June Newsletter
Hello Caroline County Chamber of Commerce Partners, Members and Friends,

We hope you have had a great spring and are looking forward to a fun June!

The Small Business Academy Class 3 entitled Digital Marketing was conducted by Peg Duschene of Dutchess Enterprises. Peg offered attendees some tricks and hacks for social media marketing and other communications strategies. If you would like more information or notes from this class, send us an email at info@carolinechamber.org with the subject line: Digital Marketing. Our next class will focus on how to write a productive press release. Information listed below.

Our Women in Business Network got creative this month! Teachers Lynn Keckler- His Hope Ministries, Laura Reeder-Shore United Bank and Theresa Connelly-The Chesapeake Think Tank taught tips and tricks to create out of your comfort zone! They did a fabulous job! Join us in August for our next WIB!

We have partnered with the Town of Greensboro for the Eastern Shore's First Annual Riverfest Concert Series and Food Truck Wars! This is a three event summer series with the first scheduled for June 18, 2021. Each event will be held at the Choptank River Park and run from 4:00 PM until 10:00 PM!
Each event will have food trucks and a fabulous band! We hope you will come out and enjoy this awesome Friday night in park event!
Cost is $10 at the gate or you can purchase on our website. Whiskey on Wednesday will be the entertainment for June date! There will be corn hole and a beer truck from our friends at Kelly Distributors! See the flyer below for more details!

Thank you for your continued support!

Have a great June!

Tracey
Check out the 2021 Ford Bronco Full Size SUV!
Watch Greg Rohman give a walk around of the brand new 2021 Ford Bronco SUV. Head to https://www.prestonford.com/2021-Ford-Bronco-Order-Now.html for more information”.
Welcome New May Members!

We are so excited to welcome five new members in May!

Edwards Driving Center, Edwards Allstar Barbershop, First Home Mortgage, Steven's Greenhouse & Produce, Minary's Dream Alliance

Click on the link below to learn more about our newest members!
The Caroline Non-Profit Network hosted it's first in person mixer since the start of the pandemic on May 13, 2021 at the Ridgely Train Station. There were snacks and several non-profits in attendance. Each set up a table so visitors could stop and learn more about what they do in our community. The Caroline Non-Profit Network is program that is set up to bring businesses and our non-profits together.For more about the Ridgely Train Station, click on the link:



Present were His Hope Ministries, CASA of Caroline, Ridgely Lions Club, Minary's Dream Alliance, The Arc Central Chesapeake Region, MId-Shore Pro Bono, Partners in Care, Caroline County Humane Society, the Caroline and Ridgely Historical Societies. Photo by ShoreToBeFun Photography
Thank you to sponsor Health Benefits Advisors, LLC Team Sack for sponsoring the ducks!
Proceeds benefit the Caroline Non-Profit Network
Do not miss the first Duck Derby in July! Ducks will be $10 each for 3 for $25 and be sold this entire month! We will drop them on July16th at the Riverfest Concert Series and Food Truck Wars event. More details to come!
You can buy your duck through Venmo by scanning the QR code or visiting our website www.carolinechamber.org today!
Join the Caroline County Chamber of Commerce for it's next Small Business Academy on June 9th at 8:00 AM- 9:30 AM.
This class will offer, "How to Write a Productive Press Release” our guest speaker will be Editor Dave Ryan from the Dorchester Banner.

Mr. Ryan, who has worked with the Banner in a number of capacities for many years, will share professional insights in getting your message out.
Included will be tips such as:

The “5 W’s”- Get the Basics Taken Care Of, that’s much of what your customers are really looking for.

“Short and Sweet” – Whether your message will be printed, read on the radio or TV, or posted online, a moderate length should do it. Mr. Ryan will share how to write this way.

"Email Subject Line" – Doesn’t sound too exciting? Well, neither is getting your email deleted, because the editor somewhere is going through dozens or hundreds at a time.
A few attention-getting words does the trick.

"Picture This" – A photo goes a long way towards getting your press release published. We’ll talk about how to get a good pic to the public.

Last but not least, there will be a chance for questions and answers, so we’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Visit our website to learn more!
Chamber Chat Podcast Episode 2 with guest
Tara Hill-Coursey, Director for the Caroline Office of Toursim
Thank you to chamber member: GiftDGuy Media!
We love doing our podcast at their studio in Greensboro! https://www.giftdguymedia.com
June Events! Summer fun in Caroline County!
Did you know that chamber members can submit their events at no cost?
Deadline is the 20th of every month!
Thank you to our Partners! We appreciate all you do for our Chamber and the community!