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
Get Jiggy with Our PB&J Drive
Midwest Family Federal Credit Union
We are collecting donations of peanut butter and jelly to support the Fuel the Kids Summer Project (via the Portage Township Trustee and Northwest Indiana Community Action Agency). Bring in your jars today to make the summer better for our area's youth. **2832 Willowcreek Rd.**
Jan Zurek www.mwffcu.org 219-763-5640 janz@mwffcu.org
Nelson's Chicken Dinners
Opportunity Enterprises
Nelson's Port-a-Pit Chicken Dinner Fundraiser for O.E. Friday June 7, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Walgreens at Hwy. 6 and Willowcreek in Portage, Half-chicken $7, Half-chicken and Pit-tatoes $10
Alyse Kominakis www.oppent.org 219-464-9621,ext 233 alyse.kominakis@oppent.org
Good Life Awards to Benefit Portage YMCA
Ideas in Motion Media
The 2nd Annual Good LIFE Awards is coming this July! This event, created by Ideas in Motion Media with their positive news websites ValpoLife.com, PortageLife.com, LaPorteCountyLife.com and NWIndianaLife.com honors six really awesome people that have impacted LIFE in a very positive way. Brett Fuller http://www.portagelife.com 219-707-5023 brett@portagelife.com
Chamber Events
Our 2013 Music in the Park continues next Tuesday, June 11th at 6pm at Woodland Park. The Hobart Area Concert Band will perform from 6pm-7:30pm. Concerts will continue every Tuesday until August 27th.
Our 30th Annual Golf Outing is Monday, June 10th. Last minute registrations will be accepted until close of business Thursday, June 6th.
Our annual Chamber Chill & Grill will take place Friday, June 14th from 11:30 to 1pm in the chamber parking lot. Everything is complimentary, so come and have lunch on the chamber.
Chamber Advertising Opportunity
Our Membership Directory for 2013-14 is being worked on with all contact information being verified by chamber staff. Directory ads are still available for three more weeks. Many ad sizes are available. Your support is greatly appreciated. Call the chamber office for more details. 762-3300
June 20th Chamber Luncheon
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - 2014
Our June 20th luncheon speaker is Dan Fagen, associate of Financial Arts, Inc., 921 South Halleck Street, DeMotte. Dan will speak on the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), and will address some of its mysteries such as health benefit exchanges, metal plans, the individual mandate and tax credit, and what they mean to employees and employers. The discussion will include information about substantial upcoming changes in insurance premiums.
This program will give you important insights into provisions that can significantly affect you and/or your company.
The program is courtesy of Poe & Associates, who is a member of National Association of Health Underwriters that referred the Chamber to the speaker.
Thank you to our 2013 Portage Community and Business Night Sponsors!
Platinum Partner: Porter Health System
Level 1 Sponsors: Allen's Lawn Care, Arnell Chevy-Kia, Cathy Reed EA, Great Lakes Office Furniture, Hoeppner, Wagner and Evans LLP, Horizon Bank, Indiana Wesleyan University, Lovings Heating and Cooling, Midwest Family FCU, Minuteman Press, Parks Associates, Portage Electric Supply, Portage Life, Portage Park Dept., Post Tribune, Radio One Communications, St. Mary's Medical Center, Tate's Place, The Times Media Company
Level 2 Sponsors: Direct Mail Advantage, 1st Source Bank, Prime Lending, Regional FCU, Lake Minnehaha
Level 3 Sponsors: Ad-venture, Comfort Keepers, Connors Automotive, LED Lighting Solutions, Main Source Bank, Members Advantage Credit Union, Modern Heating and Cooling, Porter Starke Services
Upcoming Chamber Happenings Music in the Park-June 11th @ 6p Chamber Golf Outing-June 10th @ 9a Chill-n-Grill-June 14 @ 11:30a Chamber Luncheon-June 20 @ 11:30a - Presenter TBA
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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.
OUR PLATINUM PARTNER: Porter Regional Hospital