News & Events from the Lafayette Chamber |
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Sara Regan, Executive Director
251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150, Lafayette, CA
Office Hours
Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm, Friday 9am-1pm
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In Brief
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Sign up for MIXPO - registration deadline is Tuesday, November 8 for the Thursday, November 10 event at the Pleasant Hill Community Center. SIGN UP HERE
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THIS THURSDAY: MIXPO 2022!
MIXPO 2022 is hosted by your 5 local Chambers – Lafayette Chamber, Walnut Creek Chamber, Pleasant Hill Chamber, Concord Chamber and the Martinez Chamber.
Please bring an unwrapped toy for the “Toys for tots” drive. Bins will be located at checkin.
Vendors for the evening include Devine Solar, Hope Solutions, Insperity, John Muir Health, Lafayette Social Magazine, Mobility Matters, Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Rebecca’s Vault, Shelter, Inc., Unbound Training Co., White Pony Express, and many others as each Chamber is showcasing ten vendor booths.
Tasty treats brought to you by Batch and Brine, Back Forty, Beard Papas, World Famous Hotboys , Wise Girls, and more. Plus, there will be a no host bar.
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Community Thanksgiving Breakfast
Thursday, November 17, 7am-8:30am, Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center
Tickets will only be available until 10am THIS Friday, November 11 unless sold out prior to this date. This is an indoor event, maximum 150 persons.
We invite everyone! Politicos, non-profits, school representatives, business leaders, community leaders, Rotarians, our Chamber members, etc. to all come together to share in a breakfast and enjoy our special speaker, Chris Helfrich.
Chris is a social entrepreneur and nonprofit leader committed to finding innovative solutions to community-based issues and problems. Currently, Chris is President and CEO of Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, which he helped launch in July 2019.
Doors open at 7am with coffee, 7:15am buffet, 7:30am program, ends by 8:30am. A traditional egg breakfast will be provided by Sunrise Bistro Catering. Breakfast buffet includes scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, breakfast potatoes, fruit, and pastries. Gluten free option includes organic plain low-fat yogurt, berry compote, and sunrise granola. Coffee and tea will be served along with orange juice.
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Lafayette Chamber RENEWING Members
A huge thank you to the following members for renewing their membership between October 31-November 6.
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Nominations now being accepted for Lafayette's Business Person of the Year 2023!
Criteria for the Lafayette Business Person of the Year includes:
- Current Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Member;
- Is involved with a successful business;
- Has been involved with either the Chamber or other community based organizations;
- Their work should support our mission: To promote and maintain a healthy business climate and to preserve and enhance the quality of life in Lafayette;
- Someone who has given their time, money or energy to help make Lafayette a healthy community where people want to live, work and shop;
- Someone who models excellence in everything they do;
- Someone who brings this community together and/or makes us proud to be a member of the community.
Former BPOY award recipients include Ed Stokes, Paul Barendregt, Dan Kelly, Barb Sorken, Dave Hill, Don Jenkins, Cynthia Murdough, Paul Bettelheim, Bob Ewen, Sereta Churchill, Ann Denny, Caesar Perales, Dennis Garrison, Scott Hampton & Wendy Tamis, Steve Cortese, Mike Heller, Mo Levich, Larry Blodgett, Tom Courtright, Larry Duson, Jay Lifson, Colleen McCormick, Brian Aiello, Leila Douglah, Andy and Wendy Scheck, Brenda Oum, Dana Green, Terry Ring, Jennifer Perlmutter, and John McCormick.
Questions? Feel free to call the Lafayette Chamber at 925-284-7404.
📷 Business Persons of the Year: Jennifer Perlmutter (2020) and John McCormick (2022)
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It’s a Wonderful Life in Lafayette Holiday Celebration
“It’s a Wonderful Life in Lafayette” holiday celebration is designed as a time to share holiday cheer as we celebrate this wonderful community we live in. Typically held on the first Sunday in December in Lafayette’s Plaza Park, this free, fun, family-friendly celebration includes Santa sightings, free train rides on the Lafayette Express, official holiday tree lighting ceremony, one-of-a-kind photo ops, live musical entertainment, kid’s crafts, holiday treats and more!
Join us Sunday, December 4, 2022, 4:30pm-6:30pm in Lafayette Plaza Park!
Presented by your Lafayette Chamber, and sponsored by Branagh Development and local Lafayette Realtor Dana Green Team, who together are also sponsoring the environmentally-friendly downtown Lafayette twinkle lights for the 2022 Holiday Season. |
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SAVE THE DATE!
Lafayette Chamber's Holiday Mixer
Thursday, December 8, 5:30-7:00pm, St. Perpetua Community Center - The Grand Hall, 3454 Hamlin Road, Lafayette
We look forward to hosting a holiday mixer this December! Please join us at St. Perpetua Church's new Community Center and Grand Hall on December 8.
Please consider donating to Hope Solutions. Hope Solutions is a charity that St. Perpetua tithes for. It was originally called Contra Costa Interfaith Housing. It was started/founded by multiple faith communities in Contra Costa County to provide supportive housing for families and individuals. They purchased an apartment building in Pleasant Hill and remodeled it and moved in families and provided therapy, job counseling, after school help for the kids and so much more. Their model is so successful that they now provide housing and support services at multiple complexes in Contra Costa County. Hope Solutions is extra special because so many groups in Lafayette were instrumental in its creation and continue to support it.
Hope Solutions’ MHSA and ACCESS program have requested new bedding as a holiday gift. Help Hope Solutions deliver “Bed in a Bag” including comforters and sheets to the residents in the program. Bed in a Bag should be gender neutral and include a comforter, shams, and sheet set. Bedding should be delivered to the holiday mixer on Thursday, December 8 at St. Perpetua or to the Hope Solutions office by Monday, December 12 . If you would like to sign up to provide bedding for a resident in the program you can sign up here. If you have any questions about donations, please contact Sandibel Arnold at sarnold@hopesolutions.org.
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Business Resources & Opportunities |
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The Weekly Roundup
➡ Your Vote Counts!
➡ Planning Commission Meeting Monday Night
➡ Mobile App “My Lafayette” Puts City Resources in Your Hand
➡ Wet Weather Reminders
➡ We Stand United Against Hate
➡ Share Your Input on Regional Transportation Issues
➡ Below Market Rate (BMR) Homes for Sale in Downtown Lafayette
➡ Shop Local Lafayette eCard Program – Remember to Spend Your Bonus Cards First!
➡ Contra Costa County Announces Innovation Fund Grant Program
➡ November is Family Court Awareness Month
➡ Information on Recent and Active Lafayette Planning Applications
➡ Community Events and Meetings
➡ Public Meetings
➡ Community Briefs
➡ Cultural Observations and Celebrations
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Supervisor Candace Andersen's Weekly Update
➡ November 8 is General Election Day in Contra Costa
➡ Please Join Us at the County's Veterans Day Ceremony on November 8
➡ Mount Diablo Beacon to be Lit in Honor of Veterans Day
➡ Cleaner Contra Costa FALL CHALLENGE: November Update!
➡ Operation Documentation III
➡ Measure X Town Hall
➡ Metropolitan Transportation Commission Webinar: The Future of Freeways
➡ PG&E's Tom Guarino Remembered with Memorial Bench
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Golden Happy Hour!
We invite all Lamorinda seniors to join us for an early evening of warm smiles, engaging conversation & mingling in Golden company! Jim and Nancy Scala will be there to greet everyone.
Thanks to Brian Stranko of No-H2O Car Detailing for sponsoring light refreshments for this event! (All will be responsible for their own beverages.)
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The California Independent Film Festival to return on November 10th
After a three-year hiatus the California Independent Film Festival (CAIFF) will be returning to the Orinda Theatre on Thursday, November 10th, 2022. This will mark the 23rd California Independent Film Festival.
Program Director, Efi Lubliner is proud to announce, that of CAIFF’s 24 selected films, 4 are USA premieres, 7 Bay Area premiers as well as 7 Contra Costa County premieres. Plus, 6 filmmakers from around the world will be doing Q &As after their movie screenings via Zoom. Efi states that “I am proud of the quality and variety of films that will be screened at CAIFF”.
Other highlights for the festival include FREE family movies on Saturday and Sunday at 10AM. On Saturday November 12th at 10 AM, we will be showing Cat’s Don’t Dance (1997) with lead animator, Dave Woodman in attendance and on Sunday November 13th the Danny Kaye classic film The Court Jester will be playing at 10AM. https://www.caiff.org
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Veterans Day Vigil
Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:30PM at the Lafayette Hillside Memorial
The memorial is across from BART in Lafayette. Thoughts will be focused on U.S. soldiers who have served on behalf of our country and the sacrifices they’ve made. It will include short speeches, music and reflection.
Lafayette Hillside Memorial continues to be a place of reflection and remembrance; a protest against forgetting. It is a place to recognize, honor, and commemorate individual national service contributions. The memorial is also a place that encourages individual and public reflection on those contributions, and the otherwise unintended, unseen, and unexamined costs of war.
For more information, or to donate to maintenance, visit
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Hospice East Bay Tree of Lights
Hospice East Bay is proud to be celebrating our 36th annual Tree of Lights! For 36 years these ceremonies have provided a way for families and friends to honor their loved ones and find solace in the symbolism of light as the names of their loved ones are read. The funds raised by these ceremonies make it possible for us to provide hospice care to patients who are not covered by insurance.
The ceremony for Lafayette will be held on Tuesday, November 15, at 5:30pm. The Chamber is honoring long time employees Ann Denny and Karen Rose.
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Holiday Shopping this Weekend! |
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Supporting Our Arts & Our Nonprofits
Our November nonprofit email blast was sent out on Friday, October 28, check it out here!
View the arts community email blast here.
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Love Without Limits Canned Food Drive
They are requesting some items for their Thanksgiving baskets they will distribute to the community. Cans of string beans, cans of corn, cranberry sauce, instant potatoes, rice and beans are highly desired items for the baskets. They are grateful for any canned food donations, pasta, peanut butter, etc.
Thank you for helping support our neighbors in Richmond by helping them this Thanksgiving.
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A Brighter Day's 3rd Annual Virtual Gala
Please join us in celebrating a year's worth of achievements and continuing our mission of preventing teen suicide at A Brighter Day's 3rd Annual Virtual Gala on November 10th at 5:30pm. We’ll have an exciting night full of music performances, live speakers, virtual door prizes, a silent and live auction, and much more! Learn more and RSVP here.
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Get your Trot On!
Sign up to support our nonprofits this Thanksgiving:
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Be Part of the Solution!
Can you spare 2-4 hours every week or two to help Lamorinda older adults age 60+ get to a medical or personal appointment, the grocery store, or to run an errand? The Lamorinda Spirit needs volunteer drivers. Please email Riki at rjuster@lovelafayette.org or call 925-284-5546 to learn how you can help.
If you know older Lamorinda residents age 60+ or people with disabilities who need transportation to destinations in Lamorinda, Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, and Walnut Creek, please suggest they email dispatch@lovelafayette.org or call 925-283-3534. We love to help older adults get out and about; and we love to say, “YES” to ride requests!
Paid Positions: If you have a good driving record and enjoy talking to people, you may find a good fit as the paid ($21 an hour) Lafayette Downtown Shuttle Driver, driving a downtown loop for four hours on 1-3 days a week. We are also in search of a second Dispatcher to take ride reservations 1-2 afternoons a week, communicate with passengers and drivers, and determine the route. This position pays $21 an hour and requires moderate knowledge of Excel, map programs, and email. For more hours, these positions can be combined. Please email Riki at rjuster@lovelafayette.org or call 925-284-5546 to learn more!
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Do you have an event or announcement to share with our membership and/or the community? You can add your event to our online calendar, no login required (we simply need to approve it before it will display.) Add your event HERE. Questions? Contact holly@lafayettechamber.org.
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At the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
WOW presents California Pop
Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM | Don Tatzin Community Hall
Art docent Avril Angevine joins us to discuss California pop (art) stars like Ed Ruscha, Wayne Thiebaud, Joan Brown, Roger Kuntz and Robert Colescott to name a few. Their styles may originate in Europe or New York, but they put their own stamp on them - sometimes a bit more irreverent, sometimes more down to earth, but always full of California color and verve. The flip and hip answer to the soulful Abstract Expressionism of the 1950's, Pop Art burst onto the scene in 1962 when the Ferus Gallery on La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles exhibited Andy Warhol’s soup cans. Many local artists were mining the same territory, bringing objects of contemporary life such as ice cream cones, gas stations, and the Goodyear blimp, into art.
The Vietnam War: Two Perspectives
Thursday, November 10, 2022, 6:30 - 7:30 PM | Don Tatzin Community Hall
Please join us for this special Veterans Day event, featuring two speakers sharing their unique experiences: Vietnam veteran Steven Burchik and Leslie Ann Pfeifer, who served as a flight attendant on military charter flights to and from Vietnam war zones.
Drawing on his memories, his daily letters to his fiancée, and his thousands of photographs, Burchik will share his book Compass and a Camera: A Year in Vietnam. Pfeifer's presentation provides a brief history of the original Flying Tigers during the Sino-Japanese War and WWII, followed by her personal experiences during the Vietnam War.
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Show Your Membership!
Would you like to include a Lafayette Chamber membership emblem on your website or other marketing materials?
The Lafayette Chamber would be happy to provide you with the appropriate logos. Simply email your request to holly@lafayettechamber.org.
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Sign up for Text Notifications!
Please note: to signup via text you will be asked for your birthdate. This information is not stored, it is only used for verify you are over 21 years of age.
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