Chamber Connection - August 3, 2021

August 2, 2021

Chamber Office Hours: 9am-3pm, Monday-Friday

Not a member of the Frankfort Chamber yet? Click here to join!

We look forward to seeing everyone who registered for this Thursday's Summer Celebration at CD&ME!

Thanks to our Event Sponsor

Gerald Honda & Toyota of Matteson

Chamber seeking Fall Fest volunteers!

Thanks to everyone who has already signed up to work a shift of more at Frankfort Fall Festival over Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-6.

We still need volunteers for various time sand days so if you can spare a few hours or a few days, please sign up here and indicate in the comments sections when you are available. Fall Fest Volunteer Chair Cheryl Howard, will reach out to you and get you plugged in the day(s) and time(s) that work best for you!

Call the Chamber with questions, 815-469-3356.

Deadlines ahead

for Fall Fest Fans &

Ad space in the Fest Guide Book

Don't miss the opportunity to promote YOUR business to the droves of residents and visitors at Frankfort Fall Fest!

Frankfort Fall Festival is consistently named among the Top 10 Arts & Crafts Fairs in the country. With more than 300 booths this year including artisans from across the country and visitors from near and far. The Chamber is proud to offer YOU, our members, a variety of opportunities to promote your business during this annual event in historic downtown Frankfort.

Opportunities include the following

Details on each opportunity here https://conta.cc/37hjYj3

Festival Fan Sponsors (3 available) 1 available

Festival Guide Book Advertisement (Aug. 9 deadline)

Chamber Booth (6 available) Only 2 shifts left

Breidert Green Entertainment Sponsors (3 available)

The Garden Entertainment Sponsors (4 available) 2 available

Artisan & Volunteer Water Sponsors SOLD OUT

Artisan & Volunteer Coffee Sponsors SOLD OUT

To secure your opportunity,

call Kris at the Chamber today, 815-469--3356!

August 17 Meet, Greet & Network

at Enrico's Italian Dining!

Webinar Series

Tools for Success: Navigating the New Normal

Experts in their fields will show you all you need to know—from legal considerations to best practices in digital advertising; from brand identity to effective sales techniques; from actionable advice on marketing and communication best practices to help your small business succeed in 2021 & beyond.

Open and download flyer with more details here

Third Wednesday of the month

Members: $15 each

Non-Members: $20 each

Aug. 18: 9-10am

Sales and Marketing to Help You Dominate Your Market presented by Bill Guertin-the 800-Pound Gorilla

Member2Member Discounts

If you'd like to offer a discount or special offer to fellow chamber members, send information on your offer to kris@frankfortchamber.com

Staples, Frankfort

Frankfort Chamber members now have access to special partner discounts every time they shop at the Frankfort Staples store.

Enrollment is required. To enroll, log into your Chamber account at www.frankfortchamber.com and look for the Member 2 Member Deals where you will find a registration link. Once you enroll, your discount should be active within 24 hours. More information here

CHAMBER MEMBER NEWS,

OFFERS & EVENTS

If you have a special offer or event you want us to share here, send text only to kris@frankfortchamber.com.

Do you provide a product or a service that can benefit teens or families with teens? Are you a parent of teen? If so, The Well is the place for you!

The Well is a free community project hosted by the youth development organization ForeverU that equips teens and families with knowledge, resources, and support for becoming their best selves at school, home, and in life. Find more details about this forum at www.joinforeveru.org/thewell.

Local Resource Booths • Live Speaker Panel • Essay Contest for High School Students • "Family-Night-Out" and "Friends-Night-Out" Grand Prize + Dinner On Us for the First 100 People!

The Frankfort Public Library District offers a wide variety or programs for all ages. Here are some of the upcoming events.

Nonfiction at Night (In-person) on Mon. Aug. 9 at 7pm. Join us to discuss Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. Merlin Sheldrake's revelatory introduction to this world will show us how fungi, and our relationships with them, are more astonishing than we could have imagined. Bringing to light science's latest discoveries and ingeniously parsing the varieties and behaviors of the fungi themselves, he points us toward the fundamental questions about the nature of intelligence and identity this massively diverse, little understood kingdom provokes.

Birds for Beginners on Tue. Aug. 10 at 10am. An outdoor nature field trip for adults. Hike Messenger Woods with a Forest Preserve District of Will County Naturalist in search of birds in the preserve. Learn what common birds can be found here and how to identify them.

Top Shelf Tuesdays (In-Person) on Tue. Aug. 10 at 7pm. Join us to discuss The Au Pair by Emma Rous. Set in England on the Norfolk Coast, Seraphine begins to question what really happened to her mother and her place in her family. She finds a photo of her mother, the day she and her twin were born and the day her mother took her own life, but she is only holding one baby. Villagers talk of changelings, dark cloaks, and an Au Pair. Suspense builds as she uncovers family secrets.

We launched our first “Southland Your Times” Best of 2021 contest! Congratulations to the businesses who beat out the competition, to be in the final 5 and moved on to the Voting Phase of our Southland's Best contest!

A "Top 5 Reveal" of these businesses will be online

at southlandsbest.com starting July 15th.

Voting starts July 29th and will run through August 29th.

For more information contact: Dana Anderson, Southland Your Times, dana.anderson@nwi.com

708-625-8065.

Help raise funds for Lincolnway Special Recreation Association, which provides recreational programming for individuals with disabilities.

Community members can assist in several ways:

Golfing!

LWSRF on the Links, August 20 at he Links of Carillon, 21200 W. South Carillon Dr., Plainfield. Shotgun start: 12pm Dinner: 5:30pm. The August 13 golf event at The Sanctuary is sold out.

Sponsoring! Whether you or someone you know owns a business, there are many sponsorship opportunities available starting at $75!

Donating raffle baskets!

Baskets or items are needed for the raffles. You may wrap your own basket or drop off the items and staff will craft the basket. We just need the names of individuals or businesses who donated towards the basket, a list of items inside and an approximate value!

Get the full details for the outings – click HERE!

Contact Nadine Kahl for more information, nkahl@lwsra.org or 815.320.3513.

Frankfort Arts Association will host its 2nd Annual Art on the Green on September 12 at Breidert Green.

Here's an opportunity to place an ad in the event guide to support this great local organization AND

promote your business to all the visitors.

Secure your sponsorship here

AOTG Sponsors | Frankfort Arts Association

The Lincoln-Way Foundation upcoming Fundraisers.

$10,000* All-American Golf Ball Drops! The last Ball Drop will be at Sanctuary Golf Course in New Lenox on: Tuesday, Sept. 7. No more than 1000 balls will be sold for each drop, and you can enter all drops at once. Details at www.lwballdrop.givesmart.com or call 815-462-2976

Half Marathon and 10K on September 18. Lace up your shoes and join us for a run through the beautiful historic downtown Frankfort, Hickory Creek Forest Preserve and Old Plank Trail! Visit www.lincolnwayhalfmarathon.weebly.com for more information.