MESSAGES FROM YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

 Frank Hankins, Jr. Receives Binks Sharp Award

Salute to Business and Industry Awards a Success 

Thank you to more than 260 people who attended the Chamber's 25th Annual Awards Dinner on Oct. 18 at Centerton Country Club. Thanks to Carolyn Heckman, chairperson of the Salute Awards Committee and the committee and staff members who helped to make this event special in so many ways. Congratulations to all of this year's recipients -- Century Bakery, Woodruff Energy, Vince Paladino Farms, WhiteWave Foods Company, Sungenis Insurance Agency, Gateway Community Action Partnership, Gary F, Simmerman Community Leadership Award winner Soroptimist International of Cumberland County and Francis Binks Sharp Lifetime Achievement Award winner Frank Hankins, Jr.  We also recognized Bruce and Debby Riley for their leadership of the 9-11 Commemoration in our area and gave a memorial tribute to the late Diane Rizzo Lodge. See our website for photos and a short video from the dinner -  www.baccnj.com.  

Welcome New Member - Gregory D. Poeppel owner of GK Que BarBeQue Catering!

Chamber Business News Next Issue - Shop Local for the Holidays & Winter

The next issue of Business News, the Chamber's quarterly newsletter, will be published in the News of Cumberland County on Dec. 8. The deadline for news and ads is November 21.  In particular, if you have a business that provides products and/or services that people need for the holidays or the winter months, let us know about it and consider an ad for as little as $60.50. Please contact the Chamber office by email to submit stories or to order ads  -  bacc@baccnj.com or contact Dotty Robinson at 575-0336.

Chamber Board, Officers and Members - Support the Joint Service Club Project on November 11

The Bridgeton Area Service Clubs, including the Chamber of Commerce, are promoting the Karaoke Night and Tribute to Harold Gould on Friday, November 11 at Centerton Country Club.  Proceeds will be given to Bridgeton Main Street Association and Bridgeton Police Athletic League, two organizations that are working to make Bridgeton better.  Harold Gould will be honored for his years as a Negro League baseball star during the period before African American players were allowed in Major League Baseball.  The Philadelphia Phillies organization is supporting this tribute and event and will have well-known past and current Phillies in attendance.  Tickets are $50 per person but if we put together one or more  tables of ten, we can get a table of 10 for $450, saving each person $5.  Call or email the Chamber office if you'd like to be a part of a Chamber table of ten or to buy your individual tickets. 455-12-1312 or bacc@baccnj.com.

Historic Preservation Awards Celebration Coming Up on November 9

If you value and appreciate the historic buildings in Bridgeton or just support efforts to make Bridgeton better, you are invited to the first annual Bridgeton Historic Preservation Awards.  See the attached flyer for more information.

Chamber Executive Directors at Tri-Chamber, Cumberland County Business Expo - Tony Stanzione, Dawn Hunter, Earl Sherrick

County and Three Chambers Team Up for Economic Development Breakfast and Business Expo

The Bridgeton Area, Greater Millville and Greater Vineland Chambers of Commerce partnered with the County of Cumberland and several sponsors to present a special business event at Cumberland County College on Oct. 20.  Hundreds of business people, government officials and the public attended. It was a great success thanks to the leadership of the Greater Vineland Chamber, Dawn Hunter and staff, Kim Wood and staff, Christy DiLeonardo and Kathy Farinaccio. They did an amazing job and did most of the work.  The event helped promote the Chambers and area businesses, provided a forum for the County and provided good useful information and an upbeat message for businesses in our communities.

  Bruce Riley of Cumberland Valve and Ultra Clean Technologies Joins the Chamber Board

Bruce Riley, pictured above as one of the businesses spotlighted at the Tri-Chamber - Cumberland County Business Expo, has accepted appointment to  the Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.  Bruce, Debby and employees were recognized at the Chamber annual awards dinner for their leadership of the area's official Sept. 11 Commemoration.  We welcome Bruce to the Board. He is filling the unexpired term of the late Diane Rizzo Lodge.