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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Join us at 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. 📷 Photo taken at our planning meeting on Friday at The Hideout Kitchen!
Vendors for the evening include HealthMarkets Insurance Agency, 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 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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Welcome NEW Lafayette Chamber Members!
The following businesses recently joined the Lafayette Chamber! We encourage you to visit their website to learn more.
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3629 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Ste. A, Lafayette, CA
📷 Chhith Taing, 925-283-9352
Old-school place for coffee & traditional donuts in flavors such as glazed & jelly-filled.
Categories: Donuts, Restaurants
4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord, CA 94521
Julia Bermudez, 925-676-7543
Leading the fight to end hunger, in partnership with our community and in service of our neighbors in need.
We distribute food into the community by operating our own free food programs each week within Contra Costa and Solano counties and by partnering with 260 local nonprofit agencies to support their hunger-fighting efforts. The work volunteers put in annually is equivalent to 50 full-time employees; they are the heart of our organization and we couldn’t do it without them.
Category: Non-Profit Organizations & Clubs
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Lafayette Chamber RENEWING Members
A huge thank you to the following members for renewing their membership between October 24-30.
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📷 Last Thursday Holly attended the Hope Solutions' Annual Stakeholders Breakfast! |
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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.
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Happy Halloween from the Lafayette Chamber!
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Bon Voyage Jay Lifson!
Looking for a space to host your next event, celebration, gathering, or meeting? Create & Flow Creative Studio is located at 3391 Mt. Diablo Blvd in Lafayette, CA. It is a 1200 sq ft natural light space perfect for any intimate gathering. Our space comfortably seats 50 indoors for dinner, 65 for conference style seating, and 85 for cocktail style events. Our all-inclusive packages make gathering easy and effortless so you can focus on what's most important; simply enjoying the moment. Inquire HERE.
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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.
Additional details coming soon but 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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Allison Tabor Shares: Secrets to Becoming a Woman of Influence
Time for a mid-Fall checkin! Returning to our pre-covid routines and relationships, and making new connections, we’re reminded that none of us succeeds alone. We need other people to advise and advocate for us, and collaborate to move our goals and projects forward. Is there a trick to getting our work and needs noticed, and attracting this valuable support?
Allison Tabor, our featured speaker, shares the secrets to becoming a woman of influence—whether you want to have others follow your lead, or to expand your credibility and opportunities to influence others. Don’t miss Alison on November 9!
A group of women who are already on your side, whatever your skill level as an influencer, includes all of us at Mt. Diablo Business Women! Join us to experience the great networking and warm camaraderie that we are known for. And don’t worry if you need to step out before 1:30 – we’ve scheduled our key agenda items as far forward as possible. We’re excited to connect with you! Lunch includes a salad buffet & iced tea. Other beverages may be ordered and paid at the meeting. RSVP HERE
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The Weekly Roundup
➡ Give Us Your Ideas on Safer Local Streets
➡ Provide Input on Lamorinda Regional Transportation Issues Too
➡ Election Day Reminders – Your Vote Counts!
➡ Does Everyone in Your Household Know What to Do in Case of a Chemical Emergency?
➡ Family Court Awareness Month
➡ Measure X Town Hall on Housing-Related and Homelessness-Related Services
➡ United Against Hate Week Posters Available
➡ Date Changed to Wednesday, November 16 for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Community Conversation
➡ College Application presentation on November 1
➡ November 8 is General Election Day
➡ Operation Documentation on November 10
➡ 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
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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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Member Events & Announcements |
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“The Ins & Outs of the College Admissions Process”
The Rotary Club of Moraga, Acalanes Union High School District, and the Moraga School District are proud to present “The Ins & Outs of the College Admissions Process” by Annie Wells, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt University on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. Check-in begins at 11:45 am at the Holy Trinity Cultural Center, 1700 School Street, Moraga. This event will help take the stress out of the college admissions process and make it less confusing for the student and parent. There are a limited number of seats available, so purchase your $10 ticket now at https://moragarotaryevents.com. |
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Folk music finds its way into the next Gold Coast Chamber Players concert, Folk Inspired on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 7:30 pm at the Don Tatzin Community Hall in the Lafayette Library, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette. Brahms’ “Spring” Quintet, is featured along with quartets by two female composers, Grażyna Bacewicz and Florence Price. This diverse program features the passionate Telegraph Quartet and GCCP violist Pamela Freund-Striplen. Come hear why GCCP was awarded Best Concert Series of the East Bay for two consecutive years! Single tickets are $15-45 and are available online at www.gccpmusic.com or by calling (925) 283-3728.
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Sunday, November 6, 10am-2pm, Orinda Community Park
This is a SUPER fun-filled event with kindness-themed carnival games, face painting, food trucks and more. We will have service project stations, raffle prize drawing and lots of dancing! Our event is open to ALL ages and helps us bring mindful service programs for many local schools and communities. We are thrilled to have many local businesses and community partners with us for our Carnival- from Lamorinda Tooth Buds to Joy in Motion and more.
For anyone who can't attend the carnival, there are several ways to still support our cause.
1) Donate to our Carnival Campaign
Your funds will directly support the expansion of our mindful service programs in the Bay Area & beyond. You can donate here directly.
2) Company Match
If your company is interested in supporting our event with a sponsorship or matching your donation, that would be super impactful for our organization.
3) Spread the Word
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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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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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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
Medicare 2023 - What You Need to Know
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 6:00PM – 7:30PM | Homework Center
Open Enrollment for Medicare Begins October 15 - Review your coverage for next year. Every year plans change their costs, coverage or providers or your needs may have changed. There may also be new, better options available. The Contra Costa Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) will review the 2023 plans and how to potentially save money or get better coverage for your needs.
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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