Greater Chapin Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
News from the greater Chapin chamber of commerce….July 14, 2009
MEMBER BREAKFAST MEETING
Tuesday, July 21, 7:30 a.m.
Chapin United Methodist Church
Sponsor: RE/MAX Real Estate Consultants
Catered by: Doza Rizen Café
Program: Small Business Opportunities in The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
Speakers:
Anna Huntley, SBA South Carolina District Office Public Information Officer
Thomas Sheaffer, IRS Stakeholder Liaison
$5 at the Door. $7 for Non-Members
RSVP to 345-1100 or laura@chapinchamber.com
Important Note: The 2010 Business Directory Information was sent to you this morning. Please contact us by return email if you did not receive it.
In this newsletter:
* Post 193 asks help for local soldier – LAST WEEK TO PARTICIPATE
* SC Living to publish info on Chapin
* Chapin Christian Counseling Offers Sessions
* USC Small Business Workshops
* Appreciation Day for Purple Heart Recipients
* Dutch Fork Choral Society Begins Rehearsals
* Chapin Idol Talent Show on Labor Day
POST 193 ASKS YOUR HELP FOR LOCAL SOLDIER
Chapin resident Rickie McKie is currently serving in Iraq. American Legion Post 193 (with the help of The Greater Chapin Chamber) is preparing a package for him and his fellow soldiers, and would greatly appreciate community involvement.
Donations of wet wipes, toiletries (including toothpaste and visine), DVDs or magazines, sunflower seeds, or candy that can withstand high temperatures can be dropped off at the Chamber House at 302 Columbia Avenue between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. through July 16th.
SC LIVING TO TELL ABOUT CHAPIN
Great News! South Carolina Living, the magazine of the electric cooperatives of South Carolina will be featuring Chapin as our Hometown Pride town of the month in September. There are so many wonderful things about Chapin & we wanted to tell the whole state about them (1.1 million readers monthly).
We are looking for businesses that want to show their Hometown Pride by supporting the 1-2 pages only 4 color special advertising section. We have made it easy for you to participate by offering our lowest available Travel & Tourism rates.
Deadline for September is July 27th & space is limited. Please contact Keegan or Dan Covell @ 1-800-984-0887 or you can email us at keegan@scliving.coop & dan@scliving.coop for more information. Hurry- space will go quickly!!
CHAPIN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & GRACE CHAPEL OFFERS SESSIONS
Fire Proof Your Marriage
Tuition is $30 / Couple Includes Curriculum
GRACE CHAPEL
6:00—7:30 PM Each Tuesday Evening Beginning July 21, 2009 August 25, 2009 Total of Six Meetings
Parenting Difficult Children
Tuition is $25 / Participant
GRACE CHAPEL
8:00 AM—4:00 PM Saturday August 1, 2009 7 Hour Saturday Class
Healing Services
Grace Chapel
6:30-8:30 PM—First Thursday of Each Month
Teaching about healing, Music, Communion, Prayer, Anointing, Time of Testimony, & Fellowship with others
Sunday Evening Discipleship Class
COST OF MATERIALS IS $15.00
Grace Chapel
6:00-7:30 PM—Each Sunday Evening
Beginning July 26, 2009 we will be studying Communion: The Meal That Heals.: Total of Six Meetings
Recovery Meetings
Chapin Christian Counseling & Grace Chapel
6:30-8:30—Each Thursday Evening
In May 2009, we will begin a study called “The Battlefield of the Mind.” We will discover how wrong thinking patterns produce problems in our lives. We will learn how to change your life from difficult to victorious. You will need to purchase the curriculum; approximate cost for the book and the workbook is $20.00
Counseling Services
Call to set up an appointment for counseling services and to register for classes and seminars
. Throughout the year we have seminars & classes
o Parenting Difficult Children
o Communication Skills
o Conflict Resolution
o Anger Management
o Marriage in Retrospect
. We provide Christian Counseling for Individuals, Married Couples and Families and pre-marital counseling & small intimate wedding services for those without a church home
211 E. Boundary Street, Chapin, 941-7104
USC SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Free Consulting and Managerial Assistance for Businesses
July-August 2009 Workshops and Announcements
Entrepreneur (Business Startup) Information Session
Wed, July 22, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, or
Wed Aug 26, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
Employee Selection and Retention
Wed, July 29, 2009 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM
For Both Seminars
Room 856 on 8th floor,
Moore School of Business
1705 College St, Columbia SC 29208
$30 if you register online, $35 at the door.
More Info or Register at www.uscbiz.net. Click “seminars” then “Columbia”
APPRECIATION DAY FOR PURPLE HEART
Come on out and join our nation’s heroes August 13 at the Lighthouse Marina, 1925 Johnson Marina Road, Chapin.
Military Order of the Purple Heart recipients and families will receive free boat rides starting at 10 a.m., sponsored by Lighthouse Marina. The Fort Jackson Sergeant Majors’ Association will provide food and beverages.
Guest speaker for the event will be the Fort Jackson Post Command Sergeant Major, CSM Brian Stall.
For information, call Rico Dottin at 910-574-4684.
To reserve a boat, call Lighthouse Marina Manager Stan Jones at 1-803-749-1554.
DUTCH FORK CHORAL SOCIETY BEGINS WINTER SEASON REHEARSALS - MARJORIE TURNER, DIRECTOR
on Tuesday, August 18th, at 7:00 pm, Dutch Fork High School Music Room. New members welcome! Winter concert with Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra. For additional information contact Lill Mood at 345-3460 lhmood@bellsouth.net or go to www.dutchforkchoralsociety.com.
2ND CHAPIN IDOL TALENT SHOW ON LABOR DAY. Contact Kimi Barwick Daly at 518-3357 or email kdaly@financialworkshops.org by August 1 if you would like to register.
REMINDERS!
* Put information in paragraph form
* Due by 5 pm on Mondays
* Send to newsletter@chapinchamber.com
July 21 – ‘How to finance your business’ Seminar, www.scwbc.org
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