December Member News for You

December 2017

Annual Grits & Issues Breakfast is December 15

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Don't Wait! Registration Deadline: 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, December 12

Gold Sponsors:

Silver Sponsors : Ameris Bank, AT&T, Georgia Power, Gulfstream Aerospace,

Hurt Norton & Associates, McGinty-Gordon & Associates, The Brunswick News

Bronze Sponsors: Brunswick & Glynn County Development Authority, Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, Hunter Maclean, Okefenoke REMC, Peachtree Pest Control, PrimeSouth Bank,

Rich Products, Seaboard Construction, United Community Bank, Woodmen Life

December Business Education Series:

How to Communicate with Challenging Customers

We all have to deal with difficult customers, clients, and even co-workers. Join us for an interactive workshop that will challenge you to be more strategic with consideration of a variety of factors when communicating with challenging internal and external customers.

Topics for discussion will cover The Right Attitude Starts with You, Why are Some Customers Difficult, Sensitivity in Dealing with Customers, and Scenarios.

How to Communicate with Challenging Customers

Tuesday, Dec. 12

11:30am - 1:00pm

Chamber Offices

$20 Members / $25 Non-Members. Lunch will be provided by Angel's Cafe.

Upcoming Business After Hours

Who says business can't be fun?? Join us for a night of mixing & mingling, with plenty of door prizes to win! Bring all your friends and co-workers, and don't forget your business cards! $7 Members / $10 Non-members. See you there!

Thursday, November 30

Wee Pub Brunswick

271 Village at Glynn Place

Brunswick, GA 31525

Thursday, December 14

Mellow Mushroom Pizza

440 Kings Way

St. Simons Island, GA 31522

Ribbon Cutting This Wednesday!

Please join us

Addington Place at Brunswick

890 Scranton Road

Brunswick, GA

Wednesday, November 29

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Addington Place will have plenty of gift cards and a beautiful holiday wreath to give away at the celebration!

Georgia Chamber's Eggs & Issues Breakfast

The Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber will travel to Atlanta in January for the annual Eggs & Issues Breakfast , sponsored by the Georgia Chamber. Already we have 24 attendees signed up, and we'd love to have you join us. Eggs & Issues kicks off the 2018 legislative session and is always a well-attended, informative event.

The event begins on Tuesday night, January 9, with the 2018 Grand Gavel Reception at the Woodruff Arts Museum and is followed by the Breakfast on Wednesday morning, January 10. A room block for our group has been reserved at the CNN Omni Hotel at a rate of $139/night. If you are interested in joining the Chamber to attend one or both of these events, contact Sue Greenwood at the Chamber with your interest by Friday, December 15.

Glynn Academy Terrors Advance

Congratulations to the Glynn Academy Terrors football team for defeating Harrison last Friday in the Elite Eight GHSA game.

This Friday the Terrors travel to the Albany area to face Lee County in this Final Four state playoff.

The Glynn Academy Red Terrors are set to face Lee County High School from Leesburg, Georgia in the GHSA State Football Final Four this Friday night. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 1. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. for all fans to enter the stadium.

Pre-Sale tickets will go on sale at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in the Glynn County Schools Athletic Office located at 801 Mansfield Street in downtown Brunswick. General Admission Tickets are $15.00 per person and student tickets are available for $13.00 per person. The athletic department accepts checks and cash only and all checks should be made out to Glynn County Schools Athletics. Tickets will only be sold Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 to 4:00. If you do not get a ticket, there will be plenty of tickets available at the game Friday.

The Terrors are planning a send-off parade for the team at 12:00 noon Friday on Mansfield Street. Come out, and wish the team well! GO TERRORS!

New Chamber Members

Click on the names below to learn more!

Atomic Aerial Drone Services

Command Presence Training Services

Motel 6 (Scarlett St. Brunswick)

Paul Davis Emergency Services

T-Mobile

Yoder Metals

Please take a moment to welcome our newest Chamber members.

And THANK YOU to all our member renewals!

Angel Tree Adoptions

Our Chamber Ambassadors have been hard at work this year, sponsoring 200 "Angels" from the Salvation Army. We have only a few left to adopt! The deadline to adopt an Angel is Friday, December 8. Contact Alicia Casgar at Coastal Computer Consulting, 634-1691, if you would like to adopt an Angel.

J. McLaughlin, Sea Island Road, SSI is holding a Sip & Shop this Friday, December 1, from 2:00-6:00 PM to support our Angel Tree project. During this time, 15% of sales will go directly to the Chamber's Angel Tree adoptions.

Please consider participating in this wonderful project and helping a local child in need this holiday season. Thank you to everyone who has already adopted a Salvation Army Angel, and thank you, Chamber Ambassadors, for coordinating this project!

Keep It Local This Holiday Season!

During the holiday season, please especially remember to "keep it local" and support our local businesses. Glynn County is blessed with an amazing selection of retail items, restaurants, festivals and entertainment! Let's think local, support local, and buy local. For a complete list of our members, click here .

Do you have any special promotions or deals this holiday season? Don't forget to utilize our website to post Hot Deals (public) and Member-to-Member Deals on our website. Questions? Contact Kate Reeves .

For a list of member events happening in the month of December, check out our online calendar.