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Sponsorship Opportunities

The Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce offers sponsorship opportunities, which allows your company to market your business, gain publicity, brand recognition, and reach local business and community leaders while aligning your business with the Chamber. Through key events throughout the year, we introduce, recognize, and connect you with like-minded companies and individuals committed to quality growth and expansion in our area.

Women's Networking, a series of 4 quarterly luncheons and 2 breakfasts, has a goal to connect women of all career levels and strengthen their professional networks, and engage them in the Lufkin/Angelina County business community. The Women's Network will achieve this vision through offering prominent speaker programs, spotlight women leaders, and promote the positive impact women have made in the Lufkin/Angelina County Area.

Generally held on a Tuesday or Thursday evening, Cheers with the Chamber is an opportunity for approximately 50 guests to visit the sponsor's business location. A brief program allows the CEO of Host Sponsor company to tell about the organization and offer tours of the facility, if appropriate. Business leaders from around the community attend giving the Host Sponsor exposure and potential new customers. A Cheers with the Chamber guideline packet is available upon event scheduling.

First Friday Business Lunch is held monthly and features the opportunity for businesses and their employees to network while dining buffet style and hearing from a different guest speaker each month. Some months are designated for standing awards such as Silver Spike Award, Small Business of the Year Award, Teacher of the Year Award and the State of the City, State of the County and State of the Schools. Average attendance for this event is 150 to 200 and normally held at Crown Colony Country Club or the Pitser Garrison Convention Center.

The Power Networking Breakfast (PNB) provides Investors an opportunity to network and promote their business in a relaxed social atmosphere. The PNB is held from 8:15 am until 9:15 am on the fourth Friday of each month at the Chamber of Commerce in the Community Room or a designated location. Breakfast is provided and the event is free. The PNB features a different speaker each month who gives a short program relative to issues in the business community. The PNB is a great way to make new business contacts and build up business referrals. All Chamber Investors are welcome to attend.

The Chamber University Business Seminar Series is an innovative, program designed to address critical topics and to help prepare participants to meet the ever-changing demands of the 21st century workplace. The program provides individualized growth and development opportunities for entry level to executive leadership covering the entire gamut from "nuts & bolts" to "visionary thinking." Partners benefit through a minimum of 4 quarterly seminars throughout the year which provides applied learning opportunities.

The Chamber now offers online advertising through the Chamber website, LufkinTexas.org. With the great online presence and SEO that the Chamber website has, this is a fantastic opportunity to maximize exposure for all especially within our Business Directory landing page!

We invite you to join them and take advantage of the opportunities to partner with us as a sponsor of these engagements. Sponsorships provide an excellent sales and marketing opportunity to highlight your business by increasing visibility of your products and/or services and by increasing your exposure to and knowledge of local decision-makers.

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