May 2022
Chamber Connection
Your connection to the greater Hanover business community.
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Building Better Business Workshop Series Developed in collaboration with Utz Brands, Inc, the Building Better Business series is designed to introduce the Hanover Chamber business community to subject matter experts ready to share their best practices and tricks of the trade.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
This series is organized to bring learning opportunities to Chamber members, and thereby strengthen the Hanover Business Community. Thank you to our presenters, sponsor Utz Brands, Inc., and host Guthrie Memorial Library.
#4: Health in the Workplace: Mental Health, Promoting Healthy Habits, Benefits of Healthy Employees
On Tuesday, April 5th, we hosted the first workshop with chamber member Jordan Roscoe, Unique Pro Media. Jordan discussed strategies for establishing your business online and Dylan Gehr discussed social media tips for business owners. Unique Pro Media is pleased to offer chamber members free audits. Reach out today to get started.
#2: Employee Handbook Best Practices and Legal Requirements #3: Workers’ Compensation Best Practices
#5: Digital Marketing #6: Building a Culture for Growth: Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, and Employee Retention Advance registration is appreciated. Visit our website hanoverchamber.com to register.
Thank you Workforce Sponsors
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Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
2021-2022 Community Leaders
Chair of the Board Mike Kelly, Traditions Bank Secretary/Treasurer Ashley Hershey, BSSF CPAs Vice Chairs Sean Adams, Utz Brands, Inc. Victoria Csuri, KLK Welding Jeremy Frey, Barley Snyder Brandon Smith, Edward Jones Lynneah Smith, Elsner Engineering Works Drew Derreth, Hanover Valley Church Julia Groft, Manpower Sarah Gebhart, WellSpan
Board of Directors Jess Kelley, Campbell's Snacks Dr. Daniel Hartman, South Western Schools Gordon Laabs, Floor Couch LLC Rebecca Prehoda, Member's 1st FCU Dr. Susan Seiple, Hanover Public Schools Jody Shaffer, YWCA Hanover Liz Johnides, The Markets at Hanover Nikki Hoffman, Stambaugh-Ness Drew Little,Conewago Valley School District Janice Swartz, UPMC Hanover
Chamber Staff Gary Laird, President glaird@hanoverchamber.com Elizabeth Csuri, Administrative Manager ecsuri@hanoverchamber.com Caitlin Johnson, Marketing & PR Manager cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com Sarah Messer, Membership & Events Coordinator smesser@hanoverchamber.com
Chamber Connection is a monthly publication of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce. For deadline information, please contact our Marketing & PR Manager at cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com.
2021-2022 Chamber Partners
APPI Energy
Penn State York
Barley Snyder
Smith & Company, CPAs
OSS Health
The Glatfelter Agency
KLK Welding
Riggle Wealth Group
2021-2022 Corporate Partners Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community Ox Industries Riley Welding & Fabricating LLC Community Leaders and Chamber Partners are members who have made significant investments in chamber programs throughout the year. These investments help the chamber to provide new opportunities and benefits for our members, while continuing to support workforce, community, and economic development. If you are interested in learning more about how your membership can make an impact, please contact Gary Laird at glaird@hanoverchamber.com.
May 2022 Newsletter
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Chamber News
Career Readiness
Drone Piloting Course at Hanover High School
Dr. John A. Scola, Hanover Public School District Superintendent, has worked collaboratively with administration and staff to transform Hanover High School from a traditional high school to a fully comprehensive high school. As a result, Hanover High School students can now participate in a variety of Career and Technical Education Programs as well as a number of other credentialing programs. These opportunities allow students to learn additional real world, applicable skills that are essential in preparing graduates to be both career and college ready. In the 2019-2020 school year, Hanover High School became one of the first schools in the United States to offer an accredited Drone Piloting course. This cutting edge, visionary program enabled the school to continue to provide our students with a robust course offering that incorporates 21st century skills and emerging technologies. The class is taught by Lisa Fry, an Art and Technology Education certified teacher, and supported by David Fry, Director of Technology. The Drone Piloting curriculum includes units on weather patterns, laws and safety protocols to follow, how to build a drone from a kit, and how to disassemble a drone. Students have the opportunity to learn how to fly and operate two different types of drones. Upon successful completion of this class and curriculum, students are able to take their Aeronautical Knowledge test. To date, Hanover High School has had four students successfully complete this rigorous exam. This 21st century career has a multitude of pathways for our fortunate students, with potential jobs within real estate, agriculture, sporting events, and global information systems.
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Mechatronics Lab at Hanover High School
In the fall of 2019, Hanover High School, through the generous support of Utz Brands, Inc., implemented a state-of-the-art Mechatronics lab to their expanding list of Career and College Programs. Since that time, over 50-students have completed coursework in this multidisciplinary field of science, which combines mechanical engineering, electronics, computer engineering, systems engineering, and control engineering. The main goal of the Mechatronics Program is to provide students with the necessary skills to enter the workforce and become productive citizens in the local and global community. Additionally, Hanover High School partnered with HACCGettysburg to align the high school curriculum with the first two courses of the HACC Mechatronics Associate Degree Program. Through an articulation agreement, students from Hanover High School who are successful in the program and enter the HACCGettysburg Mechatronics Program, will receive 8-college credits. Over the past three years, multiple students have participated in various Pre-Apprenticeship opportunities at Utz Brands, Inc., and Elsner Engineering Works, Inc., providing hands-on experience in the workplace during the school day. These opportunities in high school have led to full-time employment and serve as a perfect example of how collaboration and support from all stake-holders lead to successful and innovative programs and careers.
WANT YOUR SCHOOL TO BE FEATURED NEXT? Schools and employers are invited to send in submissions highlighting student achievements to be featured on our new Career Readiness page in the newsletter. Please send all news to Caitlin Johnson, Marketing and PR Manager, via email at cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com.
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Chamber News
Volunteers Needed!
Membership Benefit - News Releases
Event season is quickly approaching! From our Annual Golf Outing to Snack Town Street Fair. Our events draw thousands of people into Hanover where they’ll experience the best we have to offer, from businesses to restaurants and everything in between. The Hanover Chamber is seeking volunteers for the Annual Golf Outing on June 2nd and 2nd Annual Snack Town Street Fair on July 16th. Volunteer shifts are available at various times for a wide assortment of tasks, like setup, admission, cleanup and more. Groups are welcome and encouraged as a great way to promote your business or organization! All volunteers (with organization names) will appear in our newsletter following the events. Contact Sarah Messer at smesser@hanoverchamber.com for more info!
The Chamber recently updated the News tab on its website hanoverchamber.com. This page will now be filled with news releases directly submitted via ChamberMaster. All members are invited to share press releases through the Press Release section in ChamberMaster. Once staff approves your post, it will be shared to the news page on our website. Please keep in mind this page is visible to the public. Each month member press releases are shared on the Business Briefs page in our newsletter. Selections for this page will now also be pulled from any submissions to our online news section.
Ribbon Cutting - Back 2 Health
Ribbon Cutting - Express Employment Professionals
New Chamber Member Back 2 Health celebrated their newly opened location on Baltimore Street with a ribbon cutting and gathering of family, friends, Chamber staff and board members. From left to right, Chamber Board Chair Mike Kelly (Traditions Bank), Assistant Chiropractor Sarah Halstead, Dr. Jason Ellis and wife, Devon, board member Sarah Gebhart (WellSpan Health), and Chamber President Gary Laird. Congratulations!
Chamber Member Express Employment Professionals recently opened a second office in Hanover! Chamber Staff attended their Open House at 11 Carlisle Street, Suite 205, and celebrated with a ribbon cutting. Welcome to Hanover, Express Employment Professionals!
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Business Briefs
BARLEY SNYDER ATTORNEY QUAIN NAMED TO BAR ASSOCIATION BOARD Harrisburg, Pa. – The Dauphin County Bar Association has named Barley Snyder attorney John “J.” Quain Jr. the treasurer on the board of directors of its Young Lawyers Section. The Young Lawyers Section started in 1976 to address the needs and interests of new lawyers in the Dauphin County Bar Association. It sponsors programming for young lawyers in substantive areas of law, encourages committee membership and holds several popular social functions each year to encourage networking, according to its website. “The Young Lawyers Section is important to the long-term vitality and success of the bar association,” Quain said. “Giving young attorneys that early exposure to the bar association to see how it can help them in their careers is integral to the future of the bar association. I’m excited to help in showing young attorneys the benefits to becoming involved with the bar association.” Quain is an attorney in the Barley Snyder Litigation and Finance & Creditors’ Rights practice groups. He has held leadership positions previously with the Dauphin County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section as the social committee chair and he also has previously been the chair of the association’s Young Lawyer Day Committee. He also is the secretary of the board of directors of Harrisburg Historic Association. In 2021, the Central Penn Business Journal named Quain an “Up and Coming Lawyer” in its Legal Excellence Awards. About Barley Snyder Barley Snyder is a law firm based in central Pennsylvania with more than 120 attorneys practicing from offices located in Lancaster, York, Reading, Harrisburg, Malvern, Hanover, Gettysburg, Wyomissing and
Schuylkill Haven, Pa., and Hunt Valley and Columbia, Md. The firm serves businesses, individuals and organizations in all major areas of civil law including: business, employment, immigration, employee benefits, finance & creditors’ rights, intellectual property, litigation, estate planning and administration, real estate, tax, construction, environment and energy, health care, education, municipal authority, hospitality, senior living, cybersecurity and food and agribusiness.
CAPTAIN RICHARD PHILLIPS TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION'S 116TH ANNUAL EVENT
(York, PA) - Captain Richard Phillips, former captain of the MV Maersk Alabama, and New York Times best-selling author will be the 2022 Annual Event's guest and keynote speaker Tuesday, June 14 at PeoplesBank Park. Captain Richard Phillips is the author of A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, about his experience and his remarkable rescue. Phillips became the center of an extraordinary international drama when he was captured by Somali pirates who hijacked his ship, the first hijacking of a U.S. ship in more than 200 years. The hostage drama began when a small band of pirates leapt aboard the ship and, to protect his crew, Phillips put himself directly in harm's way, offering himself as a hostage. This dramatic story was also transformed into an Academy-Award and GoldenGlobe nominated film, Captain Phillips, which hit the big screens in fall of 2013. The Association's 116ᵗʰ Annual Event follows last year's keynote speaker, Robert O'Neill, a former US Navy Seal who was part of the team who rescued Captain
Phillips from the Somali Pirates. Captain Phillips is a graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, licensed American merchant mariner and a member of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Union. The Manufacturers' Association's annual event, hosted this year at PeoplesBank Park on June 14ᵗʰ, brings together 700+ business and community leaders for an evening of business networking and inspiration! As part of the event the Association will recognize outstanding manufacturers from throughout the region for their accomplishments and community contributions during the previous year. The event will also highlight the major expansion of the Association and its services and programs after relocating to a new 12,000 square foot Center of Excellence for Apprenticeship and Training facility in 2021. The Association trained over 2,100 manufacturing employees including 111 registered apprentices in 2021 - supporting the industry with the knowledge they need to operate, hire, & train smarter.
Member businesses are invited to send company news, personnel updates, and special interest stories for consideration in the Chamber Connection newsletter. Please include a high-res photo in JPG or PDF format. News must be submitted by the first Friday of the month for inclusion in the following month’s newsletter. News will be considered at the discretion of chamber staff and included as space permits. Please send all news to Caitlin Johnson, Marketing and PR Manager, via email at cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com.
Main Street Hanover
Save the Date to give local!
Give Local York – plan to give to Main Street Hanover on Friday, May 6! Renew your annual gift to Main Street Hanover and show your support of downtown Hanover. During the county-wide give day, your dollars go further through online matching from local foundations. Visit our page to donate: https://www.givelocalyork.org/ organizations/main-street-hanover
2nd Saturday is back!
Add 2nd Saturday back to your calendar, because we are back with great shopping every month in downtown Hanover. This month’s theme is ‘Red, White, & Blue’ and the businesses in town are all geared up for Memorial Day. We hope you’ll join us in supporting local and shopping small businesses this 2nd Saturday! For more details, visit our website and Facebook event page.
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Chamber News
St. Patrick's Day Membership Mixer hosted by iNet Technology Group
The Hanover Chamber joined The Chamber of Gettysburg & Adams County on March 17th at iNet Technology Group, LLC. for a St. Patrick's Day Membership Mixer! Thank you to iNet for hosting and to everyone who was able to attend this networking event. The chamber's next Membership Mixer is scheduled for June 9th at Public House at the Markets hosted by The Markets at Hanover. Advance registration is appreciated, please visit our website. Mixers are complimentary to chamber members.
Save the date for the 2nd Annual Snack Town Street Fair!
The Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce and Utz Brands, Inc., invite you to Downtown Hanover for the 2nd Annual Snack Town Street Fair! Join us on Saturday, July 16, 2022 for a day-long street fair filled with craft vendors, delicious street foods, and exciting entertainment. This event is free to attend! Visit our website to view a current list of vendors who are attending the event! Thank you to our committed sponsors: Premier: Utz Brands, Inc. Community: Campbell's Snacks, UPMC, and Members 1st Federal Credit Union Entertainment: J.A. Myers Homes Media: Rocky 98.5 WYCR Hydration Station: WellSpan Health Brewers’ Alley: Leo Brewing at The Markets at Hanover Contributing: Bobcat of Adams County - A Crownstone Equipment Company, David Ross Orthodontics, Gray Apple Market, Glo Fiber, and Riggle Wealth Group Photography: Whileyoucheer.com
INTERESTED IN HOSTING A MIXER OR COFFEE HOUR? Contact Membership & Events Coordinator, Sarah Messer at smesser@hanoverchamber.com
Upcoming Events
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RSVP for all events at hanoverchamber.com.
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May 6 Legislative Roundtable, 7:30am - 9:00am The Markets at Hanover, 1649 Broadway, Hanover
$15/person, member rate $30/person, community rate
May 18 Eye Opener Breakfast, 7:30am - 8:30am Hosted by Penn National Insurance The Markets at Hanover, 1649 Broadway, Hanover
$15/person, member rate $30/person, community rate
May 3 Building Better Business Workshop #2, 3:30pm - 5:00pm Featuring Elsner Bell & Associates, LLC and Barley Snyder Bare Center, Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover's Public Library
May 19 Spring Open House, 3:00pm - 6:00pm with the Hanover Chamber, HCM Wealth Advisory Group, and Main Street Hanover 40 York Street, Hanover
$15/person, member rate $25/person, community rate
Complimentary for members
June 2 Annual Golf Outing, 7:30am - 3:00pm Presented by KLK Welding at Hanover Country Club
Registration required by May 26th. See website for details.
June 7 Building Better Business Workshop #3, 3:30pm - 5:00pm Featuring Laura Teal, Workers Comp Manager, Utz Bare Center, Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover's Public Library
$15/person, member rate $25/person, community rate
June 9 Membership Mixer with The Markets at Hanover, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Public House at the Markets, 1649 Broadway, Hanover
Complimentary for members
June 15 Eye Opener Breakfast, 7:30am - 8:30am Hosted by OSS Health Location TBD
$15/person, member rate $30/person, community rate
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