Miami Area Chamber of Commerce
Monday Morning Memo

 Chamber E-Newsletter 

July 20, 2015
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Premier Baseball is coming this week!  This is a great opportunity to shine for the visiting families.  They will be staying in our hotels, eating at our restaurants, and shopping in our stores.  Please make them feel welcome!

 

Please check out the Chamber's new webpage?  Go to 

miamiokchamber.com

 

 

Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 1.  The Elk's Lodge is hosting their Smokin on Rt. 66 BBQ Challenge.  It will be a great opportunity to taste some great BBQ and raise money for a wonderful cause.

 

 

Have a great week!

Michele

 

"Alone we can do so little, but together we can do so much."

Helen Keller
  
 Don't Miss This:   


Project Pride
Subway 
Thursday, July 23, 2pm
700 E. Steve Owens Blvd



11th Annual Back to School Fair
Tuesday, August 4
9am to Noon
First Christian Church
Volunteers and Donations are Needed.  Please help.


Miami Elks Lodge Smokin on Rt. 66 KCBS BBQ Championship
August 1
Miami Fair Grounds
Taster's Choice begins at 2pm
All proceeds benefit the Miami Public Schools Back Pack Program.


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Miami Area Chamber of Commerce

111 N. Main
Miami, OK  74354
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2015 Chamber Board

 


 

Jeff Brown - Chair

Eddie Munson - Vice Chair 

Treasurer - Jodi Hayes

Mary Booth- Past Chair 

  


 

Mike Addington

Debbie Fry

  Pastor Rick Longcrier 

Debbie Pollard

Josh Catt

Eddie Munson

Kim Folks

Debbie Jurgensmeyer

Heather Lillard

Zeb Neece

 

 

Any of these board members would be happy to answer any questions or concerns related to the Miami Area Chamber.


 


 
The Suitcase Project
 
Help support children placed in foster care by donating a new or nearly new suitcase. 
  
Call Teresa Karliskint at 918-533-2656.  She will pick-up donated suitcases and deliver them to the Ottawa County Foster Care Unit.


Premier Baseball 
is Coming to  NE Oklahoma This Week

If your business or organization has a sign, please consider putting "Welcome Premier Baseball" out for our guests.  

 

Games will be played at Mantle field in Commerce, NEO field and Joe Pollock field in Miami.  Games start at Commerce and NEO on Wednesday and Joe Pollock on Thursday.   41 games will be played between the 3 fields from Wednesday through Saturday.  Final games are played on Sunday in Joplin. 

 

In the past, we have experienced great crowds for lunch and dinner in Miami.  If you are a dining partner, you might want to consider staffing and inventory this weekend.  I would also recommend taking menus out to the hotels promoting any specials you have active.  We have 255 room nights confirmed at the Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express beginning Tuesday through Sunday. 

 

CVB staff will be tracking revenues for this event so please keep that in mind as we call around next week for percentage increases or new revenues reports. 

 

If you have any questions or run into any issues for this event, please contact Amanda Davis at 918-533-2257.

 




 What a great event!  Thanks to everyone who helped organize and participated in the run.


 



Midwest Tax Ribbon Cutting
Celebrating 3 years in business and their new location at 3 S. Main Street  



Tuesday, August 4
9am to Noon
First Christian Church

Help is needed!  Please consider one or more of the following ways you can show support.

  • Volunteer-We need a multitude of volunteers to make this project run smoothly.   You can volunteer for the entire day or pick whatever fits into your time schedule. Please list what area you would like to help with. The areas that you could help with are:
Aug 3rd -Setting up of the tables and supplies
Aug 4th-Passing out supplies, crowd control, breaking down boxes, clean up, etc.
  • Donations-We need lots of donations to make this project a SUCCESS!!  Monetary or school supply donations would be greatly appreciated.  An example of what other agencies have done in the past is purchasing crayons and placing an address label on the box advertising where the item was donated.  Another example is purchasing pencils/pens with a printed logo.

 

Kathy sets up a resource fair each year.  The resource fair is set up so that each person that attends the fair walks by your booth.  Some vendors give away items at their booth but mainly designed to provide information on services that are offered to families. 

 

  • First Baptist Church - 24 A SW Miami  918-542-1691

Clothing donations, children sizes only, can be dropped off at the church to assist our families with providing clothing to their children before school starts.  It is crucial for students to start school with new or gently used clothes.

 

 

If you have questions, would like to volunteer, or make some type of donation please feel free to contact any of the School Based Social Workers that are listed below:

Peyton Westmoreland-918-919-2904; [email protected]

Janet Atwell- 918-919-9109; [email protected]

Dana Giles-918-919-9126;   [email protected]

Miranda Vanatta-918-919-9142; [email protected]

Tiffany Rowe-918-919-9226; [email protected]





For the Week of 
July 20, 2015
Scurlock Industries
Scurlock Industries, a manufacturer of precast concrete drainage products with offices in North Miami, OK; Fayetteville and Jonesboro AR; and Springfield, MO is the recipient of this week's Business Spotlight Award. The company was established in 1953 in Jonesboro. The local facility is located at 600 Newman Road. The Miami Area Chamber of Commerce, MAEDS, Sunkissed Floral and the Miami News-Record are pleased to showcase our area retailers, businesses and manufacturers. Pictured are Jimmy Campbell, Jacob Seigel and Staci Price.




Call Shelly Brewer at 918-541-0424 for more information.





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