CHAMBER NEWS
December 2018
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14th ANNUAL CHAMBER
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE & AUCTION
Over 200 Chamber Members and their guests attended the 14th Annual Holiday Open House and Auction held December 6th at the St. Joseph Activity Center in Galion.
The tables were adorned with beautiful holiday decorations and favors provided by the Candi Bar and Crossroads Original Designs. The Galion Community Hospital Nutritional Services provided an array of great food and desserts. A cash bar was provided by 1803 Taproom and Riverside Drive Thru, with the tips going to the Galion Golden Age Center.
Christmas music was played on the juke box, which was donated by Lorain Music for the live auction throughout the event.
Immediately following the silent auction and the raffle drawing, Craig Miley of Miley Realty and Auction served as auctioneer for the live auction which featured over 50 items.
Raffle winners included, Keith Hummel ($1,000), Lori Grogg ($750), Holly Long ($500) and Lindsey Gribble ($250). Two extra drawings for $100 were also done during the auction, winners had to be present to win. Those winners were Jeremy Guy and Roger Miller.
This year’s auction items included a family membership to the Galion Community Center-YMCA, advertising packages, OSU items, gift baskets, gift certificates, a couples athletic pass to all Galion home sporting events, jewelry, a 55” TV & a 50" TV, Blue Jacket tickets, CAVS tickets, Browns tickets, Indians tickets, an amazon fire tablet, old US route 30 sign, a combination Gas & Charcoal Grills, a glider, engraved granite tiles, a nights stay at Sleep Inn, a year’s supply of pizza from 3 local pizza shops and much, much more.
The event was all made possible by the generosity of our Corporate Sponsors, our members that donated auction items or money to purchase auction items, our volunteers and all those in the attendance that helped make the evening a huge success.
Mark your calendars now for next year’s event, scheduled for December 5, 2019.
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NEW CHAMBER MEMBERS
Tiger Blendz
, 112 Harding Way W., Galion, Ohio 44833, 419-462-8924
24 Store Galion, 1492 State Rt 598, Galion, Ohio 44833, 419-462-1011
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Galion & Crestline Hosted "Shop Small" Events on Small Business Saturday - Saturday, November 24th
The Galion-Crestline Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with American Express, signed up to be a Neighborhood Champion again in 2018 to encourage shoppers to visit the business districts and support local businesses by “shopping small” on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. Neighborhood Champions are business associations, local chambers of commerce, and other community organizations who are willing to commit to organizing events and activities to rally their community members for Small Business Saturday and celebrate the small, locally-owned businesses in their communities.
The Chamber had tents set up outside of their office on Harding Way West in Galion and the United Bank on North Seltzer Street in Crestline from 9am to noon on Saturday the 24th to hand out free shopping bags and other Small Business Saturday promotional items. A flyer that included all participating businesses, with their hours, location and sales items was handed out to all shoppers that day.
By stopping at each participating business, shoppers had a chance to enter a raffle to earn a gift card, the more businesses visited, the more chances a shopper of winning. Our Galion winner was Kim Winkle and our Crestline winner was Kim Metzger.
“Consumers play a key role in helping these small businesses thrive,” says Joe Kleinknecht, President/ CEO of the Chamber. “By shopping or dining locally on Small Business Saturday and throughout the year, we can show our support for all the small businesses in Galion and Crestline and reinvest our dollars into the communities we call home.”
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Stay up to date with upcoming Chamber events!
Click on the event below to be taken to our events page on our website for specific event details and more information as it becomes available.
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Drug Take Back Bins Now in Ontario & Bucyrus Hospitals
ONTARIO / BUCYRUS – Nov 16, 2018 – Residents of Ontario, Bucyrus, and the surrounding communities now have additional locations to drop off unused, unwanted, or expired prescription drugs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Through a partnership with the METRICH Enforcement Unit, Crawford County Sheriff’s Department, and Ontario Police Department, secure drug collection receptacles have been placed in the main lobbies of Ontario and Bucyrus Hospitals.
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A1 Printing
Recently purchased Carl Graphics at 253 E. Church St. in Marion, Ohio. Carl Graphics had been in business since 1976. The new name of the operation will be, Carl Graphics, a Division of A-1 Printing Inc. and they will provide all the great services in the Marion area that A1 provides at their other locations. A ribbon cutting was held on November 13
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at the new location.
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Galion Pointe
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925 Wagner Ave., recently appointed Aaron Ivy as their new Administrator. Aaron is a lifelong Galion resident and graduated from Galion High School in 1988. He will also serve as Administrator at Shelby Pointe in Shelby, Ohio. Both facilities are owned by Jag Healthcare.
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Do you have an anniversary, new associate or employee, sign, or business update? Contact Joe or Miranda at the Chamber Office, 419-468-7737 or email
mjones@galion-crestlinechamber.org
so we can add your business to the Member Spotlight in our next Newsletter.
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2019 Membership Renewal Statements Have Been Mailed
***If you have NOT received yours, or if you have any questions, please call Joe or Miranda at the Chamber office 419-468-7737.
Thank you for your continued support of the Chamber!
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