PRESIDENT'S CORNER: JUST SAY NO
 Can you believe it's been 27 years since Ernie Cooper and his committee first put together the Just Say No events? With the help of Bartow Community Healthcare Foundation, Inc., the Bartow Community and Bartow Rotary Club, this special event encourages area 5th graders to say no to drugs. The kids make banners, posters and write essays. They parade down Main Street with slogans and banners.
They attend a rally at the end of the parade that ends at Bartow High School. Donations are needed to fund this worthwhile program. Funds are used for guest speakers, specialty items, awards, trophies and refreshments. The Bartow Rotary Club has provided shirts for many years, and Bartow Community Healthcare Foundation has provided transportation for the students. Won't you help, too?
Make checks payable to JUST SAY NO and drop them off at CenterState Bank, or mail to the bank at 1375 N. Broadway Ave., Bartow, FL 33830, ATTN: Anita Stasiak. Or, if you prefer, you can drop a check off at the Chamber!
Ernie says, "Thanks!"
Until next week,
CLINT EDWARDS
JUST SAY NO PARADE AND RALLY COMING UP
JUST SAY NO RED LETTER:
Dear Friends:
Committee Members are making plans again for “JUST SAY NO” Week, May 8-12, 2017.
This special week will be highlighted by Bartow’s 27th Annual March and Rally. Planned activities will begin on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. with a parade in Downtown Bartow that ends with a rally at the Bartow High School Gymnasium.
The City of Bartow along with the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, City of Fort Meade, City of Eagle Lake, and area schools, which include Alturas, Anna Woodbury, Bartow Elementary Academy, Eagle Lake, First Methodist School, Floral Avenue, Gibbons Street, Highland City, Spessard Holland Elementary, Stephens, and Wahneta will participate in the event. THIS IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SAY NO TO DRUGS.
We welcome your involvement. Donations are needed to fund our programs. Funds are used toward the guest speaker at the rally, specialty items, awards, trophies, refreshments and to help offset the expense of providing T-shirts bearing the “JUST SAY NO” message to all 5th graders.
To make a donation, make checks payable to JUST SAY NO and mail to:
CenterState Bank
ATTN: Anita Stasiak
1375 N. Broadway Ave.
Bartow, Florida 33830
or, you may drop off your check to the Chamber.
Thank you for your consideration to help support this struggle against drugs.
Sincerely,
W. Ernest Cooper
“Just Say No” Chairman
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BARTOW COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION FT
BARTOW COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, INC. FUN THURSDAY took place on April 20 and included presentations from Good Shepherd Hospice, Peace River Center, Terrie Lobb Catering, Heartland for Children and Cross Wired Electric. This is always a great event, and we thank Brian Hinton and the Bartow Community Healthcare Foundation and its board for being the perfect hosts!
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EAST END VISION GROUNDBREAKING
EAST END VISION: CRA/KEYSTONE HOMES GROUNDBREAKING took place on the corner of 4th Street and Laurel Avenue on Friday, April 21, 2017. The ceremony marked the beginning efforts of the CRA to infill the East End with two new homes.
DON'T MISS FORTRESS FITNESS FOR MAY!
 This is a great time of exercise for the whole family! Marie Wilmot, local fitness guru, has designed a program for the Chamber to help the community get fit! Find out what types of exercise suit your needs by coming out to Fort Blount Park on the second Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. You can experience a different kind of exercise in each class. It's a blast!
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CHAMBER EVENTS
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April 28, 29
BARTOW/LAKE WALES RELAY FOR LIFE
"A World Without Cancer"
Bartow Memorial Stadium
May 3, noon
AMBASSADORS/DELEGATES LUNCHEON
Terrie Lobb's Kitchen
Thursday, May 4, 4:00 p.m.
CRA / BOSWELL & DUNLAP CITRUS LABEL DEDICATION
245 S. Central Avenue
CITRUS LABEL DEDICATION MAY 4TH
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Bartow Community Redevelopment Agency
Citrus Label Tour Dedication
Thursday, May 4 • 4 p.m.
Boswell & Dunlap, 245 S. Central, Bartow
A partnership between the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame, Visit Central Florida and the Polk County History Center’s History and Heritage Trail inspired the creation of the Citrus Label Tour of Polk County. This driving experience explores part of the historic marketing portion of citrus through the artistic labels that once adorned the old wooden crates used to ship the fresh fruit off to northern markets in the early 1900s. Enlarged reproductions of these vintage labels will be found on various buildings and sites throughout the county.
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Do you like BBQ? Don’t miss our Florida Grown Hometown BBQ on May 10th in Downtown Bartow.
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