June 2015 Newsletter - Grapevine Chamber of Commerce

June
2015
Monthly Newsletter from the Women’s Division of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce
Established 1965
Grapevine Chamber of Commerce • 200 Vine St. Grapevine, TX 76051 • 817-481-1522
From Our Chair,
Nancy Coplen
It’s looking like a great summer. Grapevine Lake is full
beyond capacity; summer events are beginning; and
the Women’s Division members will be relaxing
somewhat until our big volunteer effort Saturday
August 8, 2015. We will be partnering with the GCISD
Education Foundation’s CONNECT, GRACE and
GCISD at the Back to School event. Because of the
hard work of our members and community coming to
our Holiday Hoedown and Great Taste of Grapevine events we will be purchasing $30,000 of
school supplies for deserving students of GCISD.
Thank you to all of the Women’s Division members that worked the “Beverage Booths” for
Main Street Days, Friday May 15. Emily McRoberts of Homestead Grapevine Winery Tasting
Room organized all the ladies to work; and even with the rain, business was brisk most of the
day. Thanks Emily for your effort!
At our May luncheon, we enjoyed our annual GRACE fashion show with employees of
GRACE showing off great outfits to purchase at their Style and Grace Store. Our June
luncheon will be a Member Round Table - “Post-it Note Challenge” to determine goals for the
Women’s Division 50th anniversary and beyond. I look forward to seeing Post-it Notes flying
with excitement at our goal brainstorming luncheon.
Great work, Women of the Women’s Division of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce,
working hard and calmly serving the Grapevine community! See you all at our next luncheon
Tuesday, June 16.
From Our Chamber Board
Liaison, Susie Howell
Now is a great time to not only be involved in the Women’s
Division of the Grapevine Chamber, it is a great time to get
involved with your Grapevine Chamber of Commerce.
Please take note of a few upcoming Chamber events in the
month of June and July:
Thursday, June 11
Monthly Membership Luncheon: 11:30am – 1:00 pm.
Program: Jeff McKissack –President of Defense by Design
Sponsor: Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
Caterer: Chill Sports Bar & Grill
Tuesday, June 16, Women’s Division Luncheon, 11:45am – 1:00pm, NEW LOCATION
Messina Hoff Winery, 201 S. Main Street, Grapevine
Wednesday, June 24, Economic Development Partnership, 8:00am
City Hall – City Manager’s Conference Room, 200 S. Main St
Thursday, July 9, Membership Luncheon Combined with HEB Chamber, 11:30am –
1:00pm, Location: Grapevine Convention Center
Tuesday, July 21, Women’s Division Luncheon, 11:45am – 1:00pm. NEW LOCATION
Messina Hoff Winery, 201 S. Main Street, Grapevine
Wednesday, July 22, Economic Development Partnership, 8:00am
City Hall – City Manager’s Conference Room, 200 S. Main St
The Chamber office will be closed Friday, July 3. in observance of the July 4th Holiday.
For a complete list of Chamber activities, visit www.GrapevineChamber.org.
Here’s A Tidbit from our past as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary! In 1974, the Women’s Division sponsored and published a Reference Directory that listed city officials,
businesses, churches and organizations. TP&L, the electric company gave it out to all new residents, and each business in town also received one. This was the forerunner
of today’s Chamber Directory. After expenses were paid, they used the remaining funds to purchase an IBM typewriter and a desk for the Chamber of Commerce office.
From our Chair-Elect,
Karen Deakin
2015 Executive Committee
Our June meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 16,,
11:45 am, at our new luncheon venue, Messina
Hof Winery, 201 S. Main Street, Grapevine, to enjoy
lunch and relax with friends. Our program for June
will be an informational meeting about Grapevine
Women’s Division.
You can pay for your lunch and RSVP on the Chamber website until the Saturday
before the luncheon, please RSVP to me, pay early or pay at the door. Lunches
are $20.00. Email: karendeakin@sbcglobal.net or call or text me at 817-300-5902
with your RSVP.
Also, if you have prepaid for your lunches for the year, please let me know that you
will be attending.
From left to right: Lisa Pardo, Secretary; Casey Hege, Past Chair/Parliamentarian;
Carolyn Lease, Banker; Traci Coy, Vice Chair of Christmas Spirit;
From
left to
Janice Kane, Vice Chair of Communications;
Susie
Howell, Vice Chair of Sponsorships;
Kim Campbell, Vice Chair of Community; BJ Wilson, Vice Chair of Fundraising;
Nancy Coplen, Chair; and Karen Deakin, Chair-Elect
(Not in photo: Emily McRoberts, Vice Chair of Ways and Means)
Chair: Nancy Coplen
Chair-Elect: Karen Deakin
Past Chair/Parliamentarian: Casey Hege
Secretary: Lisa Pardo
Banker: Carolyn Lease
VC of Christmas Spirit: Traci Coy
VC of Communications: Janice Kane
VC of Community: Kim Campbell
VC of Fundraising: BJ Wilson
VC of Sponsorships: Susie Howell
VC of Ways & Means: Emily McRoberts
coplen2@gmail.com
karendeakin@sbcglobal.net
casey@boxinsurance.com
lisapardo04@yahoo.com
Carolyn@cavnarinsurance.com
traci@tracicoycpa.com
janice.kane@gcisd.net
kim.d.campbell@wellsfargo.com
bjwilson13@verizon.net
susie.howell@frostbank.com
emily@mcroberts.com
817-300-8351
817-300-5902
682-551-6824
817-475-3700
817-501-8596
817-729-0963
817-360-0684
817-908-8548
817-715-5802
817-475-6503
903-821-8768
Currently, we have 74 members. Welcome to 2 new members:
Karolyn Sorenson-Meadowood Assisted Living & Memory Care
Terri Hammond-Bucca de Peppo Italian Restaurant
Welcome to all! We are glad to have you join us!
From our Vice Chair of
Christmas Spirit, Traci Coy
The Back to School Fair is drawing closer! Last
year, Grapevine Women’s Division lead the charge
in providing $23,000 for school supplies to GCISD
students, and many of us volunteered to distribute
the school supplies on the day of the event.
Currently, I am working with leaders in our school
district and our school supplies vendor to order the
prepackaged school supplies.
The date of the Back to School Fair is Saturday, August 8, 2015. We will need
volunteers from Women’s Division to assist with this effort in August, and I will
provide more specific details and a sign-up list on how we need your assistance at
our June and July meetings. If you are not able to attend one of these meetings,
but would like to sign up to help at the event, feel free to contact me at
traci@tracicoycpa.com or 817-729-0963.
From our Vice Chair of Sponsorships,
Susie Howell
Now that Great Taste of Grapevine and
Main Street Fest are behind us, we turn
our attention to the Holiday Hoedown on
November 12th at Austin Ranch at the
Hilton DFW Lakes. Many thanks to
Wright Construction and Wright
Development for being our Presenting
Sponsor for the Holiday Hoedown!
There are numerous remaining sponsorships available, so if you or
your company are interested in a sponsorship, please let me know.
Please see the attached sponsorship levels that are available.
All fundraising from the Holiday Hoedown assists the Women’s Division
in providing not only back packs and school supplies for students within
the GCISD, but providing Christmas spirit for some of our less fortunate
senior citizens living in Grapevine.
If you have any questions about how to become involved or help with
sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact me at
Susie.howell@frostbank.com.
.
Want to join the fun
in planning this year’s
Holiday Hoedown?!
Contact Co-Chairs:
Janice Kane
janice.kane@gcisd.net
Shelley Ruddick
sruddick@bnkwest.com
BJ Wilson
Bjwilson13@verizon.net
From Hospitality…
Our Members at Our Events
June Birthdays
Jana McGlone
Lori Berger
June 23
June 29
June Anniversaries
Tena & Ken Burrell
Janice & Kyle Spooner
Emily & Chris McRoberts
Debi & Mike Meek
Lisa & Paul Pardo
June 1
June 11
June 13
June 17
June 25
From the Vice Chair of Ways & Means,
Emily McRoberts
Thank you again to everyone that Volunteered at the Main Street Days’
booths! We needed to cover 52 shifts and ended up having 53 people sign
up! Mark you calendars and plan to volunteer for the beverage booths at
GrapeFest September 17 & 18). We will have two days of shifts to cover!!
Thank you Elaine with Rapid Refill Ink for being our May Lunch Sponsor! It
was great learning about all the different aspects of Rapid Refill Ink. Check
them out when you run low on ink! Our June Luncheon Sponsor will be
Jaci with Marriott. Come check out what they have to offer when we meet at
our new luncheon place, Messina Hof! Cheers!
Our Members at Our Events
May luncheon meeting
GRACE Styling!
Elaine Capers, Rapid Refill Ink,
May luncheon sponsor
Women’s Division Advertisers
From our Vice Chair of
Communications, Janice Kane
We are continuing the advertisers section at the back of each newsletter –
business card ads, $25 for 3 months; $45 for 6 months. Pay online at our
website http://www.grapevinechamber.org/store.aspx or contact me at
msjkane@sbcglobal.net or 817-360-0684.