Portage Press: August 7, 2013

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Welcome to Portage Press! The Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce hopes you enjoy our new weekly e-communication just for chamber members! Submit your newsworthy entries for FREE every Friday for our Wednesday blast to the entire membership!

Simply fill out the events form on our Contact Us page of our website. www.portageinchamber.com

Prepare for Blast Off
Rittenhouse of Portage
Kenneth Ham, Captain, USN & Former NASA Astronaut and Michelle Ham will be giving a presentation on 8/9 at 3:00 at Rittenhouse. Kenneth and Michelle will be giving an overview of their nonprofit with a question and answer following. There will be a Bake Sale before the presentation starting at 1:30.
Judy Kukelka www.rittenhousesl.com 219-764-2900 jkukelka@rittenhousesl.com

Relocation of HealtheACCESS
HealtheACCESS is pleased to announce the relocation of the Lancer St. clinic to 3325 Willowcreek Rd., Portage, IN.
New extended hours will be effective on August 5 for our three HealtheACCESS locations:
3325 Willowcreek Rd., Portage - Mon. - Sat. 8am - 6pm
6615 S. Boundary Rd., Portage - Mon. - Fri. 7am - 5pm
2590 Morthland Dr., Suite 1, Valparaiso - Mon. - Fri. 7am - 5pm
HealtheACCESS is a full service clinic for occupational health and urgent care needs. If you have any questions please contact Gail Mathews, Acct. Representative 219-476-6573

Men's Tune-Up
Porter Regional Hospital
Family Medicine Physician Dr. Shane Bush will cover prevention, detection and treatment for all things 'men'.
August 13 * 6 p.m. * Portage Hospital Bistro. 3630 Willowcreek Road, Portage To register call 1-800-541-1861.
Karen Keltner 219-983-8630 karen.keltner@porterhealth.com

Ideas in Motion Media Launching Fourth Good News Online Community, NWIndianaLife.com
Ideas In Motion Media
Ideas in Motion Media, publishers of ValpoLife.com, PortageLife.com, and LaPorteCountyLife.com, announced the launch date of their fourth exclusively-positive online community network, NWIndianaLife.com. NWIndianaLife.com will be dedicated to sharing the good news.
http://www.portagelife.com/32294
Jenny Craig NWIndianaLife.com 2197075023 jenny@valpolife.com

8th Annual Financial Literacy Fair for Educators
Centier Bank
8:30am-3pm October 16, 2013
600 E 84th Ave Merrillville
*Free Registration
*Financial Literacy presentations that can be implemented directly in classrooms
*Opportunities for one-on-one conversations regarding new and existing programs
*$50 to the 1st 10 schools to help defray substitute costs
Dian Reyome www.centier.com (219)755-6140 dreyome@centier.com

Bacon Fest Portage
Victory Christian Center
8/24/2013
Bacon Fest will feature Northwest Indiana food vendors with a special emphasis on Portage restaurants doing bacon themed items.There are still food and crafter spots available! Do not miss your opportunity to join area residents as we indulge in...Bacon!
visit www.baconfestportage.com Danny Hendon www.baconfestportage.com 219-232-9757 dannyhendon@vccportage.com

Midwest Family Federal Credit Union is Hiring!
Midwest Family FCU has an opening for a part time teller. (approximately 25-29 hours/week).
Interested candidates should stop by the credit union at 2832 Willowcreek Road in Portage and complete an application or send their resume to Erica Wood, Vice President at: ericaw@mwffcu.org

Chamber Network Night is coming October 17, 2013. We are now selling booth space!
Please contact us at 762-3300 to reserve your space.
Rise and Shine Portage Seminars
Portage Chamber
August 7th at 9 am. We will be presenting a 1-hour topic of interest at the Portage YMCA. This is about tax deferred retirement savings for business and employees, presented by Edward Jones Investments. For more info call: 763-6238 Terry Hardin 219-763-6238 hardintd@msn.com

Upcoming Chamber Happenings
August 15th Luncheon with our PTS Superintendent, Dr. Ric Frataccia giving the State of the Schools Address
Music in the Park -Every Tuesday at 6:00 pm at Woodland Park -see our website for more information

Help spread the word about our new email marketing benefit to Portage Chamber members. Go to Contact Us on our website and complete the Event Form to submit your entry. Entries should be in by end of business every Friday to be included on the next Wednesday's newsletter.

Thank you for continued support of the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce.