Weekly Chamber Update, March 28, 2013

Hello this is Wendi Bailey, your T-SC CoC President with your Weekly Chamber Update.

Your Chamber helps businesses save money by assisting them to become certified drug free workplaces. Businesses who are certified drug free get 7.5% savings on Workers Compensation premiums.  

Every year the Chamber invites all local businesses, (those already certified drug free and those wanting to become certified drug free) to a Drugs Don’t Work conference. We invite the local Human Resource Managers to attend the conference as their regular monthly meeting. You are all invited to participate and learn more. 

This year’s Drugs Don’t Work conference is set for Wednesday April 10^th, from 11am to 1pm at the NGTC Currahee Campus. The fee is $10 for chamber members and $20 from non members and includes lunch and the program.

Our speaker is Major Andy Myers, the Chief Deputy of the Stephens County Sheriff’s office. Participants will learn about how to identify drug use in the workplace, hear updates about drug use in our area and the different agencies and operations to diminish it; learn about the local drug testing facilities and local employee assistance programs. This conference will also satisfy the training requirements for Drugs Don’t Work recertification. For more information and to RSVP please call your chamber at 706-886-2132.

I have a few announcements for you today:

Next Thursday April 4^th at 10am is a Ribbon Cutting celebration for Rebekah Harris and Spa & Salon Anastasia at her location on Doyle street in Downtown Toccoa.

Finally, the Keep Toccoa Stephens County Beautiful Clean Community Competition is well underway. The Chamber has a team and invites you join us and help us pick up trash and tires and even junk cars. Other spring cleaning activities that get points include painting and yard work. Call the Chamber and join our team.       

Your Chamber celebrates all Community Progress by posting GOOD News stories on the web site at www.toccoagachamber.com under the “Accomplishments” tab.  So when you need to be uplifted just visit the web site and take a look at all our community has accomplished. 

That’s your weekly Update. I’m Wendi Bailey your Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President.