Greater Kokomo Chamber
MEMBERS MAKING NEWS
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A Minute With The Manager
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Liz Kerns
Chamber Manager
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Increased free educational seminars
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July 1 marks the halfway point through the calendar year. Whether you are evaluating your personal New Year's resolutions or your organization's goals and objectives, this is the time to recommit to those plans.
The chamber is working diligently to provide membership benefits that will assist you and your organization grow. Last month, we asked the membership if they had a few moments to let us know topics they wanted to learn about as we offer more professional development seminars. The results are in! The main topics our members wanted to learn about include marketing, social media, networking, leadership, HR, grant writing, customer service, and time management.
We have heard you, and to provide your entire team with increased learning opportunities, we are excited to share that the chamber will be offering 12 new Educate and Elevate seminars over the next six months. These sessions are included as a member benefit and FREE for any of your team members to attend. Be sure to check out our calendar of events. The next Educate and Elevate is July 24 about Generational Marketing with a speaker from Seattle and on August 6 about Employee Engagement and Strengths with a speaker from Chicago.
Also, don't forget about the Business Matters Luncheon on July 18 where we will be unveiling the new Cost of Living Index results with a discussion on how Howard County can benefit from the results.
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Projects sought for GM Week of Caring event
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General Motors employees have a long history of giving back to their communities. While financial support for communities is important, there’s no substitute for rolling up our sleeves and volunteering our time and energy to help them firsthand.
With that in mind, General Motors has designated the week of September 9-13 as the teamGM Week of Caring in the United States. Both hourly and salaried employees across the nation (and right here in Kokomo and Howard County) will be giving back to the communities where they work and live through volunteerism.
Locally, they are looking for projects that can be completed in 4-7 hours by an individual or a team.
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They will consider anything – painting, clean-up, data entry, light construction, assisting a student or client, helping in a classroom, stocking shelves, cooking . . . or anything else you may think of!
The deadline to submit a requested project is Aug. 1.
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MEET OUR NEWEST CHAMBER MEMBERS!
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Thank you to this month's renewing members!
We look forward to another great year with you! Thank you for your investment.
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• CFD Investments & Creative Financial Designs
Kokomo Jackrabbits Baseball
• Literacy Coalition of Kokomo-Howard County
• Y & S Massage
• The Gilead House Inc.
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• OmniSource Corporation
• Johnson Agency
• Century Villa Healthcare & Rehabilitation
• T-N-T Auto Sales and Services
• League of Women Voters Howard County Area
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Hacienda to celebrate
Shark Week July 28-Aug. 4
Hacienda will be celebrating Shark Week from July 28 to Aug. 4 with food and drink specials and fun events. Here’s what’s planned:
- All week: Adult beverage called the Shark Bite, $7.50; Little Shark Bite beverage for those under 21, $2.50; and a drawing for a trip to Martha's Vineyard where "Jaws" was filmed
- Sunday, July 28: Kids day with prizes and crafts
- Tuesday, July 30: Taco Tuesday will have $2 tacos a la carte for $2
- Friday, Aug. 2: Shark Bite party with first 10 guests to purchase an Adult Shark Bite will receive a free T-shirt
- Saturday, Aug. 3: Live entertainment
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Business System Solutions listed on Channel Futures rankings
Business System Solutions has been named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers on the prestigious 12th annual Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings.
"Having great clients contributes to our success," said Bill Ooms, President, Business System Solutions.
"We have focused on providing a great customer experience, business solutions using technology, and protecting our client’s valuable business information.
"We continue to provide new solutions to issues facing businesses today such as cyber security, compliance, cloud solutions, and streamlining our service and support processes."
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Coming soon to the Honeywell Center
TOTO, Oct. 12
TOTO celebrates its recent greatest hits album and 40 years together with an extensive worldwide tour. Fans will recognize their most popular singles including “Africa,” “Rosanna,” “Hold the Line,” “I’ll Supply the Love,” and “I Won’t Hold You Back.” Tickets are $39, $55 and $125.
CHAD PRATHER, Oct. 25
Chad Prather is a comedian, armchair philospher, musician, and observational humorist. Often referred to as “the modern day Will Rogers,” Prather is a fast-talking combination of Lewis Grizzard and Jeff Foxworthy. Fans will recognize his fast-talking, rapid fire rants from the front seat of his truck on pop culture, politics, and family life. For mature audiences. Tickets are $25, $35 and $100.
LIGHTWIRE THEATER, Dec. 20
Lightwire Theater is known for their electroluminescent artistry and poignant storytelling. All ages will enjoy the dazzling visuals and popular music that accompany the story of Max, whose adventures includes caroling worms, dancing poinsettias, Nutcracker soldiers, mischievous mice, and an evil Rat King. Tickets are $10, $18 and $35
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