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Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter 4th Quarter 2009 Chamber@meltel.net 320-256-7174
Upcoming Meetings December General Membership Meeting Thursday December 17 at noon at Melrose Bowl Next Riverfest Meeting January 21 at John Dough's Pizza at 11am January General Membership Meeting January 21 at noon at John Dough's Pizza
Address Change Please change the chamber's address in your accounting software and other spreadsheets. We no longer have our PO Box. Our physical address is 223 E Main St Melrose. Thank you!
2010 Board Members Congratulations to Paul Schiffler who was voted Treasurer and Sara Dewald who was voted Vice President of the Melrose Chamber. Since Sara Dewald currently held the secretary position we are looking for someone to fill her remaining one year term. Please contact the chamber if you or one of your employees can help us out. Your 2010 Board includes: President: Jackie Tschida- Dan Schmidt Printing Past President: Lori Ann Pohlmann-SAVE Food Store Vice President: Sara Dewald- Culligan Water Systems Treasurer: Paul Schiffler- Hometown Insurance Secretary: Vacant Thank you to Marlene Blommel who served 3 years on the Board of Directors as Vice President, President, and Past President and Corey sand who served 4 plus years on the board of directors as Treasurer.
Message from the
2010 Chamber President
Thank LoriAnn Pohlmann, Corey Sand, Marlene Blommel and Sara Dewald. This
board of directors was an awesome team to work with. They’ve made great
efforts to achieve new ideas for the benefit of our chamber. Leaving this year
is past president Marlene Blommel from Freeport State Bank and 4 year
treasurer, Corey Sand from Central MN Federal Credit Union. Thank you for your
time involved on the board of directors. I would encourage any of you to join
the board of directors team. Also thank you to Kelly Neu, our executive
director, who organizes the chamber events throughout the year.
Teamwork by members is a positive way to start a new year. You are all welcome to bring new ideas to our monthly membership meetings. Help out by volunteering to chair or co-chair events. Just volunteering to help out at one event for even just a part of the time is greatly appreciated. With a little effort by everyone we can make a huge impact. Thanks!
Jackie Tschida
2010 Membership Drive It is once again time to renew your dues for the Melrose Area Chamber of Commerce. Businesses will be receiving the application via email or US Mail by December 17. 2010 memberships that are paid by January 1 will be eligible to win one of two Grand Casino Stay and Play weekends. Thank you for your past support and we look forward to continuing to work with you in 2010.
2010 Home Health and Family Expo The 2010 Home Health and Family Expo will be held on Saturday April 10th from 9am to 2pm at the Melrose Elementary School Gymnasium. Once again, the Expo will be on the same day as the Stearns Electric Annual Meeting and we continue to look forward to increased crowds because of this timing. Entertainment for the day will be feature the Just for Kix dance program as well as the Lakes Area Tae Kwon Do. We are looking for additional low cost or free entertainment options for the event, so please let the chamber know if you have any ideas..
2010 Melrose Riverfest Celebration Quick Facts on the celebration
2010 Miss Melrose This fall, the Miss Melrose committee met to discuss the implications of moving Riverfest to August and when to have the Miss Melrose Pageant. After much discussion, the committee decided to keep the pageant in June. The decision was based on ability to recruit candidates while school is in session as well as results of an informal poll of potential candidates. If you would like to be on the Miss Melrose Committee, please contact Kelly at the chamber office or Chrystal Sand, pageant chair, at 256-4544. Rosy Bucks make great Christmas Gifts! Recaps of Events: Halloween Parade and Party: The Halloween Parade and Party took place on October 31st. We had 240 children attend the party and receive a goodie bag with items donated by Melrose Chamber Members. This event is put on in conjunction with Great River Regional Library and Adley Creek 4-H. Holiday Kick-Off: Another holiday season was kicked off in fine style at the 2009 Holiday Kick-Off on November 26. We had great participation of sales and promotions at businesses and there were many people out and about on the streets. We took 60 pictures with Santa and had 19 units in the Mini Dazzle Parade. Parade Prizes include: 1st Prize business class was Elite Transport, 2nd Prize Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union. 1st Prize organization class was Adley Creek 4-H, 2nd prize Girl Scout Troop 978. Thank you to all who participated in any way. Holiday Cash Raffle: Thank you to everyone who sold and bought the $20 Holiday Cash Raffle Tickets. On the evening of the drawing the streets were buzzing with everyone dreaming of how they would spend their $5,000 and Peter F. Terres was the lucky name drawn by Santa. The raffle was successful in raising $2,700 for chamber funds. We feel this was a successful event and would like to continue it next year, possibly changing the prize slightly to have more winners. Please call or email with any thoughts or suggestions you have regarding this fundraiser. Holiday Hours The Chamber office will be closed December 24-January 4th. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Ink Cartridges Collected Remember that the chamber is a source to recycle your used laser and ink jet cartridges. Please note however, we can only take cartridges that have not been previously recycled--please make sure they have a name brand such as HP or Sharp for example. No time to drop them off? Call the chamber office and we will stop by and pick them up.
Upcoming Events 2010 Home Health and Family Expo April 10 9am-2pm Miss Melrose Pageant June 24, 2010 7:30pm Farm/City Crazy Days July 16, 2010 Melrose Riverfest August 20-21, 2010
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