Fridaynewsjune202014

Chamber’s Friday News!

June 20, 2014

Please take a minute and update your membership information for our database. This will help us in updating your membership records and in making sure you are receiving the weekly information emails and other communications.

If you have any changes, give us a call or send us an email to derindalewis@mchsi.com

2014 Casino Night plans are underway!!!

Read more in this week’s Friday News!

Mark your calendar Saturday, August 23, 2014 Eco Boutique & Ballroom

The Ben Hill Co. Volunteer Fire Department will have a great Fireworks display on Friday, July 4th, because of the generosity of many sponsors throughout our community. This year’s Fireworks display will be bigger and better.

At the start of the Firework show, the first ones will be the ones that were purchased by the city/county; and then the biggest part of the show will be the sponsored Fireworks. Then the best part of the show is the main finale.

Be sure to get to the park early to get a good spot plus to enjoy the activities throughout the day.

The Ben Hill Co. Volunteer Fire Department does an outstanding job on the Fireworks display. We so appreciate them for all they do for our community.

to the 2014 Fire Works Donor List 107 Express AG Suncoast Bedding American Blanching Company American Body Works Ash Paint & Body Bearing & Drive Ben Hill Specialty Care Biggers Electrical & Plumbing Brooks Auto Broome Firearms The Cabinet Warehouse Central Trading Company Cirillo’s Pizzeria Coffee Professional Touch Colony Bank Colony City Buffet Colony Discount Drugs Colony Peanut & Storage Community Bank Covered Wagon Country Financial D & F Grain Company D & G Performance Products Dalan Trucking Dr. & Mrs. John Dorminy Dorminy Medical Center

DXP Enterprises Farmers Quality Peanut Co. Fastenal First Franklin Financial Standard Supply Fitzgerald Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fitzgerald Utilities Fletcher Oil Floyd’s BBQ Forestry Supply G & L Pawn & Gold (In memory of Dr. Charles McWhorter) Helping Hands Non Emergency Transport Hometown Hardware Irwin EMC Labor Finders of Fitzgerald Modern Dispersions South Municipal Equipment Co. Tifton My Flower Basket & Bridal Nabila’s Garden Restaurant Nick’s Tire & Auto Look Trailers Paulk Funeral Home PJ Hunting

Planters First Protein Plus Quality Muffler Quick Consultant Rancho Grande Rutherfords Insurance Agency Shine On Carwash Short Stop Simpson Towing Smith Agricultural Insurance Services Smith Company/Cynderella Southern Eagle Southern Veneer Products State Farm Insurance –Walt Gordon Strate Welding Supermart Spirits Triangle Pool Store Triangle Pools Wal-Mart Weil consulting Services Worthington, Casper, Stone & Conger, CPA Zaxby’s

Are you ready for a Vegas style night in Fitzgerald, GA? Enjoy an evening of "Vegas-style" entertainment while you support the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Co. Chamber of Commerce.

The 7th Annual Casino Night will be held on Saturday, August 23rd, Eco Boutique & Ballroom located at 105 E. Roanoke DR. This fun evening will include casino gaming tables using “fun money.”

Attendees don’t need experience to try their hand at various games of chance, and redeem their winnings for prizes.

This year we will have live music by Tanner Strickland.

Tickets will be $40 each, and only 200 will be sold so you will want to get your tickets early. Tickets will be available at the Chamber.

For more information about Casino Night, including sponsorship opportunities, contact Christi or Derinda at 229-423-9357 or cschirack@mediacombb.net or derindalewis@mchsi.com

Colony Business Association will have a booth at the July 4th Celebration at Paulk Park. Frozen drinks, bottled water, popcorn, and other snacks will be sold. All proceeds benefit CBA’s Benevolence Fund.

We need folks to help with the booth. Set up time is at 3:00. The booth will be open from 4:00 until… If you could help for an hour or so or for the entire time, all help is appreciated.

These items are needed from our members: 2 gal Hawaiian punch – Berry Limeade and/or Blue Typhoon 1 – 24 pack or larger bottled water Please drop off your items at Fitzgerald Utilities Business Office at 103 W Central Ave, or let me know you have the items and will bring them to Paulk Park July 4th.

Thanks so much for your help with CBA and your community.

See ya'll July 4th at Paulk Park!

Start banking wherever you are with Community Bank of Fitzgerald’s mobile app. Check balances, make transfers, pay bills all on the go! Available to all online banking customers.

Find us in the app stores below! https://play.google.com/store/apps https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cbc-of-fitzgerald

Call 229-423-4321 for more information.

New Face at the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Co. Development Authority office...

The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Co. Development Authority is very pleased to welcome Brittani Walker as the new Intern until the end of July. Brittani will be assisting Ashley Morris, Executive Director Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Co. Development Authority with day to day task and research for the upcoming webpage for the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Co. Development Authority.

Brittani is currently attending ABAC and studying Social & Community Development.

She has been a great help with the Chamber also. She has been a delight to work with and the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Co. Development Authority and the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Co. Chamber of Commerce know great things are in store for Brittani.

Just in time for the start of hurricane season, Ready Georgia has introduced an upgraded version of its award-winning mobile app. Thousands of people have used the app to prepare for emergencies since it was launched in 2011. Now users can take advantage of new features, including improved weather alerts and traffic maps to stay safe during emergencies as well.

The upgraded Ready Georgia app features geo-targeted severe weather and emergency alerts that will notify users’ phones before disasters strike. The app also includes traffic information, including a live traffic map with incident reports straight from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Finally, an enhanced shelters map displays the location of open Red Cross shelters and approved “good Samaritan” shelters, and provides directions from the users’ current location.

The app is available for free download on iPhone and Android devices.