Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Weekly Chamber Update

From Gail,

We’re accepting donations for the holiday lights. Send to the Chamber and mark it ‘Holiday Lights’. Thank you.

This is a busy week with PREN 2, Health Care Forum, Chamber Retail Roundtable, Business After Hours at Houlihan’s (always very popular so please rsvp!), and Women in Business (Kym Raya speaking!) (Panera Bread Catering!). Please check at the bottom for the details.

We’ll accept food donations for the food pantry at all Chamber functions!

Welcome to our new members for October:

1 Around the World Cigars & Gifts Al Shah
2 Beyond Compare Virtual Assistants Janet Sagmeister
3 Cbeyond Brooke Martin
4 CorePower Yoga Vy Brooks
5 DiValerio, Kathy - Koenig & Strey Kathy DiValerio
6 Entertainment Cruises Peggy Kennedy
7 Gospel Life BIC Church Rev. Jeff Foster
8 Master Brick Inc. Ulyana Lysak
9 Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center Eileen Considine Boggins
10 Pangaea Tiling & Decorative Painting Alec Schuetter
11 Real Results Inc. Qunoot Sharafi
12 Uptown Dentistry Dr. Jeff Ruttencutter & Dr. Priscilla Chang
13 Mel Thillens Park District Board/Resident


If you are a U.S. military veteran, please email me and let me know.

We will list your name in the newsletter. And, if you come to the November 9 luncheon, we’ll take a picture of all our vets for the newsletter and I’ll post it online.

11/11/11 is Veterans Day and the Chamber office will be closed in observance.
First Fridays is reflecting the spirit of Thanksgiving – Park Ridge Merchants seek to raise 1,000 lbs of food for Maine Township Food Pantry during First Fridays: “Remember in November.”

Residents are encouraged to bring non perishable items to participating businesses. Each person who donates will receive a coupon that may be redeemed during WinterFest on November 25. For a complete list of participating businesses visit FirstFridaysPR.com.

October 25, Tuesday, 9:00am – 10:00am, PREN 2: Park Ridge Executive Network; one person per profession.

October 26, Wednesday, Retail Committee First Friday Planning Meeting, 8:30am – 9:30am, Tea Lula, 11 S. Fairview

October 26, Wednesday, Health Care Forum Monthly Meeting, 9:00 am - 10:30 am

October 27, Thursday, Business After Hours, Houlihan’s, 5 to 7 p.m. Good food and drink and networking – rsvp to the Chamber!

October 28, Friday, 8:30am – 9:45am, Women in Business Breakfast, Kymberlee Kaye Raya of Big Shot Marketing speaking about Designing Effective Email Campaigns. Catered by Panera Bread $10 for members and $15 for prospective and walk ins.

November 2, Wednesday, 8:30am - 9:30am Retail Committee First Friday Planning Meeting. Tea Lula, 11 S. Fairview

November 3, Thursday, 10:00am – 11:30am, (EKG) Entrepreneurial Knowledge Group Monthly Meeting , Regus, 350 S. NW Highway, Suite 300. Led by Lynda Tourloukis, You Can Say Yes! Motivational Services

November 4, Friday, 5:00pm – 8:00pm First Fridays Park Ridge – “Remember in November” – reflecting the spirit of Thanksgiving – Park Ridge Merchants seek to raise 1,000 lbs of food for Maine Township Food Pantry during First Fridays: “Remember in November.” Residents are encouraged to bring non perishable items to participating businesses. Each person who donates will receive a coupon that may be redeemed during WinterFest on November 25. For a complete list of participating businesses visit FirstFridaysPR.com.

November 9, Wednesday, 8:30am - 9:30am Retail Committee First Friday Meeting. Tea Lula, 11 S. Fairview

November 9, Wednesday, 8:45am – 10:15am Tech Forum - Moderated by Ben Wilson, Falkor Group LLC. Take advantage of cloud technology, collaboration and work from virtually anyplace. Learn what tools are available for businesses to leverage the cloud! http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=157865 – to pre-register

November 9, Wednesday, 11:30am to 1:30pm, Monthly Networking Luncheon at Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W. Higgins Road, Chicago Speaker is Tom Weber: Discover your Memory Power $25 and $30 prospective members and walk ins.

November 10, Thursday, 5:00pm-7:00pm Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting for Uptown Dentistry. 80 N. Northwest Hwy. An in office whitening treatment will be raffled off! Join Mayor Schmidt as he cuts the red ribbon for this new business in town.

November 11, Friday, Veteran's Day - Chamber Closed. Remember our Veterans!

November 11, Friday, 8:45am – 9:45am PREN1: Park Ridge Executive Network to be rescheduled Chamber closed.

November 16, Wednesday 8:00am -9:30am Chamber Retail Committee Meeting, 720 Garden

November 17, Thursday 5:00pm-7:00pm Business After Hours Lisa's Homemade Italian Ice, 10 S. NW Highway – join us for this casual networking event.

SAVE THE DATES!!!

• November 25, Friday, 6pm – 9pm Winterfest in Park Ridge
• December 4, Sunday, 1:00pm, “It’s a Wonderful Life” sponsored by Liberty Bank; at Pickwick Theater to benefit the Park Ridge Community Fund. No charge but donations greatly appreciated.
• December 18, Sunday Supper at St Paul of the Cross sponsored by Chamber
Gail Haller
Executive Director
Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce
720 Garden Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068

phone: 847.825.3121
fax: 847.825.3122
facebook.com/ShopParkRidgeIL
www.parkridgechamber.org

Thank you to our Platinum members:
1. All on the Road Catering & Bakery: 847.518.8958
2. AthletiCo Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy: 847-292-4710
3. ATI Physical Therapy: 847.292.0151
4. Blufish Sushi Bistro: 847.720.4479
5. Charter Fitness of Park Ridge: 847.318.7550
6. Comfort Inn O'Hare/Des Plaines: 847.635.1300
7. D'Agostino's Pizza & Pub: 847.518.8700
8. E.J. Coyne & Company Inc: 847.692.9077
9. Express Auto Center: 847.813.9469
10. Home Comfort Heating & Cooling: 847.824.4336
11. Houlihan's Restaurant: 847.692.6205
12. Jason's Deli: 847.823.0210
13. K.G.M. Plumbing, Inc.: 847.583.8988
14. LIN-MAR Motors: 847.965.4200
15. North South Masonry & Tuckpointing: 847.384.0917
16. Pangaea Tiling & Decorative Painting: 847.899.3539 New!
17. Paul Davis Emergency Services: 847.692.5000
18. Periodontics of Niles: 847.685.6686
19. Pickwick Theatre: 847.825.5800
20. Responsive Management Solutions: 847.804.8800
21. Resurrection Health Care: 847.813.3210
22. Ross E. Rubino, D.D.S.P.C. & Associates: 847.825.1002
23. Transition Brokers RE: 312.399.2490
24. Unbound Technology: 847.235.4994
25. Why Not Complete Home Improvement: 847-297-0101
26. Y-Tech Heating & Cooling: 847.696.0477
27. You can be here!

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