Welcome and thank you to these new members: Cravings by Janet, MR SALON, MES Services (110% Club), and Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Warren County! We look forward to working with you.

Thank you to these renewing members: Warren County Commissioners, Miami Valley Gaming, Miami Conservancy District, Anderson Funeral Homes (silver member), Warren County Farm Bureau, Jones Warner Consultants (bronze member, 110% Club), Conger Construction (110% Club, bronze member), Harrison's Pro Tree (110% Club, bronze member), Ohio's Hospice, Restaurant Parts and More (110% Club, bronze member), Mammoth Prefab, Franklin City Schools, Franklin Ridge Healthcare Center (110% Club), Black and Chrome Trucking (110% Club), WesBanco (Silver member), Architectural Reclamation (110% club), and Preveiling Touch (110% Club).

Our annual golf outing is our largest fundraiser and vital to our chamber's operating budget. We can accept new sponsors until Monday, July 18. Returning sponsors and teams must register by July 25.

The details: Chamber golf outing. Monday, Aug. 1, 9 a.m. 18 holes of scramble golf at beautiful Wildwood Golf Club. Gold sponsor: Premier Health Atrium Medical Center. Silver sponsor: WesBanco. Bronze sponsor: Risk Strategies. Chipping contest sponsor: Patriot Manufacturing Group. Beverage cart sponsor: Anderson Funeral Home. 

Hole, tee, and prize sponsors to date: Jones Warner Consultants, Jen Crosby--BHHS, Harrison's Pro Tree, Conger Construction, Atlas Roofing, Unifirst, A Country Peddler, Warren County ESC, Wade Insurance, Larry Sims, Simpkins-Foley Insurance Associates, Peoples Bank, A & G Pizza, Bond Machine, Josh Meyers--Edward Jones, Scott Lipps, City of Franklin, Pfizer, WesBanco, Franklin TWP, Premier Health, Dr. David and Mrs. Katherine Vail, Greenpoint Metals, Ruppert, Bronson, and Ruppert, and Honest Abe Roofing.

Register to play ($110/golfer) or become a hole/tee sponsor ($120): More info here.

Networking/Learning Lunch, Monday, July 18, 11:45 a.m. Callie Lindholm, with Exclusive Travel by Callie, will talk about the benefits of using a travel agent for both personal and business travel. Register and RSVP by 5 p.m. Thursday. (If you've prepaid for the year, just reply to RSVP.)

Women's Networking Coffee, Wednesday, July 27, 9 to 10:15 a.m. Chamber45005's Women's Networking events are a great way to meet other professional women in our area. We'll have plenty of networking time, plus Bri King, a dietician with the Warren County Health Department, will be our speaker. Please RSVP so we can plan seating and refreshments. Location: Anderson Life Celebration Center, 360 Commerce Center Dr., Franklin.

Dayton Dragons' Blood Drive July 22.

New: Warren County Commissioners' summer newsletter.

New: The latest Warren County Career Center newsletter

New: A message from Duke Energy. As you know, the impacts of global events, high demand, and labor and supply shortages are affecting people across the globe. Inflationary pressures and constraints in production and transportation of natural gas and other fuels continue to drive historically high energy prices. The combination of high temperatures and elevated fuel prices will impact summer bills. See Duke Energy's Summer Bill Toolkit

New: Premier Health and Atrium Medical Center's mobile mammography coach will be at the Headstart Health and Wellness Center on Conover Dr., Aug. 24. More info.

New: News from Legend Web Works.

SBDC Class: Steps to Starting Your Own Business. July 20, 2 p.m. Flier and registration.

Ryan Homes is building homes in Wilson Farms. Learn more.

WCCS has a new volunteer opportunity to support socially-isolated seniors, Friendly Visitors. Learn more.

Downtown Franklin Farmers Market: The market is in its 9th season. Stop by the Franklin City Building between 9 and 1. The chamber is proud to co-sponsor this market with the City of Franklin. Every Saturday through Sept. 10.

Member stickers: The Chamber has new, front-adhesive member stickers with our new Chamber45005 logo. These are perfect for your door or window. We'll be sending/dropping these off. If you want one sooner, call or email and we'll get it to you.

Chamber45005 offers benefits that can save you money. Learn more on our website benefits page.

New safety article: Prevent Heat Illness at Work Outdoor and indoor heat exposure can be dangerous. Nearly 3 out of 4 heat illness fatalities happen during the first week of work. New and returning workers need to build tolerance to heat by taking frequent breaks and working shorter shifts in the heat to start. Read more

Learn about Hunter Consulting's Group Rating offerings.

The chamber is a group-rating sponsor; our responsibilities are outlined in this Safety Accountability letter.

Our office hours are generally 9 to 3, Monday through Friday. Please do call before you stop by so we don't miss each other!

Publicity: We'd love to link to your newsletters, press releases, job postings, etc. Please send a .pdf or a link to the web version (if you use Constant Contact for your newsletters, CC automatically creates a web version and a link you can share. Contact me if you have questions).

Referrals: The chamber refers our members to callers looking for particular goods and services. Please be sure we have up-to-date info and materials about your organizations we can use when referring you.

Job Board: See above. We'd love to add your job openings to our website. New jobs are added weekly.

Chamber members are noted in bold type in this newsletter.

Thank you to our major sustaining members: Diamond member: The City of Franklin | Platinum members: Atrium Medical Center, Joy Patrick/Patrick Staffing, Franklin Township | Gold members: WesBanco, Risk Strategies, Pfizer | Silver members: Anderson Funeral Home, Bob's Moraine Trucking, Patriot Manufacturing Group.