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21 - After-Hours Mixer at Nikoli’s Pizza & Catering, 3904 Gettysburg Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011. 5:00-7:00 PM. Free event.

23 - Business Leaders’ Coffee Hour - Discussion Group sponsored by Downtown Mechanicsburg Part-nership. The event will be held at 2 W. Main St., Me-chanicsburg, PA 17055 (Citizens Bank). 7:45 - 9:00 AM. FREE event.

28 - AM Strategies...for Business Success at The Bridges at Bent Creek, 2100 Bent Creek Blvd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. Sarah Barr, Business Development Manager at Konhaus Marketing, will present a seminar on “How To Up Your Marketing Game With Tradeshows and Events.” 8:30 - 10:30 AM. FREE for members; $10 for non-members.

In This Issue:

Welcome New Chamber Members..................2

Member Spotlight: Olivia Chung - CSL Plasma....................................................4 GFWC seeking nominees for Woman of The Year...............................................................5

Member News, Events & more!

Thank You For Renewing Your Membership!

Aflac - Jeff Stauffer Associated Products Services

Aumiller’s Auto PartsBeth Williamson - Coldwell Banker Realtor

Buchanan & ErbClay’s Service Center

Crone’s Tae Kwon Do SchoolDavid M. Green Bookkeeping & Tax Service

Freysinger Buick GMC Mazda HyundaiFuntastik

Mechanicsburg Crafters RetreatMembers 1st Federal Credit Union

Messiah LifewaysSafe Harbour

Synergy HomeCare of Mid PennWeskem Technologies

CHATTER

For a full calendar of chamber and member events, visit www.mechanicsburgchamber.org/events

6 West Strawberry Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 (717) 796-0811 www.mechanicsburgchamber.org

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Ag Choice Farm Credit, 300 Winding Creek Boulevard, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050; Carrie Bomgardner; 717-620-2629; www.agchoice.com; Financial Services

Alzheimer’s Association, 2595 Interstate Drive, Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Ashleigh Forsburg; 717-651-5020; www.alz.org/pa; Non-Profit Organization

Clean Treat Cleaning, 105 Fieldstone Drive, Carlisle, PA 17015; Nicole Reed; 717-448-6824; Janitorial

Doceo Office Solutions, 20 North Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013; Brian Shaffer; 717-634-6230; www.mydoceo.com; Office Equipment

The UPS Store, 275 Cumberland Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055; Tara Knorr; 717-795-8818; www.the-upsstorelocal.com/3763; Mailing / Shipping Supplies & Services / Printing/Publishing

Value City Furniture, 6520 Carlisle Pike, Suite 400, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050; Andrew Smith; 717-756-6813; www.vcf.com; Furniture / Retail

Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania, 1130 S 19th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104; Danette Blank / Paul Zavinsky; 717-238-2531; www.vrocp.org; Non-Profit Organization

M e c h a n i c s b u r g C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e p r e s e n t s :

Enjoy networking with fellow business professionals, refreshments, and a chance to win a door prize!

Hosted by:

Tuesday, February 215:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Nikoli’s Pizza & Catering, LLC3904 Gettysburg Rd.Camp Hill, PA 17011

After-Hours Mixer

RSVPing is easy, simply email info@mechanicsburgchamber.org, RSVP online, or call 717-796-0811

FREE EVENT!

Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce presents:

Business Leaders Coffee HourDiscussion Group

Thursday, February 237:45 - 9:00 a.m.

Event Location:

Citizens Bank2 W. Main St.

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Perfect for:business owners -decision-makers-management staff

Bring your questions and business topics and hear what others have to say!

This event is free to Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce members.RSVPing is easy. Simply email info@mechanicsburgchamber.org, RSVP online, or call 717-796-0811

Sponsored by:

Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce presents:

Hosted by:

Tuesday, February 28 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

The Bridges at Bent Creek, 2100 Bent Creek Blvd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050

AM Strategies...for Business Success

This event is FREE for members and only $10 non-membersRSVPing is easy - simply email info@mechanicsburgchamber.org, RSVP online, or call 717-796-0811.

Sarah Barr, Business Development Manager, Konhaus Marketing

Sponsored by:

“How to Up Your Marketing Game with Trade Shows & Events”

Office of Thomas Kimmett

This event also includes time to network with fellow business professionals.

Presented by:

This presentation will provide information on how to get your business noticed and your marketing message to reach hundreds of people in a short amount of time at trade shows

and other events. Attendees will walk away with marketing ideas they can implement before, during, and after their next trade show or event.

Sarah Barr, Business Development Manager & EDDM Specialist for Konhaus Marketing has been helping brands both big and small for the past 9 years build and grow profit-able businesses through meaningful marketing communications. She has a strong pas-sion for marketing and has a clear vision to think outside the box to come up with fresh & creative ways to help her clients stand out amongst their competition. She’s a highly motivated millennial who has a proven track record with helping her clients succeed with their marketing efforts. Sarah thrives on building relationships and is a brand enthusi-ast, marketing guru, and creator of some pretty killer marketing ideas that leaves her clients being the talk of events.

She loves working with her clients whether it be a one-time project or the opportunity to become BFFs and create a truly one-of-a-kind relationship/partnership to last for years.

About Our Speaker, Sarah Barr:

CSL PLASMAQ&As with Olivia Chung, Assistant Center Manager

What is your business? What services do you offer? I am the assistant center manager at CSL Plasma Inc., one of the world’s largest collection agencies of human plasma. As a leader in our field, we are committed to implementing excellence and innovation in every aspect of our business. We are dedicated to providing the necessary tools to create life-saving cures so that people can lead normal, healthy and productive lives.

What makes your company unique or different from your competition? CSL Plasma is committed to utilizing the most innovative technology to ensure the process not only is expedited for our employees, but also is convenient and beneficial to our donors. We offer sincere and thorough one-on-one care for each donor and pride ourselves in our positive feedback, ability to constructively take criticism and make consistent steps for improvement.

How are you moving your company forward? What are you doing to improve your business? Our company utilizes our 5 Quality Standards to ensure our company is moving forward and constantly improving: Our ValuesInnovation - We seek better ways of doing thingsCustomer Focus - We are passionate about meeting the needs of our customers Integrity - We are ethical and honest at all timesCollaboration - We work together to achieve better resultsSuperior Performance - We strive to be the best at what we do

What makes you most proud of your company? My company inspires me by their diligence in helping others. Plasma is a life-giving substance that can do a wealth of good in the world from saving the lives of infants to helping patients with blood clotting disorders. I feel incredibly fortunate to be a part of a community of dedicated workers who come to work every day and love what they do.

What marketing tactics have most helped your business succeed? We have implemented a variety of marketing techniques, primarily providing quality customer service that allows the benefits of our business to travel by word of mouth. In addition, cross-business promotion where our donors receive discounts on certain services in exchange for promotion and advertising. This allows a win-win situation by encouraging our donors to buy local with the money they earn from donation and to put that money back into our community.

What is the best part of your job? It always touches me when I hear an employee say how much they enjoy working at CSL Plasma. Many of our employees have come from other companies or centers and are eagerly willing to take a longer commute in order to work here rather than anywhere else. That dedication inspires me to be a better manager and to help our employees give our donors the utmost quality care our company can provide.

What is the best thing about running a business in or near Mechanicsburg? Mechanicsburg is a community of caring people who thrive on the local business market. Everywhere we go in the surrounding area whether it’s to pick up lunch or organize an office party welcomes us with open arms. We are extremely proud to be a member of the Mechanicsburg community.

Why did you become a member of the Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce? We wish to connect with other local businesses in the Mechanicsburg area. Our company is interested in establishing cross promotional relationships with business owners of the Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill, and Harrisburg area.

SPOTLIGHT Member

CSL Plasma4880 Carlisle PikeMechanicsburg, PA 17050(717) 620-5155www.cslplasma.com

GFWC seeking nominees for Woman of The YearThe General Federation of Women’s Clubs Pennsylvania (GFWC PA), a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), the largest women’s service organization in the world, is looking for a very special woman.

This woman must be one who distinguishes herself by serving the community, state and/or the world by her outreach activi-ties. She must be someone who goes above and beyond the requirements of her job description and her family obligations.In order to qualify, the applicant must be a resident of Pennsylvania, at least twenty-one (21) years of age, and someone who is not running for, nor holds public office. She may not be a member of GFWC.

Additional information and the entry form, with instructions, can be obtained by going to www.GFWCpennsylvania.org and clicking on “Form and Downloads”. Entries must be postmarked by March 25, 2017. The winner will be recognized at the GFWC Pennsylvania Convention in April 2017.

For additional information, see the contact information on the entry form.

GFWC Mechanicsburg helps pack boxes of toys for children with cancer

In conjunction with the State President’s Project to “Enrich, Educate and Empower...Every Child Every Day”, General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Mechanicsburg is working with Children’s Cancer Recovery Founda-tion. Recently club members went to the foundation’s headquarters to pack boxes for their Bear-Able Gift Program. Toys, books, stuffed animals and more were sent to 16 hospitals in 12 states benefiting 1,280 children.

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Short-term Highway Bill Passes with Tax Compliance Provisions; Big Change-up for Partnership

and C Corp Due DatesAlthough its highway funding provisions are only temporary, the Surface Transportation and Vet-erans Health Care Choice Improvement Act that was signed into law on July 31, 2015 contains several permanent tax law provisions.

Notably, starting with 2016 tax returns filed in 2017, the due dates for partnership returns and C corporation returns will switch places. For calen-dar year businesses, the due date for Form 1065 will be March 15 and the due date for Form 1120 will be April 15. Other provisions in the bill include changes to the mortgage interest statement Form 1098, basis reporting, HSA provisions for veter-ans, and the ACA employer mandate with respect to veterans’ health coverage.

Your local H&R Block Tax Professionals receive over 18 hours of continuing education each year to keep them up to date on tax changes like this. Call your local Mechanicsburg office at (717) 766-0901 for more information and to make an ap-pointment.

Saturday, February 18, 10am Beginner Pilates Workshopwww.facebook.com/events/1198685136918906/

Thursday, February 23, 6-7pm Beginner Barre workshop

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Sunday, Feb. 26th at 6-8pmBeginner Yoga Workshop

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2151 Fisher Rd, Ste 103Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

(717) 697-4425www.h2lstudio.com

Spirited Hearts cardiac support group to discuss marital relations,

cardiac eventsHoly Spirit−A Geisinger Affiliate will host its Spirited Hearts cardiac support group on Weds., Feb. 22. The Valentine’s Day-themed meeting will focus on the rela-tionship between marital relations and cardiac events. The session will be held in the Holy Spirit Hospital Au-ditorium, 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill.A free dinner and dessert will be served to all regis-tered participants beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by the discussion led by Dan Marrow, L.M.F.T., Holy Spirit Behavioral Health Services. Professional counselors will be available to speak with attendees from 7 to 7:30 p.m. To register, please send an email to HSGASpiritedHrts-Web@geisinger.edu or call 717-972-7690. The Spirited Hearts support group meets three times per year. Addi-tional meetings are scheduled for May 24 and Oct. 25. Each session includes free dinner and dessert.

Discounted Registration of $27.99 up to 3/5/17

5th Annual Shamrock Showdown 5K Run/Walk

Presented by Nikoli’s Pizza Central PA’s only Pizza Run!

Saturday March 18, 2017 Rossmoyne Business Center in Mechanicsburg

AWARDS INFO:

Overall Male and Female winners

First and second place awarded in each age group

14 & Under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and up

Amenities to include Free T-shirt, Chip-timing by PA Runners, Pizza/Subs for all, Nice Flat Course, Indoor restrooms/registration,

Benefits Diakon Youth Organization, Katie Herb Foundation,

& Speranza Animal Rescue

For more info & Registration go to www.nikolispizza.com/events

MECHANICSBURG MUSEUM

February 25, 2017 - May 6, 2017: “Wide World Of Glass” Exhibit.Art glass to utilitarian glass, with many varieties in between, glass is everywhere in our lives. Come have a look at it from our unique viewpoint!

March 15 at Noon: “Two Centuries of Riding the Rails” by Patrick C. Morrison, Railroad Museum Educator. A nostalgic look back at passenger travel in Pennsylvania from the perspective of the build-ing of the first railroad across the state and the beginnings of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

March 26 at 2pm: “Slavery and the Underground Railroad in South Central PA” by Cooper Wingert, Author and Historian. The untold story of South Central PA’s slaveholding past.

Mechanicsburg Museum Association 2 W. Strawberry Avenue

Mechanicsburg 717-697-6088

Hours: Wed. - Sat. Noon - 3p.m. For more details on events,

visit www.mechanicsburgmuseum.org

Mechanicsburg Lions Club Presents

120 Years Ago Today… A Historical Presentation…

Carlisle Indian Industrial School

Did you ever hear of Jim Thorpe? Did you ever

know that Native Americans were sent to

the U.S. Army War College to be

“assimilated” into American society? Did

you realize that all of this happened only about 10

miles from here?

Free Dinner & Dessert! Where: Mechanicsburg Club Social Room - 333 Heinz St. Mechanicsburg, PA

When: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6:00-6:15 Arrival Time 6:30 Dinner

RSVP to mechanicburglionsclub@gmail.com by March 15th

Guest Speaker: Barbara Landis, Archives & Library CIIS Specialist from the Cumberland County Historical Society

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JAZZ ME BAND

Publ i c Per fo rmances :

February

18 – Safe Harbour Fund Raising Event, Carlisle Coun-try Club 6-10

23 -1794 Whiskey Rebellion Restaurant, Comfort Inn Suites Carlisle (Kirk Wise solo) 7-10. 1st Anni-

versary Event. Reservations suggested Call 717-960 1000.

25 – B Street-104 Restaurant & Pub, Greencastle…Kirk with Maura 7-10

26 – Spring Gate Vineyard, Devonshire Road, Har-risburg (3:30 – 5:30) (Kirk solo)

March4 – Spring Gate Vineyard, Devonshire Road, Harris-

burg , 7-9 (Kirk solo)

5 – The Vineyard at Hershey, Middletown 2-5 Kirk solo Acoustic Show

9 – The Rocks Lounge at C&D Restaurant, New Ox-ford…Kirk solo 6-9

10 -1794 Whiskey Rebellion Restaurant, Comfort Inn Suites Carlisle (Kirk Wise solo) 7-10. Reserva-

tions suggested Call 717-960 1000.

For complete up-to-date schedule, information,

and photos go towww.jazzmeband.com

Bookings: call Kirk at 717-979-0341 or E-mail wisemotors@aol.com

The Jazz Me Band is sponsored annually by:FARNHAM INSURANCE AGENCY,

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