6 • Membership Directory 2014 www.BainbridgeChamber.com
Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce
2014 Calendar of Events
Chamber Networking Events
January
• First Friday Art Walk • Mochi Tsuki • First Sundays Concert • Second Saturdays Dance • Martin Luther King Sing Out • Chamber Installation Dinner & Awards Banquet
February
• First Friday Art Walk • First Sundays Concert • Second Saturdays Dance • Chilly Hilly Bike Ride
March
• First Friday Art Walk • First Sundays Concert • Second Saturdays Dance • Chamber Home & Business Expo
April
• First Friday Art Walk • First Sundays Concert • Second Saturdays Dance • Farmers’ Market (April thru October) • Earth Day Activities • Egg Hunt at Waterfront Park
May
• First Friday Art Walk • First Sundays Concert • Second Saturdays Dance • Farmers’ Market • Girls’ Night Out
June
• First Friday Art Walk • Farmers’ Market • Second Saturdays Dance • Rotary Rummage Sale & Auction • Strawberry Festival
July
• First Friday Art Walk • Farmers’ Market • Second Saturdays Dance • July 3rd Street Dance & BBQ • Grand Old Fourth of July • Bainbridge in Bloom Garden Tour
• Bainbridge Bluegrass Festival • Free Concerts in the Parks
August
• First Friday Art Walk • Farmers’ Market • Second Saturdays Dance • Summer Studio Tour • Free Concerts in the Parks • Free Movies in Waterfront Park • Farm to Table Dinner • Pedals & Paws Bike Ride • Bike For Pie • Summer Challenge Bike Ride • Chief Seattle Days – Suquamish • Chamber Golf Tournament
September
• First Friday Art Walk • Farmers’ Market • Second Saturdays Dance • Taste of Lynwood • Harvest Fair – Johnson Farm • Great Zucchini Race
October
• First Friday Art Walk • Farmers’ Market • Second Saturdays Dance • Celluloid Bainbridge • Pumpkin Walk at Bainbridge Gardens • Trick or Treat Downtown Winslow • Wilkes Halloween Carnival
November
• First Friday Art Walk • Winter Farmers’ Market • Second Saturdays Dance • Turkey Trot Run • Community Tree Lighting
December
• First Friday Art Walk • Winter Farmers’ Market • Second Saturdays Dance • Christmas in the Country • Winter Studio Tour • Downtown Holiday Open House • Christmas Ships & Boat Parade
• Chamber Monthly Breakfasts are held at IslandWood environmental learning center on a Friday (which changes around IslandWood’s schedule) from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Check the Chamber website for details and online registration. • Chamber After Hours are hosted by a Chamber-member business or organization on the Fourth Thursday of every month, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Bainbridge Business Connections, every Friday morning, 7:30 to 9 a.m. at OfficeXpats in the Bainbridge Pavilion. Idea sharing and business exchange. Can’t make the early morning meetings? BBC2 meets monthly on the first Thursday at 6 p.m. • Bainbridge Business Women offers an opportunity for after-hours networking, with monthly meetings hosted by a member business. Bainbridgebusinesswomen.com. If you have an idea for a Chamber breakfast or wish to host an After Hours, please let us know at (206) 842-3700.
Chamber Annual Events • Installation Dinner & Awards Banquet – Formal dinner installation of the 2014 board, and presentation of awards for small, medium, and large businesses of the year, non-profit of the year, sustainable business of the year, chairman’s choice, and citizen of the year, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Island School. • Bainbridge Spring Home & Business Expo – This is an all-day trade show aimed at attracting locals and area residents interested in products and services provided by members of the Chamber of Commerce. Held on March 8, 2014 at Woodward Middle School, there will be plenty for all to see. The event is free to the public. • Grand Old Fourth of July – an all-day community celebration that includes a colorful street fair, classic car show, foot races, arts and crafts, live music, food and family fun, capped off by “The Best Small Town Parade in America.” Held in Downtown Winslow on the Fourth (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.) • Annual Golf Tournament – Chamber’s annual fund raiser, slated for Thursday, August 14 at White Horse Golf Club. Prize money, hole-in-one contest, putting contest, raffle and other surprises.