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May 2: Business After Hours and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Charles Schwab - David Zaycek, 19214 S. LaGrange Road, Mokena. Business After Hours from 4 to 7 p.m. Ribbon Cutting at 5:30 p.m. Free networking event. View Facebook event here.
May 11: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House at High Ho Gems Inc., 19622 Wolf Road, Mokena. Ribbon Cutting at 12 p.m. Food, entertainment, and fun. Free networking event.
May 14: Monthly Membership Meeting at The 19th Hole, 9418 W. 191st Street, Mokena. 4 - 5:30 p.m. Everyone receives an opportunity to give their 30-second elevator pitch. Free networking event. Heavy appetizers, cash bar. Topic: How to use Canva for your business. Speaker: Nick Nativo of ProForma. Sponsored by Jean Lachat Photography. Opportunity to have your professional headshot taken at a discounted rate. More info below. One more sponsorship opportunity available. $100.
May 17: Kash Kreations Floral and Events Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Business After Hours. 19830 S. LaGrange Road, Mokena. B.A.H. from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Ribbon Cutting at 5 p.m.
May 22: Sterk Family Law Group's 1980's multi-chamber Business After Hours, 11508 W. 183rd Place NW, Orland Park. From 5 - 8 p.m. Grab your best 1980's outfits, tease up your hair, and get ready for some networking, food, drinks, and music. This is an outdoor, family-friendly networking event so please feel free to bring the kiddos. Tickets are not required but RSVP's to Sterk Family Law are greatly appreciated.
June 5: Mokena Chamber's Annual Golf Outing at The Sanctuary Golf Course, 485 N. Marley Road, New Lenox. Shotgun start at noon. More info in box below.
June 11: Monthly Membership Meeting at 19th Hole, 9418 W. 191st Street, Mokena. 4 - 5:30 p.m. Everyone receives an opportunity to give their 30-second elevator pitch. Free networking event. Heavy appetizers, cash bar. Two sponsorship opportunities available. $100 each.
June 20: Ribbon Cutting and Business After Hours at HealthSource of Downtown Mokena, 11124 Front Street, Mokena. 5 to 7 p.m. Ribbon Cutting and 5:30 p.m.
June 26: Board of Directors Meeting, 9 a.m. at Chamber Office.
June 28: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Grand Re-Opening for Fifth Third Bank, 19201 S. LaGrange Road, Mokena. 12 to 2 p.m. Ribbon Cutting at 12:30 p.m.
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Please vote in the Best of Lincoln-Way 2024!
Vote now through May 5
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We would appreciate it very much if you voted for the Mokena Chamber of Commerce in the "Best Chamber" category.
We've finished in first and second place in every reader poll and would love to keep our streak alive!
Vote here or by scanning the green QR code with your smartphone's camera app. And of course vote for your business and all of your favorite fellow businesses too!
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Sign up for the chamber's annual Golf Outing!
Wednesday, June 5 at The Sanctuary Golf Course
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Join us for our annual Chamber Golf Outing! We are a non-profit organization and this is our biggest fundraiser of the year. So your support is very much appreciated.
Your day of golf includes:
- Free range balls for practice before start
- Complimentary Bloody Mary Bar at check-in
- Lunch at the turn
- Buffet dinner at The Clubhouse
- Liquid refreshments all day - 2 Beverage Carts
- Golf Cart and Goodie Bag
- Wristband to access on-course games & specialty holes
- Prizes for Closest to the Pin, Longest Putt, etc.
- Open Bar during networking, dinner and awards
- Networking and new business contacts!!
We are looking for golfers, sponsors: sign up here, and raffle prize donors, and volunteers: email us here so we can ger more info from you.
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Promote your business while celebrating our area
teachers and staff for Teacher Appreciation Week!
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Hey Chamber members! Want to get in on something great?! National Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up May 6 - 10, and 19th Hole in Mokena has big plans to celebrate our teachers and staff. And they are inviting YOU to be part of the festivities too!
From May 6 - 10, all school staff will receive 10% off their bill, and a free raffle ticket each time they visit 19th Hole, 9418 W. 191st Street, Mokena.
The weeklong celebration will culminate on Friday, May 10, with a Teacher Appreciation Happy Hour Celebration starting at 3:30 p.m. Featuring "school themed" food and drink specials, games and prizes. Raffles will be pulled at 6 p.m. Winners do not need to be present.
Here’s where you come in!!! If you are interested in offering any discounts, specials, etc. 19th Hole is creating a flyer to send out to the local schools to promote the week and would love to include you on it. The flyer will also be shared on their (and the Mokena Chamber’s) social media accounts.
Also, if any of you would like to partner with 19th Hole for the Friday, May 10 Happy Hour Celebration, you can donate a raffle prize, come by and network during the event, or collaborate in any other way that fits your business marketing plan. If you would like to participate, please sign up here!
If you have questions, or ideas, don’t hesitate to reach out to 19th Hole directly at 708-829-3898 or email them here.
We hope you will be able to help us celebrate our area teachers while promoting your business at the same time!
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May Monthly Membership Meeting at 19th Hole | |
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Join us for our monthly membership meeting on May 14 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at 19th Hole, 9418 W. 191st Street, Mokena. Our guest speaker is Nick Nativo of ProForma. He will do a brief presentation on tips for utilizing Canva for your business.
Jean Lachat Photography is also offering headshots at the meeting for $155. You can sign up by scanning the blue QR code above or follow this link.
This is a free networking event. Buffet dinner and a cash bar. Everyone in attendance will be given time to give their 30-second introduction.
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Welcome to Front Street, Salon 110 | |
On Monday, April 22 we held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Business After Hours at new business Salon 110, 11006 Front Street, Mokena. They are a booth rental salon specializing in women's hair. Watch the Facebook Live of their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. | Adopt a "Pot with a Purpose" and order your Butterfly Box | |
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The Mokena Chamber of Commerce has collaborated with a group of local butterfly enthusiasts – ‘Butterflies R Us’ in creating a community of wildlife friendly habitats. We would love to get you involved to take the Milkweed Challenge!
Millions of Monarch butterflies fly to Mexico for wintering every autumn. When spring arrives, the Monarchs head back to their breeding grounds, initiating a new life cycle. This remarkable two-way migration is among the most breathtaking phenomena on Earth. Unfortunately, the monarch population is dwindling, mainly due to the diminishing supply of milkweed, essential for the growth and development of monarch caterpillars.
You can help the cause by purchasing a hand-crafted wooden Butterfly Planter Box to keep on your property. Butterflies R Us volunteers will provide a pot of planted milkweed and pollinator flowers to insert in the planter box after you are done decorating your box. (Please see Rules and Regulations). They will maintain the box for you from Spring to Fall each year. You only need to purchase the box once and it will be maintained by the volunteers every year.
The Chamber will provide each participating sponsor/business a 2’x2’ planter box with the option of an attached 5-foot board to be painted, stained, etc. as you wish.
If you are located in a plaza/strip mall/multi-tenant building, considering cost sharing with your neighbors for one Butterfly Box to represent all of you!
Each Butterfly Box purchase will receive promotion on the Mokena Chamber's Facebook page, providing extra visibility for your business. We will also be holding a contest where the public can vote for their favorite box by ‘liking’ the corresponding photo. A small prize will be given to the winner.
Click here for more information.
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Check out our 2024 Sponsorship Opportunity Catalogue | |
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Get ready to rock 2024 with a great marketing plan, thanks to the Chamber's amazing offerings!
Discover the best opportunities for your marketing budget by exploring what the chamber has to offer. Plan ahead and sign up now! Click the green button below to view.
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If you would like your information included below, submit as either a Word Document, PDF, or a website link by 3:30 p.m. on the Friday before the week you would like it included. Reply to this email or send to chamber@mokena.com
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Thank you for your support with our Egg A Business Easter Basket Program! | |
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We knocked out last year's record of 167 baskets sold with 240 baskets sold this year!!! Thank you to everyone that purchased a basket. And a HUGE thank you to everyone that helped us deliver baskets too!
Our Easter Bunny delivery volunteers were Marietta Kafka Glass, Jean Lachat of Jean Lachat Photography, Kathy Bailey of the 19th Hole, Kari Schmidt of Health Source of Downtown Mokena, Linda Rapacki of G. R. Stob Plumbing, Don Hunt of Midland States Bank, Lora Healy of Shaw Media Group, Kathy Mazzorana and Jolene Germany of Midway III Construction, Samantha Tunney of CTO Enterprises, Kelly Quigley of Aurelio's Pizza, and Andrea & Gigi on the Scene! We could not have delivered all these baskets without the help of our awesome volunteers.
And a HUGE thank you to our candy sponsor and chamber member Sweet Services. They are located at 19027 S. Jodi Road, Mokena. Sweet Services is a bulk candy warehouse with all of the old time treats and the most popular new candies. Contact them for all your bulk candy needs. (Don't forget the 4th of July Parade is coming up!)
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Our 2024 Premier Sponsors | |
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Edible
19806 S. Wolf Road, Mokena
(815) 469-1151
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19th Hole
9418 W. 191st St. Mokena
(708) 719-3964
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Melissa M. Fedora
Executive Director
Mokena Chamber of Commerce
11104 Front Street, Suite 1B
Mokena, IL 60448
Tel: 708-479-2468
Fax: 708-479-7144
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