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Upcoming
Events April 2008
April 1, 2008
Ambassador Committee
4:00 pm, FB Chamber
April 2, 2008
Branch Out
Networking Group
7:30 am
@ Italian Pasta Restaurant, 12895 Josey Lane,
$1 per person
April 3,
2008
Education
Committee
1:30 pm, FB
Chamber
Economic
Development Committee
3:00 pm, FB
Chamber
Executive
Committee
4:00 pm, FB
Chamber
April 4, 2008
Wild &
Wacky
Waiter
Dinner
6:30 pm, Brookhaven Country Club,
3333 Golfing Green Drive, $50 per person
April 9,
2008
Branch Out
Networking
7:30 am @ Italian Pasta
Restaurant, 12895 Josey Lane, $1 per
person
April 16,
2008
Branch Out
Networking
7:30 am @ Italian Pasta
Restaurant, 12895 Josey Lane, $1 per person
April 22, 2008
Youth Leadership Farmers Branch
Trip to Austin
April 23, 2008
Branch Out
Networking Group
7:30 am
@ Italian Pasta Restaurant, 12895 Josey Lane,
$1 per person
Ribbon Cutting at FedEx
Kinkos
4:00 pm, 13605 Midway Road, Suite
600
April 29, 2008
Introduction to
Financial Planning Seminar
3:00 pm, FB Recreation Center,
14050 Heartside Place
April 30, 2008
Branch Out
Networking Group
7:30 am
@ Italian Pasta Restaurant, 12895 Josey Lane,
$1 per person
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New Members
FedEx Kinkos
Aussie Nyagami
13605 Midway Road, Suite 600
Farmers Branch, TX 75244
P 972.818.7110
F 972.818.7112
The Maids Home
Services
Michal Ann Golas
13000 Josey Lane, Suite 105
Farmers Branch, TX 75234
P 972.484.2663
F 972.484.1001
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Membership Renewals
Andres Real Estate
Atmos Energy
Bonneau, Ed
Capel Rugs
Churchhill Residential
Comfort Inn
Dallas Morning News
Dalton Mailing Service
Doubletree Hotel near the Galleria
FasClampitt Paper Store
Forensic Medicine of Dallas
Herod, Rena
Houghton Mifflin Company
Ink-R-Cycle
Knights of Columbus, Council 5052
Oncor Electric Delivery
Prime Income Asset Management
Robbs, Jim
Robinson, Ben
Time Warner
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SCORE News
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
"Counselors to America's Small Business" is a
national non-profit organization of volunteer
retired and semi-retired business executives. The
association fills a need in communities by
providing no-fee business counseling and mentoring
to entrepreneurs. This service is provided at no
charge by a team of over 10,500 volunteers and 389
chapters nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner
with the Small Business Administration
(SBA).
Our SCORE counselors meet on Wednesday
mornings by appointment only at the Farmers Branch
Chamber office. To schedule an appointment, please
contact Lara at
972.243.8966. |
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In order for your
Chamber's Member Listing to be an effective tool,
accuracy is very important. If you have had any
personnel changes, address, phone or email
changes, etc., please contact the Chamber staff at
972.243.8966 with your new
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Chairman's
Message
Richard Brown,
Chairman of the Board
Mark
your calendars for Friday, April 4th for the
6th Annual Wild and Wacky Waiter
Dinner. It will be held at the Brookhaven
Country Club starting at 6:30
PM.
Our Wild & Wacky Waiters continue to become
even more creative each year. Rumors hint this
will be the most competitive dinner with some
very original themes. If your
company or organization has not signed up for a
table, plan to be there individually and join in
the fun and be sure to take part in the live and
silent auction.
Talking
about auctions, have you donated your items yet?
Beverly Wagner and her committee have rounded up
some great auction items. Look on the sneak
preview page to see what will be available for
the live and silent auction that night. We are
still soliciting auction items so contact
Beverly
today.
Great
entertainment, a wonderful meal, networking and
advertising for your company, products and
services are all excellent reasons to make your
reservations now. Contact Lara Orlic at the
Chamber Office so you can be represented along
with many of the Farmers Branch Chamber Members.
This is your opportunity to see many community
leaders serve as our celebrity
waiters.
April
will be a special month for Branch Out as we
have 5 Wednesdays and City Manager Gary
Greer
will join us on the 5th Wednesday,
April 30th as we spotlight the City
of Farmers
Branch.
Join us each Wednesday starting at 7:30
am at
the Italian Pasta Restaurant, 12895
Josey Lane, Suite 128.
This is just a few doors from Turner
Hardware.
Richard Brown
Chairman of the
Board
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The Farmers
Branch Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 6th
Annual Wild & Wacky Waiter Dinner on April
4, 2008 at Brookhaven Country Club. Many
community, school and City leaders serve
approx. 200 attendees.
This is an event you
will not want to miss!
How Wild & Wacky can you
be?
Wild & Wacky Waiter
Dinner
Friday, April
4, 2008
Brookhaven Country Club
3333 Golfing Green
Drive
6:30 pm Silent
Auction & Reception
7:00 pm Dinner &
Program
$50 per person | $500
per table
(price includes 1 drink ticket
per person)
Reservations Required
For more details, contact Lara Orlic
at
972.243.8966.
Make
a Donation
To make a donation to the event,
please
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Event
Photos
March Membership Luncheon
Sponsored by Time Warner Cable
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Education Committee
Update
by Joel Lebsack, C-FB
ISD
Youth Leadership Farmers
Branch
Since 1996, The Farmers Branch Chamber of
Commerce has sponsored a youth leadership
program for selected students from R.L.Turner
High
School. To
become part of the class, the students, who must
be members of the junior class, apply and then
go through an interview process.
The
initial group activity took place last October,
and the culminating activity for the 20 members
of the group will be their graduation at the
Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce luncheon on
May 9th. The
adult sponsors of the group are Jo Gillen from
the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD and Lara Orlic
from the Farmers Branch Chamber. A very
special thanks goes out to IBM for completely
underwriting the program. This
allows the students to participate in the
program without any financial
responsibility.
The
monthly meetings for the youth leadership class
have included team building and
leadership-related activities. They
have also participated in a city government day
led by department heads from the City of
Farmers
Branch.
On
April 22, the students will board a bus to
Austin for
State Government Day. Some of
the activities scheduled for the students
include a VIP Capitol Tour and discussions with
Rep. Jimmy L. Jackson, Terral Smith (Chief of
Staff for Speaker Tom Craddick), Craig Pardue
from Dallas County, and Mark Lehman (Lobbyist
for the Texas Realtors).
There
are a few extra seats on the bus. If there
are any Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce
members who are interested in riding the bus to
Austin on
April 22nd, please contact Lara Orlic
at lorlic@fbchamber.com or you
can call her at (972)
243-8966. |
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