MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 700 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 www.SebastianChamber.com (772) 589-5969 December 2013 Issue Sam’s Club in Vero Beach opened in March of 1998 as a 100,000 square foot wholesale operator, in 2008 the Club was expanded adding another 32,000 feet including new areas such as “Home Meal Solutions” with a variety of freshly prepared foods ready to bake at home as well as expanded cases of fresh Meat/Deli, Bakery and Produce. Sam’s Club is known as a destination for the “Treasure Hunt” type of unique items. Sam’s Club is a very big supporter of our local community giving over $10,000.00 in donations this past year alone with an employee base of over 180 Associates who have donated an amazing 1,649 hours of time in support of Indian River County charitable organizations. Sam’s Club is committed to serving the residents of IRC and has appreciated the opportunity to grow our business while supporting our county. For Membership Information please contact 772-978-9385 or visit our website at SAMSCLUB.COM Note: All Chamber of Commerce members receive a $10 or $25 gift card upon joining or renewing their Sam’s Club Business Membership. For more information on how to receive your gift card please contact our Membership Coordinator, Christina Hubbard at 772-978-0544. Sams Club—Vero Beach If you would like to “make the front page” of our newsletter, make sure you schedule time this month at one of our networking activities, and maybe your name will be drawn for the monthly spotlight! Check out our calendar inside!
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
700 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 www.SebastianChamber.com (772) 589-5969 December 2013 Issue
Sam’s Club in Vero Beach opened in March of 1998 as a 100,000 square foot wholesale operator, in 2008 the Club was expanded adding another 32,000 feet including new areas such as “Home Meal Solutions” with a variety of freshly prepared foods ready to bake at home as well as expanded cases of fresh Meat/Deli, Bakery and Produce. Sam’s Club is known as a destination for the “Treasure Hunt” type of unique items. Sam’s Club is a very big supporter of our local community giving over $10,000.00 in donations this past year alone with an employee base of over 180 Associates who have donated an amazing 1,649 hours of time in support of Indian River County charitable organizations. Sam’s Club is committed to serving the residents of IRC and has appreciated the opportunity to grow our business while supporting our county. For Membership Information please contact 772-978-9385 or visit our website at SAMSCLUB.COM Note: All Chamber of Commerce members receive a $10 or $25 gift card upon joining or renewing their Sam’s Club Business Membership. For more information on how to receive your gift card please contact our Membership Coordinator, Christina Hubbard at 772-978-0544.
Sams Club—Vero Beach
If you would like to “make the front page” of our newsletter, make sure you schedule time this month at one of our
networking activities, and maybe your name will be drawn for the monthly spotlight! Check out our calendar inside!
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NOVEMBER CHAMBER EVENTS
Chamber Luncheon at Capt. Hiram’s Tiffany Room
Chamber Breakfast hosted by Encompass Travel, LLC
Guest Speaker: City of Sebastian
Mayor—Bob McPartlan
Sponsor: Bianca’s Cleaning Service Martha and Bianca pictured above
Present this Chamber ad at the time of service to receive savings.
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~ Now Open at Collier Club ~
December 2013
Chamber of Commerce
Calendar of Events
Dec. 2 Fundraising Committee
4:00 pm Chamber Main St. Office
Dec. 5 Executive Committee
8:00 am Chamber Main St. Office
Dec. 6 Chamber Monthly Breakfast
8:00 am Kashi Ashram
11155 Roseland Rd., Sebastian
Featuring full breakfast!
Dec. 6 25th Anniversary of Light Up Night!
5:30 pm Businesses throughout Sebastian area
Dec. 7 Sebastian Christmas Parade
6:30 pm Beginning at Main St. and Indian River Drive
Dec. 10 Chamber Annual Volunteer Luncheon
Noon Disney Vero Beach Resort
$15 with reservations, $20 at the door
Dec. 16 Chamber Fundraising Committee
4:00 pm Chamber Main St. Office
Dec. 23/25 Chamber closed for Christmas Holiday
Dec. 30/Jan 1 Chamber closed for New Year Holiday
The Sebastian River Chamber of Commerce wishes
You, your family and friends a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Info to Know—Britney Melchiori
If you follow us on Facebook, you’ve probably seen all of the beautiful pictures that we share on a daily basis. This inventory of photos has been compiled over the last 3 years thanks to the SRA Snapshots Contest that is back again for it’s 4th year! We run this contest through Facebook and it serves as a way for the Chamber to gather pho-tos to further promote the Sebastian River Area! It has proven to be wildly successful with entry numbers growing each year! The contest begins on December 1 and will run through February 7th. The winner of the contest receives a gift basket valued at $120 and is high-lighted at our Chamber Luncheon! Each year we pick a “theme” for our locals and visitors to use as a “criteria” for photos they sub-mit. In the past, we’ve highlighted “Recreational Activities”, “Sebastian’s Working Waterfront”, and even an “On the Land” theme!
This year’s theme focuses on “The Colors of Sebastian.” We want to capture the GOLDEN sunrises, the BLUE oceans and waterways, the GREEN foliage, and the ORANGE sunsets and citrus. Even WHITE egrets and ibis, GREY dol-phins and manatees, PINK roseate spoonbills and BROWN pelicans. The possibilities are end-less and we look forward to seeing the full spec-trum of colors to come! To participate or to check out all the great photos that come in, stay tuned to our official Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/SebastianChamberVisitorsCenter Event rules and regulations will be available in the Chamber office and on Facebook. As always, call 589-5969 for even more information! * Kudos to Marie of Capt. Hiram’s for the idea for this year’s theme! *
Concerts in the Park 2014
Come out and enjoy an evening on the Indian
River Lagoon from 5:30-8:00 pm. There will be
food and refreshments for sale from Lacarde Ice
Cream, New York Nicks Hot Dogs, and the Lions
Club of Sebastian will be selling popcorn.
January 10th– TBD
February 7th– Professor Pennygoode’s Mighty
Flea Circus
(Swing, 50’s Rockabilly, Jumpy Blues)
February 21st– Porchdogs
(Louisiana Cajun, Zydeco, Southern Rock, Blue-
grass, Classic Rock)
March 7th—SRHS Jazz Ensemble
& Steel Drum Band
(Jazz)
March 28th—Bobby Owen Band
(Classic Rock)
April 11th—The Dukes of Doo Wop
(50’s Music)
May 16th– The Cheyenne Band
(Country)
June 13th– Mojo Sandwich
(Blues, Southern Rock, R&B, Country)
During intermission, the crowd will have a chance
to win giveaways from the local business commu-
nity. Bring your lawn chair and blanket, and enjoy
the local talent and river breezes! For more infor-
mation, please call 772-589-5969.
Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce
in partnership with the City of Sebastian.
And Sponsored by: FPL, Sebastian River
Medical Center, RE/Max Crown Realty
and Bay Street Pharmacy!
Shop Chamber Members First!
Remember to check your B2B Discount book when it comes to shopping for
products and services!
Chances are, your fellow Chamber Members offer a discount!
Want to offer a discount? Let us know!
Membership News
The Cat’s Meow Cat Clinic will host the 1st Annual Cat Fest on Saturday, December 7th from 9am—5pm. Free events include cat handling demonstrations, lec-tures on cat care, prettiest cat contest, fattest cat con-test, free giveaways, cat cuisine cooking demo with tasting and author book signing! For more information, and a full schedule of events, email [email protected] Save the dates for the Sebastian River High School highly anticipated Prism Concert 2013! Show dates are December 12th and 13th at 7pm, December 14th at 2pm and 7pm, and December 15th at 2pm. The Holiday season is here, and now is the time to stock up on gifts for your friends, family, and cowork-ers! Check out the Mary Kay Executive Gift Shopping Service with Gabriella Dadufalza! Customized gift bas-kets from $25 and up, Office Grab Bag Gifts starting as low as $10. Products for men and women! Offering gift wrapping and FREE delivery of gifts to your home or office! Call for an appointment to discuss your gift giving needs! Your personal Holiday Elf, Gabriela Dadufalza! 772-766-3233! Come one, come all! Bring a friend! It’s Regus’ First Annual Test Drive Sales Event! Friday, December 6th from 4-6pm! Trade in your old, out of style office for a brand new one! We are BLOWING out the inventory on AMAZING OFFICES!! Test drive a new office be-fore you sing! Offices come fully loaded and ready for move in! Large, solid construction desk and return, ergonomic char, large and small locking files cabinets and tasteful decorated! Campus office starting at $300/month, Interior Offices starting at $565/month, Windo offices starting at $1153/month. RSVP to Jenny at 772-453-2702—Limited number of Test Drives available!
Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce
Monthly Networking Opportunities
Just fax this back and we will take care of the rest!
Check the networking activity you will be attending
and tell us how many will be joining you!
Chamber Breakfast – Friday, December 6, at 8:00 AM __________
Hosted at: Kashi Ashram
11155 Roseland Road, Sebastian
Chamber Luncheon– Tuesday, December 10, at Noon __________
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort - 9250 Island Grove Terrace, Vero Beach
Chamber Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
$15 with reservation; $20 at the door
Reservations must be made by Noon on Monday December 9th, 2013
Business Name:________________________________________________
Member of Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce since August, 2011.
Tourism Spotlight— Sebastian Vacation Rentals
Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors, 2013-2014
Executive Team
Theresa Tolle, Bay Street Pharmacy – Chair
Maggie Sammons—Vice Chair
Bob Daberkow, Southern Fulfillment
Services – Treasurer
Elected Directors
Sandi Gehrke, TD Bank
Betty Lollio, Seacoast National Bank
Michelle Napier, Esq.
Maggie Sammons, Custom Air Systems
Kim Ellis, Kim Ellis Insurance Agency
Cynthia Hall, Esq., Law Office VandeVoorde, Hall
Ali Qizalbash, Cemco Construction
Appointed Directors
Capt. Christy Lenz, “Casual Cruisin”
Chuck Mechling, Collier Club
Joel Stout—Sandpiper Pest Control
Amy Selby—Springhill Suites by Marriott
Steven Salyer– Sebastian River Medical Center
Margie Duffell, Wells Fargo, Past President
Debbi Vickers—Immediate Past Chair
Ex Officio
Wesley Davis, Indian River County Commissioner
Susan Adams, Mayor, City of Fellsmere
Don Wright, Vice mayor, City of Sebastian
Jason Nunemaker, City Manager, City of Fellsmere
Chamber Team
Beth L. Mitchell, President/CEO
Nicole Capp Holbrook, Tourism Director
Britney Melchiori, Operations Director
Debbi Lloyd Lee, Membership Director
Kimberly Armstrong, Accounting
Membership Matters By Debbie Lloyd-Lee
Networking can be fun and easy with Sebas-tian Chamber Membership! There are many ways to network and get to know other Busi-ness owners and staff. My favorite is our Business to Business Dis-count Program! It’s really easy to use, let me tell you how! Simply call our office, let us know what sort of discount you would like to offer, and we will print it in our B2B Booklet. It’s that simple! The Business to Business Booklet is updated every three months with new members and new discounts, and comes to you inside our Monthly Newsletter. We all do business in town, whether you’re shopping in one of our shops, having work done on your car, having a new roof put on, or just having lunch at one of our great area res-taurants! The possibilities are endless! Not only will you save money on your pur-chases with other Chamber Members, you will meet customers that you didn’t have before! A small discount can go a long way to push that prospective customer over the edge… into your store or business! If you have never participated in our Business to Business Discount Program you don’t know what you’ve been missing! Give me a call, let’s talk about it! See you around town! Debbie
December 2013
Beth L. Mitchell, President & CEO
Before we go off into 2014, with resolutions and goal setting, a brief review of the year 2013 is in or-
der. We are very proud of the accomplishments achieved in 2013 and want to share them with you!
Our Concert in the Park Series will be in its 15th year in January, but this was the year
that we blew all records for attendance. In fact we were averaging 1,000—1,500 people in
January and February, and needed to call in some back help!
The Chamber Golf Tournament, after 18 years, was finally sold out! Thank you golfers!
We learned what ‘flyboarding” is, with one of our new members, Flyboard Sebastian;
We launched our new renovated website, SebastianChamber.com, thank you
Blue Tangerine!
The Chamber launched a new travel program with Chamber Explorations, and sent visi-
tors to Cuba and Tuscany, with Ireland coming up in 2014!
We made room in our Visitor’s Center for a phenomenal exhibit from Pelican Island!
The Chamber Board supported the reduction of the speed limit on US One, thank you to
the Sebastian City Council, the FDOT and Debbie Mayfield;
We created a new way to communicate with you our members, with our weekly Chamber
Intel, supported by Constant Contact;
We welcomed elephants to Fellsmere!
We created two new Chamber awards for Entrepreneur of the year, and Best Renova-
tions, received by John Conway and the two nuts and a clam at the Tiki Bar;
The Chamber educated our members on the Affordable Healthcare Act (as best as we
could), thank you Kim Ellis Insurance Agency;
We promoted the City of Sebastian with a major marketing effort through AARP;
The Board launched new efforts towards renovating the Chamber building;
Chamber staff brought the Business Directory in house creating a wildly successful
project;
And we responded to thousands of visitors coming into the area!
We have a lot more in store for 2014!
In this newsletter you will find an insert that promotes “Shop Indian River County”. Please post this
in a prominent place to remind all of your customers and clients how important it is to keep it local!
We’re having breakfast at Kashi this month, and lunch at Disney Vero Beach Resort with our
annual volunteer appreciation awards, come join us for holiday spirit! It’s hard to believe that this
year marks 25 years of Light Up Night, a true Sebastian tradition. Look forward to seeing you out
Who sees my ad? When you advertise in the Chamber Newsletter, your ad is seen
by over 500 business owners, city officials, and community leaders in the area!
How does my ad get seen? Not only does your ad get mailed to over 500 businesses in the area, it gets emailed out in the weekly Chamber Intel (4) times a month! That’s another 2,000 views per month! Last, but not least,
the Newsletter is uploaded to the Chamber website for anyone and everyone to see! That’s a lot of exposure!
Black & White business card ads are just $200/year!
