Upcoming Events and Programs
Build Your Business Series
New Toolkit for Today’s Professionals!
Session 1: Building Your Sales Techniques
Wednesday, February 8
7:15 to 8:45 AM
Chamber Offices
Sponsored by Centrix Bank
Mark your calendars for the first of a series of informational workshops presented for you to offer cutting edge professionals on the topics that can help you build your business! You told us what issues and subject areas would help you hone your skills and develop a cadre of resources that are practical and useful to you.
To kick off the monthly sessions, we are very fortunate to have Kevin Hallenbeck join us. The Sandler Training Center in NH founded by Kevin Hallenbeck is an award winning sales training and business development organization that has been helping corporations and individuals achieve new levels of personal and professional success for more than 16 years. They provide client companies a personalized development experience in private training centers located in Manchester and Portsmouth NH as well as corporate onsite training at their business locations. The programs are professional level, focusing on knowledge and awareness, and continuing with ongoing reinforcement to achieve a higher level of success.
We are pleased to offer this opportunity to members and local businesses at a nominal cost thanks to the support of Centrix Bank. Seating will be limited for the session so make your reservation today! Member $25 / Not Yet Members $35. Call or email the office to register, or pay immediately below.
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Upcoming Sessions:
March 15 – What’s Your Marketing IQ – Bill Bradley from Bottom Line Communications
April 19 – Excel at Customer Service and Retention
May 17 – Computer Networking/IT – Making It All Work!
June 21 – Business Networking and Social Media
Veterans FIRST Auction
“Any time a veteran sleeps on the same streets
he defended for the rest of us, we are all dishonored.”
Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary for
Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, VA
Auction Item Donation Form
Auction Book Advertising Form
Event Sponsorship Form
Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce plans are well underway for our 5th Annual Veteran’s Benefit Auction on April 14, 2012. This will be our second year partnering with Harbor Homes of Nashua to benefit their Veteran’s FIRST Program.
The Silent and Live Auction raises funds to expand emergency housing for service members and their families in need. Housing is available for a two year period to give them the opportunity to take advantage of job training, workplace readiness and counseling. This support enables veterans to become self supporting and provide for themselves and their families.
We truly appreciate the contribution made by so many last year. With the recent cuts in the state budget, we need your help more than ever and ask that you consider donating in 2012 for this worthy cause. Over the last 4 years we have raised over $60,000 in essential funding thanks to the generosity of our local businesses, artists, craftsmen and professional services. Sponsorship and Donation forms are printed in the newsletter.
Harbor Homes, Inc. of Nashua offers a variety of residential housing programs with varying degrees of independence to meet the individual needs of the residents. Non-Veterans FIRST residential programs are also provided, designed to empower individuals toward recovery and integration in our community. Veterans FIRST (Federal Investment Recognizing our Servicemen and women in Transition) began in 2004 and offers a second chance for those brave individuals who have kept our nation safe and secure.
The Auction will take place at Alpine Grove in Hollis beginning at 6:00 PM with wonderful hors d’oeuvres during the Silent Auction. A full family style dinner will be prepared by their expert chefs prior to the Live Auction. Tickets should be reserved in advance.
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Past Events
1st Annual Souhegan Valley Chowder Chili Cookoff
Calling All Cooks – Make A Great Chowder or A Mean Chili? Prove It!
The 1st Annual Souhegan Valley Chili Chowder Cook Off took place on Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm at the Amherst Business Center on Route 101A in Amherst, NH. Home cooking enthusiasts competed against restaurant chefs for the best chili and chowders in several categories judged by pros in the food industry. Attendees were able to taste all and vote on their favorites to win the “People’s Choice” awards. Winners in each category received cash prizes as well as bragging rights and free entry into next year’s cookoff to defend their title!
The First Annual Chili Chowder Cook Off was a big hit! There were big crowds, great food and beverages, wonderful entertainment – what could be better on a sunny Sunday afternoon!?
And the winners were:
Chowder
Professional – Chrysanthi’s, Brookline
Amateur – Sally Long, AmherstChili
Professional – The Barn at Hitchiner
Amateur – Tom & Kem VasselloPeoples’ Choice Overall Winner
Hillbilly Stampede, Lori Skinner
A special thanks to Marlena Phillips for entertaining us? Also to our beverage sponsors Labelle Winery, Bellavance Beverages, Smuttynose Brewery, Woodstock Inn Brewery, Moonlight Meadery, and Vitone Family Wines. We thank H20 Waste Disposal Services at www.byebyedump.com for their assistance and Mareld Co., Inc. for giving us the great location and facility for the Cook Off. And finally, we thank all of the professional and amateur chefs for their great food.
After this year’s success, the Chili Chowder Cook Off is sure to be an annual event for the SVCC and Opportunity Networks.
The Souhegan Valley Chili Chowder Cookoff benefits Opportunity Networks, a non profit organization that provides meaningful employment and training to adults living with developmental and acquired disabilities in the Southern New Hampshire community. Opportunity Networks provides life skills and social opportunities for clients who range in age from 21 to well into their 60s. Clients work and volunteer for a broad range of local businesses.
Southern NH Expo
Date: October 20, 2011
Exhibit Floor Open 2:00 – 7:30pm, Food Sampling 3:00 – 7:30pm
Where: New Hampshire Dome, Milford NH
This year’s Southern New Hampshire Expo is scheduled for October 20. Registration Forms are now available online at the Southern NH Expo website.
FEATURES
Farmers’ Market • “Take a Swing” for CHaD
Batting Cage with Red Sox Hall of Fame Players
Health & Wellness Exhibits • Flu Shot Clinic
Wine Festival Sampling • Robotics Competition
12:30 – 1:45pm Containing Healthcare Costs
2:00pm Doors Open to the Public
Expo QRCode
Major Sponsors of the Expo include Contemporary Chrysler • Dodge • Jeep, People’s United Bank, Walmart, US Cellular, Comcast, the Cabinet Press, Frank 106.3 FM, and WMUR. Supporting Sponsors include Coca Cola, E & G Vending, Eaton & Berube, Enterprise, Nutressante, Performance Foods, Toshiba, and Dr. Rose Wang. We also thank our Robotics Challenge Sponsors: Mike Bonacorsi, LLC, Boyd & Boufford, Fulcrum Associates, HandicappedPets.com, Hayden Kerk, Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Parker Hannafin, Souhegan Lighting, TDS Telecom, and Tech Transport.
Would you like to participate as an Expo Sponsor and support the local business community? Check out the information on the Southern NH Expo website.
Souhegan Valley All Star 23rd Annual Awards Dinner
