Well, I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
December is always a busy month with our focus on looking to wrap up our year end business activities while being surrounded by the extremely busy holiday season.
As usual, a good way to start our month was with our monthly Breakfast Club networking and the attendance was strong. I want to “Congratulate” our two raffle drawing winners Rev. Doug Dry and Ally Houghton. Now both simply have to be sure to be in attendance at our January 6, 2022 breakfast meeting in order to collect their prize. Per our Breakfast Club rules, if they miss the next meeting after the drawing, then they forfeit their prize. So hopefully, they are reading this newsletter!!
We had a very successful and fun- filled Holiday Networking at the Dockside on Wednesday evening December 8th. If you were not there you missed an enjoyable and festive evening of holiday spirited networking. Congrats to members of the Savings Bank who were our Holiday Trivia winners!
This past month we had two celebratory ribbon cuttings for our newest members: Burtons Restaurant, located in the Lynnfield Market Place and Vault Training located 14 Centre Ct., Lynnfield. WELCOME to both of these fine new Chamber members- let's wish them both well!
This past weekend we sponsored our second annual holiday Santa Parade and it was a picture perfect day for Santa to visit Wakefield. The Chamber would like to offer special recognition and thanks to the following Wakefield Town departments for their support and participation: Wakefield PD, Wakefield FD, Wakefield DPW, Wakefield MLGD and Town Administrator Steve Maio. Additionally, we would like to recognize and thank all of our Santa Parade sponsors for helping bring Santa to town: Wakefield CO-operative Bank, The Savings Bank, First Financial, The Dockside Rest., Cataldo Ambulance, Mystic Painting, Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Dept. and Subaru of Wakefield.
We are currently working and planning on our next educational sessions and will be sending out the informational flyers soon – so please keep your eyes open for these new learning opportunities.
Please be sure to take advantage of the Chamber's “Bonus Bucks for Broadway” and support those local businesses who have been adversely impacted by the closing at the Broadway railroad crossing. See Chamber website for details.
Be safe everyone and Happy Holidays,
John
