April 18, 2019
Chamber Opportunities
Upcoming Events
May Membership Luncheon

Guest Speaker: Jeff Vasser, Executive Director of NJ Travel and Tourism.


Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019
Time: 11:30am - 1:15 pm
Location: Avalon Links Restaurant, 1510 Route 9, CMCH
Hot Topics: Implementing The New Minimum Wage Law

It’s official: New Jersey’s minimum wage will jump to $10 per hour on July 1 for most employers, the first step on the road to paying most New Jersey workers at least $15 an hour. Also, find out what you need to know about the NEW paid family and paid sick leave laws.

Date: Wednesday, May 1
Check-In: 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Instruction: 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Location: Atlantic Cape Community College, 340 Court House South Dennis Rd, CMCH
Customer Service Seminar:
 Cashing In On Your Connection
presented by Jeff Whitaker
 
  • With another Summer Season Upon Us, every business wants to know:What does it take to get the competitive edge for customers?
  • How can you set yourself and your business apart from your competition?
  • Where do you use your limited resources to maximize your footprint in the marketplace?

Date: Wednesday, June 5th
Check-In: 8:00 am
Instruction: 8:30 - 10 am
Location: Atlantic Cape Community College,
341 Court House-South Dennis Rd., CMCH
Customer Service Seminar:
 Critical Elements of Customer Service
presented by Susan Adelizzi-Schmidt

While many companies promise to deliver an incredible customer experience, some are better at delivering than others. This seminar will highlight five critical elements of customer service that, when they are adopted as company culture and delivered by you, will bring customers back time and time again to experience service that outdoes the competition.
 
This seminar will cover:
  • Defining Customer Service
  • Understanding how your own behavior affects the behavior of others
  • Developing confidence and skill as a problem solver
  • Learning techniques to deal with difficult customers
  • Keeping a strong Customer Service Focus

This is the same seminar just offered at different times and locations. Front Line Employees are encouraged to attend.

Date: Monday, June 3
Check-In: 5:00 - 5:30 pm
Instruction: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Location: Atlantic Cape Community College,
341 Court House-South Dennis Rd., CMCH

Date: Thursday, June 13
Check-In: 8:30 - 9:00 am
Instruction: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Location: Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce, 3306 Pacific Avenue, Wildwood

Date: Tuesday, June 18
Check-In: 9:30 - 10:00 am
Instruction: 10:0 - 12:00 pm
Location: Ocean City Free Public Library, 1735 Simpson Avenue, Ocean City
Ladies Happy Hour Golf Clinic

Join us for a fun, but instructional hour of golf at Stone Harbor Golf Club with Golf Pro Matt Crowley. Brush up on your skills or learn something new. Plus, enjoy a cocktail or beverage of your choice after on the patio.
 
This is a great way to warm-up your skills before the big tournament on May14th!

Date: Thursday, May 9
Check-In: 5:00 - 5:30 pm
Instruction: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Location: Stone Harbor Golf Club, 905 Route 9, CMCH
FORE Education Fundraiser Tournament
Join us for a fun day of golf, networking and supporting education as the CMC Chamber Education Foundation honors Calvin Back!
This tournament includes; 
•  18 Holes   4 Skills Contests   Prizes   Participant Gift  
 Pre-tournament Boxed Lunch & Post-tournament Buffet Awards Dinner 
•  Refreshment Station on the course featuring beer, wine, soda & water!
 
This tournament supports the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation. Since its formation in 2015, the foundation has created new programs promoting business education and continued providing scholarships to local high school and post-secondary school students. 
 
Date: Tuesday, May 14
Check-In & Warm-Up: 10:00 am
Shotgun Start: 12 pm
Location: Stone Harbor Golf Club, 905 Route 9, CMCH
Chamber News
2019 National Tourism Week 
Awards Breakfast and Advocacy Day

Celebrate Tourism in New Jersey during National Tourism Week. Join us for breakfast at the Masonic Temple in Trenton on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 8:30 am and receive an Issues Briefing from Joe Simonetta. State leadership will be on hand to answer your questions. Later in the day, you will have time to visit the State House and see your legislator and educate him/her on the importance of the State's $42 billion industry. Excellent networking opportunity. 

MUST be registered to attend.

In Other News
Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center Ribbon Cutting & Open House

Join us to welcome our new member business, Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center to the area with a Ribbon Cutting & Open House.

Date: Thursday, May 2
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 am
Brief Remarks: 9:30 am
Location: Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center,
207 Court House South Dennis Road, CMCH
NEW Coast Guard Community Flags Available

New for 2019! A higher quality double sided durable Coast Guard Community Flags!
 
The Coast Guard Community Festival is only a few weeks away! Show your support by flying a Coast Guard flag.

Available in 3x5 for $49. Call Chris Oney to order yours at 609-465-7181.
Earth Day Cleanups and #CMCTrashTag

Earth Day is next Monday, April 22. We here at the Chamber always promote being green and caring for the environment. We encourage our members to join in this initiative this Earth Day. Partake in one of the area clean ups organized by Chamber Members Riptide Paddles & Pedals or Cape May Brewing Company.

If you are unable to join one of these don't let that stop you from doing your part. Take a bag of trash and go out yourself or gather some family or friends and go out to your local park or just along the side of the road picking up trash. This is part of an international effort called #TrashTag. This movement is comprised of citizens all over the world cleaning up their neighborhoods and posting before and after pictures to social media using the hashtag #TrashTag. We want to localize this to see what's going on in our area with #CMCTrashTag. So go out, clean up our county and use #CMCTrashtag on social media.

For more information about #TrashTag check out this article from CNN.com.
2019 Southern New Jersey Coast Guard Ball
Presented by the Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation

Wildwoods Convention Center
4501 Boardwalk, Wildwood, New Jersey
April 27, 2019
Cocktails 1800 | Dinner Served 1930

R.S.V.P. by 12 April 2019
POC: SCPO Kellie Dean (609) 898-6228
Alt POC: CWO3 Jake Cuomo (609) 898-6909
Alt POC: MCPO Dave Pace (609) 898-6923

Military : Dinner Dress Blue Jacket (required for O-4 & above)
Dinner Dress Blue (O-3 & below) 
Civilian : Black Tie

$400,000 in OceanFirst Scholarships Available

Great news for students in the OceanFirst footprint! Building upon their long-standing tradition of supporting higher education and youth development, OceanFirst Foundation is pleased to announce the return of the OceanFirst Scholarship Program. They are partnering with Atlantic Cape Community College, Brookdale Community College, Cumberland County College, Georgian Court University, Monmouth University, Ocean County College, Rowan University and Stockton University to award $400,000 in scholarships to undergraduate students in any year of study – $50,000 on each campus!

Don’t miss this amazing this amazing opportunity. Click here for complete program guidelines and the 2019 Scholarship Application.
The deadline to apply is May 1, 2019.
Only cash and checks can be accepted.
Be sure to show your Chamber support by posting the seal on your website, social media, newsletters... anywhere you like!