ACC September Newsletters

SEPTEMBER 2015

9815 Mackenzie Road • Affton, MO 63123 • 314.631.3100 • fax 314.631.3102 • www.afftonchamber.com • info@afftonchamber.com

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am to 1 pm Closed for lunch 1-2. Call before stopping by after 2.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thursday, September 10 Orlando Gardens Banquet Center

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4300 Hoffmeister (63125)

Registration: 11:15 am / Lunch: 11:45 am Cost: $15 members/$20 non-members prepaid

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afftonchamber.com | Chamber Nation Affton Chamber staff will walk you through the great new features of our just launched interactive website and member management software.

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Affton Advanced Professional Studies (A@ps) is a new program from Affton School District that immerses high school juniors and seniors in professional environments while engaging them in curriculum developed by industry professionals and program instructors. Learn how you can become a strategic partner!

Meeting Sponsor

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RESERVATION DEADLINE: FRI, SEPT 4

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RESERVATION POLICY If you make a reservation & do not show up, we will invoice you.

We give a count to the venue on the deadline & we are required to pay for that number of attendees. If you must cancel after the deadline, please call or email at least 24 hours before the meeting and we will try to fill your spot. If we are able to do so, we will not invoice you.

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R = Reservations required for this event (314.631.3100) (#) = Turn to this page for an article about this event.

—SEPTEMBER— RIBBON CUTTING R(3) 12 noon @ Clarkson Eyecare (10101 Gravois) CHAMBER NATION TRAINING R 11 am @ Chamber office, lower level OFFICE CLOSED: LABOR DAY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING R(1) 11:15 am @ Orlando Gardens (4300 Hoffmeister) Meeting Sponsor: Medical West RIBBON CUTTING R 8:45 am @ A@ps, STL VentureWorks (315 Lemay Ferry) MEET & GREET CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST R(2) 8-9 am @ Sam’s Club (4512 Lemay Ferry Rd.) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING 9 am @ Chamber office, lower level LUNCH & LEARN: FIREARM SAFETY R(3) 12-1 pm @ Chamber office, lower level AFFTON COMMUNITY DAYS (5) AMBASSADOR COMMITTEE MEETING 12:30 pm @ Sharpshooters Pit & Grill (8135 Gravois) —OCTOBER— GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING R 11:15 am @ Genesis Banquet Center (2651 Telegraph) Cyber Security presented by Wayne Shaw Meeting Sponsor: All Family Care OFFICE CLOSED: COLUMBUS DAY NEW RESIDENT MAILING DEADLINE (10) LUNCH & LEARN: GET READY FOR WINTER R 12-1 pm @ Chamber office, lower level SUPERTRIVIA! TRIVIA NIGHT R(6) 6:30 pm @ Affton Community Center (9801 Mackenzie) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING 9 am @ Chamber office, lower level SOCIAL HOUR R 5-7 pm @ Great Southern Bank (6800 S. Rock Hill) Sponsored by: Renewal by Andersen —NOVEMBER— GOOD MORNING AFFTON! R 7:15 am @ Genesis Banquet Center (2651 Telegraph) Meeting Sponsor: American Eagle Credit Union

FRIENDLY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL-AFFTON

Thanks to the following businesses and organizations for renewing their memberships. Year joined is in parentheses.

Listed renewals are July 24-August 27.

Recruited by Charlie Merx, Merx Flooring

ACN America’s Communication Network (2014) Checkpoint Surveying (2014) Courtesy Diner (2014) Farmers Insurance-Willingham Agency (2014) Jan Frazier (2013) Midwest BankCentre-Lemay Ferry (2014)

Denny Domachowski 3971 Bayless Ave. (63125) 314.256.0900 www.friendlyssportsbar.com • friendlyssportsbar@yahoo.com Friendly's Sports Bar and Grill offers a wide variety of drinks, food, and entertainment for everyone ages 21 and up. We have 40+ flat screen TV's where you can view all the popular sporting events while you have a drink and enjoy a great meal. Stop in anytime with a couple friends or a group party!

ISAGENIX

Sue Culli 6330 Lynbrook Dr. (63123) 314.578.2733 sueculli1965@gmail.com

Recruited by Patricia Cowen, RainMaker Sales Support

Isagenix is a health and wellness company co-founded in 2002. At Isagenix we are passionate about providing Solutions to Transform Lives—both physically and financially. I am a Manager/ Health and Wellness Coach with this company. I also work very closely in animal rescue with 4 Paws 4 Rescue and Act Now Rescue and I am a member of the Affton Elks. I also organize Affton High School Alumni reunions for all classes approx. 5 times per year.

BILL & JOYCE KOLNIK

Bill & Joyce are the newest Retired Resident Members.

Tuesday, September 15 Sam’s Club

8-9 am

4512 Lemay Ferry Road

RSVP by Friday, September 11

FUTURE & NEW MEMBERS …learn about the Chamber!

CURRENT MEMBERS...networking!

Descriptions are written by the new members. When you’re in their area, stop by or call them and welcome them to the chamber.

INTERESTED MEMBER REWARDS PROGRAM This program is available to all Chamber members, as you are our best salespeople—you know the value of membership!

Recruit a new member & receive a reward! Your choice of:  One (1) complimentary lunch at a member meeting.  One (1) business card ad in the newsletter.

Requirements:  Your name must be listed on the new member’s application (make sure to write your name on applications you give out).  The new member cannot have been a member during the past 2 years.

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in having the 2015-2016 Affton Community Directory available for residents & customers to pick up at your business location?

Call or email the Chamber office today!

PARTNERS Diamond...Dane Huxel-State Farm Agent, Harster Heating & Air Conditioning Platinum...Great Southern Bank, Park Forest Apartments & Townhomes, St. Anthony’s Medical Center

Firearm Safety

presented by St. Louis County Police

Friday, September 18

Noon-1 pm

Chamber office (9815 Mackenzie)

MEMBERS ONLY! Limited Seating...Reservations Required RSVP by September 16 info@afftonchamber.com / 314.631.3100 Attend with or without a “brown bag� lunch.

visit our new website www.afftonchamber.com new features & design interactive member area

TRAFFIC CATCHER SYSTEM (TCS) The Traffic Catcher System (TCS) landing page is your primary tool for sharing information about your company, products, or services.

Will you be charged for this service? NO. Will they try to sell you something additional? NO. All they need is your permission!

Although this type of targeted advertising would normally have a monthly fee, it is included in your membership dues. This program is provided to you as thanks for being a member of our Chamber! For even more information, contact the Chamber office or visit memberonboarding.com.

PARTNERS Gold...J & J Construction & Remodeling; Timothy J. Kinealy, CPA, LLC

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General Membership Meeting August 13, 2015 Garden Villas South

Meet & Greet August 18, 2015 American Eagle Credit Union

Social Hour August 19, 2015 Sponsored by Renewal by Andersen

New Member Shane Hutchens Gateway Tree Care

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PARTNERS Bronze...All Family Care, American Eagle Credit Union, Commerce Bank, Gapsch CARSTAR Collision Center, Neighbors Credit Union,

We need your help...

Have some free time that day? Please consider volunteering for a couple hours. Call the Chamber office if you’d like to help:  Setting Up on Friday  Parade Marshals  Beer Booth Worker  Chamber Booth Worker  Tear Down on Saturday (after 9 pm)

Sponsors

Saturday, September 19

SMASHBAND..................Harster Heating & Air Conditioning Security ........................................................ River City Casino Main Stage .....................................................Commerce Bank .................................................. Crestside Heating & Cooling Judges Stand ....................... Saint Anthony's Medical Center Golf Carts ................. Park Forest Apartments & Townhomes Table & Chair Rental ................ Timothy J. Kinealy, CPA, LLC Electric........................................................... Ameren Missouri Parade Bands.................... Fred’s South County Auto Repair Memories of Elvis ................. State Farm-Tammy Luechtefeld Beer Garden Band ..................... The Delmar Gardens Family Chamber Tent ................... J & J Construction & Remodeling Food Tent ................................ Dane Huxel-State Farm Agent .......................................... Crawford-Butz Insurance Agency .............................................. Friendship Village Sunset Hills .................................................. The UPS Store-Grasso Plaza Beer Garden .............................................. Eagle Bank & Trust ......................................................... Georgetown Apartments Hometown Hero ............. Gapsch CARSTAR Collision Center ............................................................... Great Southern Bank ............................................. Saint Anthony's Medical Center .......................... John L. Ziegenhein & Sons Funeral Homes

PARADE @ 10:00 am

www.facebook.com/afftondays

5:15-9 pm SMASHBAND

Over 850 likes on Facebook...do you like us? Keep up to date on everything Affton Community Days!

Return of the double-back route: Begin at Affton High School south on Mackenzie, east on Gravois, west on Weber, north on Mackenzie to the festival location, St. Dominic Savio Parish Parking Lot.

FESTIVAL 11:00 am-9:00 pm

Thanks to St. Dominic Savio Catholic Church for hosting the festival again this year!

Entertainment Schedule 11:55 am National Anthem Noon Juggling Jeff

An interactive comedy show with high energy, improvisation, danger, suspense, ridiculousness, audience participation & more!

12:55 pm Announcement of Parade Winners 1:00 pm To Be Announced 2:00 pm "Memories of Elvis" by Steve Davis A memorable tribute to the King of Rock & Roll.

3 - 5 pm

Fanfare near the Beer Garden

They will take you all over the sound spectrum with music that includes Motown, R&B, Classic Rock, Disco, Pop, Country, Standards & Jazz, Big Band and music of today. sponsored by The Delmar Gardens Family Bringing the party! Backed by a dynamic horn section and multiple male/ female voices, violin, drums & percussion. sponsored by Harster Heating & Air Conditioning

Lunch & Learn: Improve Your Life August 21, 2015

PARTNERS Bronze...Evren Senol-RE/MAX Results, SSM St. Clare Health Center Syberg’s an eating & drinking company

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Friday, October 16

6:30 pm Doors | 7:00 pm Trivia

Affton Community Center 9801 Mackenzie Road

$160 per table (8 per table)

includes popcorn, beer, soda & water

Sponsorships Still Available!!

Presenting Sponsor

To advertise in this newsletter, contact or submit your camera-ready artwork to:

Affton Chamber of Commerce 314.631.3100 info@afftonchamber.com 9815 Mackenzie Road Affton, MO 63123 Business Card - starting at $30 Quarter Page - starting at $50 Half Page - starting at $75 Full Page - starting at $450 Flyer Insert - $100/month E-Blast to Members $25

Poker Hand Sponsor

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Popcorn Sponsor

PARTNERS Diamond...Dane Huxel-State Farm Agent, Harster Heating & Air Conditioning Platinum...Great Southern Bank, Park Forest Apartments & Townhomes, St. Anthony’s Medical Center

Happy Anniversary to…

Did you miss our April meeting speaker Cathy Weaver, author of Networking on Steroids? Watch here every month for an excerpt of her 26 tips…

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Join Groups!!

Great way to meet MORE people.

Keep in contact w/old contacts.

Never know where your next sale will come from!

LinkedIn is an excellent tool to connect with people online.

Carondelet Park Rec Plex ... 90 years Gateway Metro Federal Credit Union … 80 years Dave Mungenast St. Louis Honda … 50 years The Delmar Gardens Family … 50 years Happy Joe’s Pizza … 40 years O’Connor Insurance … 40 years Mackenzie Dental Group … 30 years Garden Villas South … 25 years A Plus Printing Services … 20 years Mops In Motion … 20 years All Family Care … 10 years Arnold Air … 10 years The UPS Store-Grasso Plaza … 10 years

Are you celebrating a milestone next year? If your company or organization is celebrating its 10th, 20th, 30th, etc. anniversary, fax or email us and we’ll include your name and how many years here during the next year.

PARTNERS Gold...J & J Construction & Remodeling; Timothy J. Kinealy, CPA, LLC

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How to Find Time for Social Media Small business owners, especially those businesses with fewer than 10 employees, find it extremely difficult to justify the time on social media because it doesn’t lead to predictable, measurable cost savings or revenue. Social media and content marketing is about becoming an engaging resource for your customers. What’s the yield of a relationship? If you can figure out what a relationship is worth in revenue dollars, you should be blogging about it. The truth is, we can’t. Not exactly at least. But we know people buy from a person they know, like, and trust and that’s why it’s important to invest time in building these connections and affections. Finding that time is easier said than done. Still here are a couple of suggestions on how to carve out some time to increase your efforts on social media.

Keep Content Handy The first thing you’ll need is a place to keep content you find. Not all content will be applicable for sharing the moment you come across it. We’ve all seen people on Twitter who post 10 tweets at a time and figure they are done for the day. It is better to deal out your posts at multiple times than all at once. Often you’ll find content that you’ll want to share later so select a system in which you can easily access your content gems in the future. Upload content to Drop Box, use Evernote, or keep a notepad handy (paper or electronic). Doesn’t matter if you keep fortune cookie messages in a shoe box. Never let what you deem to be a valuable piece of content escape. Keep it somewhere handy and build a cache of it.

Find a Scheduler You Like There are many options to help you pre-schedule posts. Scheduling is important because you can’t spend your whole day posting, nor do you want to be that person who bombards others with a firehose worth of content once a day. Find a scheduler you’re comfortable with. Many systems allow you to control when you post and often give you the ability to do it several days out. One of the most basic is Buffer. It allows you to schedule across multiple platforms. It offers a free and paid version, but even the paid is only about $10 a month. The most popular is Hootsuite, and while I use it occasionally because it offers greater capabilities than Buffer, I do prefer Buffer’s minimalist design. Hootsuite’s interface is busy but allows you to monitor in real time. If you’re developing relationships, this is a powerful ability to have.

Multi-task I’m not telling you to turn off the TV when you get home, but there is no reason if you’re “vegging out” that you can’t use that time to schedule a few posts for the next day. Don’t let mindless tasks, like television watching, steal your productivity.

“Steal” Time We all have moments where we’re waiting – before doctor’s appointments, before meetings, on the phone, while the kids finish up with practice, you get the idea. Many of us fill this time with other mindless tasks like scanning pictures of our friends’ pets on Facebook. Instead, use this time to be productive by finding content, scheduling it, or responding to people on social media. I am a firm believer in scheduling posts but the interacting cannot be scheduled, so use this stolen time to reach out and connect with people.

Look for Content Everywhere Content ideas are everywhere – airplane magazines, overheard conversations, commercials, popular TV shows, as well as all over social media. Use the many messages that bombard you daily to find gems you’d like to share.

Retweets are only the beginning.

Take Pictures Along that line, take pictures of everything that moves you and some ordinary things that don’t. Pictures you take can be used in blogs, memes, and image quotes without concern over cost or copyright. Links with pics are more likely to get shared and clicked. Encourage staff to do the same. You don’t need huge chunks of time to make connections on social media. The key to success in this area is the same in most business- or relationship-building.

Give people what they want/find valuable; do so without expectation. Become a resource for them and help them.

Be consistent in your efforts so they know they can count on you. This take minutes a day. Schedule good content and steal time for interacting. Then watch your relationships grow as people share your resources with others.

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PARTNERS Bronze...All Family Care, American Eagle Credit Union, Commerce Bank, Gapsch CARSTAR Collision Center, Neighbors Credit Union,

24-7 Animal & Pest Control Deca Realty Farmers Insurance-Trevor Willingham John G’Sell, DDS Juice Plus+, Tim Peniston Great Southern Bank O’Connor Insurance State Farm Insurance-Dane Huxel Howard Stein, Independent Insurance Broker Want to see your Company Name here every month?

Upgrade your annual investment for only $50!

Benefits include Member Lunch, Email Blast, Business Card Ad in Newsletter , Member Spotlight or ½-Page New Resident Insert & Company Name in Every Newsletter.

The 50/50 amount of $66 was won by Lee Williams of Bethesda Health Group. She generously donated her winnings back to the Chamber Helping Hands Fund. Thanks Lee! Mandy Montgomery of the Affton Chamber won the St. Louis Bread Company gift card donated by Gateway Tree Care.

Delmar Gardens & Garden Villas South donated many great items won by: Russ Ahlheim, Ad Source One Marilyn Beck, Office of State Senator Sifton Melissa Burch, John G’Sell DDS John Campisi, Sam’s Club Kayla Lackner, American Eagle Credit Union Heather Madden-Yehling, John G’Sell DDS Charlie Merx, Merx Flooring Sarah Ross, Midwest Regional Bank Mary Wolfram, Affton Christian Food Pantry Want to see your name mentioned here? Attend a meeting, buy 50/50 tickets & win OR donate an item for the attendance prize drawing.

Shop Chamber Members! To take advantage of the following discounts, take along your newsletter as proof of membership or stop by the Chamber office to pick up a card showing you are a current member. Add your company to this list!!!

A Plus Printing Services—10% discount on printing & copying.

ACN—$100 Visa gift card if we can’t beat current credit card processing rates (thru Anovia Payments, min $3000 monthly sales required) Ad Source One—10% discount.

Computer St. Louis—20% off an hour of service.

Crown Optical—10% off all eyeglasses, contact lenses, sunglasses & accessories. Not valid with insurance or other discount plans.

The E & A CFO Group—One month free payroll or other accounting service with 1 year commitment. Call for free quote.

Extra Space Storage—Receive 5% off your monthly rent. Ask Patrick for details.

F2 Garage Door Solutions—Free Installation with Purchase of Garage Armour Security Kit ($35.00 value).

Fran Ann Engraving—10% off purchase from store.

John G’Sell DDS—10% discount off services.

Gateway Alarm, Inc.—Receive 3 months free monitoring with a new system.

Great Clips-Schnucks Plaza—Haircuts: $10.99, $5 off perms, & 20% off products.

Holsome Health Holistic Spa & Boutique—10% discount off services.

Infinity Hair Design—15% OFF your first precision haircut or color.

Mehlville-Oakville Alumni Assoc—$5 discount (regularly $15) for Alumni by Choice Membership for non-alumni owned businesses Mops in Motion, Inc.—$10 discount on cleaning service of 3 hours or more.

Morris Family Chiropractic—Meet the Doctor “Special”: New Patient Free Services: Consultation, Exam & Report of Findings.

Oberweis Home Delivery Sales—.99 delivery charge for 1 year & free cooler (must order 1 item every 4 weeks, $128.99 value).

Office Depot—Use the Chamber discount card for an average 15-30% savings on many items.

Park Forest Apartments—Application fee waived and 13 month lease with 1 month free.

Pauline’s Place Adult Day Care, LLC—Any enrolled senior family member who is admitted for a year will receive a $10 discount with private pay attendance of 6 or more Monday to Friday hours.

Southern Floral Shop—10% discount on each order, or free mylar balloon with a purchase.

Workbench Furniture Restoration—10% off of refinishing.

Ziegenhein Funeral Home—FREE METAL CASKET with "traditional" funeral service for US Veteran or paid pre-need funeral contract (Value: $1,405) If you would like to see your business in this monthly column, simply offer a discount by WRITING OUT the discount and emailing or faxing it to the Chamber office. Your dues must be current.

PARTNERS Bronze...Evren Senol-RE/MAX Results, SSM St. Clare Health Center Syberg’s an eating & drinking company

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New Resident Mailing

$35 Print on BOTH SIDES to maximize your exposure.

200 half-page flyers*

No larger than 8½”x5½” on 20 lb. paper

Deliver to Chamber office by

Oct. 15 @ 1 pm *$70 for 200 full-page flyers (must be folded)

FLYERS tell residents about your products or services COUPONS track your results & attract new customers MENUS an abridged version to entice new diners

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The Delmar Gardens Family sponsoring and preparing the delicious lunch at Garden Villas South at the August meeting.

American Eagle Credit Union hosting the August Meet & Greet Breakfast at their new Chippewa location.

Tammy Scott of Holsome Health Holistic Spa & Boutique presenting the August Lunch & Learn.

Syberg’s an eating & drinking company providing meeting space for our Board of Directors meeting.

Renewal by Andersen sponsoring the August Social Hour.

New Teacher Welcome Bag participants: Affton Christian Food Pantry; American Eagle Credit Union; Bethesda Health Group; John G’Sell, DDS; Great Southern Bank; Holsome Health Holistic Spa & Boutique; Neighbors Credit Union; Oberweis Home Delivery Sales; Phoenix Potteries; St. Anthony’s Medical Center; St. Louis County Library; SSM St. Clare Health Center; State Farm-Dane Huxel; The Bank of Edwardsville; and Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site.

Cindy Tiefenbrunn of Cindy’s Photo photographed various locations around Affton and the Affton Chamber staff & board members for our new website...they look great!

PARTNERS Diamond...Dane Huxel-State Farm Agent, Harster Heating & Air Conditioning Platinum...Great Southern Bank, Park Forest Apartments & Townhomes, St. Anthony’s Medical Center

Do you have a Community Event to share? Email it to mandy@afftonchamber.com. The deadline is the 15th of the month for publication in the next month’s newsletter. We will also place it on our Affton Community Events web calendar when it is received.

AFFTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Oakland House Open Luncheon is Tuesday, September 8 at Oakland House (7801 Genesta). 11 am Tour, 12 Noon Lunch. $15 per person includes the tour. Open to everyone and provide a wonderful opportunity to meet up with friends, celebrate a special event or just treat yourself. Menu varies with the season and includes salad, entree, dessert & coffee or tea.

Please make reservations 2 weeks in advance by calling Dot Huebener at 314.300.8213.

Dancing Under the Stars is Friday, September 11, 7-10 pm at Oakland House (7801 Genesta). $15/person or $25/couple.

Cash bar. The Queens of Swing are an all girl band reminiscent of the female bands of the 1940's providing big band era dance music. Reservations requested. Make checks payable to Affton Historical Society and mail to Terri Solomon, 9105 Southview Lane, 63123.

AFFTON CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY St. Louis Trivia Night is Saturday, September 19 at Seven Holy Founders Parish Hall (6741 S. Rock Hill). Gates open at 6 pm with game beginning at 7 pm. $20 per person, 8 per table.

Dessert dash, 50/50 raffle, silent auction. For more information or to sign up, visit afftonchristianfoodpantry.com.

If you have hired someone, received an award, or added to your family—whatever is news worthy—send it to mandy@afftonchamber.com. The deadline is the 15th of the month for publication in the next month’s newsletter.

Captain Chris Stocker of the St. Louis County Police-Affton Southwest Precinct has been receiving great press lately for his implementation of “pantry tickets.” Pantry tickets or courtesy cards are given to people pulled over for a minor violation where they would normally only receive a warning and not a ticket. The card encourages the motorist to pay it forward with a donation to a local food pantry. Chief Jon Belmar has indicated that he would like to see it implemented county-wide.

Congratulations to Larry Stone on his retirement from SSM Health St. Clare Hospital-Fenton!

Friendship Village Sunset Hills has named Brian Cooper as their new Executive Director. Cooper has more than 20 years experience employed in retirement communities and will be new residents into their newly expanded facility.

St. Anthony’s Medical Center has expanded their cardiovascular surgery services with the addition of Umraan Ahmad, M.D. He specializes in valvular heart disease including valve replacement & repair, coronary artery disease, complex cardiac surgery and atrial fibrillation.

SSM St. Clare Health Center has changed their name to SSM Health St. Clare Hospital-Fenton. This is part of a system wide rebranding effort to unify their locations.

AMEREN MISSOURI Business Lunch N Learn is Wednesday, September 9, 11 am1 pm at Ameren Missouri (1901 Chouteau). Bring your lunch and join this free workshop about How Tax Credits Can Help Your Organization. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) joins other workforce programs that incentivize workplace diversity and facilitate access to good jobs for American workers.

10% Discount to Affton Chamber Members

PARTNERS Gold...J & J Construction & Remodeling; Timothy J. Kinealy, CPA, LLC

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PRSRT STD U.S. Postage

AFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE www.afftonchamber.com 9815 Mackenzie Road Affton, MO 63123-5424

P AID ST. LOUIS, MO PERMIT No. 3156

2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers President

Marty Carr Deca Realty President-Elect Carrie Carrigan Great Southern Bank Vice-President Dr. Eric Werner, Morris Family Chiropractic Secretary Fonda Totten F2 Garage Door Solutions Treasurer Tim Kinealy Timothy J. Kinealy, CPA, LLC Directors Jake Baretich J & J Construction & Remodeling Dr. Steve Brotherton Affton School District Patricia Cowan Rainmaker Sales Support Terri Ems Individual Chief Jim Fritz Affton Fire Protection District Dane Huxel State Farm Insurance Kayla Lackner American Eagle Credit Union Rachel Lovelace Neighbors Credit Union Charlie Merx Merx Flooring Capt. Christopher Stocker St. Louis County Police-Affton Suzanne Welker Park Forest Apartments & Townhomes Lisa Rackley Mandy Montgomery

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Executive Director Office Assistant

Annual Awards Nomination Form Please check one. You may duplicate this form to nominate in more than one category.

Deadline is October 15, 2015.

_______ I want to nominate an individual for Business Person of the Year.

Recognition of a successful business leader in the Affton community; someone who has demonstrated ethical business practices, distinguished herself/himself with their dedicated & energetic leadership. This person has given her/his services to enhance the quality of business life & embodies community leadership through the combination of business, civic, & community activities.

_______ I want to nominate an individual for Citizen of the Year.

Recognition of an individual who has made substantial volunteer contributions to the Affton community. with dedicated service in the interest of the Affton community.

_______ I want to nominate a business for Commercial New Construction.

New construction of commercial project in 63123 & is completed during 2015, include photos.* Must be current member of the Affton Chamber of Commerce.

_______ I want to nominate a business for Commercial Renovation.

Renovation project in 63123 & is completed during 2015, include photos.* Must be current member of the Affton Chamber of Commerce.

_______ I want to nominate an individual for Residential Renovation.

Renovation project in 63123 & is completed during 2015, include photos.*

Nominee’s Name___________________________________________________________________________________ Company/Organization______________________________________________________________________________ Street Address_____________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip_________________________________________________ Phone:______________________________ Why do you feel this person, organization or company should be honored?*

*required—will be used to judge winner

_________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Submitted by:_______________________________________________________ Phone:________________________ 9815 Mackenzie Road, Affton, MO 63123 | Phone: 314.631.3100 Fax: 314.631.3102 | afftonchamber.com

AFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

2016 Board of Directors Ballot

The nominating committee of the Affton Chamber of Commerce has submitted the following individuals for election to a three-year term on the Board of Directors.

Please vote for four (4) individuals. Write-ins accepted. ______ Keith Brooks, Sharpshooter’s Pit & Grill ______ Dane Huxel, State Farm ______ Tammy Scott, Holsome Health Holistic Spa & Boutique ______ Trevor Willingham, Farmers Insurance ______ ________________________________________________ ______ _________________________________________________ G

I am interested in learning more about serving on the Board of Directors for the Affton Chamber of Commerce.

Please sign your ballot and return by fax or mail no later than September 21, 2015.

Affton Chamber of Commerce 9815 Mackenzie Road Affton, MO 63123

Fax: 314.361.3102

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AFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT

OCTOBER 16TH Affton Community Center 9801 Mackenzie Road

Doors open at 6:30 PM Trivia at 7:00 PM

Trivia NIGHT Round Sponsors Poker Hand Sponsor Presenting Sponsor

Popcorn Sponsor

G Beverage Sponsor | $250 | 1 Available    

On-site signage Acknowledgement by emcee during event Name and logo featured on all event promotional materials Option to provide company koozie cups for beverages

$160 Per Table (Maximum of 8 people)

Gateway Tree Service Great Southern Bank Harster Heating & Air Conditioning Park Forest Apartments & Townhomes Timothy J. Kinealy, CPA

G Round Sponsor | $100 | 5 Available    

On-site signage Acknowledgement by emcee during event Name and logo featured on all event promotional materials Name and Logo placement on round answer sheet & slide

Popcorn │Beer │Soda │Water

FOR INFORMATION, CLICK ON WWW.AFFTONCHAMBER.COM OR CALL THE CHAMBER: 314-631-3100 Return completed form and check made payable to: Affton Chamber of Commerce, 9815 Mackenzie Rd., Affton, MO 63123-5425 or Fax completed form & credit card information to 314-631-3102 We accept Discover, Mastercard, & Visa Paid by  Check  Credit Card Total Payment @ $160 per table___________ Credit Card #______________________________ Name_________________________________ Name of Card _____________________________ Address_______________________________ Exp. Date_____________CVV Code____________ Zip___________________________________ Billing Address #_______ Billing Zip Code _______ Phone________________________________ Signature_________________________________