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Volume 30 January 2013 w w w . G r e e c e C h a m b e r . o r g
The Chamber has moved. Please stop & visit! 2402 West Ridge Road Greece, NY 14626
Eggs & Issues
Chamber Holiday Party 4
Small Business of the Year …
Pg. 6
Eggs & Issues
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Business Matters
January 2013
By: Jodie A. Perry, IOM
President & CEO
Make the Chamber
part of your New
Year’s Resolutions!
Once again a new year is upon us. There is something wonderful about a new start, isn’t there? I just love starting a new journal, opening a new calendar or starting fresh in a new year. I’m not quite sure
why it makes such a difference in our spirits, but we may go to bed with the weight of the world on our shoulders in 2012 and wake up to a whole new year the next morning and feel hopeful and optimistic.
I try not to get too crazy with setting resolutions that will sometimes (inevitably get broken). I try to avoid absolutes (I’ll never do that again...etc.) but I do always sit down and think through what I’d like to accomplish in the next year. Last year, I actually succeeded in a few (running my 1st 5K, buying my 1st house) and this year I am planning to succeed on a few more!
I’d like to encourage you to think about the Chamber when you set your New Year’s resolutions for your business. No, we can’t help you lose weight (though you could run in Race on the Ridge) or stop smoking (though our insurance plans have smoking cessation assistance). What we can help you with can be very important when it comes to the health of your business.
Perhaps you are a brand new member or maybe you have been around a while. When was the last time you popped up at a First Friday networking? Have you ever attended a Tech Tuesday training session? When you are looking for a product or service...do you check to see who is a member FIRST?
These are just a few simple suggestions on what you might be able to implement with the dawn of a new year. Don’t overwhelm yourself...we have a lot to offer. No one expects you to show up at everything we offer. In fact, that’s a common objection from businesses when we ask them to join. They say, “I’m too busy to come to your meetings.” While I am happy for them that their business is successful, I get very frustrated when people see us ONLY for our meetings.
We do have some fantastic events and opportunities for you to take advantage of, but I am also convinced that you can glean real value from the Chamber without ever setting foot in our door. I hope you’ll take some time to check out something new with YOUR Chamber in the next few months. We have a Member Orientation coming up on Friday, January 25th. It’s NOT just for new members. Or join us for our 2013 Economic Forecast Luncheon on January 17th featuring local economist Kent Gardner.
Check it out, take a chance...you never know what you might reap in 2013!
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Board
Of
Directors
Chairman: Paul Chatfield
Vice Chair: Del Smith Treasurer: Brian Ward
Secretary: Chrissy Andrews
Immediate Past Chair: Al Meilutis
Member At-Large: Donald Felter Jr. Patricia Anthony
Laura Bennett Cheryl Ann Bilski Russell Herman
Scott Hoot Chris Lohrman
Kirk Morris Sharon Quataert
Wendy Rockcastle Todd Schirmer Michael West
Greece
Chamber
Charitable
Foundation
President: Kyle Van Putte
Vice President: Jodie Perry
Treasurer: Gilbert Cooper
Secretary: Raymond DiRaddo
Paul Chatfield
Joan Korsch
Bonnie Kuppinger
Anne Loria
Dan Richardson
William Selke
Eugene Welch
Al Meilutis
John Cirella
Committee
Chairs
Community Awards Banquet: Wendy Rockcastle Outdoors: Todd Schirmer &
Dave Pandina Ambassadors: Barbara
Giancursio Small Business of the Year:
Jim Cummings Race on the Ridge:
Anne Loria
Dewey Avenue Roundtable: Paul Chatfield
Youth Hall of Fame: Ralph DeStephano / Rhett
VanScoter
Taste of the Town: Laura Bennett
Chamber Staff President/CEO: Jodie A. Perry, IOM Director of Member Services & Events: Sue Edgett Director of Marketing & Communications: Terry Hogan Director of Finance & Member Benefits: Christine Sortino
Office Manager: Rae Shults Membership Development Manager: Paula Guck
Business Matters by Jodie A. Perry
Member Events
Meet Our Members
Renewing Members
Member Benefit
Leadership Greece Update
Upcoming Events
Recommended Reading
YEA! Update
Outdoors Committee Hike New Members
Outstanding Youth Awards
Health & Wellness Corner—The Flu & You
2013 Health Fair - “Health is a Family Affair”
8 D&C Seminar
Ad
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franchisee of AdviCoach, offers
coaching services for small to
medium size businesses. Knowing the challenges that today’s
business’s face, his 40+ years of innovative business experience
makes Bob the perfect choice in addressing problems and
finding solutions through business coaching, advising,
mentoring, training, and facilitating. He will help you to
recognize core issues that can be risks for your business, how to
overcome these obstacles and move your business in the
direction of success. He makes your business goals a reality.
The AdviCoach starts with a complimentary coaching
session. In this session, Bob Lewis will conduct a financial
analysis of your business comparing it to your competitors as
well as an analysis of how the AdviCoach 21 Rapid Impact
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Strategic planning, revenue and profit planning, tactical
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complete listing of services.
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a franchisee of The Entrepreneur Source and then expanded his
entrepreneurial development role into business coaching.
If you are interested in the services that AdviCoach has to
offer, email Bob Lewis at rlewis@advicoach.com or call him at
585-385-2087. Be sure to ask him about upcoming workshops
that can be advantageous for your business and tell him that you
saw his spotlight in SuccessLink Journal! - Terry Hogan, Director
of Marketing & Communications.
Renewing Members
Member Events: Weight Watchers:
Join them for One Amazing Day on Saturday, January 12, 2013 from Noon - 4pm. They will be celebrating their new
location with an Open House and Ribbon Cutting (at Noon). They are now located in the Ridgemont Plaza
(next to Wegmans) at 2833 West Ridge Road.
Fleming Point: Join them for their annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar on
Saturday and Sunday, January, 26 & 27th, 2013 from 10am-3pm. Proceeds to benefit victims of the Sandy Hook
Elementary School tragedy. Fleming Point is located at 720 Latta Road.
Greece Rotary Club: It’s Ziti time! Join the Greece Rotary Club for their 36th Annual Italian Festa Dinner on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 from 11:30am until 4:30pm at The Diplomat Party House. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children (5 & under). All proceeds go to help local and international charities. Visit www.GreeceRotary.org for more info.
Check Out YOUR New
Member Benefit:
American Business Checks We are excited to announce a new benefit offered at a
substantial discount exclusively to Members! American
Business Checks is offering an additional 10% off your first
order with them on their already discounted business
checks, deposit tickets and more!
Check out their insert in this month’s newsletter for
more information or call local Sales Distributor, Ken
Pamatat at 585-727-2330!
Don’t forget our other savings programs for 2013:
Credit Card Processing
Payroll Processing
Bulk Email Discount
Office Supplies Discount
ecStayWell Health Care Supplement
Contact Chris Sortino at 227-7272 for more info!
* As of December 20, 2012
Allwright's School of Driving
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts of America
Cornerstone Partnerships
Filter 81 Comics
Frear's Garden Center, Inc.
Hulsizer Management
Karpus Investment Management
Latta Road Nursing Home
Mutual of Omaha
Puppy-Basics
Re/Max Plus Allstar Team
Sandra Swanson, LMT
See The Thin Within
Sundowners Inn
Trans Web Marketing, Inc.
Belong. Engage. Succeed.
ENGAGE: Membership 101 Breakfast
New Member? Long time Member looking to learn what
is new? Join us for breakfast to learn more about YOUR
Chamber & network with other members. It’s FREE!
Friday, January 25, 2013 , 8:00am @ Ridgemont CC!
--->See the insert in this month’s newsletter for more info.
We hope to see YOU there! Page 3
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RECOMMENDED READING...
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
M alcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, uncovers
how ideas, trends and social behavior can affect
everything from business to crime and far beyond. In his book, Malcolm
brings to life three personality types and how they affect major trends.
Connectors, social personalities that bring people together, Mavens, those
that pass along knowledge and information and Salespeople, who have a
way of spiking interest that wasn‘t previously there. The author’s theory
is that ideas, products, messages, and behaviors have the potential to
spread like viruses through the phenomenon of “word of mouth.” The book is powerful in
exploring social power and its affect on what makes things popular, good and bad. Many examples
are used throughout the book including the popularity of Hush Puppies, a complete study on the
research methods used to make Sesame Street and Blues Clues so popular, what makes certain types
of advertising successful and unsuccessful and much more. The Tipping Point from start to finish is
both informative and fascinating. -Terry Hogan, Director of Marketing & Communications
YEA! Update: The YEA! class of 2013 is hard at
work on their business ideas for
the year! We have 11 students
creating 9 businesses this year.
Our students come from Greece
Athena, Greece Arcadia, Greece Odyssey and
Spencerport High Schools. Thanks to Diane
Hennekey (Edward Jones) and Rosa Smith-
Montanaro (Rochester Works!) for being our
teachers this year. Thanks also John
Kujowinski & Kas Paramasivam, franchisee’s
for Tim Horton’s at Latta & Long Pond for
visiting the class to talk about franchises and
bringing some delicious
goodies!
Join the Greece Outdoors Committee
Interpretive
Guided Hike Saturday, February 9, 2013
10:00am – Snow or Shine
Badgerow Park South Entrance 1120 Latta Road, Greece, NY
FREE - but RSVP requested as space is limited. Snowshoes will be
available, if needed, or bring your own
Join Naturalist Nellie Gardner, owner of Flower Fields and
Horticulturalist for the FLW Darwin Martin House, for a 1½ hour
hike through the trails of this unique Park in the Town of Greece.
You will see the many successional growth stages and identify the
associated trees and plants as this land went from a farm to a
park. Sections of stone fend weave their way through the woods
and massive of hedgerow trees delineate where fields once were.
Learn ecology, history and winter tree ID as you enjoy this
beautiful park in your back yard!
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ACCOUNTANTS & CPA’S Ferron & Norris Financial James Norris, President 986 Long Pond Road Rochester, NY 14626 (585) 723-8430 Fax: (585) 723-3634
BUSINESS CONSULTANTS & COACHES DBNet, LLCs David Bott, Owner 6 Quail Run Hilton, NY 14468 (585) 309-4881
BUSINESS CONSULTANTS & COACHES Woodchips Consulting Kathy D’Errico, Owner PO Box 408 Alton, NY 14413 (315) 587-2790
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Rochester Ataxia Foundation Suzanne Coglitore PO Box 16560 Rochester, NY 14616 (585) 750-1743 Fax: (585) 720-6024 www.rochesterataxiafoundation.org
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS The Autism Council of Rochester, Inc. Lawana Jones, Executive Director % Pieter’s Family Life Center 1025 Commons Way Rochester, NY 14623 (585) 413-1681 www.theautismcouncil.org
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20 Valentino Gatto, President PO Box 12580 Rochester, NY 14612 (585) 227-2741
COMPUTERS – IT/SALES/SERVICE/
SOFTWARE CJ Square, LLC Corinne Goeke, Owner 264 Chamber Street Spencerport, NY 14559 (585) 781-0260
EDUCATION – PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS The Harley School Ivone Foisy, Director of Admission 1981 Clover Street Rochester, NY 14618 (585) 442-1770 Fax: (585) 442-5758 www.harleyschool.org
HEALTH & WELLNESS Weight Watchers Rhonda Mohr, Territory Manager 2833 West Ridge Road Greece, NY 14626 (716) 874-2749 Fax: (716) 874-2749
HEATING & AIR Whited Heating & Cooling Clark Whited, Owner 42 Clark Street Brockport, NY 14420 (585) 637-2271
PHOTOGRAPHY Sheridan Vincent Photography Sheridan Vincent, Owner 142 Red Cedar Drive Rochester, NY 14616 (585) 472-2005
RESTAURANTS/DELICATESSENS Ciaccia Importer of Fine Food Ines Gabbard, President 3759 Dewey Avenue Rochester, NY 14616 (585) 865-1583
* As of December 20, 2012
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Chamber Partnership
Honors Outstanding Youth
The Greece Chamber recently
partnered with the Greece Rotary
Club and the Town of Greece to
recognize and honor 10
outstanding young people living
in our community. The 1st ever
“Greece Rotary Recognizing
Outstanding Youth” awards were
held at Ridgemont Country Club
on Wednesday, December 20th,
2012 with community members
and family and friends attending.
Students were honored for
outstanding displays of character,
valor or acts of service. The
honorees included: Patrick Barry,
Kyle Besser, Nathan Christensen,
Jordan Coolidge, Julia Kostin,
Joseph Miller, Bianca Sansone,
Elijah VanOrman, Timmy
Webster and Vanessa Whitt. Keep
up the good work!
The last few months have been busy and productive
ones for this year’s Leadership Greece participants. In
addition to the monthly leadership development learning and
classroom participation, they had the opportunity to tour
both the Unity Hospital campus and Flower City Printing as
well as to hear from local business owners about the
challenges they face every day and how those challenges
have helped to make them successful.
The class members are also working as a team on several
class projects, to be completed by the end of the class year in
June, which will enhance one aspect of our community.
Upcoming Events January
1/10, Thursday – Dewey Avenue Business Roundtable Meeting ~ 7:30am to 8:30am ~ Aldersgate United Methodist
Church, 4115 Dewey Avenue
1/10, Thursday – Health & Wellness Fair Planning Committee ~ 1:00pm to 2:00pm
1/11, Friday – Leadership Greece Class Day
1/15, Tuesday – Board of Directors Meeting ~ 7:30am to 9:00am
1/16, Wednesday – Community Awards Committee Meeting ~ 3:30pm to 4:30pm
1/17, Thursday – Networking Luncheon ~ 11:45am to 1:15pm ~ Ridgemont Country Club, 3717 West Ridge Road ~
Guest Speaker: Kent Gardner, Ph.D., Chief Economist / Chief Research Officer, Center for Governmental Research ~
“Economic Outlook for 2013” ~ Sponsored by Frank’s Basement Systems
1/22, Tuesday – Small Business Success Series – Tech Tuesday, “Become LinkedIn Savvy,” presented by Valarie Alhart,
Press Officer at the U of R ~ 7:30am to 9:00am ~ Greece Chamber Conference Room at our NEW location, 2402 West
Ridge Road ~ Sponsored by Bryant & Stratton College
1/24, Thursday – Ambassadors meeting ~ 8:00am to 9:00am ~ Greece Chamber Conference Room
1/25, Friday – ENGAGE: Membership 101 Breakfast ~ 8:00am to 9:00am ~ Ridgemont Country Club ~ FREE ~ RSVP
your attendance, all Members are welcome
1/29, Tuesday – Taste of the Town Planning Committee Meeting ~ 2:00pm to 3:00pm
February
2/1, Friday - First Friday Networking ~ 7:30am to 8:30am ~ Hosted by Walgreens – Long Pond, 665 Long Pond Road
(north of Latta Road)
2/2, Saturday - 1st Annual Health Fair ~ 10am to 2pm ~ Greece Community & Senior Center ~ Free
2/4, Tuesday – Outdoors Committee meeting ~ 8:00am to 9:00am ~ Northwest Savings Bank, 860 Long Pond Road
2/6, Wednesday – Community Awards Committee Meeting ~ 3:30pm to 5:00pm
2/8, Friday – Leadership Greece Class Day
2/11, Monday - South Africa Trip Informational Session ~ 6:00pm ~ Greece Chamber Offices
2/14, Thursday – Health & Wellness Fair Planning Committee ~ 1:00pm to 2:00pm
2/19, Tuesday – Board of Directors Meeting ~ 7:30am to 9:00am
2/19, Tuesday – Taste of the Town Planning Committee Meeting ~ 2:00pm to 3:00pm
2/20, Wednesday – Community Awards Committee Meeting ~ 3:30pm to 5:00pm
2/21, Thursday – Eggs & Issues Networking Breakfast ~ 7:30am to 8:30am ~ Brook House Restaurant, 920 Elm Ridge
Center Drive ~ Guest Speaker: NYS Assemblyman Bill Reilich
2/27, Wednesday - Ireland Trip Informational Session ~ 6:00pm ~ Greece Chamber Offices Page 6
Leadership Greece participants on their Town Tour in October
2012. Pictured is Roger Delthony sharing about the
development of the Canal in Greece
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The Flu & You!
Flu is a serious contagious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes death. In 2009–2010, a
new and very different flu virus called “2009 H1N1” spread worldwide causing the first flu pandemic in
more than 40 years. Flu is unpredictable, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects
the 2009 H1N1 virus to spread this season along with other seasonal flu viruses.
How does flu spread?
Most experts think that flu viruses are spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze
or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into
the lungs. A person might also get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then
touching their own eyes, mouth or nose.
How long can a sick person spread flu to others?
People infected with flu shed virus and may be able to infect others from 1 day before getting sick to about 5-7 days after getting sick.
This can be longer in some people, especially children and people with weakened immune systems. This means that you may be able
to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.
How severe is illness associated with flu?
Each flu season, different flu viruses spread and affect people differently based on their body’s ability to fight infection. Even healthy
children and adults can get very sick from the flu and spread it to friends, co-workers, and family. In the United States, thousands of
healthy adults and children have to visit the doctor or are hospitalized from flu complications each year.
While flu can make anyone sick, certain people are at greater risk for severe illness resulting in hospitalization or death. This includes
older adults, young children, people with certain long term health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and heart disease and women
who are pregnant. (See “What should I do if I get sick?” for the full list of high risk persons.)
Health &
Wellness Corner
1st Annual Health Fair
Saturday, February 2, 2013
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Town of Greece Community &
Senior Center
(3 Vince Tofany Blvd.)
Presented By:
Hosted By:
20+ VENDORS!
PRIZES!
DEMONSTRATIONS!
DRAWINGS!
Vendors & Sponsors: MVP Health Care, Advanced Hearing Centers, Bryant & Stratton, Crimson Ridge Meadows
Vendors: Brighton Securities, Calise Footcare, Center for Reiki Wellness & Hypnosis, Comfort Keepers, doTerra International, Dr. Roopa Korni, Everdry Waterproofing, Home Instead Senior Care, LegalShield, Northwest Family YMCA, Petra Place Counseling Services, RAC, Rochester Optical, The Villages at Unity, United Healthcare, Walgreens - Long Pond, Weight Watchers, Xtreme Fitness, Zija (as of 1/3/13)
Enter to win a 1 Year
Membership to the RAC!
($575 Value)
Gold Sponsor
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