MAY 2020 CHAMBER NEWSLETTER
Remember - Our May RG Chamber Luncheon/Meeting was CANCELLED.
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS & RENEWAL!
Call The Gutter Guys
Derrick Monroe
8010 Hwy 55 Rockford MN 55373
612-314-6770
The Derrick Monroe Group
Derrick Monroe
8010 Hwy 55 Rockford MN 55373
612-282-7653
Overhead Door of Northland
John Zimmerman
612-363-6526
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We hope this finds everyone in our Rockford/Greenfield community safe and well. We are still hoping to be your first choice for all of your vehicle repair and maintenance needs. We would like to thank everyone that has been coming in during the “Stay at Home” order and look forward to seeing even more of you when the order is lifted. We are and will continue to follow all of the CDC’s “best practices” for our facility with our no contact auto service.
West Hennepin Auto & Tire
Tim, Scott and Crew
7555 69th Ave North
Rockford, MN 55373
763-479-6395
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Spring Savings
Up to a $200 rebate from Overhead Door Brand Doors.
- Local – John Zimmerman – Rockford-Greenfield Chamber Member for over 2 years – live right here in Rockford.
- Trusted – Overhead Door Brand has been making doors since 1921 and Overhead Door of the Northland has been in business in the Metro Area for over 26 years
- Installers – we have 11 of our own installers who live right in the 5 county metro area and all of them are background checked and drug tested every year. Least experienced install has 5 years of installation experience.
- We have a door design for every home and for every budget.
Call John Zimmerman at 612-363-6526
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Couldn’t we all use a little good news right now? Just because we had to postpone Thousand Hearts Crow River Serve Day ( Re-scheduled possibly to September 26) doesn’t mean that good things can’t still happen!
*Some outdoor projects will still be completed with social distancing rules in place.
*A senior lawn will still get a Spring Clean Up.
*Ames-Florida-Stork House will still have grounds work done.
*MOPS will still prepare food for summer Lunch Box Express meals.
*A group of kids are writing cards and sending artwork to seniors.
*Community Gardens at Our Father’s are all adopted except for one.
The Red Cross Blood Drive is still being held on Saturday, May 16 from 9:00am to 2:00pm at Our Father’s Lutheran Church and we are about to reach a record goal of 42 units!
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
Site: Our Fathers Lutheran Church
Address: 3903 Gilbert Ave SE, Rockford, MN, 55373
Room Name: Fellowship Hall
Date: Sat May 16, 2020
Time: 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!
Currently, the need for blood is critical and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program! Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App on the
App Store
,
Google Play
or text BLOODAPP to 90999. Schedule appointments, get rewards and invite friends to join you on a lifesaving team.
And the BEST Good News - We have a Community full of big hearts for volunteering and .... SPRING is coming!
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The eighth annual Rockford Middle School Center for Environmental Studies (RMS-CES) Career Fair will be held online this year.
We are creating a website filled with different careers, and we're asking for your help! To join our online career fair, please fill out the form with information about your career, and if you feel comfortable, upload an image and video of yourself! Students will be using the website during the week of May 18th.
Any questions, please contact Jamie.
Jamie Madson
Curriculum Integration Specialist
Deep Portage Coordinator
Rockford Middle School-Center for Environmental Studies
6051 Ash Street, MN 55373
763-477-5831 ext:2301 Fax: 763-477-5832
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April 28, 2020
What strange days we are living through now. We have new phrases - social distancing and sheltering in place. All through the Bible, Old and New Testaments, the Lord uses natural events - wars, plagues, diseases, famines, economic crashes, persecution and displacement (the biblical word is - diaspora). He does not always send them, but He uses them to accomplish His purposes, and to remind us that He is in charge.
Like us, we are seeing the Lord using even this current pandemic. It is restoring care for our neighbor. It is humbling us, and entire nations as economies sink into recessions. It is causing people to be less self-centered, and think about those around us instead of being self-absorbed.It is humbling us - turning us to call upon the Lord and trusting in Him, rather than living as if we are self-sufficient.
In this time of crises, our trust in God will strengthen our hope for the future knowing that God is in control. One of the things we believers can look forward to is who God is to us, and who we are in Him. It is very important to remember this, and call upon God for help. The word of God tells us that
“He will never leave us or forsake us”
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CHOOSING TO BE BRAVE
Click this link to read more.
https://choosethisday.blog/2020/04/20/choosing-to-be-brave/
Youth With A Mission / Kids Against Hunger
763-477-6777 ext 224 YWAM
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Announcing new tools to help businesses promote safe work environments
Commissioner Steve Grove
Health experts around the world will tell you that one of the most important aspects of workplace safety during a pandemic is careful and effective health screening of employees. That’s why in Executive Order 20-40, the Governor requires all non-critical businesses coming back into workplace environments to engage in proper health screenings each day.
Now, thanks to a unique collaboration between Target Corp, Minnesota IT Services, and the Minnesota Safety Council – Minnesota businesses have a digital tool that can make those screenings even more effective.
The
MN Symptom Screener
is a new web-based tool that allows businesses to enter non-personal health information to help make a determination about someone entering their facility. MN Symptom Screener uses a few simple questions and also provides the option to record a daily temperature check.
By aggregating and synthesizing this anonymous data, the MN Symptom Screener tool provides organizations with a daily snapshot of the health indicators of people about to enter the workplace. And, through this unique partnership, we are making the tool available at no cost to businesses and organizations statewide.
In addition, Target is making a number of no-touch infrared forehead thermometers available to Minnesota businesses at cost.
While temperature checks are not required as part of health screenings, it is a highly recommend practice and we are especially grateful to the team at Target for stepping up to help other businesses in Minnesota protect the health and safety of their workers. Businesses that are interested in purchasing an infrared thermometer can get started
here
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A few important things to know about MN Symptom Screener:
- Businesses and organizations need to register online to be able to use the tool. Designate a Gmail (Google Email) account for using the tool and get started at minnesotasafetycouncil.org.
- MN Symptom Screener is not meant to be used by individuals to assess their own health.
- The MN Symptom Screener focuses on protecting privacy. Each business or organization owns its own data, and they are not required to share it with the state of Minnesota or with anyone else.
- All individual data is anonymous – the tool is not set up for anyone to be able to track an individual employee, visitor, or customer’s health data.
- Use of the MN Symptom Screener and any corresponding temperature checks are voluntary, however, we know temperature and various symptoms are key pieces of health information we can use to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Commissioner Tarek Tomes and the team at Minnesota IT Services have worked tirelessly with our partners at Target and the Minnesota Safety Council to ensure this tool is a useful resource for businesses and organizations.
As we continue listening to businesses and making plans to safely return more Minnesotans to work, one thing that we’ve heard loud and clear is that these types of tools and resources are critical to protecting their workers.
We’re fortunate that here in Minnesota, our strong history of public-private partnerships continues to fuel innovation, slow the spread of COVID-19, and protect the health and safety of us all.
To purchase an infrared thermometer, businesses can create an account and get started on Target’s page
here
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Once again
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The Rockford-Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce
cares about our members!
Please let us know how the Chamber can help inform the community which
members are still open, what struggles you are facing, and changes to your hours, openings, etc. to name a few.
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Rockford-Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors:
The Chamber is a voluntary organization of people with business, professional, and educational interests working together towards enhancing and improving the economic, civic, and cultural interests of our communities.
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