Tickets are on sale now for the 2022 Annual Membership Meeting & Luncheon! Join us on Thursday, November 10th at Prestwick Country Club! We will enjoy lunch and networking, honor the Volunteer of the Year, and present the 2023 Board of Directors Slate.
Click the flyer below for more information or to purchase tickets.
2022 COMMUNITY MAP
Check out the 2022 Frankfort Community Map, the best place for information on local businesses! This interactive map showcases our very own Chamber members! Click hereto explore all that this map has to offer.
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Choose from monthly, yearly or Fall Fest special. Investment is only $50 a month or $600 a year (from start date), which includes Fall Fest prime time July-Sept. Fall Fest prime time, July-September ONLY for just $225 ($75 a month)
If you have an event or special offer your want us to share here, send text only to office@frankfortchamber.com.
Help Your Business Stand Out to Holiday Shoppers
Join Google on October 12th at 9:00am for the next Grow with Google Partner Digital Series event,Increase Your Holiday Sales with Google Tools. During this free, one-hour workshop, you'll learn how both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses can promote their products in a Google Business Profile. They'll also discuss the Google Merchant Center, where businesses can create no-cost Product Listings on Google.
Chicago Stem Cell Therapy & Pain Management Institute
Dr. Zaki Anwar, founder of Chicago Stem Cell Therapy, is hosting free presentations to help you understand regenerative therapy and answer your questions. We will explain how our Facebook office provides conservative pain management treatments as well as stem cells and platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections. From 4-5pm on every 3rd Thursday we invite you to come see our office, talk with Dr. Anwar, and learn about your pain management options. Light appetizers and drinks will be served (October 20, November 17, December 15).
Seats are limited- please RSVP to Sandi at 815-412-6192 or svisser@fdtcenter.com with the number attending and which date (please note that all Know the Facts presentation dates will have identical content)
A discount will be given for any attendee that schedules a private pay procedure, but we will talk more about possible treatment and insurance options as well.
We look forward to seeing you at 10181 W Lincoln Hwy, Frankfort 60423 (1/2 mile west of Lagrange behind OPA Greek Restaurant)
Emagine
Don't miss our Halloween Kids Series at all locations! Join us for a different movie every week September 23-October 31, 2022. Tickets are $3 for all ages. Dates and showtimes are subject to change. Limited availability each week. Not eligible for group rentals. If tickets are not currently on sale at your preferred Emagine location, please check back later.
Join us on October 22 from 8:30am-11:30am at Camp Manitoqua for our Fall Work Day. Volunteers will help rake, weed, pick up sticks and litter, stack picnic tables, and help us ready the grounds for winter.
Please bring work gloves, buckets, leaf rakes, shovels, tarps, and anything else you might think helpful! A continental breakfast will be served from the Dining Hall deck!
Interested in volunteering?Click here for more information, or to RSVP.
Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, Nov. 24, at noon
Turkey with all the trimmings & heart-warming fellowship, too
Please come and spend Thanksgiving with us if you...
Are alone or in need, or
Are new to the area and want to meet others, or
Would like to spend Thanksgiving with others!
Call in your reservations for this FREE DINNER by Nov. 10 to Peace Lutheran Church, 815-485-5327, or e-mail us at peacechurch@peacenewlenox.org. Let us know how many adults and children will be attending.
The church is located at 1900 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox (on U.S. Hwy 30, directly across the street from Lincoln-Way Central High School, or via Schoolhouse Rd. & the Atrium Point complex.)
If you know of others who could benefit from the dinner, please encourage them to attend. Transportation will be available, so please let us know if a ride is needed. We also deliver to the homebound in the area. (For those interested, there will be a Thanksgiving worship service with communion at 11:30).
Frankfort Park District – The Fall 2022 registration is Now Open! The Fall 2022 Programs Brochure is available to view online at https://online.fliphtml5.com/gxupa/lfmb/The Fall 2022 brochure can also be downloaded from our website at www.frankfortparks.org.
6th Annual Pours for Parks: Saturday, October 22 from 4:00-7:00pm at the Frankfort Park District, 140 Oak Street. $40 advanced tickets, $50 @ the door which includes 10- Tasting Tickets.
$40 includes 10- Craft Beer, Wine, Seltzer, or Spirit Tastings
$15 General Admission- No Tastings
Additional tasting tickets sold @ event
Beer Tasting Glass while supply lasts
Musical Entertainment
Cultivate Community Table will have food available for purchase
Guests must be 21 years of age to participate
Sponsored by: Operation Playground Foundation www.opfrankfort.org and Frankfort Park District, Trail's Edge Brewing Co., The Finnish Long Drink, Thornton Distilling Company, Outlaw Spirits LLC/ Dillinger Vodka, Hickory Creek Brewing Co., The Wine Thief, Brothership Brewing, Mike's Hard Lemonade & White Claw, Eris Brewery and Cider House, Arrowhead Ales Brewing Co. and Cultivate Community Table. Tickets are available atwww.opfrankfort.org or @ the Frankfort Park District office, 140 Oak Street, Frankfort, IL.
Thriller At Main Park: Friday, October 14 from 5:00-8:00pm at Main Park, 400 W. Nebraska St. $10/child (register by October 6), $15/child (Register after October 6- based on availability). Join us for a family friendly Halloween event at Main Park. There will be a DJ dance party, balloon artist, spooky games, hayride, a haunted path, thriller dance contest, kid crafts and small pumpkin patch. Deadline for pre-registration will be October 6 or until filled. Children registered by October 6 will receive a goody bag. Registrations taken after the deadline (if space is available) will be charged $15. Please call the office for availability. Goody bags are not guaranteed after October 6. Registration deadline: October 6 or until filled. Sponsored by: Town Center Bank. One Health Chiropractic, Ma3 Healthcare Solutions LLC, Dolehide Dermatology, Denise Wegner- State Farm Insurance Agency Inc., Grounded Coffee Bar and Culver's of Frankfort.
Howl-A-Woof: Saturday, October 15 at 10:00am- Gate will open at 9:50am at the Bark Park at Commissioners Park, 80th Ave. & Sauk Trail, northwest corner of Commissioners Park. FREE admission. Trick or Treat!!! Bring your dog all dressed up for this costume competition, bone yard hunt, and trick or treating event. Dogs will have the opportunity to "Trick or Treat" around the Bark Park so remember to bring your bags to collect all their goodies. Dogs will also have a chance to enter the costume contest to be judged on- Best Overall, Funniest, and Scariest. All friendly dogs are welcome at this FREE, on-leash event. An adult must accompany dog-owners under the age of 12. While you are enjoying this event, please remember to pick-up a membership packet for the Bark Park.
For more information call the Frankfort Park District office at (815) 469-9400 or visit our website at www.frankfortparks.org. Come join the fun!
Frankfort Country Market, Sundays through Oct. 30 (no market on September 4), 9 am-1pm,1 N White Street and Breidert Green Parking Lots. Throughout the season, the market welcomes nearly 50 vendors selling produce, cut flowers, plants, honey, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, baked goods, canned goods, hot foods and more. Enjoy live entertainment each week from 10 AM to 1 PM.
Please visit thevillage websiteand Facebook page for details on events.
Illinois Libraries Present: Jesmyn Ward on Wed. Oct. 12 at 7pm. Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice. Ward, hailed as "the new Toni Morrison" by the American Booksellers Association, is the author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including the critically acclaimed novels Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones, and the memoir Men We Reaped.This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering high-quality events. Illinois Libraries Present is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a Department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Please register for this Zoom event here: https://bit.ly/ILP JesmynWard.
Chair Yoga with Gina Slager on Thu. Oct. 13 at 10am. Join Hatha Yoga Instructor Gina Slager for a guided, gentle and relaxing form of yoga with the aid of a chair. You will learn many yoga postures, along with classical breathing and meditation techniques. Open to all levels. No experience necessary.
NASA James Webb Space Telescope: Latest Images with Expert Panel (Live Streaming) on Thu. Oct. 13 at 1pm. NASA revealed the James Webb Space Telescope's first full-color images on July 12. The telescope has been providing us with several images since that first reveal, and will continue to do so for the next 20 years of its life. Join us in the Library's meeting room to watch a 60-minute live panel discussion between Webb scientists focusing on the latest images captured by Webb, the largest, most complex, and most powerful telescope ever to orbit outer space. This is an official NASA Webb Space Telescope First Images Community Event.
