Good Morning and Happy Monday! | |
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Enjoy a fun and casual afternoon for a short round of nine holes of golf, followed by drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and prizes. Bring three clubs and enjoy the afternoon with colleagues and friends. Golf! Prizes! Networking! What could be better?
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Thursday, September 12 at Cantigny Golf Youth Links
Check-In: 4:00 p.m.
Tee Off: 4:30 p.m.
Cocktails: 6:00 p.m.
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REGISTER
54 Golfer Maximum
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Golfer - $60 members, $75 non-members
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Reception Only - $30 members, $40 non-members
SPONSOR
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Hole Sponsor - $200 for members, $300 for non-members (includes 1 golfer)
Thank you to our Sponsors signed up for 2024...
Premier Sponsor:
Wheaton Bank and Trust
Food and Beverage Sponsors:
Boxer Exteriors
Showalter Roofing Inc
Hole Sponsors:
DuPage Foundation
Floor Coverings International
Wheaton Lions Club
Wheaton Park District
McNally's Heating and Cooling
Mulcare Insurance Agency: Allstate Insurance
Milton Township
Sikich
Wyndemere Senior Care
There is still time to register or become a hole sponsor, click below!
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Reminder: Send Us Your Events
Have something exciting coming up for your business? Share it with the group! Email marketing@wheatonchamber.com, including your logo, a brief event description, and time and place. We can include it in our weekly newsletter, promote it on social media, or send an E-Blast to your fellow chamber members. Keep us in your marketing toolbox!
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Ignite University: Wednesday, Sept 4!
Featuring Erina Whitrock of Mr. Handyman in Wheaton will share how to prepare your home to age in place. 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at the Wheaton Public Library, 225 N. Cross Street - Meeting Room A! Be there to learn all about home safety. Click here to register.
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Trades Connect
Trades Connect is a networking group tailored specifically for tradespeople and contractors. The meetings are set to provide a platform for industry interaction, and relationship-building aims to unite tradespeople from various sectors, offering opportunities for collaboration and growth within the community. If you have any trade business, this group is for you. Welcome our two new members, Ziad and Miguel Diaz! Thanks to Alpha Graphics for your support.
Click here to register for the upcoming meeting on Sept 3rd.
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Young Professionals Network
The Young Professionals meet monthly for morning coffee or evening drinks. Mark Long of Flint Rock LLC is leading the charge as we rebuild a network of up-and-coming professionals who are the future of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. Come see what this group is all about!
Upcoming Events:
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Tuesday, September 17th from 4:30-6:00 p.m. at Fox Bowl - Business After Hours and Bowling!
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Wednesday, October 9th from 5-7:00 p.m. at Warren’s Ale House -Inter-chamber speed networking event
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Wednesday, November 6th from 5-7 p.m. at the Wheaton Chamber - new member recruiting event
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This Weekend: Shakespeare in the Park! | |
Wheaton Leadership Prayer Breakfast | |
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“Where the faith community gathers to lift up our leaders in prayer.”
Since 1986, the annual Wheaton Leadership Prayer Breakfast has brought together faith community members, local business people, and civic leaders to lift our nation and those in authority up in prayer. The breakfast will take place at the Abbington Distinctive Banquets on September 6, 7:00 - 9:30 a.m.
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Happy 50th, Cosley Zoo!
Woodland Wonder, A Cosley Zoo celebration of its 50th Anniversary will be on September 7.
Support the zoo’s conservation mission and impact while enjoying cocktails, dinner, live entertainment, and more. Make a difference in the natural world and our community!
Click here for more information.
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Duck Race 2024
Purchase a rubber duck for a chance to win $500! Then, join the Friends of the Forest Preserve District and watch it race along Spring Brook at St. James Farm Forest Preserve.
The race will take place on September 5 at 10:00 a.m.
Purchase a Duck here!
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A Night for Nature
Join the Forest Preserve District and Friends of the Forest Preserve District for A Night for Nature benefit to celebrate the beautiful wild areas and beloved wildlife of your DuPage forest preserves.
Don't miss this enchanted evening with delicious eats and drinks, wagon tours, music, and more! The benefit will take place Thursday, September 12, 5:00-8:30 p.m.
Click here to visit their website.
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25th Annual YMCA Golf Classic
Join the YMCA for their 25th annual golf classic! Come for 18 holes of golf, Chick-Fil-A lunch, and beverages, and stay for live music, dinner, prizes, and post-golf fun. Be sure to read all about the event here.
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Halfway to St. Patrick's Day
Fairhaven Wealth Golf Invitational
Fairhaven Wealth Management is proud to present the annual HALFWAY to ST. PATRICK'S DAY Charity Golf Event on September 10th, 2024, at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton.
This golf event funds two organizations that support our first responders The Hundred Club of DuPage County provides benefits to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders, residing or working in DuPage County, who have been severely injured or lost their lives.
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The Mix on Main Festival
The Downtown Wheaton Association announces The Mix on Main Music Festival, a free music festival Sept. 21-22 throughout downtown Wheaton!
The festival kicks off Saturday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m., with Chris and Nikki of 101.9 The Morning Mix. Local Wheaton vendors will be there, including; 302 Wheaton, Kimmer’s Ice Cream, Maypole Bar + Restaurant, Subourbon, The Babe Bodega, and Wildflower Mercantile!
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Olemec Trails
Discover the intriguing history of the colossal stone heads, masterpieces of the ancient Olmecs, Mesoamerica’s earliest civilization. Diana Martinez, Director of the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage, will discuss these awe-inspiring sculptures which served as the inspiration for the Olmec Trails public art project, showcasing 33 artists across various locations in DuPage County through October 2024.
Register here.
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Episode 77 - Dave Otto. It’s not every day you get to sit down with a former Chicago Cub and pro baseball player who shares the same town as you. On this episode of The Local, Marc & Vickie hear fun-filled stories from Dave Otto about what it was like to be drafted to the major leagues alongside notable names like Bo Jackson and Barry Larkin, and how opting for college instead of the pros the first time around paid dividends down the road.
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Trivia Night supports Donka’s mission to provide free computer training using assistive technology and job placement services for people with disabilities, including Veterans and seniors. Trivia will be held at American Legion Post 76, 570 S Gary Ave in Carol Stream. Be there on September 7, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m!
Click here for more information.
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Museum Welcomes Three Frenchmen and a Goat
“Three Frenchmen and a Goat" -- It’s not the start of a bar joke, but it is an entertaining tale that John Goldsmith will share this September at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton!
“Three Frenchmen and a Goat: The DeMoulin Bros. Story,” will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Museum, located at 102 E. Wesley St. in downtown Wheaton. Click here for more information.
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Hoptober Fest 2024
Wheaton Brew & Seltzer Fest is moving to the fall for our new event, HOPtober Fest! Come for some fall beer, seltzer, cider sampling, live entertainment, food, and fun. Grab your tickets to enjoy an autumn day at the park with good drinks, music, and friends!
Join us on September, 28, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Memorial Park. View more information on their website here.
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Support your Local College Team
With Fall comes Football...The Wheaton Thunder is rolling this year, ranked #9 in the nation of Division III football. Click here to check their schedule, grab a hotdog, and catch a game at McCully Stadium. Go Thunder!
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Save the Date...Women in Business Expo 2024!
The Women in Business Committee and the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce invite you to Women in Business Expo 2024: Empower Her
Date + Time:
Tuesday, October 22nd
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Location:
Student Resource Center at College of DuPage
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More information soon to come, but be sure to save the date! | |
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Please Tell Us Your News
Our Wheaton Chamber members have a lot going on and you have a lot to say! Read press releases from our members, learn about job openings and see our Chamber members' "Hot Deals." Got a job posting or a special you'd like to share? Contact us.
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This week:
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Women In Business Committee Meeting – Tuesday, August 27, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Coming up:
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Chamber Champions - Tuesday, September 3, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
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Trades Connect - Tuesday, September 3, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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Young Professionals Network - Wednesday, September 4, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
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Ignite University -Wednesday, September 4, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Ambassadors Committee Meeting - Thursday, September 5, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Looking Ahead:
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Arts, Business and Culture Committee - Tuesday, September 10, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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The Hearing Doctors Ribbon Cutting - Tuesday, September 10, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee - Thursday, September 12, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
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Economic Development Consortium - Thursday, September 12, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Par-Tee on the Par 3 - Thursday, September 12, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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