Hello Glen Ellyn,

It was great to see many of you Tuesday night at the Glen Ellyn Community Awards. What an amazing night commemorating the best of Glen Ellyn. Thanks again to all our sponsors and committee members who helped make this event special! A special thanks goes out to Abbington Distinctive Banquets for hosting our event, Mike Rataj, owner of Creative Family Memories, for our photo and video memories and the lovely Dawn Bishop for the elegant music!

We are happy to announce a fun family activity that the Chamber is providing on Saturday, March 30 at 10:00 am - a Free Spring Break Movie. What a fun activity to do with your children during Spring Break. The movie "Hop" will be playing at Glen Art Theatre, sponsored by Kelly Stetler Real Estate - Compass.

As the weather is tricking us into thinking it is already Spring and golf weather, you may have golf on the mind! You can practice your golf swing soon at the Annual Glen Ellyn Community Golf Outing on May 6. We are looking forward to this event.

This is a great event to attend if you like to golf, but you are also welcome to attend the dinner only in order to

mingle with members, cheer on the winners of the day and bid on our silent auction items. If you are interested in donating an item for the silent auction, please contact our office. Click here to register for the event or click here to learn about sponsorship opportunities.

Thank you and any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Claudia Thornton

Executive Director

UPCOMING EVENTS

After Hours at Good Roots

The Chamber is starting up our After Hours events again celebrating the Third Thursdays of the month. This month Good Roots will be hosting an After Hours event. Please join us at their beautiful location for beverages and light bites from Marche. Ashley Aikens, co-founder of Good Roots, will provide a 101 Presentation on Plant Care w/15% discount off all purchases!

Thursday, March 21, 2024

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Good Roots

492 Crescent Blvd

Glen Ellyn

Member Orientation Meeting

If you're new to the Chamber or even have been a member for awhile, join us to learn about all the great benefits that come with your membership. You will learn how to implement hot deals, upload job postings and maximize your business page on our website.

Thursday, April 4, 2024

11:30 - 1:00 pm

Glen Ellyn Public Library

North Meeting Room

400 Duane St

Glen Ellyn

April Member Meeting

Sushi Ukai is hosting our member lunch meeting in April where Joe Desimone, Sales Trainer for Rust-Oleum, will be presenting on tactics for closing sales - a phenomenal topic for all business owners! Mike Formento from American Legion Post #3 will also share details of the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall. Thank you Hogan Design & Construction for sponsoring this event!

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

12:00 - 1:30 pm

Sushi Ukai

419 N. Main St

Glen Ellyn

Ribbon Cutting at

Park & Oak Design

Join us in celebrating with Park & Oak in their success as a newcomer to downtown Glen Ellyn.

Friday, April 19, 2024

12:00 pm

Park & Oak

499 Pennsylvania Ave

Glen Ellyn

Free Community Shred Event

Glen Ellyn Bank and Trust co-sponsors this amazing community event with the Chamber. Protect yourself from identity theft at our Shred Days. Gather your personal, sensitive information and we'll shred it here for free! All paper collected is 100% broken down and recycled. This is our way of helping to keep you and your information safe and secure. Join us on Saturday, May 4!

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Golf Registration

Sponsorship Opportunities

NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

AK Trucking is a freight transport company in Glen Ellyn that will help you move your loads and eliminate any stress associated with logistics. Therefore, whether it is regular cargo or a temperature-controlled shipment, they can transport it for you. If you want to know more about the services they offer, do not hesitate to contact them.

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The Sandlot is a great place to hang out and talk sports, watch sports, pretty much anything sports!

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DID YOU KNOW?

The Glen Ellyn Chamber Member Orientation will Help You to Maximize your Chamber Membership

As a Chamber member, you have access to many benefits that will assist you in marketing your business to our community. When first joining the Chamber, it can be overwhelming to learn all of the ways to maximize your membership. To help our members with this, we host Member Orientation Meetings three times a year. These are free meetings held at the library that all members are invited to attend, whether they have been a member for two months or two years!

On Thursday, April 4, we will host our next meeting at 11:30 am. This presentation will consist of:

• Bob Lapinski from Innovation DuPage presenting on Owner-2-CEO

• VP Membership, Brandee Martin will be presenting on how to utilize ChamberMaster to its full potential

• Claudia Thornton, Executive Director to present on all other Chamber opportunities (Sponsorship opportunities, networking events, etc.)

This event is very worthwhile and not to be missed! Click the button to register.

One of the perks of membership is Chamber Hot Deals. You can post a coupon/deal through your membership portal. Feel free to contact us if you need help doing this! Here are the current Hot Deals members have posted.

$30 Dollars OFF ANY PLUMBING WORK!

$50 Off any Job of $500 or More !!!

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Vote for Barone's in the

2024 Chicago Pizza Madness Tournament

Please join us in supporting Career Vision and a Glen Ellyn Favorite, Barone's Pizza, during the Chicago Pizza Madness Tournament. To vote for Barone's go to: https://rb.gy/fh1cnt

Once you click the link, scroll down to question 26 of 32 - South against West Suburbs. Let's help Barone's of Glen Ellyn win!