MEMBER MICRONEWS

MR BARTOW COMING UP!
Mark your calendars, October 6, 2015. Go to Main Street Bartow and vote for your fav today!

Or click on this QR code and learn more!

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CRICKETTE CLUB PARADE AND CARNIVAL
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
Sign up today to participate in the Crickette Club Parade. Applications are already online at www.crickettes.org. For more information, contact Jennifer Hall, 533-7193.

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WATSON CLINIC HIGHLANDS OPEN HOUSE AND
LAKELAND CHAMBER RIBBON-CUTTING
The public unveiling of Watson Clinic’s 17^th location – Watson Clinic Highlands – has been set to take place on Wednesday, September 23 from 3 pm to 7 pm during a special open house event and ribbon cutting ceremony.

During the event, attendees can tour the beautiful 38,000-square foot facility located at 2300 E. County Rd. 540 A in south Lakeland, meet and greet the physicians and additional medical providers who will practice from the new location, and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. Tours of the facility begin at 3 pm, and a ribbon cutting presentation will take place at 4 pm.

Watson Clinic Highlands will house all the services and medical specialist that currently reside in the Clinic’s Lakeland Highlands offices, including family medicine, OB-GYN, dermatology and XpressCare. The new Highlands location offers the convenience of more than double the square footage of the Lakeland Highlands offices, which are scheduled to close once the new location opens for patient appointments starting on Monday, September 28. All appointments with Lakeland Highlands specialists, which are scheduled to take place on or after that date will be at the new Watson Clinic Highlands facility.

The new medical building will introduce several Watson Clinic departments to the south Lakeland area for the first time in their history, including ENT, facial plastic surgery and a Hearing Center starting on October 12. Providers from these departments will rotate their time between the Bella Vista Building and their new offices at Highlands.

In addition, the facility will offer a comprehensive laboratory and the convenience of on-site radiology capabilities, including x-ray, CAT scan, ultrasound, DEXA bone density scanning and 3D mammography.

For more information on Watson Clinic Highlands and the open house event, visit www.WatsonClinic.com/Highlands.

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SHRM TO PRESENT ROCKSTAR SUPERVISORS CONFERENCE:

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YOU CAN RENEW YOUR LICENSE IN BARTOW
There’s hope for a quick and easy experience when updating your license. The Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ Florida Licensing on Wheels (FLOW) is available at this location in Bartow:
Leland Family Ministries, Inc., 780 W. Main Street is host on the last Wednesday of each month (except for December). Hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For a list of what documentation you may need, visit www.gathergoget.com or call (850) 617-3995.

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ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL . . .
Bartow’s Purple Heart Committee and The Bartow Area Chamber Foundation, Inc. need your help in honoring our local PurpleHeart and POW Veterans. Monuments will be erected in theirmemory at the Civic Plaza located on Davidson Street, across from the Polk County History Center in Downtown Bartow. Your tax-deductible gift, in its entirety, will be used to fund a Purple Heart Memorial and a POW Memorial similar to the ones pictured below. The goal is to raise $25,000 that will be used to erect the memorials and necessary enhancements to accommodate these important tributes to those who have fought to protect our freedoms. Donations may be dropped off at the Chamber.

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Tindale Oliver First Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Summerfield Crossings Golf Club
Saturday, September 26, 2015
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Tindale Oliver is pleased to announce its first Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Summerfield Crossings Golf Club on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Organizers are seeking your help to make this event a success and hope you’ll come out to the greens to support a great cause.

Shriners Hospitals for Children® – Tampa is the beneficiary of this tournament. All sponsorship proceeds will directly support the hospital’s mission of providing the highest quality care to children with orthopaedic and neuromusculoskeletal conditions. All care is provided in a family centered, child friendly environment regardless of the patient or family’s ability to pay. Your support means every member of the Shriners staff—surgeons, therapists, nurses, orthotists—can continue to bring Love to the rescue® and transform the lives of children throughout the state of Florida and South Georgia.

The tournament provides many opportunities for you to promote your business while you support the Tampa Shriners Hospital. The event is open to all golfers, both serious and casual, and our goal is for everyone to have fun!

There will be several exciting contests and raffles happening throughout the day. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the three contests – putting contest, longest drive, and closest to the pin. There will also be a 50/50 raffle for cash, as well as a raffle during dinner for great items including Busch Gardens tickets and USF Football tickets. Please note that all raffle ticket purchases are CASH ONLY.

Registration is open for golfers! You may enter as an individual or four-some. If you enter as an individual, you will be placed on a team. Dinner and contests are included with all registrations.

We have a number of different sponsorship opportunities available.

To download the Sponsorship Information Form, please click here.
To download the Golfer Registration and Sponsorship Form, please click here.

Golfer Registration and Sponsorship deadline: September 12, 2015.

If you have any questions about the event, registration, or sponsorship, please contact:
Scott Michael, 813-224-8862, Ext. 1245
Andrea Sauvageot, 813-224-8862, Ext. 1282