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Chamber Calendar
Monday,
May 12 Tuesday,
May 13 Noon Sunday, May 18 Sponsorships and Reserved Tables CHAMBER
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· Senator Sessions will be in the Shoals
on Wednesday, May
28th for a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the
ALERT to Chamber Members: Spring Hill Press may be contacting you regarding
renewing an ad in their New
Members Comfort Inn & Suites/ Kal Patel For
Members Only…………. · Patterson
Prince & Associates has an IMMEDIATE opening for
a CPA, or a degreed accountant, preferably with · Saturday,
May 10th, Doublehead Resort presents Mother’s Day Spa packages start at $300 for an
overnight stay, with 50 minute massage. Spa
Gift Basket for only $40.00. Make
plans to attend our Lakeside Luncheon, just $11.72 per person, on Sunday, May 11th .
Call 1-800-685-9267 or go to www.doublehead.com · May 16th, Florence City Schools Fourth
Annual Education Foundation Golf Tournament. · Workshop
: “Recipe
to Market and Selling Skills for Food Entrepreneurs” · There
will be a workshop entitled Making Jams and Preserves on
a Larger Scale from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. on Sam's Club,
Children's Miracle Network, and Urban Broadcasting are teaming up
to sponsor "Rise to the Challenge III" Friday May 30- Tuesday June 3, in Sam's Club parking lot. We
will have three DJ's from STAR 94.9, WLAY 103.5, and The Big Dog
105.5 living in scissor lifts for five days to help raise money
for the Children's Hospital in Birmingham.
We will have bands performing during the event and Pop's
Barbeque will be set up on Saturday May 31. To kick off the event,
on Saturday May 17,
11 a.m.-5 p.m. we will have a Swamp John's fundraiser in
the parking lot. Sam’s is also promoting "Casual for Kids," during the event we
are giving companies and employees the opportunity to buy a
"Rise to the Challenge" T-Shirt for $10.00 to wear on
Friday May 30, the day the DJ's go up into the lift. For
additional information, please contact Tricia, Melissa, or Sharon
at Sam's Club, Phone 256-767-9960. Education / Workforce Development Info **NEW!
Chamber-Member
Job Board…
POST YOUR COMPANY’S JOB OPPORUNITIES
FOR
FREE!!
**To post unlimited jobs for FREE, go to the Chamber’s web site (www.shoalschamber.com)
and click on the Job Board link on the right side. **NEW!! Career Café
– Business volunteers spend a lunch hour talking with Shoals
area high school students who have shown specific interest in your
career field! Two pilot programs will start in Fall 2008
with plans to expand to other high schools in the future. **Summer
Technology Institute for Educators – WE NEED YOUR
EXPERTISE!! If you would be interested in SPEAKING to the
Educators about technical careers in your industry or allowing
them to TOUR YOUR FACILITY during the Institute
&/or SPONSORING A LUNCH (~$275) please contact
Rick or Stephanie. Sixteen educators have been selected to
attend. The two-week Institute will take place June 23 – 27 and
July 7 – 11.
The
program will place 16 educators in 10 - 12 different technical
programs with regular students at NW-SCC, to learn the
educational, soft and hard skills requirements necessary for each
program and the jobs to which they lead; participate in hands-on /
workshop / lab activities in the classes; hear from business
representatives about why they need more skilled workers and the
career paths (and salaries) to which these technical programs
lead; hear from students about their career aspirations; and tour
businesses using the skills from the technical programs. **Teacher Supply Depot
–
Donations of new or gently-used school or office supplies are always needed for the next opening, including: paper;
desk accessories; good, working (gently used) equipment. Cash is
also very helpful in purchasing new school supplies. All donations are tax deductible,
made to the Shoals Area Chamber Foundation. THANK YOU especially
to our Sponsors: Presenting
- Wachovia Foundation,
Gold
- Sara Lee, Click here to complete the
Shoals
Business and Industry WORKFORCE NEEDS SURVEY FOR
SCHOOLS (on-line)
- Shoals Employers, if you have not done so already, and complete
the workforce needs survey. Your input will assist our local
schools to better prepare YOUR FUTURE WORKFORCE! If you’ve ever
wished you could communicate your workforce needs to educators,
this is your opportunity! Please help us help you!
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