Calendar of Events - Benton / West City Area Chamber of Commerce.




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2024 Rend Lake Water Festival T-Shirt
4/14/2024 - 4/25/2024
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Water Festival 2024 Quarterly Direct Mailer - April 24th Mailing
4/23/2024 - 5/4/2024

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2024 Rend Lake Talent Contest
5/1/2024 - 5/1/2024
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2024 Rend Lake Water Festival Parade
5/4/2024 - 5/4/2024
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2024 Rend Lake Water Festival Vendor Fair
5/4/2024 - 5/4/2024
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Community Navigator Business Resource Meet Up
5/7/2024
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Events in the month of October 2023
10/6/2023 - 10/6/2022
The 2023 Chamber / Rotary Golf Scramble, is a long standing tradition of a great day out on the links with friends. This event is presented by the Benton / West City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Benton Rotary Club; with the support of our major sponsors and our hole sponsors. 



The 2023 event will be held on Friday October 6, 2023  at the Benton Country Club.  This years Golf Scramble promises to be scary fun!  we have room for 10 teams on the morning flight and 10 teams in the afternoon flight.  We will serve Lunch in between flights. We will award trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.  We also award prizes for Men's Longest Drive, Women Longest Drive, closest to pin, and the longest put.  Raffle items and 50/50 drawing will be available.
10/12/2023



This is the 3-hour Concealed Carry Renewal Class for Illinois Concealed Carry permit holders.  Per Illinois Concealed Carry Act Mandate, the class will consist of reviewing all laws associated with Illinois Concealed Carry followed up with a live fire range qualification. 

This is an approved curriculum by the Illinois State Police and this course meets the renewal mandates.

Registration includes: Range fees, training firearms rental, ammunition, safety glasses and hearing protection

10/14/2023 - 10/15/2023


This course will provide an understanding for the law-abiding citizen’s right to self-defense. The participants will develop skills and attitudes essential for the safe and effective use of a handgun for the protection of self and family. Further, coverage will be provided on mental awareness, how to avoid victimization, and mindset development for use of a firearm when faced with a life threatening encounter. This course will review basic gun safety rules for guns in the home, travel and concealed carry. Also covered will be the responsibility of firearm ownership laws, how to legally travel with a firearm and the justified use of lethal force. Students will be required to participate in classroom and firearms range activities and demonstrate basic live-fire handgun proficiency. 

An Illinois Firearms Owners ID card is recommended, but not required.  This course assumes participant already has a basic understanding of firearms, firearm’s safety and possesses basic firearm’s use skill sets.  However, even very novice shooters are more than welcome and even encouraged to attend. (No Firearms or ammunition allowed in the classroom)

This course is available to and encouraged for private/professional groups of 15 or more. Course facilitator would provide classroom facility suitable for the number of participants. Contact us for more information and the training team availability and dates.

Course meets all of the Illinois Concealed Carry Curriculum Mandates.