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Serving with Passion

ENTREPRENEURS PROVIDE VALID TIPS FOR SUCCESS

The CORONA Chamber in partnership with the City of Corona hosts various Entrepreneurs to share their stories with a live audience. During the pandemic, we continued our efforts with technology and now, we have amazing speakers on our Chamber YouTube Channel. We invite you to attend the first Thursday of each EVEN month (October 6; December 1) for that IN-PERSON great feel. The CORONA Chamber is located at 904 E. 6th Street, Corona, CA 92879. We begin at 8:00 AM and typically the session goes for 75 – 90 minutes.

“There is a common thread,” states Palbinder Badesha, CORONA Chamber Board Chair for 2022, “Each Entrepreneur has a passion which leads them to do great things. I enjoy coming to hear each one as they share their experiences, the pitfalls, and how they managed to keep going. Entrepreneurship is a special talent!”

Our August speaker was Dr. Mareena Miller. She is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner with advanced training and experience in Cosmetic Procedures, Pain Management and Regenerative Medicine.

She shared her story during the presentation which is quite amazing. (It can be viewed on our Chamber YouTube channel). Born in Kerala, India, Mareena has a love and respect for natural beauty. She immigrated to California at the age of eleven, where her intelligence and competitive spirit allowed her to thrive academically. Inspired by the tragedy of 9/11 (2001), at age 17 she joined the U.S. Army and served for nine years including a tour in Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dr. Miller earned multiple awards and medals during her service. Afterward, she continued to work hard in her academics and earned her Doctorate. Mareena took her passion for helping others and her years of experience and founded M Health and Beauty.

“I was unable to attend in person and watched the presentation from my office. Dr. Miller provided such amazing tips, it was like a full series of success points. I will be rewatching this segment several times over and over, as her business tips were excellent for anyone starting, expanding, or maintaining a business,” shares Chad Miller with Agiliti.

M Health and Beauty (located at 818 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 202, Corona, CA 92879) is a renowned Medical Spa and Regenerative Health Center which focuses on enhancing beauty from the inside out, utilizing state-of-the-art practices to subtlety enhance your natural beauty. The experts at M Health and Beauty use their training in various backgrounds of medicine to provide safe non-surgical procedures that are effective and budget friendly. Products include Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, Sexual Dysfunction Treatment, IV infusion Therapy, Botox, Dysport; Dermal Fillers; Micro needling; Laser Hair Removal, Hair Restoration, and PDO Thread Lift.

Life was not always comfortable for Dr. Miller, she shares some amazing tips on what to consider, and hurdles to overcome during her talk. Her presentation was amazing, and we are grateful for having this patriotic businessperson in our community.

On October 6, our featured Entrepreneurs will be the Scotts, Lonnie, and Mary. They are local beekeepers who stumbled across entrepreneurial opportunities when they purchased acreage in South Corona. Their company, Bobcat Farms, is well known throughout Southern California, and their honey has been in award-winning categories over the prior years.

Their ranch was homesteaded in 1885 and they are the second owner since 2003. This is a family operation, Lonnie and Mary are partners with Lonnie’s sisters. They grow avocados, grapefruit, lemons, and oranges in the foothills of South Corona. 909-241-4618

We invite you to join us on October 6 – and as always, these are recorded for later viewing, however, in-person attendance enables you to get the information immediately, ask questions and build business relationships!

Dr. Mareena Miller

Remembering 9/11 cont’d from page 1

states, “This local event will hopefully educate our community on an important part of our history, it was 21 years ago that our nation was attacked on our soil, our land and innocent people were victimized.” He further explains, “this is not about those terrorists or the nation they hailed from, as we realize their homeland for the most part is not evil, but evil does exist in every nation.”

Part of this year’s program is a partnership with ABC Hopes, a local non-profit that works with people with intellectual disabilities. Their partnership has played a huge role in preparation for our event. We can use more help though. We encourage you to visit: bit.ly/CoronaRemembers911 for a current update on our event plans.

Slated to launch our public display, will be Thursday, September 8, at 7:00PM we will gather at the Corona’s Historic Civic Center (815 W. 6th Street, Corona, CA 92882). Corona Mayor Wes Speake will provide a brief opening followed by the Chamber’s Board Chair, Palbinder Badesha to thank the many volunteers… and then we begin placing our 2,977 American Flags. There is a task for everyone who can make it. Once the flags are placed, we will have volunteers ‘stand watch’ from September 8 through September 13. “Last year, we saw many families come visit the display of flags, and comments received by many encouraged our enhancements for this years’ program,” Spiegel cited. “Every night, we will have ‘docents’ (volunteers) who will be there honoring those who died, and we encourage people to come visit throughout the 6 days we will have the flags on display.” Each flag will have one victim’s name, age, national origin, and location of where they perished. Early (approximately 5AM) on Sunday morning, September 11, we will begin reading names of each of the 2,977 people. “Attending a recent memorial for Gold Star Families, it was shared how important it is to the families that the names are said, it also puts into perspective, these flags donning the names of innocent victims, this is more than just a flag with a name – it represents a person.” We will pause reading the names at 8AM as we begin our formal 45-minute ceremony, then conclude with reading the rest of the names. During the various readings and official program, we will pause for 21 seconds at the exact times a plane crashed on that fateful day that forever changed our lives.

Everyone is invited to attend, and we are seeking volunteers in many areas. Please visit our website bit.ly/CoronaRemembers911.

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