Important Chamber Updates

MAY 11
State of the Village
Luncheon and Mini-Expo
Holiday Inn & Suites
11:30-1:15

MAY 19
Multi-chamber After Hours
Balance Family Chiropractic
5:30-7:30pm

SAVE THE DATE:

GOLF OUTING

JULY 28 @ Klein Creek

ELECTIONS & VOTING

The Carol Stream Chamber Elections are being held. Each member has one Primary Representative who received an email with a Ballot/Survey using Constant Contact.

Deadline for voting is April 8th.

There are five director seats open and five nominees have stepped forward.

Running for Chamber Board seats are:

Tracy Conn/Joe Cotton Ford

Amit Mehta/TechVoo

Peter Pell/Holiday Inn & Suites

Shirley Swanson/Essential Bodywear

Tammie Trombetta/Starbucks

We thank all who are voting and those who have stepped forward to join the Chamber Board.

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Dear Chamber Members,

This monthly eNewsletter supplements our quarterly printed edition and is designed to keep you current with chamber events and opportunities.

Touch your iPhones, fire up your tablets, or take out your day planner and enter these events. If you know someone who would benefit from our organization, feel free to forward this to them.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RENEWALS!!

NETWORKING IN THE MORNING - 4/5/16

Chamber members and associates will gather Tuesday morning, April 5th, before most offices are open to increase visibility and network with others. We are being hosted by our friends at West Suburban Bank. Come on over and see the new way introductions are done, and have a chance to win the eNewsletter Spotlight. Join us...

NETWORKING + RECOGNITION APRIL 13

Each year we are required to hold an Annual Meeting. We are not required, however, for it to last more than 15 minutes, so we will accomplish that and more at our April 13th meeting at the Holiday Inn & Suites.

You will have a chance to network and also help celebrate with businesses that have been members of the chamber for 10 years or 20 years. They are:

20 YEARS:

Glenbard North High School

Hilton Indian Lakes Resort

Investor$ Real Estate

Klein Creek Golf Club

Rotary Club of Carol Stream

Sunrise Chevrolet

Village Tavern & Grill

10 YEARS:

Borter Heating & A/C Co. Inc

Fortuna Baking Company
Humanitarian Service Project
Jubilee Furniture Co.
Mapleberry Pancake House
Massage Clinique Wellness Center
Our Savior Lutheran Church
People's Resource Center
RoccoVino's Italian Restaurant
Rosie O'Reilly's
Superstar Karate
The Home Depot
Wheaton Christian Center Church
Wing Stop

The A Capella singers from Glenbard North -- the Goldtones -- will sing for us, too. We hope you'll join us - Sign up here ...

RIBBON CUTTING APRIL 19th

We welcome new chamber member Mario's Pit Stop, a restaurant with Italian and Mexican specialties.

We will celebrate with new owners Anita and Mario Oritz. They are just north of North Avenue on the west side of Gary Avenue.

I hope you'll be available to taste their delicious food at the Ribbon Cutting on Tuesday, April 19th, 11:30am.

REGISTER HERE

AFTER HOURS AT ROSIE O'REILLY'S

Our April After Hours will be just south of the border...south of the Carol Stream border into Wheaton. Join us on April 21st at 5:30pm at Rosie O'Reilly's (long ago it was known as The Gables) for two hours of networking...no charge. Bring a friend or associate. Maybe you'll win the eNewsletter Spotlight! Someone will.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS NEWS

We are planning the April 27th Multi-chamber WIB "Tables of Interest" already. This is a Progressive luncheon where you will move from table to table -- not by assigned numbers, but rather by YOUR interests. We will update you with the table themes when we get closer, but meanwhile, if you don't want to miss it, you can sign up here...

HAVE YOU UPDATED YOUR CHAMBERMASTER PROFILE?

ChamberMaster is a great tool for you to be familiar with. Each of our chamber members have a profile which comes through our website and is searchable by the public.

Inside of the member portal -- www.chamberlogin.com -- is your member profile. To maximize your membership, visit one or more of these helpful videos:

Updating Your Company Profile
Updating your Personal Profile
Paying Bills Online
How to Submit a Job Posting

With the new Directory in the works, it's extremely important for you to double-check that your info is up-to-date and complete.

Let us know if you need your login and password.

ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Carol Stream Chamber will be held at the Holiday Inn & Suites, Carol Stream, on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 12:00 Noon to receive, consider, and act upon reports of the Board of Directors and officers, and for the transactions of such business as may come before the meeting.

- Ann Kennedy, Board Secretary

FUNDRAISER FOR SCHOLARSHIPS - CS CHAMBER FOUNDATION

The Carol Stream Chamber Foundation is a 501(C)3 created to allow donors to benefit from tax deductions allowed by the law. Each Spring, the Scholarship Committee interviews candidates who apply for college scholarships.

In order to help our local students, the Foundation has set up a series of fundraisers during 2016. We thank Culver's in Carol Stream for allowing us to hol d a benefit day in February. The second one will be held at Village Tavern & Grill on May 18th and 25th. If you would like to help, you can dine in and must bring this flyer so that the organization will receive a percentage of the profits.

-> Watch for the blue & white Collection cans at our lunches and our events, where you are invited to drop some change or more to add towards this scholarship effort.

We also thank everyone who has made a donation on their renewal invoices. Thank you!

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Thank you for taking the time to read these updates from the chamber. Be sure to forward this to a business associate who could benefit from chamber membership.

Sincerely,

Luanne Newman, ACE Executive Director

Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce

o: 630.665.3325

info@carolstreamchamber.com

JOHN DABROWSKI OF BLOOMINGDALE TOWNSHIP

IS THE WINNER OF THIS MONTH'S eNEWSLETTER SPOTLIGHT

The Bloomingdale Township Accessor's Office is at
6N050 Rosedale Rd, Bloomingdale and you can reach John at 630.529.6927.

and you can visit his website here.

" Elected official responsible for identifying all real estate parcels in the township, appraising them, and assisting property owners in securing eligible exemptions.

John won this Spotlight because she attended the Pilot Ribbon Cutting on March 14th. Will YOU be the next winner??


ANDREA CALABRESE OF HANMI BANK IS THE WINNER OF THIS MONTH'S eNEWSLETTER SPOTLIGHT Andrea can be reached at 1275 County Farm Road, Carol Stream 630.480.5130 and you can visit her website here. "Full service locally managed community bank. " Andrea won this Spotlight because she attended the After Hours at Eaglewood Resort & Spa on March 16th. Will YOU be the next winner??