Floral Park Chamber of Commerce

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Holiday Gathering | 2014 | Crabtree's Restaurant

Chamber members enjoyed a wonderful holiday party with our friend Dimitri and his team at Crabtree's Restaurant this past Mondayt night. A beautifully sung holiday song by board member and Treasurer Shane Parouse added that perfect warm personal touch to the festivities. We had some fun with our Secret Santa gift exchange. Some extra gifts will be going directly to the Hance Family Toys for Tots collection through Mike Jakob.

It was really nice for so many of us to be together at this special time of year. Many thanks goes to Steven Wickes and his One Sound Label DJ team who kept us well into the holiday spirit all evening. And of course, a huge thank you to our event coordinator and Business Person of the Year Eileen Dolan.

From the officers, the board and myself, thank you for your membership and your support.

We all wish you a Special Holiday Season!

Thursday, November 20, 2014

President's Message | November 2014

Hello Fellow Chamber Members:

This month we had one of our most informative general meetings. Our two guest speakers included the Floral Park-Bellerose Schools Superintendent and our own Event Planner, member and our 2014 Business Person of the Year, Eileen Dolan. Our committees made their reports showing progress on many of our efforts. We were reminded of the Chamber Holiday Party on Monday December 8 at 6pm at Crabtree's Restaurant. We expect a really enjoyable party with our DJ, One Sound Label and other fun activities. Please sign up early and register online.

The Chamber is collecting for Long Island Cares - The Harry Chapin Food Bank

We ask that you bring a non-perishable item or 2 either to the party, or drop off at anytime in LI Cares Box at The Keats Agency - Nationwide, 299 Jericho Turnpike, as they too collect every year.

The chamber had representation at the Floral Park Memorial Homecoming Parade in support of our schools. Wonderful to see and be part of such a strong school spirit! I was also called upon to do a short presentation on our behalf at the United Methodist Church on Verbena. It was fun interacting with the congregation and reminding them of the work we do for our members and the community.

Meeting Report
Superintendent Opiekun spoke of a program called STEP which offers our members the opportunity to offer their business wisdom to our children. Nice right, well you probably wonder how does this help my business. Think about it this way, possibly we could do a quick video of you for posting and SEO, a photo for the paper with a short piece about your effort, and an opportunity to speak about it to the chamber at one of our general meetings. Additionally, how nice is it just to do something meaningful for our kids. Contact the Chamber if you have interest in this program by leaving a message on the chamber phone at 516-641-1200.

Eileen Dolan did a splendid job with her presentation on the Impact of Effective Communication and Relationship Skills - The 4 Basic Personality Types. She certainly has me thinking more about each person I interact with each day, staff and clients. I will say I had quite a few people say how pleased they were with the presentation.

We ended with the 2014 Business Person of the Year Crystal Plaque awarded to the same, Eileen Dolan. She truly earned the recognition.

There continues to be much going on. Soon the renewals for our 2105 membership will be out. We are currently working on a system to improve upon this very important chamber activity with more efficiency and accuracy. Please do watch for it.

See you at the Holiday Party on the 8th!

Your Prez,

Ron Keats

Friday, November 7, 2014

America's Got Talent

open auditions this weekend, in Manhattan at Pier 92/94. It's located near 12th Ave and 54th St.

We feature all types of talent on our show, from singers, musicians, and dancers to comedians, magicians, and more! Anything that can be done within 90 seconds is welcome, even if it's too big to fit on a stage. We'll make it happen!

Anyone interested in auditioning should register ASAP atwww.agtauditions.com. We also accept video submissions through our website for those who are unable to be there in person.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Merrie

Casting Producer

America's Got Talent

818-381-4272

Follow me on Twitter for updates! @merriecastsyou

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Grand Opening | Legacy Strength

We celebrated, along with our new friends Mr and Mrs Joey Olivio, their Grand Opening of Legacy Strength right here in Floral Park. This new fine edition to our Floral Park Community.

It is a small group training class that focuses on building lean hard bodies through classic weight training exercises. They are full body strength specialists.

Attending board members, Marie Grant of Donnelly Real Estate, Cathy Grasman, and Chamber President Ron Keats were pleased to meet them all and welcome the Olivio's and their entire team to our fine village and wish them the best in luck.

Nassau County Council of Chambers | Recognize Eileen Dolan | Floral Park Chamber Business Person of the Year

Nassau County Council of Chambers

On October 17th, we joined with the Nassau County Council of Chambers to celebrate all of Nassau County's 2014 Business Person of the Year Nominees. Your chamber was proud of our 2014 well deserving winner, Eileen Dolan, as she proudly received citation after citation (not parking tickets, but some really nice proclamations) from our political leaders and an award from the Nassau County Council of Chambers.

Eileen has been a member of the Floral Park Chamber of Commerce as active as one could dedicate and has been for so many years. She has held positions for many years in committees, the board and as an officer.

Eileen is a proud and successful Sales Director with Mary Kay and has many professional accomplishments notched on her career belt. Her greatest pride is her children and husband Steve. It was great to see many of them at the celebration breakfast.

Our Chamber thanks Eileen for above and beyond the call dedication and looks forward to many more years working together.

Friday, October 10, 2014

October General Meeting Wrap-Up

October Meeting At Valley National Bank

Our October general meeting was held at Valley National Bank. Our host Marjory Giordani, manager of the branch put out a terrific spread of food and drink.