(Rankin Chamber) Week at a Glance: June 4, 2010
RC=Ribbon Cutting; GB=Ground Breaking; LC=Lunch Club; B&B=Business & Breakfast; SWN=Successful Womens Networking
L&L=Lunch & Learn; BAH=Business After Hours; RRE=Rankin Referral Exchange
NEXT WEEK:
June 8, 8:30 am.............Membership Committee (Chamber)
June 8, 11:00 am...........RC: Mugshots Grill (4245 Lakeland Dr, Flowood) Lunch Club follows
June 8, 11:30 am...........LC: Mugshots Grill (4245 Lakeland Dr, Flowood)
June 10, 8:15 am...........Board Meeting/FULL (Chamber)
June 10, 11:00 am.........RC: Gail Pittman Designs (115 W. Jackson St, Ridgeland)
June 10, 5pm-730pm......Men's Night Out (Luckett Lodge) Clay Shoot begins at 3:00 pm
FOLLOWING WEEK:
June 15, 8:30 am.........RRE-Team 2 (Corner Bakery, Flowood)
June 15, 11:30 am.......Ambassador Meeting (Penn's-Brandon, 613 W. Government St, Brandon)
June 15, 2:00 pm.........RC: Ashley Howie-BrokerSouth of Jackson (Chamber)
June 16, 8:00 am.........RRE-Team 1 (Chamber)
June 17, 9:00 am.........Business Development Committee (Chamber)
June 17, 11:30 am.......LC: Farm Bureau Grill at Trustmark Park
June 17, 1:00 pm.........RC: Mac & Bones Golf & Grill (1 Mac & Bones Blvd, Pearl)
June 18, 11:30 am.......SWN: El Potrillo-Dogwood (100 Laurel Dr, Flowood)
CHAMBER Announcements:
Time's running out.......please RSVP as soon as possible!
RANKIN CHAMBER MEN'S NIGHT OUT
Wednesday, June 10th - 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm (Clay Shoot 3:00 to 5:00 pm)
Luckett Lodge, 214 Clark Creek Road, Brandon
Get your tickets now for an evening of food, fun and fellowship! Enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres buffet (featuring wild and tame game), door prizes, live and silent auctions, vendor booths, product previews and more! Tickets are $25 for members and $35 for future members.
This year, we are also offering a sporting clay shoot that will begin at 3:00 pm for anyone interested. The shoot will be set up in 4-man teams at a cost of $20 per person. To register, download an event registration form at www.rankinchamber.com; click on SPECIAL EVENTS. For more information, contact Karen at (601) 825-2268 or email kmiller@rankinchamber.com.
RANKIN CHAMBER NEWSLETTER INSERTS...a great way to advertise your business!
Your 8-1/2 x 11 insert in the Chamber's monthly newsletter is an affordable, cost-effective way to advertise your business and reach nearly 1,100 Chamber members. You provide us with 1100 inserts and we take care of the rest, saving you hundreds of dollars in postage costs alone! Cost: $100 + 1100 inserts (8-1/2 x 11" flat, not folded, 2-sided printing okay) Deadline: Inserts due by the 20th of the previous month (for example, July newsletter inserts would be due June 20th, etc.)
Inserts are limited to 5 per newsletter and are filled on a first come, first serve basis. Slots are still available through the end of 2010. For more information, contact Rosa at rmadden@rankinchamber.com or (601) 825-2268.
MEMBER Announcements: RANKIN COUNTY CHILDREN'S MENTORING PROGRAM BOOTH AT FLOWOOD FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 5th - 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm
Flowood Festival, Liberty Park (next to Flowood YMCA)The Rankin County Children's Mentoring Program will have a booth at Flowood Festival on Saturday. We will be doing face painting for donations, selling t-shirts and hopefully offering opportunities for a raffle!!
If you or someone you know can come out and help work the booth even if it's just for an hour during that time, let me know....(Great way to get service hours)!! Contact Sharon at (601) 624-3603 or email sharonmcbeth@yahoo.com.
BLUEBIRD DANCE ACADEMY SUMMER DANCE CAMPS
Monday, June 7th
Bluebird Dance Academy, 5905 Old Brandon Rd, Ste 11, PearlBluebird Dance Academy will begin Summer Dance Camps for all ages on Monday, June 7th. For more information on our Summer Dance Camp Series, contact us at (601) 939-6799 or bluebird_dance@att.net. Visit us on the web at www.bluebirddance.org.
PUCKETT HIGH SCHOOL FFA CHAPTER WINS FLORICULTURE EVENTCONGRATULATIONS to our very own Puckett High School FFA Chapter for winning the Floriculture Career Development Event held recently at Mississippi State University! Members are Ashlea Sledge, Betsy Cutrer, Emily Walker and Kimberly Sledge; Patrick Lemoine is the Advisor. Ashlea and Kimberly were members of our Rankin Youth Leadership class this year. The team will be competing at the National Convention in Indianapolis in October. Let's wish them the best of luck!