Your Weekly Chamber News Week of 11/12/19

Seeds to Grow It takes months to find a customer and seconds to lose them. Lynn Snodgrass | CEO

Chamber in Pictures

Lion "king" Tom Slyter represents the Gresham Breakfast Lions Club, one of our many non-profits and civic group Chamber members. With the holidays rapidly approaching, let's adopt one of their causes and help make a difference locally.

Pause and honor the ones who gave everything.

Chamber Works ! Chamber members represent over 32,451 employees in our area, many who work for larger employers like Gresham-Barlow School District, and they enjoyed their annual GBSD convocation kickoff. Photo Credit: Katharine Kimball

This Week's AM

Friday, November 15, 2019 | 7:22-9:00 AM Metro @ Gresham City Hall Council Chambers 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy. Gresham

A great networking opportunity to meet more than 100 Chamber members and prospective members.

New faces are always welcome!

You can go ahead and put it on your calendar now! March 11, 2020

Chamber Catalyst Have you ever wondered about those awesome bright green lanyards that some of your fellow Chamber members wear? Well, this is the Resource Team.  They initiate contact with the membership to act as a sounding board and provide additional information on Chamber activities and advocacy. In a recent call from one of our team members to Amanda Campy, with Visual Impressions Photography, she responded by saying that she is "Really enjoying the chamber and community!" Thank you Amanda and we are thrilled you’re enjoying this great Chamber! If you have a question, they can help be a resource for you. The Resource Team goes out of their way to support their Chamber community while volunteering their time and helping to make the two Chamber expos the best they can be!

Member Tips, Tools & Press Releases

Portland General Electric PGE’s Employee Giving Campaign results are in…almost $1.7 million to benefit our communities! For 130 years, PGE and its employees and retirees have given back to the communities where they live, work and play. And since 2008, our contributions have topped $1.5 million annually (including the PGE match). Learn more at www.PortlandGeneral.com/Community.

Golden Ticket Adventures Did you know? "Rain of fish" is an annual weather event in which hundreds of fish rain from the sky onto the Honduran city of Yoro.

Tourism

Wallowas Surrounded by the remote Eagle Cap Wilderness, glacial lakes, working ranches and the wide open spaces of Eastern Oregon, The Wallowas are one of Oregon’s most beautiful secrets. Thanks in large part to the gold rush of the 19th century, Eastern Oregon is home to more than a dozen officially designated ghost towns, many of them former gold mining settlements. Look for the near-ghost town of Sumpter, Cornucopia and Homestead. To learn more , Click Here.

Friday AM Meetings "You at 7:22"

Gresham-Barlow School District November 22, 2019 @ NEW East Gresham Elementary School 900 SE 5th St Gresham See Details Happy Thanksgiving! No Friday AM November 29, 2019 Apollo Drain & Rooter Service, Inc. December 6, 2019 853 NE Harlow Rd Troutdale See Details

AVAILABLE ONLINE! Member Event Calendar Need to promote your special day, event, fundraiser, classes, meetings and more? Get value by listing your events with the Chamber by logging into your member portal at the top of greshamchamber.org. Once logged in, navigate to events. Having trouble? Just email gacc@greshamchamber.org. Click here for a complete list of Member Events. To post a tip, email the details to gacc@greshamchamber.org . P lease remember to keep it to 40 words or less.

Member Job Openings List Your Job Openings With The Chamber  One of the free benefits of membership is the ability to post job openings on the Chamber's website. To post a job opening, just log into your member portal (at the top of greshamchamber.org) and navigate to jobs. Need help? Just email gacc@greshamchamber.org. Click Here for a list of current job openings.

Connect with the Gresham Chamber

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