Portage Press July 24, 2013

portage-chamber-portage-pressWelcome to Portage Press! The Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce hopes you enjoy our new weekly e-communication just for chamber members! Submit your newsworthy entries for FREE every Friday for our Wednesday blast to the entire membership!

Simply fill out the events form on our Contact Us page of our website. www.portageinchamber.com

Celebrate Summer With MACU Members Advantage Credit Union 8/2/2013

Members Advantage Credit Union will be Celebrating Summer at their Portage location on Highway 6, in front of Menards. All community members are invited to visit the Portage branch from 11am - 2pm to enjoy an afternoon of FREE food, give-aways and more. Stop in our Portage branch for details! Roxanne Cantrell www.macuonline.org 219-762-6228 rcantrel@macuonline.org

Comfort Keepers Best of Homecare, Provider of Choice & Employer of Choice

Comfort Keepers of La Porte, Porter and NE lake Counties: Awarded "Best of Homecare" "Provider of Choice" and "Employer of Choice" by Home Care Pulse To learn more about Comfort Keepers or arrange for a free, no obligation assessment contact Comfort Keepers.Kathy Mangelhttp://comfortkeepers.com/office-341 1-877-711-9800 kathymangel@comfortkeepers.com

Bacon Fest Portage Victory Christian Center 8/24/2013

Bacon Fest will feature Northwest Indiana food vendors with a special emphasis on Portage restaurants doing bacon themed items.There are still food and crafter spots available! Do not miss your opportunity to join area residents as we indulge in...Bacon! visit www.baconfestportage.com Danny Hendon www.baconfestportage.com 219-232-9757 dannyhendon@vccportage.com

Midwest Family Federal Credit Union is Hiring!

Midwest Family FCU has an opening for a part time teller. (approximately 25-29 hours/week).

Interested candidates should stop by the credit union at 2832 Willowcreek Road in Portage and complete an application or send their resume to Erica Wood, Vice President at: ericaw@mwffcu.org

Chamber Network Night is coming October 17, 2013. We are now selling booth space! Please contact us at 762-3300 to reserve your space.

Midweek Mingle

Ambassador/Membership Committee

The Chamber's Mid-week Mingle is about building business through socializing and friendships. Come out, relax and unwind every fourth Wednesday each month. Casual. Bring a supply of business cards to share. Our first event was June 26th at El Cantarito Mexican Cuisine. Those who attended had a very good time and even made some good business contacts. Please see the calendar for upcoming meetings --- Join us today at 4pm at Buffalo Wild Wings on Hwy 6 in Portage! Rise and Shine Portage Seminars

Portage Chamber First Wednesday of each month at 9 am, Chamber members present a 1-hour topic of interest in Portage. Members invited to attend or speak. Brochures/business cards OK. Next month, tax deferred retirement savings for business and employees, presented by Edward Jones Investments. See calendar for details. Reservation: 763-6238 Terry Hardin 219-763-6238 hardintd@msn.com

Upcoming Chamber Happenings

August 15th Luncheon with our PTS Superintendent, Dr. Ric Frataccia giving the State of the Schools Address

Music in the Park -Every Tuesday at 6:00 pm at Woodland Park -see our website for more information

Click Here for Chamber Calendar

Help spread the word about our new email marketing benefit to Portage Chamber members. Go to Contact Us on our website and complete the Event Form to submit your entry. Entries should be in by end of business every Friday to be included on the next Wednesday's newsletter.

Thank you for continued support of the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce.

Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce info@portageinchamber.com 2642 Eleanor St Portage, IN 46368