Chamber Events

This year has created too many challenges to hold our concert in person.

So we are playing a 'best of' past concerts and hope you can join us by listening at WiLBuR 1270 am from 3:00 -4:15 pm on September 11th.

You can also stream a stereo version of it online at https://foreverlebanonvalley.com/ 

A video slideshow including the music will be available after September 11th. Details and link to be announced. 

Special thanks to our sponsors for helping to secure the time needed for the broadcast and allowing us to continue, in an adaptation, this annual patriotic event.

Presenting Sponsor:

Patior Sponsors:

Hero Sponsors

Please join this month's Business Roundtable as we present:

Understanding Unemployment & Workers Compensation

We all have questions and attorney Peggy Morcom, Esq has the answers.

This presentation is free to Chamber members and is part of our monthly Business Roundtable workshop.

While the roundtable is free, registration is required. 

Please mark your calendars for all of our Business Roundtables:

• October 23: Your Company’s Brand
• November 20: Getting Credit for Your Business
• December 18: Setting SMART Goals

Please use the red link below to join us in person.

Please use this link to join us via Zoom:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuceCsqDktGtw2j0_pUnrouZ-uSDqSpPlx

Join the Leadership Lebanon Valley Class of 2020 as they hold their annual scholarship fundraiser!

Who Done It? Historic Lebanon Themed Live Auction

will bring excitement, involvement, and entertainment to all attendees! 

Be sure to join us by clicking on the Zoom link on October 9th at 6:00 p.m. and BID, BID, BID on some fantastic items!

Check out the great items listed below and visit often to view the new listings!

You may also visit the Chamber office to see the items in person.

#1 - Lowe's Lot ($250 value): Contains a 4-piece Porter Cable Tool Kit including a 5.5" circular saw, reciprocating saw, drill, flashlight, batteries and carry bag, DeWalt Reciprocating Saw Blade Set, Craftsman Drill Bit Set, tape measure, duct tape, WD-40, 5 gallon bucket, and 2 rolls of Kirkland paper towels

#2 - JBT VISA Gift Card ($100 value)

#3 - Bayer Basket ($100 value): Contains a variety of over 25 Bayer Healthcare products

#4 - Byler Materials Group Basket ($125 value): Contains a $25 VISA gift card, branded trucker hat, 1/4 zip shirt (men's XXL), black branded t-shirt (men's XL), blue branded t-shirt (men's XL), 4 koozies, notepad and 2 pens 

#5 - Taste of Italy for Two Basket ($150 value): Contains (1) $50 gift card to Lazarro's Italian Bistro, (1) $50 gift card to Trattoria Fratelli, bottle of Merlot-Cabernet, (2) wine glasses, stainless steel 6 qt. strainer, Tagliatelle, Spaghetti, Elicoidali pasta, Tomato and Basil Sauce, Arrabbiata Sauce, Pesto Sauce, Garlic Infused Oil, Bruschettini, Black Olive and Fetta Spread, Almond Biscotti, Vanilla Wafers, Green and red Napkins, and Decorative Wire Basket

#6 - Iron Valley Golf Gift Card ($100 value)

#7 - Penn Cinema Lititz Basket ($130 value): Contains 8 Penn Cinema movie tickets, (3) $10 concession gift cards, 2 movie candies, and 2 popcorn tubs

#8 - Member's 1st Basket ($100 value): Contains a $25 Door Dash gift card, and What do you Meme? Family Edition game, branded cooler, cups, and notepad

#9 - Special Guided Tour of the Capitol and Lunch with State Rep. Frank Ryan for 3 Guests ($125 value)

#10 - Starbucks Basket ($100 value): Contains 2 Starbucks branded coffee mugs, 2 travel cups with straws, 2 Pirouline chocolate wafer tins, 2 bags of coffee, 1 box of instant coffee, 2 bottles of coffee syrup, and 1 Starbucks gift card

#11 - Wengers Gardening Basket ($125 value): Contains a variety of plants, gardening shears, gardening gloves, 2 planter pots, suet cage and suet insert, and Cutter insect repellent

#12 - YMCA Duffle Pack ($75 value): Contains a $50 gift card to the Lebanon Valley Family YMCA, branded duffle, sports towel, coffee mug, and water bottle

#13 - Laudermilch Meats - Bakery & Deli Gift Card ($100 value)

#14 - "Rake in the Cash" Lot #1 (value $260...or PRICELESS if you WIN BIG!): Contains Bingo Bingo, Extreme Green, "$50 or $100", Cloud 9, and Jefferson Lottery Tickets, (2) $20 Lowe's Gift Cards, and a rake

#15 - Wine and Pasta Basket #1 ($100 value): Contains A bottle of Sutter Home Moscato Wine, bottle of Sutter Home Sweet Red Wine, (4) wine glasses, set of 3 kitchen towels, truffle fettucine pasta, angel hair pasta, rainbow angel hair pasta, petite pumpkin zucchette pasta, artesian rigatoni pasta, fall harvest pasta, halloween pasta, decorative oil and vinegar bottles, olive oil and vinegar set with stand, bottle of avocado oil, bottle of truffle extra virgin olive oil, bottle of extra virgin olive oil, and woven basket

#16 - LFHS Money Tree Basket ($250 value): Contains (1) $25 Wrinkle and Boon gift card, (1) $25 La Placita gift card, (1) $25 Downtown Lounge gift card, (1) $25 Quesa Dee'as gift card, (1) $25 Timeless Cafe gift card, (2) $25 Hair Dimensions Salon gift cards, fall scented candle, LFHS branded coffee mug, water bottle, travel tissues, "Think Pink" t-shirt (size large), "Think Pink" mask, notepad and pen, blanket, and bucket

#17 - MOD Pizza Basket ($100 value): Contains a pizza party for 10 (10 MOD sized pizzas or salads and 10 fountain drinks), 5 free pizza cards, MOD branded t-shirt size large, visor, skull cap, sunglasses and socks

#18 - Vans Disney Backpack Lot ($220 value): Contains Vans Disney Mickey Mouse Branded Backpack, black North Face long-sleeve knit shirt size large, black Vans long-sleeve knit polo size x-large, North Face fuzzy earflap beanie, North Face trucker hat, Vans sunglasses, and Vans handkerchief masks

#19 - Wine and Pasta Basket #2 ($50 value): Contains a bottle of Nissley's Spicey Red Wine, (2) stemless wine glasses, spinach linguine, fettucine, organic spaghetti, extra virgin olive oil, vodka red sauce, roasted garlic red sauce, alfredo sauce, basil pesto sauce, parmesan and romano cheese, and decorative basket

#20 - "Rake in the Cash" Lot #2 (value $220...or PRICELESS if you WIN BIG!): Contains 007, Hamilton, Extreme Green, Power Shot, Max Money, Cash Bonus, and Scratch & Match Lottery Tickets, (2) $20 Lowe's Gift Cards, and a rake

All proceeds to benefit the Leadership Lebanon Valley Scholarship Fund. 

Purpose: To provide education, training and tools to employees or anyone in the workforce who may be ready to advance to a managerial position. Individuals attending the training will enter the workforce with a greater skill set. This is an accelerated leader on-boarding program.

This program will occur in person in our board room, with distance between participants and masks. Breaks and mask free time outside of the board room will be allowed when appropriate.

A virtual option will be available for those unable to attend in person. 

Who might utilize this program:

• Any member business with employees that does not have an internal training program
• Students and individuals who are looking to advance their skills before applying for a position
• Employees moving into entry level supervisory positions

Program Structure:

• Classes will run one time a week for four weeks from 8:00 -10:30 am
• Classes last 2½ hours each for a total of 10 hours of training

Program Details:

• Each class after the first will begin with a 30-minute reflection/discussion on how participants applied their new skills throughout the previous week
• Participants will leave with a toolkit of resources and information to back up the lessons

Training includes:

Session 1: October 15

Self-Evaluation – Temperament: What are your professional strengths and weaknesses, how can you utilize your strengths as a leader and develop strategies to overcome weaknesses. 

Presenter/facilitator: Dennis Mellott - Team Builders

Session 2: October 22

Professional Standards in the Workplace: ethics, behavior, time management.

Presenter/facilitator: Dr. Marianne Bartley, Time to Think.

Session 3: October 29 

How to Manage Staff: Motivation, managing difficult employees, scheduling, understanding HR and legal requirements, hiring and firing. 

Presenter/facilitator: Sage Schott Reed, The Assessment Network.

Session 4: November 5

Becoming Part of the Company Team – advancing the mission and goals of the company, adding innovation and ideas for growth, making the change to management, managing the work-life balance.

Presenter/facilitator Robert Hadfield, Certified SCORE Mentor.

— a program of Leadership Lebanon Valley

Session 2: 

Professional Standards in the Workplace: ethics, behavior, time management.

Presenter/facilitator: Dr. Marianne Bartley, Time to Think.

Registration for this 4 week course is available through the October 15 event listing. 

The Chamber and LOCALiQ – part of the USA Today Network are partnering to bring you an exclusive look into “Digital Marketing Presence”. We share a commitment to support local commerce, enabling businesses to connect with customers where we live, work and serve. With that in mind, LOCALiQ's digital experts are offering a digital presence seminar that shares how to benchmark against your competitors and identify opportunities to help you grow your business!  

Join us as we create a Digital Marketing Report for a sample business and review what it means. 

Ask for your company's digital marketing report in advance! Requests must be made by October 20 to receive your personalized report on time. Send your request with your name, company, website, and email to Victoria Layser at vlayser@localiq.com.

Please use the red link below to join us in person.

Please use this link to join us via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uc-yqrzsrEt2onKEoaVv5NfH3vQHi5DbD

Please mark your calendars for all of our Business Roundtables:

• November 20: Getting Credit for Your Business
• December 18: Setting SMART Goals

— a program of Leadership Lebanon Valley

— a program of Leadership Lebanon Valley

Please join SCORE:  

As we plan for the remainder of 2020 and for 2021, the importance of growing top line revenues has never been more important. Join Scott Burky, President of Burky Training and Consulting for an interactive discussion on leveraging diverse strategies and tactics to spur customer engagement, tap current data for insights, target your sales efforts and increase awareness of your company. 

During the session, we will explore the following topics:

• Recognizing the importance of not only knowing your top customers, but strategically engaging them to retain their business.

• Utilizing current customer data to more effectively cross sell, increasing your share of their wallet.

• Building your ideal customer profile and tactics to reach your ideal customer.

• Increasing awareness of your company—broadly and to your target audience(s).

Do you have a process in place for exposure? Are you unsure how to handle employee exposure or possible exposure? Family member exposure? When can an employee return to work?

Join us and a panel of experts to walk through best practices and how to manage your own decision tree.

• Nikki Maurer - Community Health Council
• Peggy Morcom, Esq. - Morcom Law, LLC
• Bob Dowd - Lebanon County Emergency Services
• Michele McHenry - WellSpan Health 

This webinar is open to anyone, registration is required.

Click on the link below to register to attend.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-isrj8tE9HbppKyGNWhLJI-orZmrjto

The Farm-City Committee thanks you for being a crucial partner in our annual agricultural programing. We are sad to announce that we are unable to host our 2020 Annual Farm-City Banquet due to the ongoing pandemic.  We are proud to offer the Farm-City Scholarship awarded annually to a student(s) that is pursuing a degree in agriculture or agribusiness through a two or four year institution. It is still our committee’s desire to continue raising funds for these students especially in these trying times. 

Please consider contributing financially towards our Farm-City Scholarships.  All of the funds collected will be awarded to one or more Lebanon County Students using all donations from your generosity. As a donor, you will be entered to win a prize just for participating. These prizes are listed below. This is our way to say, “thank you” when we cannot be together in our normal ways, but this effort will also showcase our wonderful Lebanon Community and continue the future of agriculture.

Prizes include:  

Handmade Quilt - Spin Star Multi 102x114 ($250 value), generously donated by Farm Credit

John Deere Replica Play 730 Tractor with Barge Wagon ($70 value), generously donated by Fulton Bank

Fire Pit ($150 value), generously donated by E & E Metal Fabrication

(2) Guest Passes to Longwood Gardens ($50 value), generously donated by Longwood Gardens

(2) Certificates good for one (1) Race and one (1) Annual Speedway License ($50 value), generously donated by Autobahn Indoor Speedway

Thank You to Our Generous 2020 Farm-City Scholarship Contributors 

Arthur Funk & Sons, Inc.

Bamberger's, Inc.

Bowman's Insurance Group

First Citizens Community Bank (FCCB)

J. W. Safety Management & Training, Inc.

Jonestown KOA

Kauffman's Animal Health, Inc. 

Lebanon Area Fair

Lebanon Valley Expo Center and Fairgrounds

MidAtlantic Farm Credit

Plasterer Equipment Co., Inc.

Porterfield Scheid Funeral Directors 

R & B Kreider / Pioneer DuPont Products 

Steckbeck Engineering & Surveying, Inc.

Vincent R. Boltz

Visit Lebanon Valley

      Join us as we celebrate the grand opening of Keller Williams Realty Lebanon office.

There will be a food truck at the event that will be making donations to the PA Breast Cancer Coalition.

Join us for the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for the new Army Recruiting Center in Lebanon!

Masks will be required, and social distancing encouraged.  

Please join us as Bob Dowd, Director of Lebanon County Emergency Services takes us deeper into what we need to know to best control how COVID-19 affects us and our business.

- Understanding the virus

      - What are the symptoms

      - Incubation period

      - Viral load

- How it spreads

      - Everything from contact surfaces to respiratory droplets

      - How it gets into your body

      - How much of it do you need to be exposed to become ill (minimum infectious dose)

      - Common misconceptions about how the virus moves

- Keeping yourself safe

      - In-depth discussion on best practices

      - Practical application of mitigation techniques and how much benefit each of them provide

      - Mask concepts 

            - Protect others vs. protect yourself and what type of mask you need for each scenario

            - Reusable vs disposable

            - What actually works the best

      - Surfaces – what is most important to clean regularly 

- What is an exposure

      - Exposure framework

      - Physical contact

      - Exposure window

      - What to do once you have been exposed

- What is isolation vs quarantine

      - What are they, how they differ, and when are they required

      - When does a quarantine change to isolation

- When to get tested

- What to do if you get sick

- Return to work guidelines

- Continuity of operation planning and recommendations

- General key concepts

Join the Farm-City Committee and a great group of individuals impacting our local agriculture and agribusiness on a daily basis. The attendees of this committee have the opportunity to host several events throughout the year to educate Lebanon County on the importance of AG in our area and provide scholarships to students looking to further their education in AG or AG Business.

Events include (but are not limited to):

• Breakfast at the Fair
• Elementary Farm Tour
• Public Farm Tour
• Farm-City Exchange
• Scholarship Fundraiser 
• Annual Farm-City Banquet 

For more information about the Farm-City Committee or to join the group at an upcoming monthly meeting, contact Jessica Stankovich at the Chamber office.

This is open to the public. Registration is not required. Please use these details to join the event.

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Join the us for the first ever virtual Jingle Mingle with the Northern Lancaster County Chamber!

This exclusive holiday mixer is only open to members of the Northern Lancaster Chamber & the Lebanon Valley Chamber and is sure to put you in the holiday spirit. Attendees will rotate through festive chat rooms ensuring meaningful connections with contacts both old and new.

Each chamber is limited to 50 attendees so be sure to sign-up today! 

Before the event begins, a link to join will be provided to all registrants.