October 2016 Newsletter Business of the Month Items of Interest October 2nd- ARRAY of Weddings Festival. Location: Gates Four Golf and Country Club. Time: 12pm-6pm. October 3rd & 17th - Town Hall Board Meetings, Location: Town Hall, Bill Luther Room, 5770 Rockfish Road, 7:00pm. October 4th- Ask the Experts: Social Media Edition. Location: Crossroads Church, 6781 Camden Rd, Fayetteville. Time: 4pm-6pm. Cost: $10.00 October 6th- Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation's Friends of Children Golf Classic. Location: Highland Country Club. October 6th - Chamber monthly board meeting. 5:30pm, Chamber Office. October 8th- World Wide Hollerin' Festival. Location: Paradise Acres, 1965 John McMillian Road, Hope Mills. Time: 10am - 6pm. Cost: $3. Children get in free!
October 10th -Monthly Luncheon, Hope Mills Parks and Recreation Center, Time: 12:30 pm - Cost for lunch $10.00. Catered by: Rudino's. Guest Speaker- Candidates running for political office. October 11th- Hope Mills Kiwanis Meeting, Location- Sammios Hope Mills Time- 12:00pm, Public is Welcomed October 11th- ARRAY of Knowledge: Managing Yourself, Your Time, & Your Relationships. Location: WoodmenLife, 414 E. Mountain Drive, Fayetteville. Time: 5:30pm- 7:30pm. Cost: $10.00 October 14th- Street Dance on Trade. Location: Trade Street, Hope Mills. Time: 6pm-10pm. October 15th- Hope Mills Ole Mill Days. Location: Municipal Ball Field, Hope Mills. Time: 10am-6pm. October 15th- WKML/ HMACC 2016 Chili Cook Off. Location: Municipal Ball Field, Hope Mills. Time: 10am until chili runs out. Cost: $5 to sample all chili and vote for People's Choice award. $4 for a bowl of chili. To enter your chili: $15.00 October 25th - Hope Mills Kiwanis Meeting, Location- Micasita Hope Mills Time- 5:30pm, Public is Welcomed October 26th- Methodist University's Board of Visitors Golf & Tennis Tournament. Location: Methodist University Golf Course "Downback". Time: Shotgun start at noon. October 27th- CenturyLink Tri-Chamber Business After Hours. Location: CenturyLink, 5115 Morganton Rd, Fayetteville Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm October 28th- Trunk or Treat at the Swamp. Location: Swamp Dogs' Stadium. Time: 5:30pm- 7:30pm. October 31st- Trunk or Treat Location: Hope Mills Municipal Park. Save the Dates December 15th- HMACC Christmas Open House MEMBERS ONLY - Bring your business cards to the Monthly Luncheon and your business could be the Business of the Month. The Business will appear on the HMACC website and our Newsletter. You will also receive a FREE Business Card Size Ad in the Sandspur. The recipient will be honored at our next luncheon with a plaque and picture in the Sandspur.
October 2016
Huge thank you to Jim Kinsey with First South Bank for being our September Luncheon Guest Speaker. The information about insurances associated with employees and businesses was very informative. We appreciate it very much!.
Paul White, Owner of GD Security, accepting the award for Business of the Month for September 2016. Member Events
2016 WKML / HMACC CHILI COOK OFF
Join us for the annual Board of Visitors Golf & Tennis Tournament Oct. 26, 2016 Shotgun start at noon Tennis starts at 8:30 a.m. The Board of Visitors Tournament is a once-a-year opportunity for the public to play our distinguished, private tennis courts and golf course. We invite you to spend the day on our beautiful campus with MU students and experience tournaments like none other in our area. The field is limited to 54 players for golf and 32 for tennis, and is available on a first come, first serve basis. For more information call 910.630.7200, email mduffield@methodist.edu, or visit methodist.edu/bov-tournaments
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Joining the Chamber is very affordable with memberships starting at $60.00 for individuals, $150.00 for non-profit and based on number of employees for businesses starting at $200.00 per year. Go to our new website www.hopemillschamber.org and check out all the details! A Reminder to all our Chamber Members...sign up a new member, and receive a $25.00 referral fee towards your next year's dues! When you see this new member announced, make sure you call Tiffany, or send her an email, (hmacc@hopemillschamber.org) to let her know you referred the member. WEBSITE CHANGES Please be patient with our website. We are in the process of implementing new features to better serve your business. As an active Chamber member we encourage you to have Business after five events, monthly chamber meetings and occasional dinners and get togethers which give Chamber members the chance to share information and ideas about their business. These functions serve as a great way to
get to know your neighbors, and to help them to get to know you. Remember to bring plenty of business cards. If you are interested in hosting Business after hours, please contact Tiffany (910)-423-4314 Member 2 Member Deals Does your business offer M2M deals? If you offer special discounts or package deals for Chamber members only, please let Tiffany know at the office (910)423-4314. We are working on updating this portion of the website. View M2M page here! Just a reminder: please contact Tiffany should you change your website, email address, you may call her at 423-4314 or email her at hmacc@hopemillschamber.org and she will make the necessary corrections.
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Bruce's Pawn Inc. Quick Links... Our Website Contact Information Hope Mills Area Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 451 Hope Mills, NC 28348 (910) 423-4314 office (910) 423-6796 fax www.hopemillschamber.org email: hmacc@hopemillschamber.org The Chamber Needs You Exposure comes naturally when you are a member of the Hope Mills Area Chamber of Commerce; Chamber members have a better connection to the community because they are connected to each other. Your circle of influence will grow by participating in Chamber events, networking at our functions and using each others services. Another great way to advertise your business name is to offer a coupon, discounted services or products as an incentive to businesses who want to join our Chamber. These offers will be profiled on our website on the "BENEFITS" page and will provide an additional link to your business website. Contact Tiffany at the Chamber office for more details. The Chamber Office needs your advertisement articles, cards, pens, scratch pads, tee-shirts, hats to place in our newcomer packages and new membership packages. This is a great way to advertise your business. If you have any that you would like to donate just call Tiffany at 423-4314 and she will make arrangements to pick them up. Thanks so much for your support! If you have any events you would like recognized, please feel free to contact Tiffany at 910-423-4314 or email us at hmacc@hopemillschamber.org We would like the information no later than the 20th of each month, to ensure that it will make it into our next month's newsletter. The Hope Mills Area Chamber of Commerce needs your support, please remember to encourage other businesses to be a part of our goals and objectives, to help improve the quality of life for the residents of the Hope Mills area, and always maintain positive
relations with communities and military installations. With your daily contacts, stress to other businesses how important their membership is to us, and we are all in this together, our membership drive is a continuing effort for each and every one of us. Again, thanks for your support