2025 Sponsorship & Volunteer Opportunities

We have our major events up on the Chamber Calendar of Events, and hope you will add them to your calendar to join us!

You can find all of the dates and Sponsorship & Volunteer Opportunities HERE and on the Chamber Calendar of Events!

Stay tuned ~ we are still in the planning stages of the Leadership Series with Madison College, and monthly Lunch & Learns, Networking events and some new celebrations in the works for 2025!

2025 Community Guide

We are starting to work on the 2025 Community Guide and want to make sure your information is correctly listed.

Please go to the Member Information Center and update any changes in location and your contact information!

Thank you!

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State of the Chamber & Our Communities

Save the Date: Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

Join us for the annual State of the Chamber and Our Communities Breakfast on Tuesday, March 11th, at the Comfort Inn & Suites, DeForest from 7:30am to 9:30am. 

We will introduce our 2025 Chamber Board of Directors, recap 2024, and highlight events and opportunities in 2025. 

In addition, the Village Presidents, Jane Cahill-Wolfgram and Bob Wipperfurth, will present 2024 Village highlights and plans for 2025 and how these will impact our communities and businesses. 

Superintendent, Rebecca Toetz, will present on the DeForest Area School District.

Throughout the presentations we will present our 2024 Chamber Awards for:

Chamber Member of the Year

Non-Profit of the Year

Volunteer of the Year

New Venture of the Year

Most Distinguished Business

We look forward to seeing you there!

Register HERE

Corporate Transparency Act Update

Quick update, the Corporate Transparency Act has been blocked by a federal court. Two major key takeaways are:

• No Immediate Filing Obligations: Thanks to this latest development, Reporting Companies are not currently required to submit beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports. This includes the initial reports for entities formed before January 1, 2024, that were due by January 13, 2025.
• Voluntary Submissions: While not mandatory, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has indicated that companies may opt to submit BOI reports voluntarily if they choose.

Read More HERE

DECA Judges Needed!

You are invited to serve as a volunteer judge at the DECA District Career Development Conference on Saturday, January 11th, 2025 at DeForest Area High School. Volunteer judges assist in the professional growth of high school business and marketing students by conducting mock interviews of the students.

If you would like to serve as a volunteer judge for the conference, you can  

Click Here For More Information.

Badger Honor Flight Fundraiser

Saturday, February 22nd, 2025

On Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, Rude’s Lanes will be hosting a Fundraising Event for Badger Honor Flight.

Badger Honor Flight's mission is to provide a "trip of a lifetime" for WWII, Korean War, the Vietnam Era Veterans. They are taken to Washington DC to view the monuments erected in their honor and provide them a well deserved welcome home at the end of the day. All at no cost to them.  

More information on Badger Honor Flight can be found at BadgerHonorFlight.org.

The Fundraising Event will be filled with FUN, FOOD, BOWLING, RAFFLES, and SPECIAL EVENTS!

We are reaching out to businesses and sponsors in the area for any sort of donation you may be able to provide. Whether it be an item for the gift bags each bowler will receive with your company logo, a basket of goodies we can place in the Raffle area or even just a donation to help offset the cost of putting on the event. Anything you can do is greatly appreciated.

Donations can be dropped off at Rudes Lanes, 210 E. Holum St. in DeForest 

Receipts are available for your donation upon request.

Print Bowling Registration Here



Community Partnership Opportunity with the DeForest Area School District

The DeForest Area School District (DASD) has an exciting opportunity for local businesses and organizations to collaborate with Harvest Intermediate School.

Starting this academic year, all fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students will be participating in an Academic and Career Planning course. The teacher, Ms. Rachel Steward, would like to involve representatives from our local community partnerships to provide real-world insights and applications of the course concepts.

We are looking for at least 12 local businesses who would be willing to commit to engaging with our students. This commitment would involve speaking to one grade level of students, delivering the same talk four times. This engagement will not only benefit our students by offering them practical perspectives on various career paths but also provide our valuable partnerships with an opportunity to meaningfully engage with our educational community.

If this opportunity interests you, please to reach out to Ms. Steward directly, rsteward@deforestschools.org. She would be happy to provide more details and discuss potential topics for these sessions.

Thank you for considering this partnership opportunity. We look forward to the possibility of working together for the benefit of our students at Harvest Intermediate School.