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Check Out What’s Going On With Our Chamber Councils
Keep an eye out for awesome Chamber events this October.
The Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce wants to keep you updated each month with everything that their volunteer councils have planned this year, including featured upcoming events, community programs, and business community features!
Their Councils include the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, Women’s Council, Young Professionals Council, Nonprofit Council, Government Affairs Council, and Ambassadors Council!
Upcoming Council Event Spotlights – Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD)!
Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) is an exciting event that gives attendees an opportunity to learn about advocacy on the local and state level. Presented in partnership with our regional Chambers, LEAD is designed to further attendees’ knowledge of the legislative process, grassroots advocacy, and major current statewide and national policy initiatives. Led by event co-chairs, Alana Roberts of PPL Electric Utilities and Holly Pilcavage of Coal Creative, LEAD will take place this Friday, October 14th at the Woodlands Inn. The event is a revamp of the Chamber’s Legislative Breakfast that traditionally occurred around the same time each year.
This new event is a partnership with the Back Mountain Chamber of Commerce, Pittston Chamber of Commerce, Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, Scranton Chamber of Commerce, and the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce. This year looks to expand to a half-day event with sessions covering a larger array of advocacy and government affairs topics. Some examples of sessions that you can expect to see that day include a Mayor Roundtable featuring some of our area’s mayors and a Transportation Panel discussing some challenges and opportunities the area faces related to transportation to name a few. The day will end with our keynote presenter, Luke Bernstein, CEO of the PA Chamber of Business and Industry. Interested attendees can register
Community Opportunities: YP Giving Final Week and YP Giving Mixer!
The YP Giving Program is its final week of fundraising! This program will award a local non-profit with up to $50,000 in grant funding for a community-based program that addresses the issue of poverty.
Join us to hear the TOP 4 YP Giving grant finalist presentations at The Woodlands Inn on Wednesday, October 12, 2022!
You are invited to hear from the top 4 non-profit finalists for the YP Giving grant. Representatives from each organization will present how their proposed projects will impact our community.
Check out the top four non-profits in the running to be selected as the recipient of the YP Giving fund:
Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania
The event is FREE to attend. Registration is required. There will be complimentary drinks and light fare.
To register to attend this event for free, click HERE!
To learn more about the YP Giving initiative, click HERE!
If you are feeling inspired and would like to help us reach our fundraising goal, click HERE!
About YP Giving:
YP Giving is a new philanthropy program run through the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce, The Luzerne Foundation, Leadership Northeast, and AllOne Charities, in partnership with the Chamber’s Young Professionals Network.
This program gives young professionals in the Greater Wyoming Valley the opportunity to leave a lasting impact on their community through a local giving platform and also helps to cultivate our next generation of philanthropists.
Get Involved in Community Initiatives: Ugly Sweater Party and Volunteering with Valley Santa!
Be sure to mark your calendars because we will be holding our 2nd Annual Chamber Ugly Sweater Holiday Party hosted by the Young Professional Council on December 15th. This holiday party invites members from every Chamber council and our community to network and support a great cause. There will be food, fun, and, of course, an Ugly Sweater Contest! We will also have basket raffles and surprises throughout the evening. Proceeds from this event will benefit Valley Santa, a local non-profit working to give Christmas to every child in Luzerne County.
And, to tie it all together in the spirit of the holiday season, we will have the opportunity to volunteer with Valley Santa one week before the event on Wednesday, December 1st at 5:30 PM, where we will be assisting with gift wrapping! To attend the event, register HERE! To volunteer with us, email ahmad@wyomingvalleychamber.org!
