JULY BREW CREW SPONSORED BY ELEVATE COFFEE

Start your day off with networking and new connections. Brew Crews are free events that provide an opportunity for our members and the community to gather in a neutral location free from agendas. This month's brew is sponsored by Elevate Coffee. Click the link below to RSVP for this event.

Friday, July 28 | 8:30 AM

Branson Chamber & CVB

4100 Gretna Road

Branson, MO 65616

ADOPT-A-TEAM FOR CAL RIPKEN

MAJOR/70 WORLD SERIES

Ballparks of America invites you to promote your business while welcoming teams from throughout the United States and the world to Babe Ruth League’s Cal Ripken Major/70 World Series. Complete and submit the agreement on the Ballparks of America page to Adopt-A-Team. Two levels of sponsorships are available for area businesses. Click the link below to learn more!

August 3-12

Ballparks of America

1000 Pat Nash Drive

Branson, MO 65616

EXPLORE BRANSON WELCOMES AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION (AJGA)

The American Junior Golf Association is conducting a national junior golf tournament at Buffalo Ridge Golf Course in Branson, Mo. This event will consist of 54 holes of championship golf, will host 78 of the world's top junior golfers ages 12-19 and will take place July 31-August 3, 2023. The AJGA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships though competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls, ages 12-19) of more than 8,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 60 foreign countries.

July 31-August 3

1001 Buffalo Ridge Boulevard

Hollister, MO 65672

FREE ICE CREAM FOR KIDS WHO

RECITE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The Nettie Marie College Creamery, located in The Keeter Center at College of the Ozarks, is proud to support the “I Pledge Project,” a campaign that rewards children with an ice cream cone for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance from memory. They will give one complimentary scoop of homemade ice cream to children 12 and under in exchange for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance by memory from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 13, July 20, and July 27.

"I Pledge is a program that The Keeter Center has been dedicated to participating in for many years,” said Mollie Crawford, director of sales and marketing at The Keeter Center. “We value patriotic education at College of the Ozarks, and this is one way we like to show appreciation to young children for learning the Pledge of Allegiance and reciting it by memory. Our students at The Keeter Center enjoy interacting with children and serving them a scoop of complimentary ice cream which is made fresh from milk from our campus dairy. We are honored to see little ones show their appreciation for our country, and to have the opportunity to serve our community in this way." Click the link below to learn more about the "I Pledge Project."

U.S. SCREENS HIGHEST NUMBER OF AIR PASSENGERS SINCE 2019

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said earlier this month that it had screened 2.785 million airline passengers on June 16, the highest number since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The TSA said it had screened approximately 10.6 million people from Friday through Monday, the Juneteenth holiday, giving an average of 2.67 million people per day.

Airlines reported few cancellations over the holiday period and the TSA said last Friday was the fourth-highest single-day for screenings ever and the highest since November 2019. The post-COVID 19 rebound looks set to continue, with industry group Airlines for America estimating a record 256.8 million passengers will fly in the June-August quarter, up 1% over the 254.6 million passengers in the same period in 2019.