Chamber Chatter with Mary Malone, President Celebrating Our Members At Chamber Month Event & The Relaunch of Wage & Salary Survey

Who is celebrating 1,650 Years of membership from 42 different companies?

The Greater Hazleton Chamber is recognizing these companies of various industries and sizes at our 9th Annual Membership Anniversary event on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at Carmen’s Country Inn. We use this spirited and enjoyable event as the official kick off to our month long celebration of National Chamber Month where our members takes center stage! From schools to nonprofits, to legacy family businesses this mixer thanks them for their investment into the chamber and our community through annual membership dues and supporting the work and programs of the Chamber.

The mission of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce is to contribute to its members' business success by providing them valuable information, services and networking opportunities, and by taking active measures to help them improve the business climate and quality of life in Greater Hazleton. Our Board, staff and volunteers recommit to this statement especially in the events highlighted throughout the month of October. Mixers, Red Carpet breakfast and our special events including Anniversary Mixer and Awards luncheon look to afford networking opportunities and key information for all members. Each of these events is also open to non-members or as we like to think of them, soon to be members of the chamber.

We are relaunching the industrial Wage and Salary survey for the Greater Hazleton Area as part of our celebration this month. In partnership with CAN DO, this confidential survey will allow industrial businesses to complete survey and job specific worksheet on their organizations wages and benefits currently available. All companies who participate will receive total survey results for free. This is an invaluable tool for both current and future employers in our area. Please see the add with QR code on this page to register to participate in the survey.

At the end of the month we host the 23rd Annual Business Award luncheon. We have 7 award categories designed to celebrate the diversity of our membership and the opportunity to emphasis the great work of our members. The success stories of these companies and individuals is what keeps the economic engine of the Greater Hazleton Area turning and progressing throughout the year. Awards are sponsored by other members and a volunteer committee made up of chamber members reviews and then votes on the winners. Nominations can come from any other chamber member to one of more of the seven categories. The award categories include: Small Business of the Year for employers with 50 or less employees, Large Business of the Year, Pride of Place, Volunteer of the Year, Healthy Workplace, Charitable organization of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year which looks to young business owners from 18 to 40 who are working to make their businesses grow and prosper. These categories are great way to keep the pulse on the business happenings in our area. We also award Women’s Networking Scholarships at the event.This non-traditional scholarship supports women in members companies in further their career goals.

Don’t hesitate to reach out at mmalone@hazletonchamber.org and we will see what networking magic we can create. We hope you enjoy the changing of the color that mother nature shows us all in the fall. We look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events or next month’s chamber chatter!