Chamber Flash - Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Flash
Creating opportunities that drive
commerce and promote business.
July 15, 2016
Upcoming Events
Love What’s Local Community Sidewalk Sale
July 15th & 16th
Throughout Warrensburg
Our Chamber Annual
Awards & Social is fast
approaching. If you
have not bought your
ticket yet, get yours
before it’s too late and
RSVP to the Chamber
by July 18th!
Chamber Leads Exchange Group
Thursday, July 21st, 4 PM—JMCR
GET YOUR TICKET & RSVP TODAY!
Chamber Annual Awards & Social
Thursday, July 21st, 6 PM
Ribbon Cutting
Central Missouri Community Credit Union
Friday, July 22nd, Ribbon Cutting 9AM followed
by a day of Celebration until 3 PM!—See pg. 8
620 N. McGuire St.
The Greater
Warrensburg Area
Chamber of Commerce
will be presenting two
Business of the Year
Awards, a Chamber
Member of the Year
Award, and a
Community Volunteer
of the Year Award at
our Annual Awards &
Social on Thursday,
July 21, 2016.
FREE One-on-One Business Consultation
Monday, July 25th, By Appt Only—JMCR
Candidate Forum
Wednesday, July 27th, 6 PM
American Legion Post
Ribbon Cutting
Western Missouri Medical Center
Friday, July 29th, 7:30 AM
403 Burkarth Rd.
Chamber Leads Exchange Group
Tuesday, August 2nd, 8 AM—JMCR
Inside this issue:
Member Relations Meeting
Wednesday, August 3rd, 3:30 PM—JMCR
Chamber Board Meeting
Monday, August 8th, 4 PM—JMCR
PAINT THE TOWN RED!
Tuesday, September 6-8th—See pg. 10
GET THE RED OUT!
Thursday, September 8th, 4-6:30 PM
Located on Holden Street
Golf Tournament Thank You!
2-4
Ribbon Cutting
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LWL Community Sidewalk Sale
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Member News
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New Chamber Benefits
Chamber Info, Chamber Board and Staff
Featured Chamber Sponsors
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For all events RSVP to chamber@warrensburg.org or 660-747-3168.
NEXT CHAMBER FLASH AUGUST 5TH
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Please note our reservation policy:
No-shows to charged events will be billed.
If you are interested in attending a committee meeting please
contact the Chamber office at 660-747-3168.
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16 Annual Chamber
Classic Golf Tournament
Tournament Co-Chair
Sharri Carter and Scott
Crist kick-off the day.
Congratulation to Ryan Shaw
Lowes Putting Contest Winner
The Banner represented all
the Tournament Sponsors.
Our 16th annual Chamber Classic Golf Tournament
held in June was a great success! Thanks to Alternative
Income co-chairs Sharri Carter and Scott Crist along
with a wonderful group of intrepid volunteers, the
tournament raised $10,100.00 which benefits the
Chamber, and in turn benefits YOU!
Many Chamber members were on our fantastic
Volunteer Team: Karen Sligh, Independent Sales
Director with Mary Kay; Buffey Dougherty and
Jordin Robinson from Hair Dynamix;
Stormy Taylor and Tenisha Roming
with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson
County; Melissa Livengood AdvoCare,
Independent Distributor; Suzy Latare
with UCM; Anne May CMCCU; Rick
Squiric, Joani Dittrich, Joe Warren with The Daily
Star Journal; Lynn Parkhurst and Eric Kerwood
with Crossroads Hospice of Kansas City; Courtney
Hickes and Doug Sokolowski of Lamm Tech; Bryan
Jacobs, Julie Crespo, Nolan Brooks of RE/MAX
United, Toni Houx with Flexible Staffing and Dan
Houx with Committee to Elect Houx. We also had
wonderful help from several Airmen from WAFB.
A BIG SHOUT OUT to Jimmy John's Gourmet
Sandwiches for providing sandwiches for
all the players during the tournament.
A special thank you to the following
Chamber members that shared their golf
team entries with 17 Airmen from
Whiteman Air Force Base: KCP&L, J.W.
FRANKLIN CO., US Bank of
Warrensburg and The Daily Star
Journal. Thank you for supporting
America’s Best from WAFB!
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Our Golf Tournament Teams:
Thanks for playing!
Championship Flight 1st Place:
Championship Flight 2nd Place:
Charles Lund, Casey Lund, Joe Eccleton, Marion Woods
John Yost, Rick Helsommer, Brad Baker,
A Flight 2nd Place: Team Airmen
Sponsored by KCP&L
B Flight 2nd Place: Team
Airmen
Sponsored by The Daily Star Journal
Championship Flight 3rd Place:
Scott Patrick, Andy Kohl, Bo Tiller, Randy Russell
C Flight 2rd Place: Team UCM
Hank McClung, John McMenamin, Kyle Westphal,
Wes Bell
James Weir, Sean Birney, Tony Nelson, Jesse
A Flight 3rd Place: Team Carter
Sharri, Matt, Ty, & Sue Ann Carter
B Flight 3rd Place: Team Airmen
Sponsored by US Bank
Michael Dunutte, Blake Domec, Steve Linebaugh,
Vince Mariani
Congratulations to Christian DeLozier for
winning the 50/50 Raffle. The winning ticket
was drawn by 3 year old Gabriel Larson
Men’s
Longest
Drive
Charles
Lund
Women’s Longest Drive:
SueAnn Carter
Women’s Closest to the Pin:
Kitty Sandberg
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Men’s Closest
to the Pin:
Jim Stuck
Thanks for
a great
day!
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Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony
The Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce held a
ribbon cutting ceremony for Johnson County
Community Health Services located at 723 PCA
Road, Warrensburg, MO.
Incoming Chamber Board Chair Scott Patrick
along with Chamber Ambassador Sharri Carter
and Johnson County Community Health Services
Community Outreach Coordinator welcomed the
new Johnson County Community Health Services
Administrator, Anthony Arton during their
Summer Bash. Anthony is looking forward to
working at JCCHS and being a part of this
wonderful community.
Shown in the photo anchoring the ribbon is Scott
Patrick and Chamber Ambassador Dan Houx as
Anthony prepares to cut the ribbon surrounded by
JCCHS staff and Summer Bash attendees.
For more information contact the Johnson
County Community Health Services at
660-747-6121 or visit their webpage at
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FOR LIST OF PARTICIPANTS SEE
WWW.WARRENSBURG.ORG
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Welcome New Chamber
Member!
We’re proud to announce our newest
Chamber member!
Please welcome Donna Turner Turner House Arts is a learning
and working studio. The focus is
on creative expression, exploration and discovery. They provide
learning experiences through
classes for all ages, events, groups
and parties. Turner House Arts
has painting, drawing, sculpting,
fiber and much more!
For more information visit
www.turnerhousearts.com or call
660-909-5283
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RIBBON CUTTING
AT 9 A.M.
Central Missouri Community Credit Union is getting ready to “Party Like It Is
1961” by celebrating 55 years of service to our community!
Members are invited to join us in voting for our favorite “ I Love Lucy LookAlike” on Facebook starting July 22nd. Better yet, join in the fun and check
out the candidates yourself at any of the three branches in Warrensburg,
Sedalia or Richmond. Employees will be recreating 1961 on July 22 to
celebrate our 55th Anniversary.
To make this Double Golden Anniversary even more special, CMCCU
employees are celebrating their documented 1,400 hours of community
service. $16,537.00 was raised by 45 employees to help local causes in
fighting hunger and fighting cancer. Many more hours were spent
volunteering that went unrecorded, but not unappreciated.
Some unusual fundraising methods were utilized that contributed to CMCCU’s
success: BRAS for a CAUSE raised money by members voting for a chance to
win a Themed Bra decorated to catch someone’s eye or put it out in the case of
the Tool Chest Bra. (See picture). Some employees took a Pie in the Face,
decorated pumpkins, created Summer Fun baskets, held bake sales, donated
hundreds of pounds of food, or raffled baskets and Scentsy products. Other
volunteers helped at the local feeding the hungry project, Relay for Life, and
the senior citizen’s center for the last two years. All these efforts were
employee directed and driven, and they are to be congratulated. What a way to
celebrate our 55th Anniversary through community service!
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WEEKLY POSITIVE
NETWORKING® TIP+
By GGOOD ADVICE,
RARELY HEARD
Tobias van Schneider,
multidisciplinary designer
& creative director,
@vanschneider, in a post
entitled “Two words of
advice you rarely hear”
offers up a relationshipenriching perspective on
work and life. He says the
two words are: Be useful.
“Every time I feel a little
lost or don't remember
what I wanted to do, I go
back to the basics. I just try
to be useful. Being useful
is so simple.
It not only helps other
people but also yourself.”
The Whiteman Base Community Council (BCC or
Base Community Council) works to support the
Airmen with fundraising to allow them to hold events
on base for the Airmen and their families.
This year, the Base Community Council will hold one
fundraiser and that will be a vehicle giveaway. We
have 12 Dealerships from the BCC Communities as
sponsors this year, they are listed on the raffle ticket.
Raffle tickets are available to purchase to enter and are
$25 each or 5 for $100. We will be selling 2,000
tickets. When the raffle tickets are gone, we will hold
an event on Base with a guest speaker and members of
the communities and Airmen from Whiteman. They
will enjoy a meal, guest speaker and one of the entrants
will be drawn and win a car. The winner will choose
from one of the 12 participating dealerships / brands to
go and purchase the car.
For More Information on how to purchase a raffle
ticket visit www.whitemanbcc.com
His top three ways to be
useful are:
1. Share knowledge
2. Solve a small problem
3. It’s not your job? Do it
anyway!
And, it’s not just the act of
being useful. Tobias puts it
this way: “I think being
useful is a highly
underestimated value that
we rarely talk about. I love
working with useful
people because they ask
the right questions rather
than just trying to find the
answers.” (The bold is
ours.)
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This year the Western Missouri Medical Center (WMMC) Auxiliary Board awarded six $1,000 scholarships
to local students for education needs.
This year’s recipients include La Toya Anderson, Bachelor of Science in Nursing at University of Central
Missouri (UCM); Kaci English, a 2016 graduate of Warrensburg High School earning a Bachelor of Science
in Nursing at UCM; Jennifer Evert, Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Health Care Management at
Ottawa University; Alicia Krug, Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Arts in Spanish at UCM;
Kathryn Smith, a 2016 graduate of Warrensburg High School earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at
University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC); and Allison Steelman, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at
UMKC.
Each year, the WMMC Auxiliary sponsors the Health Care Career Scholarships for students who are pursuing
or furthering their education in any health care field. Recipients are selected by the WMMC Auxiliary
Scholarship Committee based on financial need, scholastic ability, work plans and a demonstrated interest in
health care.
As educational expenses are rapidly rising and the demand for health care workers increases, there is a
continuing need for additional funds. Donations are encouraged and appreciated by the WMMC Auxiliary to
ensure the opportunity to provide additional monetary assistance for our future health care providers.
Donations can be made to the WMMC Auxiliary for the Health Care Career Scholarship Fund and sent to
WMMC Auxiliary, 403 Burkarth Road, Warrensburg, MO 64093.
For questions, contact:
Tara Carlyle
Director of Marketing and Business
Development
(660) 262-7497
tcarlyle@wmmc.com
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Looking for an easy gift?
Look no further!
Gift
Certificates
Available!
The Chamber has Gift Certificates
with over 50 local Chamber
participants in denominations of $5,
$10, $20 & $50.
Click here
to read all
about it!
Click here
to find out
more
Call the Chamber office today at
660 747-3168 or click on the
certificate to find out more!
Interested in increasing your
brand awareness?
There are many benefits of
Chamber Sponsorship!
Call the Chamber today for
more information at
660-747-3168
other by offering
members-only discounts to
other current
Chamber members.
Show your M2M card to
receive these great deals!
Our Member 2 Member
Discount Program is
designed to encourage
Chamber business
members to support each
LOOKING
You do not
have to be a
Chamber
Member
to attend!
Contact the Chamber office if
you need a M2M card.
To see a list of participating
members CLICK HERE
Next group:
Tuesday
July 21st
4 PM
If you refer 4 New Member to become a
part of our Chamber, your next year’s
membership is FREE!
To find out more information
Click Here
FOR
LEADS?
Come build relationships and
make connections at the
Chamber Leads
Exchange Group!
Two meetings each month:
First Tuesday at 8 AM
Third Thursday at 4 PM
In the Jack Moore
Community Room at the
Chamber of Commerce
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Member Services
Small Business & Technology Development Centers
Funded by the Small Business Administration, the SBTDCs assists businesses with marketing, strategic planning, one-on-one business consultation, financial analysis planning,
and a series of hands on development programs for entrepreneurs. The Chamber works
to bring these services to your attention, and Chamber members receive a discount on training classes.
Contact Jeff Samborski with the Jackson County SBTDC at 816-252-5051 or samborskij@missouri.edu, or Kelly Dyer
with the Missouri Chamber SBTDC at 573-634-3511 or kdyer@mochamber.com.
Constant Contact’s Chamber Program provides their effective marketing tools, for FREE! Included benefits:
Want a great way to save on all your office supplies?
Stop by the Chamber office to pick up an
Office Depot Store Purchasing Card
OR
 Email marketing for up to 5,000 contacts (discounted
thereafter)
 Event, survey, and social marketing tools
 Custom branded email templates
 Support and advice from award winning coaches and
click the
National Chamber Program
logo above for information
on how you can
local marketing experts
 Product discounts - up to 25% off!
SAVE BIG!
Contact the Chamber for more information!
is a live online resource
presented in simple
language and designed to
help you manage your most important resource — your
employees! Chamber members have exclusive access to
this great resource at https://hrsimple.com/
Forgot your log in information? Call the Chamber office at
660-747-3168 and we’ll provide
it. Don’t forget you can also
sign up to receive updates.
The Jack
Moore
Community
Room is
available to
rent for
meetings,
seminars, or other events. Chamber members receive a
significantly reduced rental rate. The room includes a
kitchenette with a sink and refrigerator, is wheelchair
accessible, and bathroom facilities are available in the depot
waiting area.
Call the Chamber office to make a reservation.
New Chamber members receive a free marketing consultation, a
one-time Buy 1, Get 2 Free advertisement deal, and a free 6-month
subscription. Contact the Advertising Director for information.
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Board of Directors 2016 – 2017
Scott Patrick, Chair
Warrensburg R-VI School District
P.O. Box 638, Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-7823
spatrick@warrensburgr6.org
Term Expires: June 2017
Casey Lund, Chair Emeritus
Warrensburg Collision
220 West Young St., Warrensburg, MO
64093
(660) 429-2011 Fax: (660) 429– 6405
Info@warrensburgcollision.com
Term Expires: June 2017
Sharri Carter, Chair Elect
Johnson County Community Health Services
723 PCA Rd., Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-6121
Sharri.Carter@lpha.mo.gov
Term Expires: June 2017
Steve Fox, Secretary
Fox Heating & Cooling LLC
448 E. Gay St., Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-2992
foxheatingandcooling@hotmail.com
Term Expires: June 2018
Jeff Florida, Treasurer
F&C Bank
P.O. Box 157, Holden, MO 64040
(660) 732-5516
jflorida@fandcbank.com
Term Expires: June 2018
Scott Crist
Western Missouri Medical Center
403 Burkarth Rd., Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-2500
scrist@wmmc.com
Term Expires: June 2017
Jeff Franklin
J.W. FRANKLIN CO.
123 E. Gay St., Ste.ES-V, Warrensburg, MO
64093
(660) 747-9854
jeff@jwfranklin.com
Term Expires: June 2018
Jeff Huffman
University of Central Missouri, Military &
Veteran Services
Elliott Union 117, Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 543-8039
jhuffman@ucmo.edu
Term Expires: June 2019
Dan Jensen
University of Central Missouri,
Management Department
Dockery 400 G, Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 543-8039
Jensen@ucmo.edu
Term Expires: June 2019
Susan Kraus
WILS West-Central Independent Living
Solutions
601 N. Ridgeview Dr., Warrensburg, MO
64093
(660) 422-7883
skraus@w-ils.org
Term Expires: June 2019
Steve Latour
Sigma Tau Gamma Headquarters
P.O. Box 54, Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-2222
slatour@sigmataugamma.org
Term Expires: June 2017
Mission
The Greater Warrensburg Area Chamber of
Commerce create opportunities that drive
commerce and promote business.
Purpose
The Greater Warrensburg Area Chamber of
Commerce is a community that supports
business, values education and empowers
leaders
The Chamber Flash
is a twice-monthly email publication, out
on the FIRST and THIRD Fridays of each
month. It’s a great way for Chamber
members to share information
about their businesses!
It also keeps members up to date with
member benefits, networking events
and other activities.
Melissa Livengood
AdvoCare, Independent Distributor
454 NW 900th Rd., Warrensburg, MO
64093
(660) 747-3381
goodliving.melissa@gmail.com
Term Expires: June 2019
Space in the Chamber Flash is
an included member benefit
for Chamber members only. E-mail your
print ready ad in JPG format
to chamber@warrensburg.org by
noon Wednesday for Friday publication.
Joe Warren
The Daily Star-Journal
P.O. Box 68, Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-8123
joe.warren@npgco.com
Term Expires: June 2018
You must resubmit your flyer each
week you would like it published.
Suzanne Taylor, Executive Director
Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce
100 S. Holden St., Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-3168, Ext 224
staylor@warrensburg.org
Chamber Staff
Suzanne Taylor, Executive Director
staylor@warrensburg.org
Leanne Larson, Office Manager
llarson@warrensburg.org
Brooke Samack, Communications Coordinator
bsamack@warrensburg.org
Get
Connected.
Stay
Connected.
Sara Ring, Member Relations Coordinator
sring@warrensburg.org
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Non-members, upon their request, receive
this publication as a courtesy service.
The Chamber Flash is compiled and
written by Communications Coordinator
Brooke Samack.
Interested in membership or
sponsorship?
Contact Sara Ring at
sring@warrensburg.org or at the
Chamber office,
660-747-3168 ext. 222 or email
chamber@warrensburg.org.
Please share the
Chamber Flash with
your staff, colleagues,
friends and family!
Thank You To Our Featured Sponsors
Thank You To Our Friends of the Chamber
STEVE FARR
ANN & JIM HOUX
PAUL POLYCHRONIS
COMMITTEE TO ELECT HOUX
Click on each logo for information
about the state and national
Chambers of Commerce:
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