April 4, 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

GBCC HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO

Reserve a booth - only 9 left - or purchase your ticket to attend the

Second Annual GBCC Health and Wellness Expo.

Booth availability and location are allotted on a first come first served basis.

This year's event, focused on food insecurity, is open to both

GBCC Members and the general public, and will feature

40 exhibitors from a variety of health and wellness backgrounds.

Our speaker and recipient of the Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Award for Public Health Service is

Mark Bucher from Feed the Fridge.

THE GBCC IS GOING TO GREECE -

DEPOSIT DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING!

In partnership with Aventura World, we will be visiting Athens, Greece

November 3-11, 2023.

You are ALL invited, and registrations are rolling in!

A minimum of $800.00 is required for initial deposit no later than April 21, 2023.

Please contact Allie Williams at (301) 652-4900 ext. 203 or awilliams@greaterbethesdachamber.org for more information.

Use group booking code is: QKTVIB

OFF THE CLOCK & ON-LINE REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE

Three Seas, Inc. is made up of four sister companies (video, audio, music, digital) providing clients a resource for any or all marketing, communications and content production needs. With clients coming from all industries, they work with diverse needs to help achieve desired results for every project they do for them - any size, scope or budget. Everything is produced in-house, working from their own audio and video production studios. They love visitors and are excited to host the next OTC event and welcome fellow GBCC members to their Tenleytown studio!

Three Seas, Inc.

4100 Wisconsin Avenue, 1st floor

Washington DC 20016

PARKING IS AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION

Enjoy lite bites provided by our host!

~Cash Bar~

Register Early for your ON-LINE REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE:

Member-Registration: $15 online / $20 at the door

Non-Member Registration: $25 online / $30 at the door

On-line registration closes 4:30 on April 11.

GBCC ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC

The GBCC Annual Golf Classic is May 1!

Join your fellow Chamber Members for a day of competition and camaraderie at the spectacular Whiskey Creek Golf Club. A portion of proceeds from this annual fundraiser will support Kids In Need Distributers (KIND).

The GBCC Golf Classic event sells out every year,

ONLY 2 FOURSOMES REMAIN!

So, don't delay -

book your sponsorship now!

GBCC NEXTEXECS' SIP-N-SPELL HAPPY HOUR

Join the GBCC NextExecs for the 2023 Sip-N-Spell Event at Sports & Social!

$20 early bird tickets are available until April 14th. 

Standard pricing is $25.00 for members and $35.00 for non-members. 

Lite bites are being provided by Sports & Social

~CASH BAR~

ALL proceeds from this event will go to the

Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy (MCAEL) to support their

Annual Adult Spelling Bee on May 3rd. 

GBCC INSTALLATION DINNER RECAP

Thank you to everyone who attended the 97th Annual Installation Dinner! It was a pleasure to ceremonially welcome Chair Andy Fraser, Chair-Elect Monique Sanfuentes, and VP of Finance Angela Juvelis, along with the entire 2023 Board of Directors and to celebrate Immediate Past-Chair Russell Lacey, the Board Members who rotated off this year, and the 2022 Chair's Award recipients Russell Bregman and Andy Schulman. We also appreciated the opportunity to recognize Past-Board Chairs in attendance, many of our active long-term members and all the newer members who joined us for the event.

We would particularly like to thank our sponsors and supporters: Bethesda Urban Partnerships, Blossoms of Bethesda, Buchbinder Tunick & Company, Chesapeake Public Strategies, Chouquette Chocolates, Electric Advisors, Hilary Schwab Photography, Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Lerch Early Brewer, Marriott International, M&T Bank, Pepco, Suburban Hospital, IIIrd Eye Productions and W3DOIT4U Photo Mirror.

Stay tuned for professional photos and video from the evening!

WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER!

Join us in welcoming our new members who joined in the month of March!

BIBIBOP Asian Grill (Silver Spring Location)

Star Financial Services

DTS World Transportation

Kharis Lavender Fields

MetroTranspo

Transformation Health Coaching

Well by Kaiser Permanente at Friendship Heights

Potomac Dermatology & Skincare Center

Five Iron Golf

McKinney Figini LLC

Margaret Carroll Interiors

BellRinger (DIB, LLC)

Shorb Landscaping

First Home Mortgage (Gaithersburg Location)

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Mark your calendars for this month's upcoming committee meetings

Senior Market Group Meeting

Date: April 11

Time: 9:00am - 10:00 am

Register

Healthcare & Wellness Thought Leadership Council

Date: April 13th

Time: 9:00 - 10:00am

Register

Greece Virtual Information Session

Date: April 13th

Time: 5:30-6:30 PM

Register

Chamber Connect

Sponsored by Sandy Spring Bank

Date: April 25

Time: 8:30 - 9:30

Register

Membership Development Committee Meeting

Date: April 25

Time: 10:00 - 11:00

Register



NextExecs Meeting

Sponsored by McKay Mortgage

Date: April 25

Time: 4:00 - 5:00

Register

Register for NextExcs Happy Hour: Sip-N-Spell at Sports & Social Bethesda

Economic Development Committee

Date: April 26

Time:8:00am - 9:00 am

Register

Real Estate Committee

Date: April 26

Time: 9:00 - 10:00 am

Register

SPONSORED CONTENT

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“Younger people, including 41% of Gen Zers, are significantly more likely to dream of paid second acts in retirement,” according to a recent Harris Poll.

Read more at https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/retirement-financial-planning-generation-z . 

Thank You to Our 2023 Corporate Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

PEPCO an Exelon Company

Silver Sponsors

Advantage Industries * The Chevy Chase Land Company * Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C.  * Suburban Hospital 

Bronze Sponsors

Atlantech Online * Buchbinder Tunick & Co. * Chesapeake Public Strategies * Dembo Jones * EagleBank * Electric Advisors, Inc. * Grossberg Company LLP * IdeaFire™ * The Jane Fairweather Team * Lerch, Early & Brewer * Maier & Warner PR * M&T Bank * Marriott International * Mon Ami Gabi * Rodgers Consulting * Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C. * TDG/SILVEROCK Realty * Washington Workplace * WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Partner Sponsors

AC Hotel Bethesda Downtown * Bethesda Magazine * Decision Making Research * Griswold Home Care BCC * Hyatt Regency Bethesda * Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center * Nothing Bundt Cakes-Bethesda * Print1 * Sandglass Systems * sasse agency

ChamberConnect Sponsor - Sandy Spring Bank

NextExec Committee Sponsor - McKay Mortgage Company