The Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce exists to promote a healthy business climate through leadership, communication, and education for its member’s in the greater Skowhegan area.
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Welcome to the New Members
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Christ the King Parish
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As committed followers of Jesus Christ, we strive to serve the greater community through worship, ministry and hospitality.
Contact them for more information by visiting them online
here
, or stopping by the church located at 273 Water Street, Skowhegan.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 5:30 P.M. - 7 P.M. Location: Maja's , 75 Water Street, Skowhegan
Enjoy networking in a fun and relaxed environment at Business After Hours. These evening receptions are a great place to meet fellow professionals.
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February 20, 2018 at 1 PM - 2 PM
5 Tips to Make Your Restaurant's Social Media Appetizing
February 21, 2018 at 5:30 P.M. - 7 P.M.
Business After Hours
February 22, 2018 at 1 PM - 2 PM
5 Shortcuts to Small Business Success
February 26, 2018
at 7 AM - 8 AM
Speakers Tank
February 27, 2018 at 4 PM - 5 PM
How the New Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impacts Your Small Business
Find more, and stay up to
date
here
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F.A.B. Fair
Saturday, March 3, 2018
10am – 2pm
T & B Celebration Center
414 Madison Avenue, Skowhegan, Maine 04976
The show that everyone is talking about. What makes it so special? Local businesses showcasing local products and creating local demand. Come meet the capital area's business community—explore, make connections and learn more about what makes this area so unique. This event is a terrific opportunity to build your business. Get out of the office and get up to speed on topics from technology to marketing. You can network with prospects and compare hundreds of the latest products, services, and companies committed to helping your business grow. The business world is moving fast,
embrace the opportunities at the Skowhegan Area’s Chamber's Business Fair. Find the registration paperwork
here
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Sign up today to save your spot
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We are looking for someone that is willing to host in March. Please contact us
today if your business is interested. It is a great opportunity to showcase your business.
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We are reaching our to you our valued members and asking if you would consider becoming a sponsor of the Skowhegan Area Chamber this year, Please find attached the sponsorship opportunities
here. If you do not see a sponsorship level that meets your needs we will work with you to create a custom sponsorship that fits your needs, We invite you to reach out to us
here for how we can work with you for all of your needs.
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We are hosting, for the fourth year, a Reading and Discussion Group, and we hope you will join us! This exciting venture is sponsored and facilitated by the Maine Humanities Council in partnership with Family Violence Project. We hope that you will join with us - It would be wonderful to have your perspective in the group.
The reading and discussion group is for a range of professionals in our community who may have different jobs but who all care for domestic violence survivors in some manner, either directly or indirectly. Since it supports us, it also serves the survivors we care for.
It is offered in partnership with the Maine Humanities Council (MHC), an independent, state-wide, nonprofit organization. Our group is based on the MHC award winning program for health care professionals called
Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care
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offered across Maine that was recognized as an exemplary humanities based program at the White House in 2011.
This is an opportunity to dig into pervasive social and cultural dis-ease (oppression and violence) and to celebrate stories of lived experiences and survival through a literary lens. We do this in a comfortable group setting of our coworkers and community partners, with a knowledgeable and familiar facilitator, Susan Beegel.
We will meet on four Monday afternoons: March 19, April 23, May 21, and June 18 from 3:00-5:00pm at the Family Violence Project conference room, 83 Western Avenue, Augusta. FVP will provide light snacks and beverages.
We always invite and look forward to community partners joining us, as we seek to really stretch our brains and challenge our own entrenched beliefs. We ask MHC to challenge us with readings that may facilitate such a mental exercise, and we depend upon our facilitator to ask questions that encourage us to step outside of our safe assumptions. We read in our own time and come together to discuss and share and question and grow. Please see this year's syllabus, attached.
We can accommodate up to 20 group participants, and I will keep a list of those interested and use a methodology of first-come, first-listed.
If you have received this email message and you are one of our community partners, please share the invitation with your staff and co-workers as well!
Please rsvp to
them
no later than March 5th so that I can arrange to send or have you pick up your reading materials in advance of the first session. I will also need two ways to contact you, which might include phone, text and email. If I send the novels to you, I'll need your mailing address too.
We are so pleased to continue this annual literary adventure with our partners at the Maine Humanities Council! Please do join us, if you like a great read and an opportunity to think and share discussion with others
Skowhegan / Kennebec Valley KOA
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T-K Fitness Coaching and Training Services
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Every Wednesday, Feb 28 - Apr 4
Bloomfields Tavern
Join us for six weeks of support to make 2018 your healthiest year yet! We will work together in a supportive group setting to create goals and complete weekly challenges aimed at forming healthier habits for life. Registration includes six weeks of hands-on group sessions, workbook, access to a private Facebook support group, as well as resources and support from the T-K Fitness team. There will be weekly prizes to keep you motivated and one lucky (hardworking) participant will walk away with the grand prize package! *We will also offer private, weekly weigh-ins and the opportunity for before and after measurements but participation is not required to be eligible for prizes. Find more
here
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Time to book hunts- check the 2018 season dates! Cabins nestled in the woods perfect for your quiet Maine vacation. Located in central Maine with private trails for hiking. Maine Guide offering hunts, shotgun instruction, sporting clays, paintball. Many great restaurants, and antique shops. Pets are welcome in the cabins.
Looking for a different family event? Try clay target shooting. We offer lessons, and equipment rental- everything you need.
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Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County (HVSC)
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2018 Annual Dinner and Auction
Saturday, April 14 at 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
T&b Celebration Center -
Skowhegan
Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, a volunteer non-profit based in Skowhegan, caring for those with a life-limiting illness, providing support and solace to the grieving, and educating the community. The majority of those we help are not in a financial position to turn elsewhere for assistance. Please contact them for tickets and a donation/sponsorship to this great event. You can also find more
here
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Redington-Fairview General Hospital
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Weigh to Go:
8 week community weight loss program taught by dietitians and other health professionals that is offered 3 times/year. The average long term sustained weight loss/person is approximately 28 pounds. Classes meet on Mondays, beginning on Monday, January 8 – March 5. Individuals can choose to attend from 10 – 11 or 5 – 6.
Road to Wellness:
This program is for individuals who are 100 lbs. or more overweight. It is setup like a support group and is facilitated by a dietitian. It is based on the evidence-based principles of mindfulness. The program runs for 8 weeks on Mondays from 2:15 – 3:30 beginning on January 8 – March 5.
Please call 858-2318 for more information or to register
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Redington-Fairview General Hospital
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Healthy Family Fun Night:
This event planned collaboratively with Somerset Public Health is based on the 5210 childhood obesity prevention initiative. On Friday, February 23 from 5 – 7 pm at the Skowhegan Community Center, families will be able to observe a cooking demo with the hospital’s Chef and a dietitian. They will get to taste test. They will also be able to visit various stations such as a virtual grocery store tour, where they will receive a $10 Hannaford gift card for stopping by. There will also be a sugar sweetened beverage display, a station around picking a better snack, a variety of fitness activities and blood pressure screenings. Not only will this be educational and interactive, it will be fun for both children and adults.
Please call 858-2318 for more information or to register
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Redington-Fairview General Hospital
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Ticks:
On Saturday, April 7 from 9:30 - 11 at the Poulin-Turner Union Hall, the hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control nurse, Betsy Putnam, MT, RN will facilitate this program. We expect a large crowd.
Please call 858-2318 for more information or to register
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Abuse is not always physical. Tactics of power and control are very debilitating to people in a relationship with an abusive partner. This may be emotional abuse such as put downs and insults, belittling their family, hopes and dreams, or by “gaslighting” - doing different things to make their partner feel crazy. Financial abuse and isolation are also common ways to exert control over a partner.
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If you are worried about yourself or someone else, you can call our 24 hour helpline at 1-877-890-7788.
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The following schedule is good for
Friday February 9th-Thursday February 15th
Fifty Shades Freed (Strictly R)
Friday-Monday and Thursday Night at 6:45
Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 12:45 & 3:45
Winchester (PG-13)
Friday-Monday and Thursday Night at 7:00
Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 1:00 and 4:00
Peter Rabbit (PG)
Friday-Monday and Thursday Night at 7:15
Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 1:15 and 4:15
Please visit our website
here,
or Facebook
here.
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T&B's Daytona 500 Party
Sunday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
T&B's will offer half price on select appetizers, beer and drink specials, giveaways, and a chance to win two Louden tickets. Call 474-1223 to reserve your table
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They are excited to announce that they have moved! They have outgrown their cozy quarters above the Bankery and Skowhegan Fleuriste, and as of Feb. 1 we'll officially be in a larger office on the corner of Court and High streets. Our new address will be:
Main Street Skowhegan
48 Court St.
Skowhegan, ME 04976
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Franklin-Somerset Federal Credit Union’s humble beginnings began as Bass Shoe Federal Credit Union with 8 members – six women and two men, each with a share of $5.00, on August 6, 1962. Since then, our charter has changed a bit and our field of membership grown. In the seventies, Bass Shoe Federal Credit Union became Wilton Community, then Franklin County Federal Credit Union. The eighties saw Bennett Importing FCU and Mt. Blue FCU merging with Franklin County Federal Credit Union, and a new branch built in Kingfield. Skowhegan Community FCU merged with Franklin County in 2000, and Madison-Anson followed in 2002, for our present day field of membership to include all of Franklin and Somerset Counties, and our current branch locations in Farmington, Kingfield, Skowhegan and Madison. We now have over 10,400 members in our credit union family!
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Margaret Chase Smith Library
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Frigid Maine temperatures have not hindered publication of the January newsletter. This latest edition features articles about the Let’s Talk About It book discussions; students involved in robotics; students conducting research; Senator Smith’s holiday greeting cards; upcoming MCS essay contest; and the theme of 2018 National History in Maine. Excerpts from a 1971 speech by Senator Smith regarding the Pentagon Papers is timely in light of the new film starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks called
The Post
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Stay warm and enjoy! Here’s the
link
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Community Information & Dates to Remember
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Friday, Feb. 9, 6-7:30 p.m.
Skowhegan Community Center
Children in grades 1-5 are invited to an evening of music, dancing, and fun with friends! Music will be deejayed and refreshments served. $5 per person.
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Friday, Feb. 16
The Miller's Table
This event will benefit the Canaan Public Library, with $5 from every large pie sold (dine-in or take-out) donated to the library! Call in your order ahead (
207-612-5322
), and they'll have it ready for you to pick up.
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Benefit Basketball Game for Strout-Weeks Family
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Saturday, Feb. 17, 6-9 p.m.
Skowhegan Community Center
On Monday, Jan. 22, Desiree Strout, who was nine months pregnant, and her husband, Harry Weeks, were involved in a motor vehicle accident in Skowhegan that claimed Desiree's life. Harry and the baby, Gage, were transferred to EMMC. Sadly, Gage passed away; Harry is slowly recovering. This event is a benefit to raise money for Harry and the couple's two daughters, ages 8 and 2. There will be basketball, concessions, and a gang of Lularoe retailers who will donate a portion of their proceeds to benefit the family.
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Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018
The Ring Family will once again host their Winter Family Day to benefit
Make-A-Wish Maine
:) Horse-drawn sleigh rides will be provided by the
Farmers Draft Horse, Mule and Pony Club
of Harrison and dog sled rides will be provided by
Heywood Kennel Sled Dog Adventures
of Augusta!
This fifth-annual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018
, at 1833 Hill Road in Canaan. The cost will be $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 5-12, and free for 4 and younger for UNLIMITED rides! There will also be snacks, coffee and hot chocolate available for purchase. ALL proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Maine! Please visit and "like" the Ring Farm Family Day Facebook page
here
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The 12th annual Skowhegan Maple Festival kicks of Friday evening March 23rd and continues into Saturday morning with the ever-favorite pancake breakfast, followed by activities in the Municipal Lot and downtown businesses. The weekend wraps up with Maine Maple Sunday when residents can visit and learn about sapping from their local maple house. Find more
here
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Jun 8, 2018 - Jun 10, 2018
We’re thrilled that the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (IF&W) selected Skowhegan to host the 2018 Moose Permit Lottery!
On June 9, the lottery will come to the historic Skowhegan Fairgrounds—a fitting tribute to the fair’s 200th anniversary and a fantastic kickoff to the summer tourism season. Find more
here
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Has your business or organization recently been recognized with awards in your industry? Do you have any organizational milestones that your business is approaching? Are there major company announcements you have that you'd like to share with us!
Member Events & Announcements
Do you have events and announcements you want to share with the membership and community?
Just click the picture and email us the information.
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