President's Perspective
By: Betsy Hays
Amazing Volunteers and Businesses
On March 5th the Evergreen Chamber once again partnered with Leadership Evergreen to honor some exceptional people in our community. People who contribute individually and as a group to make our society stronger, better, more successful. Choosing the winners was extremely tough as each amazing nominee brought a special sparkle to the event. We congratulate the following on a job well done and honors well deserved:
2014 Leader of the Year: Dean Dalvit, EV Studios, DEED
Lifetime Leadership Award: Linda Kirkpatrick, Justaroundhere.com
Also nominated for Leader of the Year: Marcel Flukiger, Greg Henika, Ellen O’Connor and Sharon Trilk
2014 Youth of the Year: Bethany Cooke
2014 Young Professional of the Year: Tim Wilson, Sells Law Firm
Also nominated: Heather Galaska and Rachel Nicks
2014 Ambassador of the Year: Eric Breslin, Liv Sothebys
Also nominated: Ellen O’Connor, John Ellis, Kayla Vella, Russell Hammond, Annie Coppock
2014 Volunteer of the Year: Greg Henika, Blue Spruce Kiwanis
Also nominated: Brenda and Wayne St. John, Joyce Masyga, John Ellis, Rebecca Kirschner, Connell O’Brien, Rebecca Nickel
2014 Government Official of the Year: Sergeant Sean Renfro
Also nominated were Commissioners Donald Rosier and Casey Tighe
2014 Nonprofit of the Year: The Evergreen Rotary Foundation
Also nominated were EASY (Evergreen Alliance for Sustainability+YOU), Blue Spruce Kiwanis, Evergreen Fire Rescue, Evergreen Christian Outreach, Evergreen Elks Lodge 32363, Evergreen Players, Senior’s Resource Center, Augustana Elk Run Assisted Living and Leadership Evergreen.
Congratulations to all of our nominees. These are truly Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things!
I read recently “Opportunities don’t just happen, you create them.” The Evergreen Chamber is all about helping to create opportunities for business to succeed. Whether the business is nonprofit or for profit, our task is turn challenges into opportunity. Through workshops, member referrals, events, information sharing on our website, facebook, twitter-it is all about creating the opportunity for business to happen. Everyone is a potential customer and if we all work together to put those potential customers together imagine the success we can have. As Evergreen Chamber of Commerce Members, as a community of people looking to help businesses thrive, as a resource for visitors to come and enjoy the Evergreen area we can all work together. Shop local, live local and enjoy the ride! Thank you for your support.
Chamber Events
- Thursday March 26th Young Professionals networking Mixer, Wild Game, 6-7pm
- Tuesday March 31st , Workshop “How to Market Your Local Business Using Facebook and the Web (snowed out last month), 9:30-11am, Evergreen Fire Rescue
- Thursday April 9th After Hours Mixer, Evergreen Tennis Club, 5-7:30pm
- Tuesday April 14th Quarterly Nonprofit Meeting, location TBD
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