Chamber Fall Speaker Series 
Mastering Your Business for Maximum PROFIT & SUCCESS! Colin Sprake, Make your Mark
RSVP by Friday, November 15, 2019
The Ladysmith Chamber is thrilled to welcome back Colin Sprake of Make Your Mark to our upcoming Fall Speaker Series. A highly sought-after keynote speaker and trainer, Colin guarantees his audiences will walk away from his presentations, no matter how long or short, with practical tools and strategies you can use immediately in your life and business to achieve greater success and make a positive impact in the world. He also teaches that success is attainable in both family and business without sacrificing one for the other.
Testimonial from Chamber Member Jason Kelland, CJZ Enterprizes, A&W Ladysmith/Mill Bay:
"Colin Sprake and his MYM team have been a true inspiration to me and my understanding of what it takes to run a successful business. It is a must for anybody in business for themselves, particularly those starting out and those stuck in a rut. The practical lessons are invaluable and will catapult your business to the next level. More importantly and quite surprisingly I learnt a lot about myself and why I do what I do and what I wish to do in the future. I have sent most of my management team trough his Business Excellence course, which should speak volumes about my trust and belief in what he does. Colin and his team offer a refreshingly truthful and heartfelt experience which you can only love them for!"
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SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO THE
LADYSMTH & DISTRICT CREDIT UNION
OUR FALL SPEAKER SERIES SPONSOR
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Chamber Fall Speaker Series
Community Update with Mayor, Aaron Stone
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Thank you to Mayor Aaron Stone for his dynamic and heartfelt presentation Wednesday night at the Chambers Fall Speaker Series. His knowledge and commitment to this community was unmistakeably apparent.
Click here to view the Town of Ladysmith 2020-23 Strategic Plan prioritizing Climate Action, Affordability, Economic Development and Infrast
ructure renewal.
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CHAMBER | LDBA
3RD ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
Celebrate the Holidays with fellow business people! Members and guests are invited to the 3rd Annual Chamber / LDBA Christmas Social at Cottonwood on Tuesday, December 3rd from from 12 pm to 2 pm. Book a seat or reserve a table for your staff and guests!
Silent Auction donations are welcome.
Please
RSVP by Friday, November 29th.
Email
or call 250-245-2112
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13th ANNUAL CHAMBER GOLF CLASSIC
Save the Date!
Friday, June 12, 2020 at Cottonwood!
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Show your love Ladysmith
Nominations are open for the Small Business BC Awards
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Think of a business that you love. It can be one that makes your morning latte perfectly, or keeps your car running when the weather turns cold, or provides the best customer service ever or even just the place that has the best happy hour specials!
Nominate a small business you love for the SBBC Awards and give them the reco
gnition they deserve. We invite you to recognize their hard work by nominating them for a Small Business BC Award.
https://sbbc.co/nominate
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Junior Achievement Ladysmith Intermediate -classroom Opportunities
Can you help us Inspire, Prepare & Empower BC Youth
JABC provides FREE programs to schools, focused on Financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship curriculum. The Programs are delivered by Professionals, like yourself, with a financial background and/or business ownership experience. Volunteers will spend 4 x 1 hr sessions in the classroom. JA provides the curriculum kit, training and classroom PPT.
I look forward to introducing you to the teachers and their students.
If you are interested in volunteering, Contact Gail Stroud (250) 510.7671 gail.stroud@jabc.org
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LRCA Christmas Cheer Fund
Dear Friends of the Business Community,
Once again, the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association (LRCA) Christmas Cheer Fund is underway and we would be pleased to have your business take part in this event. As in the past, the goal of the Christmas Cheer Fund is to provide a Christmas Dinner for families and toys for children.
In carrying on an 80-plus year tradition, we require assistance and wish to know if your business is willing to be a drop off location to obtain food and gifts for the CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.
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Two free training events for the Central Island Region on Social Procurement for Not Profits and Local Businesses
Community Futures Central Island and the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce are partnering with CCSPI to host 2 sessions to help local organizations and businesses prepare to bid and deliver on social procurement contracts.
One session, for non profits and social enterprises, looks at what social procurement is and is not, how procurement differs from grants, and how to prepare to both bid and partner with businesses who may want to bid.
The second session, for local businesses and SMEs, demystifies social procurement, outlines what it is and is not, and outlines typical social value criteria that procurement offices may be looking for. This session is for goods and services suppliers, specifically.
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Road Safety At Work
Complimentary workshop
Road Safety At Work is holding a complimentary, half-day road safety workshop in Nanaimo on November 26, 2019.
This workshop is geared toward assisting organizations with increasing safety in their workplaces by developing or improving an occupational road safety program.
Occupational road safety does not just apply to organizations with commercial fleets, but any organization that has employees driving a company vehicle or their personal vehicle during their work day. Business owners, managers, supervisors, health and safety practitioners, safety committee members, and others who have responsibility for making decisions and developing programs to keep employees safe on BC roads, will benefit from attending. Employers
are welcome to register up to three staff members per organization.
This free of charge, 4 hour session will be held from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Tuesday, November 26th. Here is a quick link to our workshop schedule.
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Shoebox Project for Women
Drop off location
The Ladysmith Chamber / Visitor Centre is happy to provide the drop-off space for the Shoebox Project for Women program again this year. Located at 33 Roberts Street, hours are Monday through Friday from 9:30 am to 4pm. Deadline,
December 15, 2019. Read More...
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Membership
The Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce greatly values your trust and confidence and sincerely appreciate your loyalty and support through your membership. We look forward to working with you.
Here are just some of the incentives that are included with your Membership.
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Advertise here to support Your Chamber
& promote Your Business for $30 per month.
Call 250-245-2112 to book your spot!
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Town of Ladysmith
- The next Council Meeting is on November 18, 2019 at 7pm. Click here for the Regular Council meeting schedule. A full agenda package is prepared by 5:30 p.m. on the Thursday before the Council and Municipal Services Committee meetings and is available by clicking on the following links: Council Minutes and Agendas; Municipal Services Minutes and Agendas.
- Ladysmith Councils Strategic plan sets key priorities for the community
- The Town of Ladysmith is supporting Stz'uminus First Nation in facilitating access for the purposes of logging on Crown woodlots adjacent to our municipal boundary. Read More...
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Ladysmith Downtown Business Association
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BC Chamber News
The Ladysmith Chamber is a Proud Member of the BC Chamber. Through this membership our Chamber members receive access to exclusive member rates on:
*Employee Benefit plans
*Online Payroll, and Human Resource programs
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Hotels and Car Rentals -worldwide
*Electronic payment processing & merchant services
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Fuel discount programs
*Business supplies
*Online marketing management
*Business training programs
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Chamber Member to Member Invites
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Cowichan & Neighbouring Chamber News
Keep in touch with whats happening...
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Host an INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
Learn new customs and create lifelong friendships
MLI Homestay is seeking enthusiastic and careing Ladysmith Families to host Japanese Students (16-17 years old) for our upcoming program.
SHORT TERM From December 06th to December 9th, 2019
88 Japanese Students attending Ladysmith Secondary School arrive Friday Evening and depart Monday morning. Ladysmith Families are needed! $120 compensation.
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Upcoming Ladysmith Events!
Here are your Ladysmith events! Send us your event info!
Nov 11: Remembrance Day Ceremony
Nov 21-24: Cedar & Yellow Point Artisans Country Christmas Tour
Nov 29th: Ladysmith Festival of Lights
Nov 28-Dec 15: Ladysmith Little Theatre presents: The Savannah Sipping Society
Thursdays: Michael Clarke performs at Maya Norte
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Do You Have a Pet Friendly Business...
TAKE 5 Newsmagazine is partnering with the
Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centre to identify "pet-friendly" shops and businesses in the area.
Tell us by filling out this form and email it back to Marina at editor@take5.ca or dropping it off at the Take 5 or Chamber/Visitor Centre.
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