2020 CANWEST CHAMBER MEMBER GOLF CLASSIC
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Bear Creek Golf Club
- Registration
- Shotgun Start
- Buffet Dinner served by Course Staff and can be eaten on site or taken home
- Mulligan and Grand Prize Draws
- 4-Person Texas Scramble Format
Member Registration: $150+GST/person; ($600+GST/four-person team)
Green Fees, Power Carts, and Supper included
THANK YOU TO OUR TITLE SPONSOR:
CANWEST GROUP BENEFIT CONSULTANTS
OTHER SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
WATERING HOLE SPONSOR
MNP
LUNCH SPONSOR
(one available)
GRAND PRIZE SPONSOR
(one available)
TEAM CART SPONSORS
County of Grande Prairie
Alliance Disposal
(two more available)
BEVERAGE CART SPONSORS
(two available)
HOLE IN ONE SPONSORS
Paradise Inn & Conference Centre
Roger Arcand Professional Corp.
(two more available)
HOLE SPONSORS
Community Futures Grande Prairie & Region
Grande Prairie Regional Tourism Association
Northern Doors
Sherry Drysdale, Mortgage Associate, Dominion Lending
(ten more available)
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UPDATE YOUR CHAMBER INFORMATION
Thank you to our 13 hundred member businesses for supporting our Chamber. In our efforts to best promote your services, we need your help. Please take a few moments to check your information with us. This includes your business name, mailing address, physical address if different, your contact information including phone, email, website, and fax number if in use, number of employees, and the categories in which you are listed. We also ask you to review your web page with us to ensure you are making the most of your membership and look your best to users searching for your info!
Please contact Leah Fujarczuk, Member Relations and Engagement, at 780-532-5340 or
leah@gpchamber.com for more information.
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PUT YOUR NAME UP IN LIGHTS!
Let us help you spread the word about your business! Send us an ad for our
our Digital Sign
outside Centre 2000 on 116 Avenue!
For more information on Digital Sign advertising with EXCLUSIVE RATES FOR CHAMBER MEMBERS
, please contact Leah in our office by phone at 780-532-5340 or email
leah@gpchamber.com.
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The Chamber of Commerce along with the
City of Grande Prairie
and
County of Grande Prairie
are working together as a
Business Resiliency Taskforce
to provide a unified approach to supporting local businesses.
On our website
is a list of resources to help you navigate various levels of financial support and reopening guidelines.
Digital Marketing Training
The
Business Resiliency Taskforce
has partnered with
Community Futures
Grande Prairie & Region
and
nine10 Inc.
to offer pragmatic and in-depth digital marketing training to local businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19.
The purpose of the program is to equip local businesses with the skills and knowledge to grow their business utilizing the latest digital marketing tools. The areas of focus will be digital content strategy, branding & visual identity, web design tools and applications, social media, search engine marketing and websites & e-commerce.
Once complete, businesses will come out of the workshop with the knowledge to grow their social following, enhance their visual brand, run effective marketing campaigns, and setup a powerful website.
While the value of the program is estimated at $4,000 per business, thanks to the partnership and municipal funding, businesses will have access to the program for $250.
Due to the experiential and hands on format of the workshops, space is limited so businesses are encouraged to apply early. Applications for the program open July 21 and will be accepted until August 5. Digital onboarding will begin at the end of August with in-person training beginning mid-September. COVID-19 risk mitigation and physical distancing measures will be acknowledged during in-person training with a contingency plan in place for a digital delivery model.
For full program details and eligibility or to apply, visit
grandeprairiechamber.com/covid-19-business-resiliency/
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CO-OP DONATION
The
Grande Prairie Hospitals’ Auxiliary Association
would like to take this opportunity to thank the
Horizon Co-op
for their generous donation to help us continue our work providing equipment, furniture, and supplies to our local hospitals. Every month the Horizon Co-op collects coins from their stores in Grande Prairie, La Glace, Rycroft, Hythe, Beaverlodge, Valleyview, Grande Cache, and Falher to support a registered non-profit organization in the area. Pictured in the photo are Al Melcolm, Downtown Co-op Food Store Leader; Dorothy Kusyk, Past-President of the GPHAA; Bonnie Middleton; and Dawson Green, Marketing Team Leader.
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Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention
is excited to announce the creation of Men's Talk!
This will be a second support group for men that will run in addition to our Wednesday evening group.
Men's Talk will have more of a therapeutic focus and will require participants to register and complete an intake process.
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COVID-19 – ADAPT AND THRIVE IN THE NEW NORMAL
BDC
AND
BDO
SHARE PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR YOUR BUSINESS
What can businesses do to prepare for the long recovery road ahead? How can business owners adjust their practices to seize new opportunities? On July 29,
BDC and BDO
will discuss these questions, financing options, and more, on how businesses can adapt and thrive in the post-COVID-19 reality.
DATE: July 29th, 2020
TIME: 1:00 PM EDT
DURATION: 60 MINUTES
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The
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
is proud to commission local writer, Sue Farrell Holler, to create this very moving and relatable piece for 'The Curve: Community Art Installation'.
Sue Farrell Holler
is a Grande Prairie writer whose work is recognized for its simplicity and emotional depth. She won the R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature for her young adult novel “Cold White Sun,” was a 2019 finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award and is currently a finalist for a High Plains Book Award. Her next work, a picture book called “Raven, Rabbit, Deer,” is scheduled for publication in November.
You can see Sues' written installation, and the rest of the community submissions, as part of 'The Curve'. The Gallery is one of the few galleries in Alberta that are open regular hours and is a FREE Admission Gallery.
Here is the link to our facebook page,
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About Canada United
The #CanadaUnited campaign is a nationwide small and local business campaign encouraging Canadians to buy local.
RBC, ‘Corporate Canada’, Business Associations and Major Media Partners have teamed up to start a movement, Canada UnitedTM, where everyday Canadians and large businesses come together in support of small and local businesses. The movement will start with a #CanadaUnited campaign where Canadians are asked to complete ‘micro-actions’ (likes, views, etc.) in support of small and local businesses on social media. In short, Canada United encourages action from everyday Canadians and Corporate Canada and kickstarts the recovery of local economies and small businesses.
Canada United is offering small business relief grants of up to $5,000 to help small Canadian businesses with recovery efforts as a result of COVID-19. The grant funds will grow over the next several weeks as every video watched and social post liked from Canada United will result in a 5¢ contribution from RBC. Funds can be used for PPE, renovations, or e-commerce capabilities.
Conditions apply.
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Veterans Memorial Gardens & Interpretive Centre at 10121-93 St. is looking for your support.
We have two needs that are critical to our facility.
The first is the need for a 6' fence around the perimeter of the property.
Because our donor wall will be on a 100' length of fence we need extra strong posts. The quote we have is for $24,575 + GST
Most of the grants that we have applied for, or would normally apply for have all shifted focus and as many are aware, fundraising has been challenging. Like all non profits we rely on grants, donations, sponsorships and gifts in kind to succeed and serve our community.
We have some volunteers willing to help us with the task of fencing, however materials are out of reach at the moment.
To help ourselves raise some money we will be hosting a fundraiser in late August or mid September (awaiting our kitchen to be built and approved) and we will be selling tables to aid us in raising some much needed operational funding. We have education kits that we need to get out to our teachers, field trips to arrange and support and collections and displays to keep moving forward. Those services require someone to go to the teachers and share with them what the kits are and how they work. Then to book and manage them and their contents. Each kit holds two courses with a total of 8 stations and over 130 artifacts. They need to be maintained consistently after every "rental".
Monday to Friday we'd love to have at least one school come through our facility and participate in our
educational kits
. Or if you know a school that field trips can't take place we can ship a kit to them to use for a week.
We have a host of ways people can get involved.
We can use skills with fundraising, marketing, gardening and landscaping (we have a half acre space to manicure!), interior decorating, shadow boxes etc.
I would also like to mention we will be ready for rent soon too; we look forward to hosting community events that would like an indoor/outdoor space for community BBQ's, dinners, meetings, job fairs, mini trade shows etc.
I want to thank the Jackpot Grill & Event Centre for helping us obtain the equipment we need for our outdoor community kitchen at an affordable price. It's deeply gratifying to work with those who support each other.
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TOWNE CENTRE LIQUOR AND WINE STORE
Customer Appreciation and Mega Sale
SUMMER SPECIALS (WINES):
BUY 2 SAVE 15%
BUY 4 SAVE 20%
BUY 6 SAVE 25%
FOR SELECTED LIQUEURS, SCOTCHES, RUMS, VODKAS,TEQUILAS, GIFT PACKS:
BUY 2 SAVE 10%
BUY 4 SAVE 15%
BUY 6 SAVE 20%
Come take advantage of this opportunity and enjoy the savings while supporting small and family-owned businesses in the community.
TOWNE CENTRE LIQUOR AND WINE STORE
9845 99 Avenue, Grande Prairie
in the Towne Centre Mall
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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.
For more information on Chamber Member Connections submissions,
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Website: www.grandeprairiechamber.com
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Email info@gpchamber.com | Phone 780-532-5340 | Fax 780-532-2926
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