Please help us welcome our newest members, S&C Contracting, Inc. and Lake Raystown Resort, Lodge & Conference Center!

South Africa Trip

Below is information about our South Africa Trip for September 13-20, 2020. The cost is $4,487 (double occupancy) air and land. The early booking deadline to save $100 per person is November 29, 2019. If interested, please contact Donna Smith at Kish Travel at (814) 643-5240 or [email protected].

4 Steps to More Exciting (and Productive) Meetings

If you host regularly scheduled meetings or events (like a weekly review) in your business, you may not even realize how detrimental they are to the productivity of your team.

According to the National Statistics Council, about 37 percent of employee time is spent in meetings for the average employee. You may also be surprised to hear that nearly half of employees (47 percent) believe that too many meetings are the biggest waste of time on any day - more than social media or email distractions. That number may be higher in your business if you employ members of Gen Y and Gen X who have little interest in face-time exchanges that could be accomplished through technology.

So if you find that your status meeting consists of everyone reading their part from a spreadsheet, it's likely time you change it up.

If this is news to you, don't worry. There's a lot that can be done about it.

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Rockin' the Runway

On September 14, we rocked the runway with Backlash and then Bon Journey! We'd like to thank our sponsors, they are:

SPE Federal Credit Union

Seven Mountains Media

Fairfield Inn & Suites

Simone Family Chiropractic

Walkin' the Dog

Annual Awards Gala

Our 2019 Annual Awards Gala will be on Tuesday, October 8 at the Huntingdon Country Club. The Reception will begin at 5:30 and dinner will begin at 6:00. This year we are honoring eight businesses/individuals in our community.

We'd like to thank our current sponsors, they are:

Premier Sponsors - SPE Federal Credit Union & Mutual Benefit Group, Bumgardner & Flasher Oil, Inc.

Gold Sponsors - Juniata College, Bonney Forge Corp., ACCO Brands & Kish Bank

Silver Sponsors - Terrace Mountain Lodge & Hawn's Bridge Recreation Area, FirstEnergy Corp, CBT Bank, Community State Bank of Orbisonia, Senator Jake Corman, Valley Rural Electric, F&M Trust & Keller Engineers

Centerpiece Sponsor - Cricket Wireless at One-Stop

Patron Sponsors - Hoss's Steak & Sea House & First National Bank

We would also like to thank our Award Sponsors, they are:

David K. Goodman Jr. Community Service Award Sponsor - Huntingdon Elks Lodge #976

Business of the Year Award Sponsor - Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Customer Service Award Sponsor - Bonney Forge Corp.

Educator of the Year Award Sponsors - Juniata College, AristaCare at Huntingdon Park & AristaCare at Woodland Park

Entrepreneurial Success Award Sponsor - Highmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Volunteer of the Year Award Sponsor - SPE Federal Credit Union

ATHENA Award Sponsors - Bumgardner & Flasher Oil, FirstEnergy Corp, Grier School, Headline Marketing & Communications, Huntingdon Area School District, Huntingdon Dance Academy, Lincoln Caverns, Inc. and Whisper Rocks, MJEM's Photos, TEAM Chevrolet, Buick, GMC & World Marketing of America.

Why Do You Shop Locally?

We are doing an article about shopping locally for the November issue of Generations Magazine. Can you tell us why you shop locally? Also, what are you doing special for this holiday season to bring customers to you? Please email your responses to Yvonne at [email protected] no later than Monday, September 30.

Generations Magazine Advertising Discount

The Chamber has partnered with Generations Magazine to offer members discounted advertising. The deadline to secure your advertising space is September 30. If you're interested, contact Deanna Weaverling at (814) 285-1235.

The next issue of Generations Magazine publishes on November 10th featuring unique editorial, design, and specialty paper stock that promises a minimum of 6 month shelf-life. Generations' distribution includes retail and specialty shops, healthcare and financial facilities, libraries and living communities, restaurants and grocery stores, salons and spas, at events and consumers shows, inserted in a full circulation run of the Altoona Mirror, and to an ever-growing direct mail list of physical and digital subscribers.

As an advertiser you receive:

Choice of a variety of ad sizes with several price options

Free ad design or choice of submitting your own camera-ready artwork

Free matching editorial space that you provide or have our in-house writers produce

Promotional posts of your ad and editorial on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Your ad and editorial featured on the Generations' website page including a blog-style post and link to your website

Your editorial promoted in email newsletters

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