, OR.  The Thomas family has lived in their home for 10 years.  The house has been riddled with mold due to moisture in the walls.  The repair will include replacing siding and windows that will make the Thomas' house safe and healthy.
 
Visit www.bentonhabitat.org or contact Kelsey at fdm@bentonhabitat.org, 541.752.3354
 

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