Nov - Greater Vineland Chamber of Commerce

Volume 28 | Number 9
NOVEMBER 2015
News&Views
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY’S BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS NEWSLETTER Serving Cumberland, Salem, Atlantic, Cape May and Gloucester Counties
Multi Media for Today
SNJ Today promotes positive growth for region. { BY DEBORAH A. EIN }
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Ken Pustizzi
Frank DiMauro
DiMauro likened the former vs. current
number of marketing options available to
businesses as the “difference between
driving a car and an airplane.” It was
noted that there are currently some 250
social media platforms.
Editor and Publisher of The Grapevine
Mike Epifanio spoke on what role the
print media plays at SNJ Today.
Director of Sales and Marketing Kevin
Pustizzi (in addition to Ken, Jr., one of two
Pustizzi sons working at SNJ Today) spoke
about Clearbridge Media and its capabilities for branding and design, content and
digital marketing, analytics, website
design, search engine optimization and
digital video.
“We hire the experts,” he said, “and not
just for the digital approach, but there’s
lots of traditional that’s still relevant.”
Video Production Manager Kevin
Malone discussed Glasstown Productions
Kevin Pustizzi
Mike Epifanio
and TV airings, such as the nightly news
program, The Locker Room, and live
Election Night coverage on Channel 22.
Cara McCollum, SNJ Today news
anchor, told the GVCC members about
how she studied print journalism at
Princeton, then fell in love with southern
New Jersey when she was the 2013 Miss
New Jersey candidate, the year the Miss
America pageant returned to Atlantic City.
Kevin Malone
Cara McCollum
Ken Pustizzi, Jr.
Registration is required for all GVCC
meetings and events. Call 691-7400
or visit www.vinelandchamber.org.
NOVEMBER 11—WEDNESDAY
MEET & GREET. ShopRite Wines
& Spirits, Lincoln and Landis
avenues, Vineland. 5:30–7 p.m.
Co-Hosted by Red Knot
Gastropub. Members only.
Register by 4:30 p.m. on 11/10 or
you will be charged $5 to attend.
NOVEMBER 17—TUESDAY
ASK YOUR OFFICIALS DAY.
GVCC Office, 11 a.m. Talk Oneon-One with Freeholder Director
Derella and Assemblyman Fiocchi.
By appointment.
NOVEMBER 19—THURSDAY
HONORING VETERANS IN
BUSINESS: LEADERS ON THE
FRONT LINES. Running Deer
Golf Club. 8:30 a.m. Sponsored
by Chemglass Life Sciences.
Veterans recognition breakfast
with featured guest speaker:
Veteran and former U.S.
Congressman Patrick Murphy.
Members $30 / NonMembers
$35
DECEMBER 2—WEDNESDAY
HOLIDAY PARTY / EMPLOYEE
RECOGNITION. Centerton
Country Club, 1022 Almond Rd,
Pittsgrove. 5:30-8 p.m. Food stations, dessert table, cash bar.
Members $35.
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he Greater Vineland Chamber of
Commerce held its monthly General
Membership Luncheon at the
Glassworks Building on Thursday,
October 15. SNJ Today, co-owner of the
facility, hosted the lunch and presented
information on its growing enterprise.
Ken Pustizzi, CEO of SNJ Today,
described himself as one of three owners
who acquired the Glassworks (former
headquarters of Wheaton Industries) in
2006, when it was destined for Section 8
housing. Currently, the 168,000-square-foot
building has 30 tenants, all of them thriving
businesses.
Pustizzi then introduced the team at
SNJ Today, which includes radio, digital,
television and print products, with a mission to focus on delivering positive community stories and messages in innovative
and engaging ways.
“Today, you will hear from a great
team,” Puztizzi said. “This is a great
organization built with great people.”
“I refuse to focus on the negative,”
Pustizzi said, citing “brain drain” and “no
opportunity” in southern New Jersey as
falsehoods.
Divisions of the traditional and new
media communications company are
Clearbridge Media, Glasstown
Productions, and SNJ Today, including the
Grapevine weekly newspaper. Someone
from each of these divisions spoke on their
role under the SNJ Today umbrella.
First up was Frank DiMauro, CFO and
COO of SNJ Today, who said he sees the
company’s role as identifying and putting
a spotlight on the good in the community,
“then these people will turn things around.”
There’s a limit to what one person can
do, but no limit to what one person can
inspire people to do,” he added.
“Influential people can be the catalyst.”
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Welcome Message
The Annual Cumberland County
“State of the County” event was held
October 20th. This was a successful collaboration between the county economic
development office and the four area
Chambers of Commerce. I am proud to
say that the Greater Vineland Chamber
of Commerce took the lead in managing
the Business Expo portion of the event.
We sold out all of our vendor table spots
and designed this portion of the morning to maximize visibility and opportunities for all participating vendors. It was
a big success! Many businesses provided
feedback that was positive and many
success stories came out of the morning.
Do you know about our GVCC
Strategic Plan? We are focused on four
initiatives that we will use to measure
our effectiveness as an organization:
1. ADVOCACY—Working on important issues that impact our business community
2. INFLUENCE—Working toward a
united vision with other key community
organizations
3. PARTNERSHIPS—Acting as your
liaison with community partners and all
elected officials at city, state, county and
federal levels.
Member
Renewals
Baker Place
Bayada Home Health Care
Bottino's Supermarkets
C.A.S. Music Productions
CompleteCare Health Network
4. RECOGNITION—Using all available tools to promote your business and
the GVCC
It’s incredible that we are already at
this time of the year again to wish you a
very happy and safe Thanksgiving!
— Dawn Hunter,
Executive Director
Copiers Plus
Cumberland County Technical
Education Center
PRESIDENT:
VICTOR LATORRE
LATORRE HARDWARE
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT:
JEFF GEORGE
MERRILL LYNCH
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT:
BOB MCCORMICK
TOYOTA-SCION OF VINELAND
Cumberland Insurance Group
Dan Ayars Landscaping LLC
DNS Solutions LLC
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:
KATHY FARINACCIO
COMCAST
Erco Ceilings of Somers Point
Fabbri Builders, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
H.W.S. And Associates
• KEITH BALDOSARO
SOUTH JERSEY LITHO
• PETE CAPIZOLA
NEWFIELD NATIONAL BANK
• TERRY L. CARPENTER
TLCARPENTER COMMUNICATIONS
• GINGER CHASE
SIR SPEEDY OF VINELAND
• DINA ROSSI ELLIOTT, ED. D
CUMBERLAND COUNTY TECHNICAL EDUCATION
CENTER
• FRANK GUARACINI , III
FRANK’S REALTY COMPANY & SHOPRITE
WINES & SPIRITS
• JOSEPH ISABELLA
VINELAND MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
• BARBARA JONES
SERVPRO OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
• LESLIE JONES
HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF
VINELAND
• STACEY LILLISTON
LILLISTON FORD
• AARON PRICE
FAMILY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
• NICHOLAS SCARDINO
SUSQUEHANNA BANK
• DAVE SURDAM
CHEMGLASS LIFE SCIENCES , LLC
Juvante Formal Wear
Merighi's Savoy Inn
Merrill Lynch - Joel H. Cruz
New Members
NJ Advance Media
Parrish Self-Storage
UA Auto Sales
Classification: Auto Sales
1016 S. Delsea Drive
Vineland, NJ 08360
Mark Babenko
856-362-5857
www.UAautosales.com
Parrish Sign Company
Penn Lincoln Mobile Home Park,
LLC
Quality Inn Vineland
Rienzi Bridal Salon
RK Auto Group
RKB Wealth Management Ltd.
Rossi Motors, Inc.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
DAWN HUNTER
Chalow Electric
Morey's Piers
Heartland Hospice
Classification: Health Care Consulting &
Services
2111 New Road
Northfield, NJ 08225-1512
Margie Barham
609-641-4675
www.heartlandhospice.com
2115 S. DELSEA DR., VINELAND, NJ 08360
PHONE (856) 691-7400 • FAX (856) 691-2113
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E-MAIL: INFO@VINELANDCHAMBER.ORG
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“JOIN THE BUNCH!”
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE FOR OCTOBER 2015
•Stacey Lilliston of Lilliston Ford for recruiting new member UA Auto Sales
➢ If you recruit one new member you get recognition
in this newsletter and on our website
➢ If you recruit two new members, you get all of the above
and a free luncheon reservation
➢ Recruit the most new members for the year (ending 5/31/16)
and you’ll be honored at our President’s Gala and receive a free banner
advertisement on our website for 6 months!
Sonitrol Security of Delaware
Valley
South Jersey Gas
Susquehanna Bank
Thomas H. Heist Insurance
Agency, Inc.
Univision Management Co.
Vineland Board of Education
Vineland Downtown Improvement
District
Wheaton Arts & Cultural Center
TREASURER:
STEVE TESTA
ROMANO, HEARING, TESTA & KNORR, CPA’S , P.A.
SOLICITOR:
MICHAEL BENSON
BUONADONNA & BENSON, P.C.
PUBLISHER:
GRAPEVINE NEWS CORP. / THE GRAPEVINE
Grand Opening at Antonelli Salon, Low’s Laser
Therapy
Antonelli & Company Studio Salon recently held its Grand Opening and Ribbon
Cuttings for The Anne Penman Laser Therapy with Lows Laser. The Grand Opening
was held on October 3 with an introduction of The Anne Penman Laser Therapy
Programs now available at Antonelli and Company Studio Salon.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE MEMBERS:
John Pedersen (right) of J.W. Pedersen
Architect and Jason Scythes (far right)
of Newfield National Bank on being
awarded Volunteer of the Year for the
VDID/Main Street Vineland.
Vineland’s own Joe Delgado received some well-deserved recognition from Rotary
District 7640 (representing southern New Jersey) as he was named the District’s
2015 Vocational Service Award recipient. Only the fifth Vineland Rotary
member to receive this award,
Delgado exemplifies service in every
way. While his contributions are many,
Joe was instrumental in the creation of
the Challenger League, part of the
North Vineland Little League.
(l. to r.): Rotary District 7640 GovernorElect Ulysses James, who introduced Joe
at the Dinner, Lauren and Joe Delgado.
ABOVE: (l. to r.) Emma Warfle, Michele Low, Buena Borough Council President
Rosalie Baker, cutting the ribbon is owner Angelo Antonelli, Vineland Mayor Ruben
Bermudez, Buena Borough Councilman David Zapariello, and Stylist Jennifer
Madallena (formerly of Gourlay’s).
BELOW: (l. to r.) Project Thanksgiving Director Steve Plevins, Marie Low, Rocky
(Marshall) Low, Anne Penman Certified Laser Technican Michele Low, Mayor
Ruben Bermudez, Fr. Michael Goyotte, and Antonelli. Missing: Tammy L. Ledden,
collaborating D.C.
WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL GROUP
Lender Relations & Economic
Development Specialist, Sheryl
Paynter of the NJ Small Business
Administration was our guest speaker
at the October Women’s Professional
Group. She talked about all the different resources available for small businesses: counseling, capital and contracting. You can get assistance with
understanding if owning a small business is right for you, writing a business plan and discovering all the loan
options available, just to name a few.
We have copies of the SBA’s new
Resource Guide available at our
GVCC office.
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DuBois is New Interim
Headmaster at Cumberland
Christian School
Cumberland Christian School Board
welcomes E. James DuBois as the new
Interim Headmaster while they embark
upon a search for the individual God has
prepared for this important administrative position.
Cumberland Christian School is wellestablished K-12 school in Vineland. The
school had its early beginnings as
Vineland Christian School on Spring
Road in Vineland and is now entering its
70th year on a sprawling 28 acre campus
at 1100 W. Sherman Avenue. Mr. E. James
(Jim) DuBois comes to the school as the
Interim Headmaster with a unique history as that of a former student and
teacher/principal with the school. His
children and grandchildren have attended this school as well. Jim has a deep concern for this school and the students, families and community it serves. These students are coming from five surrounding
counties. Cumberland Christian School
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welcomes the experience and dedication
to Christian ministry Jim DuBois brings
to the students, faculty and families associated with the school. Jim leans on the
vast support of our community to make a
significant difference in the lives of “our”
children. Your support to help us continue to provide our community with outstanding graduates ready for college and
careers is welcome. Contact Jim for more
information about how you can become a
supporting part of this ministry.
Cumberland Christian School 1100 W.
Sherman Ave. Vineland, NJ 08360, 856696-1600 www.cccrusader.org.
Project Thanksgiving in Need
of Turkeys, Donations
Last year, Project Thanksgiving collected 1,100 turkeys. In hopes of breaking
that record this year, they are asking businesses and individuals to start a collection
now. The cost is $20 per turkey. Make
checks payable to Salvation Army
Vineland Corps and write Project
Thanksgiving on your check. Mail them
to The Mail Room, Attn. Steve Plevins,
1360 S. Main Rd, PMB #113, Vineland, Nj
08360. They are also looking for volunteers to help collect turkeys on Saturday,
November 21.
Main Street Vineland Holiday
Parade Gears Up
Main Street Vineland is seeking vendors, participants, and volunteers for the
annual Main Street Vineland Holiday
Parade, to take place on Saturday,
November 28 (rain date: November 29),
at 5 p.m., on Landis Avenue, in Vineland.
The parade, a longtime Vineland holiday tradition, will have as its major sponsor this year BB&T. It will have the theme
“Light Up the World” and will again feature float and fire truck contests.
Volunteers are currently being sought
to help coordinate on the night of the
parade. Applications to be in the parade
or to be a vendor can be obtained by
going to www.mainstreetvineland.org—
where the rules and regulations can also
be reviewed and printed out.
Vendor applications must be mailed in
along with a $20 application fee. The
deadline for all registrations is November
13. Registration is required to participate
in the parade and no registrations will be
allowed the night of the parade.
For more information, or if you do not
have access to the Internet to obtain an
application, call the Main Street Vineland
office at 856-794-8653.
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Morey’s Piers Named Best
Seaside Park in the World
Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Water
Parks, located on the boardwalk of the
Wildwoods, NJ, was named “Best Seaside
Park” by Amusement Today, an amusement industry news leader, at the 2015
Golden Ticket Awards recently at Luna
Park in Coney Island, New York.
“This honor really belongs to our dedicated staff who bring their A game every
day to deliver the genuine guest service
that makes a visit to Morey’s Piers truly
special,” said Will Morey, second-generation partner of Morey’s Piers.
“Receiving the award for Best Seaside
Park in what was arguably the world’s
first seaside park, Coney Island, is particularly surreal,” added Jack Morey, second-generation partner of Morey’s Piers.
In a joint statement, Will and Jack said,
“Growing up in this business and now
Will and Jack Morey, second-generation
owners, with Golden Ticket Award.
raising our kids in the business and in the
Wildwoods, we all recognize the responsibility we have to the community to preserve the authentic boardwalk experience
while continuing to innovate for current
and future guests.”
The classic seaside attraction was
selected at the top of its category by
Amusement Today’s selected panel of
experienced park enthusiasts from all
over the world, narrowly inching out
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, located in
Santa Cruz, CA, which has held the title
since 2007. Runners-up also included
Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Blackpool,
England and Gröna Lund in Stockholm
Sweden.
Morey’s Piers closed out the 2015 summer season earning yet another Ellis and
Associates (E&A) Platinum Safety Award,
which honors water parks exceeding all
criteria for aquatic safety.
Morey’s Raging Waters Water Park has
received the Platinum Safety Award for
19 consecutive years, and Morey’s Ocean
Oasis Water Park has been awarded the
same honor 15 consecutive years. Each
season Morey’s trains 200 lifeguards
between both water parks.
Over the course of the season, Morey’s
employs up to 400 ride operators and as
many as 30 ride supervisors. On average,
Morey’s Piers conducts up to 3,000 ride
specific operator and attendant trainings
each season.
Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Water
Parks received a Tripadvisor 2015
Travelers’ Choice award for Top Water
Parks in the United States and recently
ranked number two out of America’s top
40 water parks, according to Foursquare.
For more information on Morey’s
Piers, visit www.moreyspiers.com.
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GREEN CORNER
The GVCC has an Image Committee that meets quarterly. The goals of this committee are to influence the perception of Vineland in a positive way by:
• Creating brand awareness
• Promoting positive news
• Implement strategic activities
• Engaging our government, business community
and general public
• Pooling resources together and avoiding
duplication of efforts
The current focus of the Image Committee is littering, a common issue for many cities and towns. After
receiving input from many members, we
are happy to announce our slogan for this
effort as:
JOIN THE TEAM, KEEP IT CLEAN!
Stay tuned for activities that you can
get involved with to support this effort to
reduce litter on our community streets.
Atlantic City
Cedarbrook
Glassboro
Wildwood
609-348-0186 609-561-2820 856-881-6550 609-522-1491
Green Committee Tours Rutgers Food
Innovation Center in Bridgeton
The GVCC Green Committee—and other interested members—met on
Thursday, October 29, at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center in
Bridgeton. The Center’s director, Louis Cooperhouse, spoke about the
important role it plays in helping local businesses start up or begin new
enterprises or products. Since its 2008 grand opening, the 23,000square-foot Food Incubator facility has enabled product design, development, analysis, commercialization and ongoing manufacture of products
for sale to retail and foodservice markets. Cooperhouse described and
gave examples of how the Center
has helped startups with everything
from a 40-page application to
extensive research and development and manufacturing capabilities. He is pictured here with many
of the products that have resulted
from businesses using the Rutgers
Food Innovation Center.
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782 S Brewster Rd Unit B2 Suite A
Vineland, NJ 08361-6000
Tel: 856.690.9232
Fax: 856.690.9130
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE
5TH ANNUAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT JOB FAIR.
Luciano Conference Center, 10
a.m.–2 p.m. No cost to vendors.
Lunch provided for two representatives from your business. Event is
open to CCC students and the surrounding community. Reservations are
required for a Job Fair table. Call Reta
Rios 856-691-8600, ext. 1349 or
rrios@cccnj.edu
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
HOLIDAY PARTY / EMPLOYEE
RECOGNITION.
Centerton Country Club, 1022
Almond Rd, Pittsgrove. 5:30-8
p.m. Food stations, dessert table,
cash bar. Members $35.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
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YMCA AUCTION FOR A CAUSE.
Merighi's Savoy Inn. Fundraiser presented by BC Technologies. Tickets
for $35 may be purchased at the
YMCA in Vineland. For more information, call 856-691-0030, ext. 123.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF VINELAND
MARDI GRAS DINNER DANCE.
Centerton Country Club. For more
information, call 856-696-4190.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
BBBS RISE & SHINE BREAKFAST CUMBERLAND.
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PROJECT THANKSGIVING 7TH
ANNUAL TURKEY DRIVE.
9 a.m.–5 p.m. Collection sites are all
four ShopRites (two in Vineland, one
in Millville, one in Bridgeton) and Sun
Valley Pools at Sherman Ave. and
South West Boulevard.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
CUMB. CO. TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER FREE INFORMATION
SESSION.
Luciano Conference Center, 7 p.m.
Register for this event at cctecnj.org
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3
Hot Tuna Acoustic at the Landis
Theater (830 E Landis Ave)
7:30 p.m. www.landistheater.com
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
YOUTH ALLIANCE CELEBRITY
BANQUET. Merighi's Savoy Inn, 6
p.m., $60 per person. Silent and live
auctions. For more info visit:
www.theyouthalliance.com
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
"HELLO I MUST BE GOING."
Phil Collins Tribute Band at the Landis
Theater (830 E Landis Ave.),
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
The Human Resource Association
of Southern New Jersey will hold its
monthly gathering on Thursday,
November 19 at the Luciano Center
on the campus of Cumberland County
College. Networking begins at 5:30
and the dinner meeting begins at
6:15. Janet Pfeiffer, an international
speaker and award-winning author, will
present the topic “How To Prevent
People From Pushing Your Buttons”.
Janet will present a unique stepby-step guide that uncovers little
known facts about anger that are critical to managing it safely and effectively. She will give attendees the keys to
maintaining serenity even under the
most challenging conditions, including
the highly effective techniques to
reduce the frequency, intensity and
duration of anger; the three root causes of anger; and how to respond to
challenging situations and people. The
sponsor of the meeting will be
Griswold Home Care.
Cost of the dinner is $45 and
reservations must be made, no later
than noon Monday, November
16, by 9:03 AM Pa
10/30/15
visiting http://hrasnj.shrm.org.
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Annual State of the County & Business Expo
Once again, the annual State of the County & Business Expo was attended by a crowd of more than 200 people on
Tuesday, October 20 at Cumberland County College. The morning began with continental breakfast and networking
during the expo in the college’s Luciano Conference Center. The crowd then moved into the Guaracini Fine &
Performing Arts Theater for the greeting by the CCIA’s Jim Watson (moderator), followed by welcoming remarks by
CCC Interim President Dr. Shelly Schneider, a business profile by Sal LaMonica of Surfside Products, the state of the
county address by Deputy Freeholder Director Doug Long, and presentations by the CCTEC’s Dr. Dina Elliott, CCIA’s
Jerry Velazquez, Atlantic City Electric’s Susan M. Coan, and closing remarks by Freeholder Director Joe Derella.
Cash Mob at Todd’s News
Another terrific Cash Mob event was held on
October 14 at Todd’s News Agency. Stay tuned
for the announcement of our next Cash Mob
event. If you are interested in having a Cash
Mob event at your place of business, contact the
GVCC at 856-691-7400.
We are always looking for great venues
to host our monthly Meet & Greet events.
You need to have space to accommodate
approximately 50 people. They are held on
various days of the week from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
The host provides some light refreshments.
The GVCC promotes the event to members
and handles registration. It's a great way to
promote your business to other members!
If interested in hosting, call 856-691-7400
or email info@vinelandchamber.org.
Are you interested in being a GVCC 2016 Sponsor?
It's a great value and opportunity to promote your organization while providing valuable financial support so we can
continue to promote and assist our business community.
Corporate Sponsors Get:
• Exclusivity - Only One Sponsor per Business
Classification
• Sponsor of ALL General Membership Events, our
Annual President's Gala and our Holiday Party
• One reservation for all the above mentioned events
• Acknowledgement and dedicated table for your marketing materials at events
• Acknowledgement on ALL event materials, Email communications and calendars
• Excludes the Dandelion Dinner and Golf Classic Price
for 2016 Corporate Sponsorship is $1,500
Contact GVCC today at 956-691-7400 if interested.
Thanks for being a Greater Vineland Chamber of
Commerce member!
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Why
HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF
THE MANY REASONS TO JOIN
THE CHAMBER.
The Real Value of Belonging to the Greater
Vineland Chamber of Commerce
Take Advantage of the
Member-to-Member
Discount Program
One of the benefits of belonging to
the Greater Vineland Chamber of
Commerce is the member-to-member
discounts. These discounts are offered
by a wide variety of GVCC members.
The savings from these discounts can
help pay for your GVCC annual membership and for members that offer discounts, it helps drive business their way.
This program is only one of the many
ways the GVCC helps you succeed!
As a member, ALL of your employees are eligible to take advantage of
this discount program. You must present your GVCC 2015 Discount Card to
receive these discounts.
Everyone in your organization can
benefit from your chamber membership!
Some examples of Member-toMember Discounts include:
• Cooper Wellness Center: Free Weight
Loss Consult + $25 off our Physiciansupervised Weight Loss program
• Cumberland County Improvement
Auth.: Free waste assessment for chamber members within Cumberland County.
• Diamonds & Design: Mention this site
and be pleasantly surprised with a
courtesy discount.
• Dondero's Diamonds and Fine Jewelry:
10% discount (class rings and repairs
excluded) Maximum discount $100.
• Ehrlich Pest Control: 10% discount for
Chamber Members
• English Sewage Disposal, Inc.: 10%
off pumping (not including labor).
Cannot combine with other offers.
• Evolutions For Conscious Living: $25
off Acupuncture consultation
• Exhibit Systems International, Inc.:
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* NOVEMBER 2015
Eye Associates Offers
Under One Roof!
• Complete Eye Exams
• Non-dilated digital retinal photos
(no more dilating eye drops)
• Surgical Consultations & second opinions
• Variety of Contact lenses
• Full service optical shops at all locations
• Selective laser trabeculoplasty for glaucoma
• Custom Blade-Free LASIK
• NO DROP™ Cataract Surgery
• We offer all three available advanced
lenses for Cataract Surgery: Crystalens,
ReStor and ReZoom
• Glaucoma surgery
• Cosmetic and plastic surgery
• Diseases and Surgery of the Retina
Vineland (856) 691-8188
Cherry Hill (856) 428-5797
Blackwood (856) 227-6262
1-800-922-1766 • www.sjeyeassociates.com
Hammonton (609) 567-2355
Mays Landing (609) 909-0700
News & Views is the monthly newsletter of
the Greater Vineland Chamber of Commerce.
Greater Vineland Chamber of Commerce
2115 S. Delsea Drive,
Vineland, New Jersey 08360
856-691-7400 www.vinelandchamber.org
« TESTIMONIAL OF THE MONTH
“Our involvement goes way back to when my husband
and I started Heritage Agency 40 years ago. Now with
Heist Agency, our involvement continues. We feel that
giving back to the community is really important.
Recently, I have gained a lot of personal satisfaction from
attending the luncheons as well as the Professional
Women’s Meetings and the Meet & Greets.”
— Linda Connolly, Senior Sales Executive,
Thomas H. Heist Insurance Agency
10% discount to chamber members
• Eye AssociatesPhysicians & Surgeons:
20% discount on complete pair of
glasses
• Fairfield Inn & Suites by MarriottMillville/Vineland: 15% off guest
accommodations and 30% off meeting
spaces
If you’re a member interested in
offering a discount to other members,
call us at 856-691-7400 and we’ll be
happy to assist you.