PRESIDENT'S CORNER: CRYIN' TOWEL
Once again, The Kiwanis Club of Bartow will be hosting a traditionally comedic event, "The Cryin' Towel," wherein football coaches from our local community schools will be telling tall tales in support of their rivals, each vying for your applause to be awarded the 2017 Cryin' Towel.
Tickets to the event are $50 each and can be purchased here at the Bartow Chamber, CenterState Bank, or from David White. All guests 21+ are welcome to attend the event. Included with admission to the event is a dinner catered by Texas Cattle Company, and free beer, cash bar, raffles, door prizes, and more.
The event is Thursday, August 3, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. at the Bartow Civic Center. Seating is limited, so get your tickets now!
UNTIL NEXT WEEK,
CLINT EDWARDS
MEMBERSHIP MILESTONES
40 YEARS
Edwards Professional Alarms & Video, Inc.
20 YEARS
IBS at Bartow High School
15 YEARS
American Legion Post 3
10 YEARS
Southern Homes of Polk County, Inc.
5 YEARS
James E. Stephens Elementary
EMERGING LEADER AWARDS SET FOR AUG. 15
Polk Emerging Leaders Awards
Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 6:00 PM
Bartow Civic Center
2250 Floral Ave, Bartow, FL 33830
The annual Polk Emerging Leaders Awards will once again be a collaborative event of the three young professional groups in Polk County. Continuing a new era of collaboration and blurring the east/west dividing line, the awards have been established to annually recognize five young professionals between 21- 42 who have made significant contributions and commitment to the Polk County community.
Who will be named this year? Click here for more information:
http://www.winterhavenchamber.com/polk-emerging-leaders-awa…
SEE YOU THEN!
HELLO BARTOW! MEMBERS PARTICIPATE FOR FREE
ROI ALERT TO ALL MEMBERS!
We've established a new perk to your membership. Now, as a member of the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, you may include a promotional item for your business in the HELLO BARTOW! welcome baskets for new residents. PARTICIPATION IS FREE OF CHARGE! If you are interested, contact Barbara Adamson, Membership Director, (863) 533-7125, or reply to this email.
CHAMBER QUARTERLY HAS 40K READERSHIP
Reserve your space now in the Fall Chamber Quarterly Magazine and hand your business card out to more than 40,000 readers for only $85 per issue. Call Barbara Adamson at 863-533-7125 for more information.
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AUGUST BUSINESS: TB&K Outsource
Left to right: Chamber Membership Services
Director Barbara Adamson; Lacy Wooten, Branch Office Administrator and Shane Nelson, CFP, AAMS.
August Chamber Business of the Month:
Edward Jones - Shane Nelson
1490 North Wilson Avenue, Bartow, FL 33830
(863) 533-6606 • shane.nelson@edwardjones.com
www.edwardjones.com
As an Edward Jones client, you’ll work with a dedicated financial advisor who spends time listening to you, explaining recommendations, answering questions and helping you plot the right course. We know financial decisions can be complicated, but they’re important. That’s why we believe every question deserves a thoughtful answer. Don’t take our word for it. Contact Shane Nelson, your local financial advisor, to see the difference personal attention makes.
WANT TO FIND OUT HOW TO BECOME
THE BUSINESS OF THE MONTH?
Contact Barbara Adamson, Membership Services,
863-533-7125 or email
barbara@bartowchamber.com
WANT US TO TEXT YOU ABOUT EVENTS?
Free TEXT ME!
Chamber Members:
We are offering a new feature of your membership, absolutely free to you! If you would like to get a text message about upcoming events, call or email Barbara Adamson, Chamber Membership Services Director, today! barbara@bartowchamber.com or 863-533-7125.
RIBBON CUTTINGS COMING UP
ENGAGE STUFF THE BUS HAS BEGUN
Did you know there were more than 3300 homeless students in Polk County for the school year of 2016-2017?
Join us and help needy school students during STUFF THE BUS, now until August 18. The Chamber runs its campaign a little longer than other organizations to provide a second wave of supplies to schools after they have begun. This year, the Bartow Police Department is partnering up with us in this outreach to the community. Drop off your school supplies for homeless students today! Stuff The Bus is a Hearth Project outreach for Polk County Schools. Thanks to ENGAGE Chamber Young Professionals, Leadership Bartow XVII, DeeDee Yost Wright and the School Board for championing this project.
ENGAGE Young Professionals' Stuff The Bus is coming up! School supplies will be collected for Polk Schools' "Hearth Project," which supplies school supplies to homeless children. Be sure to drop supplies off to the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce from Now through August 18 and help homeless students have the supplies they need for school.
CHAMBER EVENTS
(All meetings are in the Chamber Boardroom unless otherwise noted.)
Now through August 18
ENGAGE STUFF THE BUS BEGINS
Bring School Supplies to the Chamber For Homeless Kids!
AUGUST
Tuesday, August 1, 9:30 a.m.
INDIGO MOON RIBBON-CUTTING
165 E. Main Street, Bartow 33830
Wednesday, August 2, noon
AMBASSADORS / DELEGATES at PERKINS
Thursday, August 3, 6:00 p.m.
KIWANIS CRYING TOWEL
Bartow Civic Center, Tickets at Chamber
Tuesday, August 8, 9:30 a.m.
C&J PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE & LEARNING CENTER
301 S. Woodlawn Ave., Bartow
Wednesday, August 9, 7:30 a.m.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
Professional Development Class by J. Lenora Bresler
Polk State College Clear Springs Advanced Technology Center
Thursday, August 10
CAPITAL CITY QUARTERLY PUBLISHED
Thursday, August 10, 5:00 p.m.
THUNDER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FUN THURSDAY
1425 W. Main Street, Bartow
Tuesday, August 15, 6:00 p.m.
EMERGING LEADERS AWARDS
Bartow Civic Center
Friday, August 18, noon
ENGAGE SOCIAL MEDIA LUNCH & LEARN
FIPR Conference Room
Friday, August 18, 6:00 p.m.
FRIDAY FEST: BARTOW IDOL!
Downtown Bartow
Wednesday, August 23, 1:30 p.m.
DIPLOMAT BIRTHDAY PARTY
Happy Birthday Mary Tomlinson!
SEE OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS LISTED ON YOUR CHAMBER WEBSITE
NEW MEMBERS
Retail Stores
Indigo Moon
Mark & Deanine Mulpagano
165 E. Main Street
Bartow, FL 33830
(863) 224-7758
Website
Government-County
Polk County Clerk of Court
Stacy Butterfield
255 N. Broadway Ave.
Bartow, FL 33830
(863) 534-4525
Website
Child Care Services
C&J Performing Arts Institute & Learning Center
Shayla Jones
301 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Bartow, FL 33830
(863) 519-0341
2017 DIVERSITY LUNCHEON
Diversity Luncheon To Feature
Dr. Richard Harris
Bartow’s annual C.C. Corbett Diversity Awards are presented yearly during the Bartow Community Relations Committee’s (CRC) Diversity Luncheon on the third Wednesday in September, in celebration of Bartow’s Multicultural Awareness Month. The event begins at noon at Bartow Civic Center. Guest speaker is Dr. Richard Harris of Southeastern University.
Awards are given to a business or organization and an individual who have shown a commitment to diversity in the City of Bartow, or in surrounding communities, through mentoring, outreach initiatives, or other activities that advance the goal of inclusion.
Tickets for the luncheon are $12 each and may be purchased from the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, 510 North Broadway.
The C.C. Corbett award winners are traditionally announced by the CRC Co-Chairs. “Before the passing of our friend and former Chairman, C.C. Corbett, it was his desire and the desire of the Community Relations Committee to recognize an individual and a business or organization that made it a priority to promote diversity in our community,” Mrs. Gloria Washington, CRC Co-chair, said at the last event. “The City of Bartow and the Community Relations Committee will continue to honor C.C.’s dedication to diversity by awarding the C.C. Corbett Diversity Awards.”
Two awards are given each year: one to an individual and one to a business or organization honoring them for promoting unity within the Greater Bartow area.
Past winners include:
2016
Ken Riley and Bartow Police Department
2015
Melony Bell and Church Service Center
2014
J.J. Corbett & TiAnViCa Riding Academy
2013
Joyce Thurman and Mosaic
2012
George Long and Bartow Youth Football
2011
Sharon Casey and Polk County Sheriff’s Office
2010
Fred Murphy and Flanders Precisionnaire
2009
Leo Longworth and Peterson’s Cleaners
2008
Larry Madrid and Fred’s Southern Kitchen
2007
C. C. Corbett (posthumously) and Board of County Commissioners, Clerk of Courts
An online form to sign up as a Sponsor or to get individual tickets available by clicking on the link below.
DON'T MISS FORTRESS FITNESS FOR SEPT.!
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., beginning in September, 2017. You can experience a different kind of exercise in each class. It's a blast! |