April 16 - April 22
"Ask not what your community can do for you, but WHAT can you do for your community"

Chamber Members

1 of A Kind
100 Mile Peanut Pickin Yardsale
3 Squares Diner / Paragon Foods
Ag Georgia Farm Credit
Agri-AFC, LLC Sylvester
AIC Wireless
Albany Department of Labor
American Nails
American Sunbelt Auctioneers, Inc
Ashley's Business Solutions, Inc.
Astro Exterminating Service, Inc
AT&T Georgia
B&C Sporting Goods
Banks Funeral Home
Barbara Odom
Barnyard Creations
Beckstrom Photography
Becky Geer
Best Friends Humane Society
Billie and Vickie Young
Birdsong Peanuts
BJ's Country Cafe
Boy Scout Troup 100
Brooks Auto Parts
Brownlee-Bozeman Agency
Bryan and Jordan Body and Paint Shop
Bryce Johnson
Calhoun Produce
Camille Taylor, Century 21, Smith, Branch
Charlotte Jolley
City of Poulan
City of Sumner
City of Sylvester
City of Warwick
Coastal Plain CASA, Inc.
Colony Bank of Worth
Colquitt Regional Home Care/Worth County
ConAgra Foods BSC AP
Conger LP Gas, Inc.
Country Bouquet & Bridal Registry
Countryside Animal Clinic
Custom Cut Signs & Graphics
D & B A/C and Mechanical Service, Inc
Dairy Queen of Sylvester, Inc
David Register
Destiny Fitness
Dialysis Clinic, Inc
Donna King
Dorothy D. McKellar
Dough Gaughf Plumbing & Electrical
Doug Hughes Pest Control
Down Town Sylvester Farmer's Market
Dr. Henry Gordon Davis Jr., MD
Dr. Larry D. Daugherty, DMD, PC
Ed Rynders
Emerald Garden Center
Event Technical Services, Inc.
Factory Connection, LLC
Family Vision Outreach, Inc.
Farm Commodities, Inc.
Farmers Home Furniture
Fat Boy's Backyard BBQ & More
First Baptist Church
Ford Insurance Agency, Inc
Fred Dent
Free Diagnostics Auto Repair
Fresco Italiano
Futrill Auto Parts, Inc
Gail R. Wiles
Georgia Peanut Festival
Georgia Power Company
Gibbs Pecan & Shelling
Glenn's Corner Pharmacy
Globe Financial Services
Green Mountain Lodge
Green Oaks Center
Greg Sellars
Gwen Isdell
Hairitage Salon
Hal Carter Construction
Handy Andy
HealthPlus Family Practice
Heritage Bank of the South
Herring CPA Group
Housing Authority of City of Sylvester
Hometown Cleaners
Hudson and NeSmith CPA'S
i luv linens and pearls
J.H. Harvey's Co., LLC
Jackson's Soul Food
Jay Crowe, Attorney at Law, LLC
Jean Brooks
Jeff Hobby
Jefford's Farms
Jim Hinton Oil Co. of GA, Inc.
Jimmy Sanders, Inc.
John L Green, Sr.
John McPhaul
Johnson Tax Service
Jump Start Automotive
Karen McDonald
Kentucky Fried Chicken/ Taco Bell
Kiwanis Club of Sylvester
Langdale Chevrolet
Lawhorne Storage
M & J Farms
M & M Sales, LLC
ManPower
Mary Alice Shipp Community Develop. Corp
Matt Medders
Medders Associates Survey, Inc.
Medders Enterprises, Inc.
Medders Irrigation, LLC
Milan Food Mart
Miss Georgee's Play-Kare
Mitchell EMC
Mobley Gin Company
Montgomery Promotions, Inc
Moultrie Technical College
NAPA
Nell Ford
Nethers Old Fashioned Pork Skins, Inc.
Norman Crowe, Jr.
Norman Park Gin
Olam Edible Nuts/Universal Blanchers
Paradise Estates Apartments
Personal Finance
Phoebe Worth Family Medicine
Phoebe Worth Medical Center
Pine Shadows Manor, Inc.
Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church
Plantation Publishing Company, Inc.
Poulan Pecan Co., Inc.
Powell Contract Services LLC
Powell's Refrigeration
Purchasing Alliance Solutions, Inc.
Radio Shack Dealer
Relwof Farms Trucking, Inc.
Ridley Monk
Ruth's Cottage / The Pancake House
Sarah McCrary
Security Finance
Shelly McPhaul
Shipp Shape Lawn Service
Short & Paulk Supply Company
Snipes Piggly Wiggly (Tom Tom Foods)
Southern Auto Lock / Montgomery
Southern Express Lube, Inc.
Southern Woods Plantation, Inc.
Southland Transportation, Inc.
Specialty Sales Company
Stuart Pate State Farm Agency
Summer Palace
Sumner Peanut Co., Inc.
Sunbelt Ford, Inc.
SunTrust Bank
Superior Machine Works
Sylvester Animal Hospital
Sylvester Banking Company
Sylvester Computer Guy
Sylvester Farmers Market
Sylvester Health Care, Inc.
Sylvester Inn
Sylvester Plaza, LTD Partnership
Sylvester-Worth County Rec Dept
The Melanie Hurst Corp
The Sylvester Local News
Timothy Coley
Total Merchant Services of GA
Tyson Steel Building Products, Inc.
Venice Meeks
Virginia Andrews
Visions of Sylvester
Walgreens
Warwick HealthCare
Warwick Septic Tank, Inc.
WCHS Achievement Boosters
WCHS Band Boosters
Well Services
William C. Rouse, Contracting
Williams Insurance Agency, Inc.
Willie Mae Marlin
Woodmen of the World
Worth Air
Worth County Elementary School
Worth County Extension Service
Worth County Forestry Queens
Worth County Health Department
Worth County High School
Worth County Middle School

Worth County Primary School
Worth Finance Corporation
Worth Gin Company, Inc.
Worth Insurance Agency, Inc.
Worthit2u.net

Mark Your Calendars!

Retail Tourism Meeting
04/18/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 3rd Thursday

Bark n the Park
04/20/2013
Check in 6:30 - 7:30

Relay for Life Golf Tournament
04/20/2013

MOCK Council meeting WCHS
04/22/2013
City Council Chambers

Cities Week Tree Planting
04/23/2013
Gervaise Lawhorne Pond Shipp Park Area

Ribbon Cutting - I Luv LInens & Pearls
04/23/2013
Ribbon Cutting/Tentatively

Chamber of Commerce Student Government Tour
04/24/2013
All day event Worth County High School students tour different government entities in Worth County learning their different jobs and duties.

Cities Week Georgia Leaders Luncheon
04/25/2013
Fresco Italiono

Relay for LIfe/Cancer Survivors Dinner
04/26/2013
Phoebe Worth Hospital

Cities Week Car & Bike Show/Downtown Sylvester
04/27/2013
Xars & Bikes Free to Enter

Great Sylvester Clean Up!
04/27/2013
Sign up @ 9am City Hall Council Chambers Car & Bike Show registration @ 11am - Parkin Lot Old Depot Pic Nic with Mayor & Council Grill starts @ 11am Entertainment begins @ 1pm Awards Ceremony begins @ 2pm

Downtown Sylvester Farmer's Market/Open
05/04/2013

Education Committee
05/11/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 2nd Monday Youth Leadership and Government Tour

Business After Hours
05/17/2013

Career Day/Worth County Elem. School
05/17/2013

CountDown2Drive/Sign up today!
05/18/2013
Come Join Safe Kids and Sylvester Fire Department and Partners!! CountDown2Drive is a web based program designed to bring parents and young teens (13& 14 years-old) to talk about the key safety issues teens will face when riding as a passenger or as they prepare to drive.

City of Sylvester Mayor and Council Meeting
05/20/2013
City of Sylvester Mayor and Council Meeting

Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
05/21/2013

Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
06/18/2013

Government Committee Meetings
07/08/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 2nd Monday

Membership Committee
07/09/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 2nd Tuesday

Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
07/16/2013

Retail Tourism Meeting
07/18/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 3rd Thursday

50th Georgia Peanut Festival Pageant
08/17/2013

Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
08/20/2013

Education Committee
09/09/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 2nd Monday Youth Leadership and Government Tour

Membership Committee
09/09/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 2nd Tuesday

Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
09/17/2013

Retail Tourism Meeting
09/19/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 3rd Thursday

Government Committee Meetings
10/14/2013
Meets Quarterly on the 2nd Monday

NEW STORE HOURS
SHORT AND PAULK SUPPLY COMPANY IN SYLVESTER
WEEKDAYS 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM, SATURDAY 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY APRIL 17, 2013 10 - 2
 
Short and Paulk and wants to help you with any of your household projects and building needs. Call them today and be sure in stop in and see them on April 17, 2013 for their CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY from 10 AM - 2PM - Door Prizes will be given every 30 Minutes and GRAND PRIZE is an IPAD MINI !

Short and Paulk Supply, Inc.
Rick Watson

1008 W Franklin Street, Sylvester, GA 31791
Visit our Website
Voice: 229-776-3471 Fax: 229-776-9363

Stop and Shop Sylvester Worth County where we are Worth iT!

Join us for a ribbon cutting for I Luv Linens and Pearls, LLC

April 23, 2013 @ 11:00AM
Owner: Sam Moses
112 N Isabella St, Sylvester GA


As a fundraiser for the Relay for Life of Worth County, ConAgra Foods, Inc./Peter Pan Peanut Butter has compiled a cookbook "Cooking to Make a Difference" are on sale now!  Cookbooks are $10 each and all proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. The printing costs of the cookbook were sponsored by ConAgra Foods/Peter Pan.

Now available: You may purchase your cookbook at the Sylvester-Worth Chamber of Commerce, Snipes Piggly Wiggly and Ed's Truck Stop.

Thank you for your support in the fight for a cure.


As part of a statewide celebration of Georgia's cities, Sylvester will host a series of events including a car show,  tree plantings and activities with Worth County High School students.

The 10th Annual Great Sylvester Clean-up on Saturday, April 27 concludes the celebration.  Join us that Saturday for two hours to beautify our city. In our most recent litter survey, citizens agreed litter costs taxpayers money and hurts the environment. Join us!

After the Clean-Up stay downtown for a Car and Bike Show. (See the flyer this page.)

Chamber News



Exclusive Wellness Program for our Business Members!

Click for More Information

Take Advantage of Member Benefits!

We want to offer our community LOCAL reasons to Stop and Shop in our own community. If you haven't already taken advantage of the many benefits our Chamber Web Page has to offer you now is the time to do so. Log in and browse the back end of our web page and create your own "Mini" Web page and create your own coupons! Let's show off why we are definitely "WORTH" the Trip!

Give Us Your Input



DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW IT CAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS???

 
The City of Sylvester Downtown Enhancement Program and the Sylvester-Worth County Chamber want to hold some Small Business Seminars quarterly and we need your help in identifying the need and best times to hold the classes. Please take the time to fill out the attached survey and mail it back to the City or the Chamber. We are wanting to hold the first class the end of March and your input would be greatly appreciated!!

Download The Poll, fill it out, then send it to us by mail, fax, or drop it by the office!

THANK YOU !!!

Community Fundraisers



Best Friends Humane Society
On sale now!!!! 50/50 tickets are available for purchase!!! Only $2 each or 3 for $5. They will be available at several locations throughout Sylvester - The Sylvester Local, Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce, and Best Friends Humane Society. If you would like to purchase or sell tickets - call 229.777.7774.

Worth County High School Achievement Booster Club Fundraiser

$7.00 Jackson's Soul Food Dinner Ticket all proceeds go to the Achievement Booster Club

Jackson's Soul Food Chicken Dinner
2 piece chicken (white or dark), 2 sides, drink & dessert

Tickets are available at the Chamber.
More information:776-8625-WCHS

Sylvester-Worth Co. News

Downtown Sylvester Car & Bike Show

Worth County School News


NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE!

Sign your business up today to participate in Career Day at the Primary School.  Expose your business
employee needs to our young students at an early age!!

View Invitation

 
Congratulations: Thompson Signs Cheer Scholarship with Mercer!
 
Worth senior Bristal Thompson signed a cheerleading Presidential scholarship with Mercer University which covers full tuition. In her senior year Bristal made the All State team for cheerleading and ranked among the top 16 cheerleaders in the state also named Star Student and Valedictorian among her class.

Classes & Seminars



Chamber members receive a discount,
only a few openings left!




(Click Banner to see classes offered this month!)

Government News




New Online Filing & Searching for
Secretary of State’s Corporations Division.

Click for More Information



Looking for the inside scoop on General Assembly '13? Click for Jim Finch's latest update from Under the Gold Dome.

The Georgia Department of Economic Development budget presentation has also been uploaded to our site.  Click here to view it.


DISCLAIMER: THE SYLVESTER- WORTH COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOES NOT ADVOCATE OR ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE OR LEGISLATIVE ISSUE. The Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce feels it is important TO GET THE FACTS on legislative issues and candidates. The information in this box is provided to inform the public on forums available for informational purposes only.

Festival News

Sumner Egg Festival Vendor App
Updated for 2013!

Click for the Vendor Welcome Letter
 


Georgia Peanut Festival Vendor Apps
Updated for 2013!
Click for the Vendor Welcome Letter
Visit the Events Page for links to updated apps.

Peanut Festival Pageant
August 17, 2013 in the Sumner Auditorium
GET YOUR Applications now for the Georgia Peanut Festival Pageant, August 17, 2013 at the Sumner Auditorium and join us for 50 Years WORTH Celebrating.

Click for Application



Regional News

Stop & Shop!



Worth County is a Work Ready Community! Ask your Chamber of Commerce how you can become Work Ready, too!

If you have upcoming events that you would like to share, please contact the Chamber and let us help to spread the word. A strong Chamber is the sign of a strong community. Ask your Chamber of Commerce how you can become A PART OF THE CAN DO CREW! We are dedicated to keeping you updated on events in our Community and hope that we will see you there supporting your Community!

Karen M. Rackley
President/Executive Director
karen@swcountychamber.com
229-349-7703 (Cell)

info@swcountychamber.com
Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce
229-776-7718 (phone)
229-776-7719 (fax)
229-776-6657 (GA Peanut Festival)

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Weekly Newsletter - April 16 - April 22

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