January 2020 Newsletter

January 2020

Blackfalds & District Chamber of Commerce

Monthly Newsletter

LAUGHTER is

an INSTANT VACATION

You could be our next Featured Business

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Consider your local Chamber as a means to advertise your business.

Is there a new product or service you want to share?
Is there a community event you are planning that we could help spread the word?

For the low cost of $40/month, we will place your ad front and centre of our monthly newsletter and provide social media advertising throughout that same month.

Another opportunity is to be the Feature on our Website with a short video representing your business. The power of the internet goes a long way!

PASSPORT TOTAL

$631,440

We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Passport to Christmas was a huge success! Thank you again to the participating businesses and we also thank everyone who submitted a completed passport in order for a chance to win!

Our four winners were chosen on December 19th and they were all very pleased to win $500 Blackfalds Bucks each!

Congratulations to:

Randy Jonas

Colleen Benson

Cheryl Zimmerman

Aggie Jeanson

With the two Early Bird Winners also winning $500 Blackfalds Bucks each, that puts $3000 MORE dollars back into the community to be spent at the participating businesses only.

We are excited to announce that this year we had 2631 Passports handed in. This is an increase from last year at 1958!

This means that a total of $631,440 was spent locally at the 36 participating businesses!

This is a huge jump from last year with the grand total being $469,920.

Way to go!! This is exactly the kind of local support our community loves to see!

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2019 Passport to Christmas program.

For the businesses who collect the Blackfalds Bucks, please contact the Chamber for reimbursement.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

ANNOUNCEMENT

Become a Habitat Homeowner! We are starting the application process for our Blackfalds build, and we are looking for interested families to partner with. To become a Habitat Homeowner, you must attend one of our family information sessions which will be held at the Abbey Centre Program Room on

January 14th 6:30pm

AND

January 27th 6:30pm

For more information on becoming a Habitat homeowner follow the link below

http://habitatreddeer.ca/families/how-to-apply/

Or, call or email our Family Services Manager Janelle at 403-309-6080 ext 101 or email:

Janelle.duffin@habitatreddeer.ca

One of these four units will be built as an accessible unit, this means there will be a lift installed, barrier free access in the front and back, wider doors, lower countertops, etc. If you know a family who would benefit from this, visit our facebook page and share our post.

FACEBOOK:

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RED DEER & RESTORE

2020 Chamber Membership Fee

2020 Membership Information:

A invoice for your 2020 Membership effective January 1st has been emailed to each member.

Thank you again for your support!

We thank those businesses who have paid their fee for the year.

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS:

Please note that the fee is $100/yr effective

January 1st, 2020.

If you are on the monthly pay plan through Slate Insurance your yearly rate is $120/yr, or $10/month.

Visit us at www.blackfaldschamber.ca

BECOME A CHAMBER BOARD MEMBER!

Our small group of current board members needs your help in identifying and connecting to a wider pool of potential board and committee members. That’s why we are turning to you!

"To truly be a great nonprofit board member requires having good character, a strong commitment to the cause, the gift of time, and a willingness to use personal and professional resources to advance the organization's mission"

- Board Effect

If you see yourself in this description, we want you to join our energetic, professional, fun, and dedicated business oriented group.

We hope to see you at the Wadey Centre, where our Board and colleagues gather for our monthly meeting at 7pm. For more information contact us at yourblackfaldschamber@outlook.com

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