Chapin Chamber Weekly News & Events
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THANKS TO ALL OUR PAST AND UPCOMING SPONSORS
FOR OUR 2019 MEETINGS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMITMENT TO OUR CHAMBER FUNCTIONS.
WE DO HAVE A FEW OPENINGS FOR MEMBER MEETING
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN 2020!
For more information contact us here
at the Chamber House
803-345-1100
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The Member-To-Member Discount Program encourages Chapin Chamber members
and their employees to prefer other Chapin Chamber members when making
buying decisions with valuable discounts.
Want to offer a discount to your fellow Chamber Members?
Send information to april@chapinchamber.com
Discounts can be found
HERE
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Tuesday October 22nd
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Ribbon Cutting to be held at 6:00 p.m.
New park and ride lot
@ Mt. Horeb Church
101 East Boundary Street
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Please join us for the 2019 Chapin Chamber Annual Awards Gala & Silent Auction
on Friday November 15th at Segra Park!
Enjoy a cocktail hour while perusing our amazing Silent Auction items and then
join us for a seated dinner while we recognize the accomplishments of our outstanding Chamber Members during our awards ceremony.
We will finish the evening with music, dancing, and of course - a photobooth!
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY NOVEMBER 1ST!!
Attire is Black-Tie Optional.
Cocktails & Silent Auction @ 6:30 p.m.
Dinner begins @ 7:00 p.m.
*Hotel room blocks are available downtown at Aloft, Hyatt and Hampton Inn.*
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The 2019 Chapin Chamber Awards Nominees are in and VOTING IS OPEN!!
It's time to nominate your favorite Chamber members!
Small Business of the Year Nominees:
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Large Business of the Year Nominees:
Stan Shealy Community Service Nominees:
Annie Epting Volunteer of the Year Nominees:
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Thank you to our ANCHOR & ADMIRAL Sponsors
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Taylor's Auto loves their customers and they want to say thanks!
Join them THIS WEEK during Customer Appreciation Week
OCTOBER 14TH - 18TH for:
- Complimentary lunch
- Daily specials
- Your chance to win $100 in our daily drawings
- A grand-prize drawing to win a set of 4- Hercules Tires
- Place your vote in our pumpkin carving contest
- Friday, October 18th the BLOOD CONNECTION Blood Mobile will be onsite from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - with gift cards for donors
Tell your friends and family, because you don’t want to miss out on these specials!
Lunch is FREE and served daily from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Plus they're offering discounts all week as thanks to you, their awesome customers!
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Dr. Macie Smith is an award-winning educator with over 18 years of experience working with aging and vulnerable populations in South Carolina.
She is the acting President of NASW-SC. Dr. Smith is a Licensed Social Worker, Certified Social Work Case Manager and a Social Worker in Gerontology.
She serves as an Adjunct Faculty and a Subject Matter Expert on the collegiate level in the areas of social work, social sciences and public health. She has appeared in several editions of Faculty Matters Magazine for her continued contribution in the academic areas of teaching, discovery, integration and application. She conducts research, develops programs, conducts program evaluations, and facilitates professional development training in the areas of health care management, human services development and program development.
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Her focus is coordinating quality care within aging and underserved communities. Dr. Smith is a regular contributor to “OnPoint” on
WACH FOX 57 where she answers health related questions posed by viewers. She also maintains a monthly column in the Carolina Panorama and has been a featured contributing writer in the All About Seniors magazine.
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Thursday October 17th @ 3:30 p.m.
Generations of Chapin
431 East Boundary Street
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Bring the family out to Melvin Park for a free movie night in October
featuring Hocus Pocus!
The movie begins at dark, 7:45 p.m. and is FREE to the public
Concessions will be available for purchase
370 Eptings Camp Road, Chapin
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Clean out your garage, attic, kids rooms, and closets and participate as a vendor, or drop by for some great bargains and treasures.
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Contact ICRC for vendor fees/table space.
Vendors must set up Friday, prior to the
yard sale between
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 19th
7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
(Doors open at 6:30 a.m. for vendors)
All Ages Welcome
Free Admission
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1098 Old Lexington Hwy
For more information call
(803) 345-6181
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Guard Up is a comprehensive self defense program using proven strategies that could save your life or your loved ones.
It goes beyond the punching and kicking and completely empowers you to demonstrate control and dominance even over a more powerful attacker.
So whether you are a professional, college student, stay at home mom or any woman, you do not want to miss this amazing opportunity!
Join Anytime Fitness for the impactful FREE seminar!
1237 Suite C Chapin Road, Chapin
Limited Space available. Reserve a Spot
HERE
Please wear athletic leggings or sweatpants (please no shorts)!
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Saturday October 19th
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Over 50+ local vendors will be at this Holiday Bazaar...in one place...
Art, jewelry, home decor, embroidery and more...you will find the perfect gift for someone on your list.
The ladies of the church will have frozen soups, casseroles and baked goods for purchase. This is a great opportunity for you to stock your freezer!
Lunch is also available.
Start your Christmas Shopping early!
Lake Murray Presbyterian Church
2721 Dutch Fork Road, Chapin
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Join The Classy Cruet on October 21st
at 6:00 p.m. in their Chapin store as
Kaye Neese Gerrald
teaches you the basics of preparing and creating a great charcuterie board!
Learn how to make the perfect charcuterie board just in time for the holiday season! Also, as a bonus, those attending this event will receive 10% off any of their boards purchased that evening!
To RSVP for this event, simply call the store at (803)-785-7887.
They can't wait to see you all on
Monday night!
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If you haven't registered for the 2019 Town of Chapin On The Table discussion you don't want to miss out.
The concept for On the Table is simple: Your voice matters.
And when we share our voices and listen to each other, we have the power to make our communities great. It simply takes a conversation.
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On the Table is a one-day opportunity to gather over mealtime conversations to build personal connections and explore how we can work together to make our communities stronger.
We invite you and your families, neighbors, colleagues, and friends —old and new— to pull up a chair, share a meal, and discuss the ways in which we — as individuals and as a collective — can, and do, work to make our communities stronger.
Register today to participate in this influential event. You must pre-register in order to participate.
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Many people don’t think about furnace repair and maintenance until something breaks and they are left without heat
in the dead of winter.
Staying on top of preventative maintenance for your furnace is the best way to maintain your home’s comfort level through the coldest nights of the year.
At Wilson’s, they strive to make their services, large or small, as affordable and effortless as possible for their customers.
How can you tell if you need to schedule furnace repair or maintenance?
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Here are several strong indications that your furnace needs TLC:
Constantly turning up the thermostat
Abnormally high energy bills
Your furnace is over 10 years old
Loud noises
Unusual gas smell
You know who to call when
temperatures fall!
(803) 276-9685
With two locations to serve you
152 Main Street, Pomaria
128 Sparkman Drive, Columbia
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Lexington Medical Center will be at
Mt Horeb Church on Monday,
November 4th from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a m.
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Flu shots will NOT be offered.
You will need to fast the night before
to prepare for the blood test part of the screening
Call the church office at
803-345-2000 to schedule a time.
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Donations of all food items are always appreciated.
Click on Food Pantry Needs for the month of OCTOBER
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Collection bins are located throughout Chapin at the library, Crooked Creek Park, some local churches, and at We Care.
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Artist for October.
Karen Larrabee
About Art work: Mixed Media Painting
25 w x 33 h
$400.00
Title:" Back into the Woods II"
Click on picture below to view other
photos taken by Karen.
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A past-president and current board member of the Crooked Creek Art
League, Karen Larrabee moved to Chapin
13 years ago and feels blessed by the move.
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Karen was born and raised in northern
NJ and loved to draw and paint since “forever, it seems”.
Her awards began in high school where she had a wonderful and encouraging art program. Marietta College, a small, liberal arts school in Marietta, Ohio, lured her to the Midwest. She received a B.A. in art and education and eventually a Master’s
of Liberal learning, (yes, a MA.L.L. degree!) with concentrations in studio art, art history and art education, where her awards continued.
While in Ohio, she married, raised a family and taught art for 30 years until her retirement in 2004, continuing to grow her resume. After her daughter transferred to USC, Karen and her husband, David,
fell in love with the Midlands.
The rest, as they say, “is history”.
So far in SC she has been become a Member of Excellence in the South Carolina Watermedia Society. She has been juried into the Greenwood Arts Festival, the Union Exhibit and the State Fair competition every year she has entered, receiving Patron Purchase Awards at the fair in 2009, 2011 and 2014 and a Merit award in 2017.
She has also won 11 awards from the Crooked Creek Art League’s Juried Exhibitions including the Member's Choice Award in 2014 and First Place Master's
in 2019. Karen says, “I like to define myself as a free-style artist as I love all things creative. I have continuously been exposed to, and engaged in many media and styles and enjoy the freedom to be creative and experiment artistically."
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THURSDAY
October 17th, 2019
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National Edge Day is observed annually on October 17th.
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This day was founded by people who associate themselves with The
Straight Edge movement.
Straight Edge is a subculture and
subgenre of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs.
The movement adopted the term from the song “Straight Edge” by the 1980s hardcore punk band, Minor Threat.
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National Mulligan Day is observed annually on October 17th.
In golf, a mulligan happens when a player gets a second chance to perform a certain move or action.
Mulligan Day was created as a day for giving yourself a second chance or, as some people call it, a “do-over.”
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According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), three different stories explain the origin of the term.
The first derives from the name of a Canadian golfer, David Mulligan, a one-time manager of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, who played golf in the 1920s. A different, later, etymology gives credit to John A. “Buddy” Mulligan, a locker room attendant at Essex Fells C.C.,
New Jersey in the 1930s.
Another story, according to author Henry Beard, states that the term comes from Thomas Mulligan, a minor Anglo-Irish aristocrat and passionate golfer who was born in 1793.
According to the USGA, the term first achieved widespread use in the 1940s.
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October is National Pasta Month, and October 17 recognizes National Pasta Day.
Pasta lovers celebrate!
Pasta is a type of noodle of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily and first attested in English in 1874. Typically, it is made from unleavened dough of durum wheat flour that is mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes. It can then be served fresh or dried to be stored for later use.
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The versatility of pasta lends it to sweet and savory dishes. It can be featured as the main dish, a light, fresh side or even the anticipated rich finish as the dessert.
Fresh pasta was originally produced by hand but, today, many varieties of fresh pasta are commercially produced by large-scale machines and the products are widely available in supermarkets.
Dried and fresh pasta come in a number of shapes and varieties.
There are 310 specific forms known variably by over 1300 names having been recently documented.
In Italy, names of specific pasta shapes or types vary with locale.
Example: Cavatelli is known by 28 different names depending on the region and town.
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Black Poetry Day is observed annually
on October 17th. This is a day to honor past and present black poets.
Black Poetry Day celebrates the importance of black heritage and literacy and the contributions made by black poets. It is a day to appreciate black authors.
Jupiter Hammon, the first published black poet in the United States, was
born in Long Island, New York, on
October 17th, 1711.
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In honor of Hammon’s birth, we celebrate the contributions of all African Americans to the world of poetry.
Take up a quiet spot at the library to read many of the talented black poets from around the world. Or find a poetry reading at a nearby bookstore, cultural or arts center like the
Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University
. The first center of its kind in the United States, The Furious Flower’s name is inspired by a poem written by former U.S. Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks.
While they don’t have a reading scheduled on Black Poetry Day, they have a growing collection of resources, offer workshops and so much more.
Host a poetry slam in your living room, front step, or in the break room. Encourage a black poet you know.
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NATIONAL GET SMART
ABOUT CREDIT DAY
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National Get Smart About Credit Day is observed annually on the third Thursday in October.
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It is a national campaign where volunteer bankers help counsel young people on responsible credit habits.
The importance of sound financial management is something that can and should be taught at a young age and learning healthy credit habits while at the same time how to avoid bad credit habits can be one of the most valuable lessons
as one grows into adulthood.
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Get to Know Your Customers Day reminds businesses to reach out to patrons and get to know them better. The day is observed annually on the third Thursday of each quarter (January, April, July, October).
When businesses get to know your customers, you also get to know more about what you need to grow. Remember when Main Street businesses were locally owned and operated? The owners knew you by name and knew your shopping habits. Additionally, they typically knew what you wanted to buy. Not surprisingly, if they didn’t have it, they were willing to get it in for you.
With the advent of the Internet and big-box stores, unfortunately, much of the personal attention has gone by the wayside. Get to Know Your Customers Day is a day to turn that around. Make it a point to get to know a little more about your customers. Most importantly, make each of them feel like they are your most important customer of the day.
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Tips to Knowing Your Customer:
- Ask your customers questions. Find out what services and products they need.
- Use social media. Get the word out about your specials and new product. Social media is a great tool to find out what your customers like and don’t like about your store. It’s important to respond as quickly as possible. When you do, it will be noticed. remember, fixing a negative customer experience in a positive way can show you stand by your word. In turn, it could transfer into future multiple sales.
- Follow up on a purchase. Ask your customers how their purchase or service worked for them. Not only will you find out about your product, but you will learn more about your customer and the services they need.
- Network with other business. Learning and sharing best practices for getting to know customers from other successful businesses will also grow your business.
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Rebecca Blackburn Hines - President & CEO - director@chapinchamber.com
April Robinson - Administrative Assistant & Newsletter Editor/Publisher - april@chapinchamber.com
803-345-1100 | www.chapinchamber.com
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