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Mixer at The Head and Spine Pain Center!
April 5, 2017
The Head and Spine Pain Center
350 W. Main Street, Suite 101, Trappe
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

 
Join us as we celebrate the Grand Opening of The Head & Spine Pain Center!  Enjoy food and drink, tour the beautiful new space and celebrate the ribbon cutting with Mayor Connie Peck. 

Free for members! $10 non-member/guest


Golf Committee Kick off Meeting!
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April 11, 2017
PV Chamber Office
351 E. Main Street, Collegeville
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

 
This year's Annual PV Chamber Golf Outing will be held on Monday, June 12th at Spring Ford Country Club.  

The 2017 PV Chamber Golf Committee will host a 
kick-off planning meeting on Tuesday, April 11th at the PVCC office.  If you are interested in joining the committee or to RSVP for meeting, please contact Renee Blomstrom, 610-489-6660 or email renee@pvchamber.net

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Mixer at BounceU
April 26, 2017
BounceU
130 W. Main Street
Trappe Shopping Center, Trappe 
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

 
Join us for a fun-filled networking mixer and ribb on cutting ceremony at BounceU in Trappe.  BounceU is fun for all ages...attendees are welcome to try out the inflatable bounce houses!
 
Free for members! $10 non-member/guest


New Member Orientation
new member orientation
April 26, 2017
PV Chamber Office
351 E. Main Street Collegeville
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Cost: FREE!
 
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Learn all about the opportunities with the Chamber, meet with new and existing members and get tips for successful networking.  Let's get to know YOU!
 

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Business Owner Roundtable
roundtable
April 27, 2017
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Spring Ford Country Club
48 Country Club Road, Royersford
 
Join this interactive discussion and sharing of best practices among other business owners and decision makers.    
 
Cost: $25 per person 

5 Chamber Regional Event - Leadercast 
May 5, 2017
Morning Star Fellowship
100 Limekiln Rd, Bechtelsville, PA 19505
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Leadercast is a day long leadership development event, broadcast live via simulcast from Atlanta, GA, serving individuals and companies that want to become intentional about raising their standard of leadership.This year's theme, "Powered by Purpose," will give you the tools to allow you to define what drives and empowers you. You will discover what can happen when teams and individuals are connected with purpose, creating a strong organizational culture with intentional leadership that inspires extraordinary results.

This regional event is hosted by 5 regional chambers  - Tri County Area Chamber, Spring Ford Chamber, Phoenixville Regional Chamber, Perkiomen Valley Chamber and Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber. Members of any of the 5 Regional Chamber receive can purchase tickets at member pricing (save $25/ticket).  Additional discount for groups of 4+. 

 

 


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Thank you to Scillia Photography for capturing our 3rd Annual PV Stars gala held in February at RiverCrest Golf Club and Preserve!

  Visit the Stars photo gallery today! 

All current PV Chamber Members found in the Directory on  www.PVchamber.net

The following organizations joined the PV Chamber this Fiscal Year (beginning April 2016) and were added to our website and membership!








 
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EMPLOYMENT

Devon Financial Partners, hiring Financial Representative

Too many Americans retire without enough savings, run short of money for college, or leave loved ones financially vulnerable. As a Financial Representative at Devon Financial Partners, you'll have a career devoted to work that truly matters: helping people overcome these hurdles and guiding them toward financial independence.

We are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and who are passionate about helping people live a better financial life. If you're coming from a financial services background, we can help you take it to the next level. But, it doesn't matter to us what your background is, as long as you have the following qualities:

An entrepreneurial spirit
A track record of success
A passion for helping people
Self-motivated
Character and integrity

What Devon Financial Partners can do for you...

We provide the training, structure and support to help you to create financial security for your clients, while creating a better life for you and your family.

Email or call 610-293-8300 for more information

Agency of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, NY. Devon Financial Partners, LLC is not an affiliate or subsidiary of Guardian. 2016-25007 Exp. 6/18
Member News
Teeth Whitening Coupon from Lily Laser & Beauty
Spring forward with a new smile! Now through April 15th, Lily Laser & Beauty is offering $99 Teeth Whitening! Call Lily Laser & Beauty to book your appointment 610-489-6148. Details.

Lily Laser & Beauty, 15 West 4th Ave, Collegeville. Must present coupon for discount.  Coupon
 
Keller Williams presents New Listing  - Commercial or Residential
Kimberly Collins, Keller Williams Realty presents 365 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick.  This move in ready 2 bedroom updated single home is an ideal fit for owner/occupant or for your business! Contact Kimberly Collins for more information 610-792-5900.  Flyer

Pillars of Light and Love is a non-profit launched in 2015 by business owner Kathy Opperman. The main focus of the non-profit is Stress and Life Management for all ages. Our goal is to educate children, teens and adults to reduce stress, have strong self-esteem, overcome anxiety, build confidence, and achieve effective coping techniques, positive communication skills, and healthy relationships. 
To view a full list of upcoming workshops, click here.

Winter/Early Spring 2017 Community Education

If you want to get a jump start on planning some fun and exciting classes to kick off the New Year, now is the time! Click here to look at the PV Community Education brochure.   
We are pleased to remind you that registration can now be done online! Visit our Web Store by clicking here.
April 5 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

KINETIC PHYSICAL THERAPY presents  The Truth About Low Back Pain  Did you know the rate of back surgery in the United States is 40% higher than in any other country? We spend $86 billion each year on low back pain! In fact, the health care expenses for someone with low back pain are 60% higher than for someone without low back pain.

There are many myths and misconceptions that have contributed to low back pain becoming a modern day epidemic. These misbeliefs drive up health care costs and slow recovery. This is a large reason why episodes of chronic low back pain have tripled over the past 20 years!

Join Dr. Jason Elvin, PT, DPT, OCS and Kinetic Physical Therapy for an educational dinner and learn The Truth About Low Back Pain. Dr. Elvin has spoke both locally and nationally on the management of low back pain. During this event, Dr. Elvin will discuss the common myths surrounding low back pain as well as the key essentials to managing and preventing back pain.

To RSVP please call 610-831-5205 or email  jasone@kineticptpa.com
Admission is free. Dinner catered by  Collegeville Italian Bakery Pizzeria Napoletana

April 6 @ 6:30 pm

On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 6:30 PM, the Lower Providence Community Library will host, Successful Plant Selections, presented by Master Gardener, Karrie Hontz.

As you visit the tempting garden centers this spring, you'll need to know what to consider when selecting plants for your garden. Learn when to use annuals, perennials, and other ornamentals and how to choose from the vast selections we find in our region.

Karrie Hontz is a Master Gardener from the Penn State Cooperative Extension of Montgomery County. She has been a Master Gardener for more than 15 years, and lectures throughout the county on various horticultural topics. This program is free and open to the public. Registration requested.

Registration is requested. Please email bloewengart@mclinc.org, call 610-666-6640, ext. 25, or stop by the library circulation desk. The library is located at 50 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, PA 19403. Check out the library's website at www.lowerprovidencelibrary.org to see information about more great programs.

April 8 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Spring & Easter will soon be in the air! Sign up early to attend Pennypacker Mills Easter Workshop for Kids! We'll make four crafts that include a 3-D Easter card, dye eggs, a blue bird craft and more! Ages 5+, accompanied by an adult. Fee: $5/child. Refreshments served. By preregistration only, deadline March 4th. To register call the mansion at 610-287-9349!

April 8 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Spring PhotoPOP at LITTLE NEST PORTRAITS April showers bring Little Nest PhotoPOP + a Spring styled vignette. You will receive a 5×7 print + an image for social media sharing, complimentary to Heirloom members and $40 for all other guests. Call the studio to book 610-489-4304!

April 8 @ 9:00 am

Sign up for Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's annual Stream Clean-up on Saturday, April 8th, from 9am-12pm. Clean-up sites are located throughout the watershed, so it is easy to find a site that is convenient for you! If you have a canoe or row boat, several sites are in need of volunteers with boats! Or, if you have a pick-up truck, volunteer as a pick-up crew member to haul trash from the sites to the dumpsters from 1pm-4pm. To learn more and sign-up visit our website: https://www.perkiomenwatershed.org/stream-clean-up/.
April 9 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Muhlenberg Exhibit Public Opening

Sunday, April 9 from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Henry Muhlenberg House, 201 W. Main Street

Step inside the world of Lutheran minister Henry Muhlenberg in this special exhibition focusing on the year 1787, when Henry and his wife, Anna Maria, sold the house to their son Peter. Experience three generations living under one roof together with their indentured German and enslaved African servants. ADMISSION (MEMBERS FREE); PARKING AT ST. LUKE'S UCC.
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April 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

SCORE Tricounty presents Get Help with Excel - A Basics Workshop
This is a workshop on the basics of Microsoft Excel. Setting up a worksheet and file, entering data and how to use the menu and tool bar. Please bring a laptop (preferred) or tablet with the Excel program installed. WiFi is available and there will be volunteers present to help you during the class.

Topics Include:

Setting up and saving a worksheet
Page set up & print
Formatting Cells
Inserting rows and columns
Adjusting row height and column width
The Menu & Tools Bar
How to sum a column
Copying information
Questions? Please contact:

Tom Gosse, tom.SCORE.Pottstown@gmail.com or call 610-327-2673
April 13, 2017

On the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month THE GULAR TEAM - KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY will be partnering with local businesses and business owners to provide information and resources essential to home owners. Some examples include - insurance, interior decoration, refinancing & home equity, estate planning, home maintenance, etc. . .April 13 will present Attorney Ian Michener talking about Estate Planning: What Every Homeowner Needs to Know. Where: Keller Williams Realty Group, 2740 W. Ridge Pike, Suite 100 Audubon. Call 610-631-5000 for more info. 7:00 PM

April 13 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Atria Senior Living, The Landing of Collegeville offers a unique interactive experience as they present the Virtual Dementia Tour. Spend eight eye opening minutes seeing the world the way someone with dementia may see it for years, followed by a brief question and answer period. Don't miss and important opportunity to gain a better understanding of the impact of the memory impairment and how The Landing of Collegeville helps your clients living with dementia continue to live engaging and meaningful lives.

Space is limited, so please call 484-854-1600 to reserve a time slot.
April 15 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

A Purrfect CATurday! A day dediCATed to kitty cats!

This fun day will have a frenzy of feline activities including vendors on hand with samples, nutritional seminars, cat rescues, discounts on cat items and a chance to win cat themed raffle basket!

Join Maggie, Simba and PVPE for the fun! MEOW! 130 W. Main Street, Trappe
April 19 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Join the Ursinus College community in celebrating the achievement of its student artists. The Annual Student Exhibition showcases the work of art students and majors in the disciplines of painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation, mixed media and photography.

This opening reception is free and open to the public.

Special thanks to the Ursinus College Art and Art History Department faculty members David Aipperspach, Deborah Barkun and Cari Freno.

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, 601 E. Main St., Collegeville, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The museum is closed on Mondays. Admission to the Berman Museum is always free. It is accessible to visitors with disabilities.
April 21 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Ladies Night at The Empowering U Center Grab your friends and enjoy a special evening fundraiser for Pillars of Light and Love, focused on Relaxation and Empowerment for today's busy women. Bring the Beverage of Your Choice and get to sample our services in 15 minute private sessions including Massage, Life Coaching, Reiki, Relationship Coaching, Health Coaching, Biomat guided meditation and more to be announced. We will have vendors present who will donate a portion of their earnings to Pillars too, so bring your checkbook! Fee to attend is $35 per person and includes your choice of up to 3 sessions based on staff availability and on a first registered, first choice system. Seating is Limited to 25 guests. To register and select your 3 choices, you must call 484-854-1162 or send an email to Staff@PillarsOfLightAndLove.org to register your choices of services. Payment required in advance by April 10th via cash or check payable to Pillars of Light and Love and mailed to 511 W Main St, Trappe, PA 19426
April 22 @ 9:00 am

25th year of the Lenape Survival Challenge!!! This year marks the 25th running of the Challenge, and Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy is pulling out all of the stops! Runners can expect more adventure and more of the natural beauty that sets the Challenge apart from other races. Our race directors are poring over the maps figuring out new twists and turns.

Location: Start at PWC's Brownstone Barn

Check-in opens: 7:30 am
Event start: 9:00 am
Before race begins, participants will self-select for a start corral.

Lenape Challenge pre-registration required - deadline is April 16, 2017.
Must be 16 years of age on race day (with parental consent) or older to participate.
Canoes, paddles + life vests provided

Questions? Please call 610 287 9383.

For additional details and registration Click HERE!
April 24 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Memoir Writing Workshop: Getting to the Heart of Your Story

The Lower Providence Community Library will host a Memoir Writing Workshop presented by author, journalist and experienced book editor Susan G. Weidener. The workshops will be held on 4 consecutive Mondays; April 24, May 1, 8 & 15 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM.

How do we find the stories in our lives? How do we discover meaning in those stories? And what are good strategies to write about them? Whether you have a work-in-progress memoir or are just starting your memoir journey, this four-week class, using writing prompts, discussion and instruction in memoir, will help you get to the heart of your story. This workshop is suitable for writers of all levels and experience.

Susan G. Weidener received her BA in Literature from American University and her MS in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She joined the staff of
The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1991 and worked as a reporter in the Inquirer's suburban bureau until 2007. Susan started the Women's Writing Circle, a critique and support group for writers in suburban Philadelphia. She is the author of two bestselling memoirs, Again in a Heartbeat, a memoir of love, loss and dating again and its sequel, Morning at Wellington Square. Her debut novel, A Portrait of Love and Honor, based on her late husband's memoir, takes the reader from the halls of the United States Military Academy at West Point during the Vietnam War to an inspiring love story between two people destined to meet. Susan offers writing workshops and talks on memoir and has appeared as guest speaker at universities and libraries throughout the Philadelphia region.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Please email bloewengart@mclinc.org, call 610-666-6640, ext. 25, or stop by the library circulation desk. The library is located at 50 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, PA 19403. Check out the library's website at www.lowerprovidencelibrary.org to see information about more great programs.
April 26 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

4th Annual Shred Event - Free to Community! Kalejta Financial Management, Lowe & Associates, and Union Home Mortgage have partnered together to host our 4th Annual Shred Day Event. Community is welcome to join us for this FREE EVENT! Join us for food and drinks as we celebrate the close of another tax season together. Shredding provided by Shred One Security and everything is done on site! Registration suggested but not required at www.kalejta.com/event/ or call 610-831-2195.
April 27, 2017

On the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month THE GULAR TEAM - KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY  will be partnering with local businesses and business owners to provide information and resources essential to home owners. Some examples include - insurance, interior decoration, refinancing & home equity, estate planning, home maintenance, etc. . . April 27 will present Brian Murphy of
HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS BANK to talk about refinancing . Where: Keller Williams Realty Group, 2740 W. Ridge Pike, Suite 100 Audubon. Call 610-631-5000 for more info. 7:00 PM

April 29 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Pennypacker Mills invites you to meet their bee keeper, Scott Famous, and discover how bees make honey and how the hive works; also see a live hive! Scott is an Executive Board Member of the Montgomery County Bee Keepers Association of Pennsylvania, provides mentoring, informational presentations, and outreach for the preservation of pollinators and pollinator resources. He has been a bee keeper since 2002. All ages, located in the Classroom Bldg. http://www.montcopa.org/pennypackermills T: 610-287-9349

Why not stay for a guided tour of the Pennypacker mansion afterward. Saturday hours: 10 am to 4 pm, last tour at 3 pm. FREE, suggested donation $2/person.

April 29 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

BabyGram Weekend at LITTLE NEST PORTRAITS 10AM - 1PM Pregnant and looking to be pampered? LITTLE NEST PORTRAITS invite you to Pop into the studio for some relaxation, mocktails and of course a photograph of your beautiful bump! This special day of indulgence is complimentary, as we believe that every expectant mama deserves some pampering. And we may even have some surprises in store...171 Market Street Collegeville

April 29 @ 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Craft and Vendor Fair featuring jewelry, clothing, baked goods, home decor, etc. Shop for Mother's Day or graduation gifts or treat yourself! Special attractions commemorating the 300th Anniversary of Trappe. Proceeds benefit missionaries and programs in Tanzania. Supported by Thrivent. Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 W. Main Street Trappe, 19426

April 29 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Spring Turkey DinnerTurkey dinner with all the fixings served family style. Take-outs available from 4 to 6 pm. Call to reserve tickets although some tickets will be available at the door. Special attraction commemorating the 300th Anniversary of Trappe. Proceeds benefit missionaries and children's programs and educational programs in Tanzania. Supported by Thrivent. Augustus Lutheran Church
717 W. Main Street Trappe, 19426

April 30, 2017

Mom's House of Phoenixville  Rainbow Walk/Run 2017

Looking for an opportunity to get colorful ? On Sunday April 30, 2017 the Phoenixville Area High School Youth & Philanthropy class (Phuture for Kids) is hosting a Rainbow Walk/Run as a fundraiser to support Mom's House.

10 a.m. (registration opens at 8:30)

Where
Phoenixville Area High School
1200 Gay St.
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Cost
$25 adult, $20 (student with id)
$100-Group rate (5 entries)

Course is approximately 3.1 miles, with several "Color Splash" stations along the route. Costumes and goggles encouraged. Prize awarded for most creative costume. One mile Walking Route available.

T-shirts for all pre-registered (by 4/21/17) and while they last on race day
Water and snacks provided
Kona Ice on site for purchase
Registration and start/finish at the Shed by the track.
For more information or to register visit Mom's House.

May 1 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Phoenixville Hospital's  Healthy Woman 10th Anniversary Celebration
Chick Wit: Balancing Life Without Losing Your Sense of Humor
Please join us for the Healthy Woman 10th Anniversary Celebration on May 1, 2017 at Rivercrest Golf Club featuring a health expo, dinner, and keynote presentation by Lisa Scottoline.
Fee: $50 (includes expo, dinner, speaker and book)
Health Expo: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Dinner: 6:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: 7:00 pm
Please register your group together for reserved seating.
We expect this event to sell out so please register early!
To register and for more information visit  HERE.

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