Chamber Member Connections - Mid-September 2019
Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce
Connecting Business. Creating Opportunity.
Thank you for supporting the Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce! This bi-monthly email highlights sales, promotions, accomplishments, events, and general awareness of our membership.  
 
Chamber Member submissions should be emailed tom@gpchamber.com  prior to our regular issue dates of the 1st and 15th of the month. Ads may include text up to 300 words, and/or UP TO TWO images in pdf, jpg, or png formats.
Patchprep Bootcamp is proud to announce we have successfully completed our first workshop, preparing individuals for the challenges of entry level oil and gas careers.

It was a learning experience for all and everyone walked away with a greater understanding of how to be a success in this industry as well as explaining why some fail.

I’d like to thank Holly Sorgen at Community Futures for working with me on this project from the start. Her experience was invaluable and allowing us to use her classroom is much appreciated.

I’d also like to thank the other presenters, Sherri Hunter with Rubbix Wealth Management and Eric Lee with Burden Bearers. They did excellent presentations on personal finances and substance abuse/mental health issues.

With the upcoming hiring season, we would like to offer companies the opportunity to see what Patchprep Bootcamp can do for them. If you have a inexperienced potential employee that is considering a new career in oil and gas, we will put that first employee through the workshop for FREE.

Once you see how the program can aid in the screening and mentoring of new hires, it will become invaluable to your HR and field staff.

Please feel free to contact us patchprep@gmail.com with any questions you may have.
Infinite Light transformation services is now offering Art Expression Therapy at $50 per session for the rest of September. This is an amazing opportunity - Art Expression Therapy is a way to release emotion onto canvas... no experience is necessary in painting or creative art. Allow me to show you how beautiful emotion can be when expressed in a creative way. This is a unique and very rewarding experience... try it out because you are worth it!!  Treat yourself or treat someone else. Please phone to book your appointment, don’t miss out on this opportunity. Please feel free to call for more information. 780-513-1336.
Join the GPRC Alumni / Foundation Board of Directors to help build Our Future.

The GPRC Alumni / Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports students in our region access equipment, supports and resources to get the education and skills training to grow our communities and industry.

Volunteering for the Alumni/Foundation is a great way to connect with fellow Alumni and donors while you directly contribute to the success of our region.

Apply to be on the board and make a difference to Our Future.


Wednesday Workshops

The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection is dedicated to bringing, low cost, educational opportunities about sport to the region and to the sport community in Grande Prairie. The GPRSC will be hosting a workshop for 1 hour, once month on a Wednesday. Topics will vary between:
  • Wearable Technologies,
  • Easing the Pain of Cutting Kids,
  • Social Media 101,
  • Grant Writing and much more.
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity visit:  www.gpsportconnect.ca  information will be available over the next week so please stay tuned.

October 23, 2019 from 5-6 p.m. at Centre 2000 learn about Wearable Sport Technologies from, GP local, Fabio Minozzo. Tickets are on sale now at Eventbrite or link is available on our website.

Alberta North Sport Conference

Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection is hosting the first Alberta North Sport Conference. The conference will bring together a team of professionals offering interactive sessions addressing safe sport, mental health in sport, LGBTQI2S community in sport, grassroots sport sponsorship and more to help sport volunteers, coaches, parents, and teachers better support your athletes and create a safe, healthy and fun sporting environment.

The conference will feature sessions with dynamic speakers sharing information and tools for quality coaching and sport management. There will be 3 keynote speakers including; Jennifer Sygo the Performance Nutritionist for the Toronto Raptors (NBA), and activation space for brand awareness and community engagement.

Buy Early Bird Tickets now and save 17% on regular priced tickets

For information and conference details please visit: www.gpsportconnect.ca

Everyone has Ideas
Tuesday, October 8 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
ATB Entrepreneur Centre, Grande Prairie
Free
40 more seats available

Everyone has ideas. It could be for solving a problem for yourself or others. It could be to make something faster, cleaner or better.
Maybe someone would pay you for it.
Maybe it could become a new job or start-up business inventing the next winning product, service or venture in your community? Understand why someone would buy from you.
If you are curiosity about exploring new opportunities that could be profitable then you should attend this free session offered by Grande Prairie Innovation Network and Grande Prairie Public Library.
Being curious is a good place to start. You will learn how to be curious and creative. Figure out what people will pay you for by solving their problems.
Be a “Curious George” that troublesome monkey character that loved to explore, leads to new opportunities. ”
 
About your facilitators:
Holly Sorgen  is the Executive Director for Community Futures, working in this role since October 2005 and an employee of the organization since 1997. Her passion lies with working with new and growing entrepreneurs. She has been involved in the development and facilitation of several Community Economic Development projects ranging from business visitation programs and business incubator development to feasibility studies, non-profit strategic planning and new technology advancement and development and community capacity building.
She is the owner/operator of her own side hustle – a business strategies and facilitation company, EmPower Up! The company specializes in developing and facilitating sessions, projects and programs related to Economic Development and Business & Entrepreneurship.
Holly is also a Community Economic Development Training Program Trainer for Economic Developers of Alberta, working with communities to identify and pursue economic development opportunities and projects. She has been facilitating the online and in person Establishing the Foundations, Business Retention & Expansion and Business Investment & Attraction sessions.

Bob Hall  is a champion for innovation as a key driver in successful community economic development. As early as 2000, Bob was involved with a regional team that designed, built and managed an innovation network for Alberta’s Peace Country, which has evolved into the Grande Prairie Regional Innovation Network.
As Alberta Innovates Technology Development Advisor in Alberta’s northwest, Bob coaches and mentors’ entrepreneurs and businesses on strategies and avenues that will help them accelerate their innovative ideas and technologies to the marketplace, or not. Bob’s interests in special projects include: low-impact resource development; productivity to enhance competitiveness; ‘pollutant-to-product’ opportunities; and entrepreneurship.
 
In partnership with:
Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park would like to invite you to our 23rd Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser.

This fun filled evening will include Comedy presented by

“The Laugh Shop” featuring headlining comedians Howie Miller and Patrick Maliha, as well as full meal buffet dining.

Come out and enjoy a relaxing & fun evening enjoying laughs and tasty food; while bidding on our great silent & live auction items.

Comedy Night is one of the largest fundraisers for Nitehawk Year-Round Adventure Park, with all proceeds going towards facility improvements and snowmaking
start-up costs for the coming winter season.

You or your company can be part of the evening by donating a silent auction or live auction item or purchasing tickets for the event. All donations
will receive recognition at Comedy Night.

Table for 10 guests for $700.00 or Individual Tickets for $70.00 per person.

To purchase your table early or for more information call 780-532-6637 or visit www.gonitehawk.com and click “Buy Online”  

Facebook Event Page Link:  

Wapiti Deals is an online deal community where customers within the Peace Country can find great offers and savings on goods and services provided by local businesses. Using our website, buyers discover and explore the best the Peace Region can offer on the web or mobile.

VISION - Our vision is to connect our customers with exclusive opportunities to discover the Peace Country by offering them promotional offers: unforgettable experiences from local businesses at unbeatable prices. Helping customers discover the Peace Country one offer at a time!

MISSION - Our mission is to connect customers with notable local businesses found right in their neighbourhood. We do this by 1) establishing a vast online local business network 2) promoting their offerings 3) matching them with ready to buy customers who are looking to explore great offers in the region.

VALUES - Community (Corporate Citizen, Leadership), Sustainability (Supporting locals, Accountability), Exploration (Inspiration, Adaptability) and Customer relation (Trust, Respect).

BE PART OF THE LAUNCH ON 10/10/2019! For more information, email merchant@wapitideals.com
You're invited!

The Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta invites the community to join us in supporting action toward improving collective quality of life. Be the first to see our 5 th biennial Vital Signs report and hear the results of our citizen engagement survey.

Continental Breakfast
by donation

Come join us! 

RSVP via Eventbrite -  http://ow.ly/lj4y50vCCCo

Want to know what Vital Signs is all about?

Northwestern Alberta’s Vital Signs explores quality of life in the City of Grande Prairie, County of Grande Prairie and MD of Greenview. It brings together research – statistics and community perceptions – with community action to provide a snapshot of our communities and the people who live here. This knowledge-driven tool highlights where our strengths are as communities and where the gaps lie to spark conversation, and inspire informed action toward positive change. 
 
All residents, decision-makers and community leaders are welcome!
Please join us at our Ninth Annual Chair Extraordinaire fundraiser. Proceeds will support programming and administration for SPRC activities during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 fiscal years, including bereavement support, Tough Enough To Talk About It, Men's Support Group, The Breakfast Club for teens and preteens, training and public education, as well as our building futures fund.
Email info@gpchamber.com|Phone 780-532-5340 | Fax 780-532-2926