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Vol. 58 No. 8
december 2012
Make Your Holidays “Hassle Free” Visitors Bureau Launches iPhone App
Giving Local: Local Nonprofits Support the
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CONTENTS From Your President
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From Your CEO
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Events
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Leadership Stockton
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Convention & Visitors Bureau 11 New Members
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Programs and Public Policy Department
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Cover Story
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Ribbon Cuttings
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News Briefs
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Calendar
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Make Your Holidays “Hassle Free”
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PORT CALL Official publication of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Serving the Greater Stockton area business community since 1901. CHAMBER OFFICERS PRESIDENT Gary J. Long, Gary J. Long Jewelers
From Your President... by: Gary J. Long
It is with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm that I wish you and your
SR. VICE PRESIDENT Steven Crabtree, Herum Crabtree
families a very wonderful Christmas
FINANCIAL VICE PRESIDENT Blain Bibb, ServiceMaster Building Maintenance
and holiday season.
VICE PRESIDENT Judith Buethe, Judith Buethe Communications VICE PRESIDENT Dan Durst, Durst Contract Interiors IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Debbie Armstrong, Old Republic Title Co.
As we welcome this very joyous time of year, we should take a minute to thank the many organizations, their support teams and volunteers, that help the less fortunate citizens living in
CHAMBER DIRECTORS Michael Cera, SMG/Stockton Arena/Bob Hope Theatre Donna DeMartino, San Joaquin Regional Transit District Patricia V. DeSoto, Patricia V. DeSoto, CPA Pat Filippone, Stockton Ports Baseball Club Lewis Gale, Eberhardt School of Business Clint Harless, Stockton Auto Glass/Quick’s Glass Service Mikey Kamienski, Charterhouse Center for Families Dan Keyser, Grupe Commercial Company Darryle Oakman, San Joaquin County Rental Property Association Bakul Patel, Dorfman Pacific Justin Redman, Central Valley Community Bank Tina Williams, Pacific Gas & Electric Company Diane Vigil, Dameron Hospital Foundation Bob Young, Stockton Golf & Country Club
truly blessed to have several of these organizations, such as the Women’s Center
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Douglass W. Wilhoit, Jr.
that helps women and children escaping a violent environment; the Homeless
209.547.2766
PROGRAM & PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR/ BEA Frank Ferral 209.547.2763
our community. The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce would like to recognize and thank all for being an important part of our community. Stockton and San Joaquin County are
Shelter that houses those without homes; St. Mary’s Dining Hall that helps others by feeding the hungry; and the Emergency Food Bank that not only helps feed
SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR Heidi Altamirano
209.547.2764
families, but also teaches them to grow nourishment at home, just to name a few.
STAFF ACCOUNTANT Lia Her
209.547.2768
I know there are individuals that will say, “The City of Stockton’s glass is half
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Brittney Doty
209.337.2723
SPECIAL EVENTS/ LEADERSHIP STOCKTON COORD. Timm Quinn 209.547.2960 SCAP COORDINATOR/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Mikki Gilbert 209.337.2730 SCAP-SE COORDINATOR Michael Morales
209.337.2716
BEA/ SCAP ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Dylan Bacon 209.547.2770 RECEPTIONIST/ CUSTOMER SERVICE Mai Vang 209.547.2770 PUBLISHER Stockton Chamber of Commerce 209.547.2770
empty with a hole in bottom,” but the Chamber and I know better! I am often asked, as a small business owner and Chamber President, how this unprecedented economic environment and unique business cycle has affected our community’s day-to-day business activities. Businesses have not stopped servicing our community or shut down because of the city’s bankruptcy! People are utilizing LOCAL businesses of all types from goods to food, the housing market is starting to turn around local restaurants, the Port of Stockton is growing at a record pace, the Prison Hospital will soon be hiring a huge workforce to compliment the construction jobs, the highway
GRAPHIC DESIGN Never Boring Design Associates 209.526.9136
construction continues to bring jobs, and economic forecasts look to a
ADVERTISING Victor Randolph
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brighter future once the issues are behind us.
PRINTING Snyder Parks
209.466.9026
MAILING Snyder Parks
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Greater
GREATER STOCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 445 W. Weber Avenue, Suite 220, Stockton, CA 95203 209.547.2770 fax 209.466.5271 schamber@stocktonchamber.org
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From Your CEO... by: Doug Wilhoit
I am honored to join your Chamber
their ability, along with their families, dealing with issues of all
President Gary J. Long, your Chamber
types, even if they did not cause or have control of the day to
Board of Directors and your hard
day problems confronting them 24-7, 365 days a year! And, to
working Chamber staff in saying that
those who are just starting to learn that the campaign is the easy
it is our hope that you and yours had
part, but now they have to put their (our) money where their
a wonderful Thanksgiving, and here
mouth was. I am glad my time came and went. Yes, in the last
is wishing each and every one of you
century from 1979 to 1995, when it was nowhere near as cruel,
a blessed and Merry Christmas and
cutthroat, nasty, demeaning, dishonest or blatantly outlandish.
holiday season!
This also goes for the “social networks” as well. Manners and
With that in mind, I want to thank all of you who were so kind to
personal responsibility truly go out the window when you just have a “screen name” and can hide behind that.
my family and I after losing both my
It is to be remembered that those in elected office, under the
parents in 2012! Your many deeds,
greatest form of government in this world, are just only “citizen
words, prayers and acts of kindness
politicians” and not some form of extra super human. They
were not only greatly appreciated,
do not have all the answers and cannot solve all the problems
but also reinforced my strong
caused by so many sources. Some may think they are
belief in how great the people are
somewhere at a higher level, but as my father told me years ago:
of this great City of Stockton and
“Son, remember you put your pants on one leg at a time just as
County of San Joaquin.
everyone else does, so don’t think you are any different or more
This is such a joyous time of
special than anyone else.” I am seeing more and more elected
the year that I would hope we all
officials who see it different in that they feel or believe they can
could continue to have during
just “leap” into their pants in one wonderful
the entire year, year in and year out, but I know this is not going to happen in this tumultuous and sometimes self-serving world we now live in. One of the things I am so happy about is that the election
motion! Wrong! Let me again share with you and soon to be past elected officials and the new ones two of my favorite quotes and add to that something on true leadership that I have read before.
season is over and we are rid of the 24-7 political ads. Some
First from President Theodore Roosevelt: “Far better it is to
good, some bad, some true, some lies, some fair and some just
dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though
plain nasty and cruel. What has happened to civility and just
checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits
public honesty? And to that point, how long are we going to put
who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in
up with that type of misuse of our democracy and “freedom
the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” He also
of speech?”
stated, “We must remember not to judge any public servant by
No matter who you voted for, it is important to note that
any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the
being in public office in this day and age is not an easy thing
men (women) who are merely the occasions and not the causes
to do! My hat is off to those who have served to the best of
of disaster”. Benjamin Franklin stated: “The world is full of fools
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and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear
Or let me, in my own words, put it another way: To newly
the misfortunes and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his
elected or re-elected officials-you are here for ALL OF US and
(her) neighbor”.
not just one small group that you may feel you are beholding to.
From the book “The Servant Leader” by Ken Blanchard and
I have found that those who feel you owe them will be the first
Phil Hodges comes: “The journey to effective servant leadership
to abandon you when you first make the right decision for the
turns outward when the heart and mind now guide the behavior
many and not just the few! Believe me when I say that for it is
of the leader in interaction with those who follow. This is where
true! And please remember this and engrain it in your heart
good intention and right thinking start to bear good fruit. It
and every fiber in your body: you have been entrusted with a
is where real discipleship is truly tested.” “The decision-by
sacred mission in life for the greater good of all. Please use it well
decision behaviors of leaders can make or break their long-range
and honestly! We here at the Chamber will help you succeed if
effectiveness and their ability to inspire trust. Right leadership
you are faithful to your oath of office!
motives and clear leadership thinking, when coupled with inept
Again a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all
or self-serving behavior, will bring frustration and inefficiency
of you, and remember to “Shop Local” for all your needs this
into any leadership effort”.
Christmas season and all year long.
Events
by: Heidi Altamarino Sign up Now for Taking Care of Business! There is still time to get in on the Taking Care of Business
Sponsoring companies typically select several options from the events line up. The Chamber allows its members to wisely
Sponsorship program for our remaining 2013 events like the Golf
choose a yearlong program that meets their marketing, consumer
Tournament, State of the City, Business Awards Luncheon, and
exposure and community involvement goals. Package prices
Installation Dinner.
enable sponsors to select from several marketing and promotional
The Taking Care of Business Program offers our member businesses a wealth of marketing and sponsorship opportunities
opportunities at a significant savings. For more information on stretching your marketing dollars
for the upcoming year. This popular program was created to
through Taking Care of Business, contact Heidi Altamirano,
give Chamber members an excellent way to receive exposure
Events Director, at 209.547.2764, or e-mail to
throughout the year at a dramatic discount off normal pricing.
heidi@stocktonchamber.org.
The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce proudly recognizes the following companies for their year round support of the Chamber through our Taking Care of Business 2012-2013 Sponsorship Program A.G. Spanos Companies Bank of Agriculture & Commerce Bank of the West Builders Exchange of Stockton California Water Service Co. Collins Electrical Company, Inc. Dorfman Pacific Co., Inc. EZ Network Systems, Inc. F&M Bank Financial Center Credit Union
Grupe Commercial Company Herum/Crabtree Kaiser Permanente Lincoln Center Moss Adams, LLP Neumiller & Beardslee Oak Valley Community Bank Pacific Records Management/ Pacific Shredding R & S Erection of Stockton, Inc.
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San Joaquin Delta Community College San Joaquin RTD St. Joseph’s Medical Center Stockton East Water District Sutter Gould Medical Foundation The Record/San Joaquin Media Group United Way of San Joaquin County University of the Pacific
Heidi Altamirano: heidi@stocktonchamber.org 209.547.2764
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Become a Certified Green Business! Leadership Stockton Save money & gain customers by:
by: Timm Quinn
Reducing waste Conserving water and energy Protecting public health Using recycled-content in your products
Leadership Stockton
Stockton: History, Arts, and Culture
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arts and cultural resources. Todalso Ruhstaller, Director of theelectronic Haggin Museum We accept universal and waste. (and Stockton history guru) wasGreen the guideYour for the Bottom first part of Line the day, taking the class
with history Product through a PowerPoint lessonStewardship! from the time before settlers Economic benefits abound:
reduced costs,day. energy savings, arrived tooperating the present After our history overview, Tod guided the reduced disposal costs, the creation of green jobs.
class through the entirewww.CalPSC.org museum explaining the history of the museum Design Green | Make it Clean | Conserve Resources | Reduce | Reuse | Eliminate Toxics | Take it Back! and itsitcontents.
After the history lesson and tour, the class enjoyed lunch in the
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HAPPY GREEN HOLIDAYS!
museum and those who brought a jacket enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Victory Park, a true Stockton gem. After lunch, the class returned to the museum and heard from Wendi Maxwell (LS Class of 1984), who spoke on the importance of the arts and what the Stockton Arts Commission and Stockton Arts Foundation do to help. She was followed by Wes Rhea (LS Class of 2004), from the Stockton Convention & Visitors Bureau who debunked the myth that “there is nothing to do in Stockton.” The day finished with Maestro Peter Jaffe from the Stockton Symphony. Peter spoke of the long history of the Stockton Symphony
Be a Green Business. Save money and get on Santa’s Nice list.
(third oldest continuously operating symphony in California), and previewed the upcoming season. The class was jazzed to here Peter play a few pieces from the upcoming year.
Ask him for our low-cost hazardous waste disposal program for your business.
A big THANK YOU to the following: Ramon Valez (LS Class of 2006) for all your help throughout the day; to Tod Ruhstaller, Kristen Anema (LS Class of 2011) and the hard working staff of the Haggin Museum for the use of the Museum and the all access tour; Peter Jaffe and the Stockton Symphony; Wendi Maxwell and the Stockton Arts Foundation; and Wes Rhea and the Stockton Convention & Visitors Bureau.
(209) 468-3066
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Timm Quinn: tquinn@stocktonchamber.org 209.547.2960
www.stocktonchamber.org
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Convention & Visitors Bureau by: Wes Rhea
Visitors Bureau Launches
Make Your Holidays “Hassle Free” The Stockton Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB) has
iPhone App
partnered with local hotels to offer specially priced overnight
You now have the ability to
packages during the holiday season. These special rates were
access the Stockton area’s largest
available during Thanksgiving and will also be available around the
events calendar from the
Christmas holiday.
convenience of your mobile
The lighthearted campaign is focused on encouraging local
device. The full-featured iPhone app
also features listings for things
residents to forego the hassle of hosting friends and relatives at
to do, restaurants and hotels in Stockton. Users can easily sort listings
home by setting them up in a nice hotel during the holiday season.
alphabetically or by proximity to their current location.
Allowing guests to stay in local hotels also provides a boost to our
The new app also includes an itinerary builder as well as the ability
local economy. Rates at local hotels start at $45, and many hotels are
to share information via social media, emails and text messages. Users
offering complimentary breakfasts and other amenities.
can easily search for information or listings on the app, access the
All of the deals can be found at the SCVB site by visiting
SCVB social media pages and even enjoy the mobile version of the Stockton virtual tour.
www.StocktonHassleFree.com.
The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play, simply search using the keywords “Stockton, California Guide.” If you have any questions or comments, please call 209.938.1555.
News Briefs
Karrie Knight
Submission Guidelines: News Briefs must be submitted before the first of each month to schamber@stocktonchamber.org. Please put “PORT O CALL” in the subject line. Submissions must be no longer than 50 words total and should include contact information. News Briefs will be included on a space available basis and may be edited for content.
Oak Valley Community Bank
2012. The works on display, from
Announces branch manager hiring
depictions of ships and seascapes
Oak Valley Community Bank recently
to marine life and coastal scenes,
announced that Karrie Knight has
represent the very best from
joined the bank as AVP, Branch
the 530+ artist members of the
Manager of the 12th & I location
Society. For more information,
in Modesto.
call 209.940.6300 or e-mail info@hagginmuseum.org.
Knight has 12 years of banking experience throughout the Central Valley. During that time, she
Community Center for the Blind’s 6th Annual Crab Feed
served in branch manager and real estate lending officer positions.
Join Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired for
Knight currently lives in North Stockton with her fiancé Manny
our 6th Annual Crab Feed, Sat., January 19, 2013 at 6PM at the
and son Taylor.
Waterloo Gun & Bocci Club, 4343 N. Ashley Lane, Stockton. Feast
For more information on Oak Valley Community Bank, call
on crab, delicious sides, wine & dessert. Grab a cocktail from the
1.866.844.7500 or visit www.ovcb.com.
bar, browse our silent auction and win some great door prizes & raffles! Tickets are $45.00 each, call 209.466.3836 or visit
The 15th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine
www.communitycenterfortheblind.org/crabfeed to get
Artists will open at The Haggin Museum beginning December 20,
yours today!
Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce
@
Wes Rhea: wes@visitstockton.org 209.938.1555 www.visitstockton.org
Be sure to become a fan on our Facebook page www.stocktonchamber.org www.facebook.com/Stockton.CVB
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New Members
For more information on becoming a new member, please call Brittney Doty at 209.337.2723 or brittney@stocktonchamber.org. Please allow up to 90 days for your listing to show.
Building Materials, Building Hardware
Solar Products – Dealer & Services
Fremont Plaza Ace Hardware
Solar City
2060 E. Fremont St. Stockton www.acehardware.com
2031 Oak Branch Drive Stockton www.solarcity.com
Food Services Truck Washing & Cleaning La Comercial Corp.
Valley First Credit Union 1611 W. March Lane Stockton, CA www.valleyfirstcu.org
2900 E. Harding Way P.O. Box 379 Stockton www.lacomercialcorp.com
Sign Manufacturing – Custom Signage Sign City 1325 El Pinal Drive, #1A Stockton www.signcityca.com
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Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce
Programs and Public Policy Department by: Frank Ferral
The REACON Team is the outreach arm of the Green Team San Joaquin. REACON is a collaboration between the Greater Stockton Chamber, private businesses, municipal and county solid waste divisions, economic development professionals and the communities of San Joaquin County. Our purpose is to promote environmental stewardship solutions, to address environmental and economic development issues and to create a nexus to enhance the delivery of Chamber services in Stockton and all of San Joaquin County. REACON will show your business how to reduce your costs through environmental stewardship. To schedule a REACON visit, please call Frank J. Ferral at 209.547.2763.
Thank you to our generous Green Team San Joaquin Sponsors: American Recycling Carpenters Local Union 152 CBC Steel Buildings City of Stockton Dorfman Pacific Durst Contract Interiors Granite Construction Co. Healthy Air Living Modern Energy Concepts The Newark Group Onsite Electronics Recycling Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Queirolo’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. San Joaquin Council of Governments San Joaquin County Public Works SAWS ServiceMaster Clean Sims Metal Management Surtec Valley CAN Universal Service Recycling
The Stockton Chamber Apprenticeship Program – Subsidized Employment (SCAP-SE) will reimburse 50% of wages paid to new employees for up to 6 months when you
Grow it, make it & ship it! @ San Joaquin, USA
hire using SCAP-SE. SCAP-SE is offered to any business in San Joaquin County. At no cost to businesses, SCAP-SE will pre-screen and recruit qualified candidates for your business. Contact Mikki Gilbert, 209.337.2730, scap@stocktonchamber.org or Michael Morales, 209.337.2716, scap-se@stocktonchamber.org for more information and to get signed up.
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For more info, contact Frank Ferral at fferral@stocktonchamber.org
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Giving Local: Local Nonprofits Support the
Stockton Community this Holiday Season by: Justin Souza
T
is the season for bustling
According to Gene Acevedo, Community
San Joaquin helps educate and inspire the
crowds, familiar carols and
Outreach Director for Hospice of San
community to provide the best level of care
comfort food! But this holiday
Joaquin, “The Tree of Lights gives families
for terminally ill patients and support those
season, don’t forget that the best way to
an opportunity to remember lost loved ones
left behind with bereavement services.
exercise your holiday spirit is to give back
by dedicating one of the Tree’s colored lights
to your local community. San Joaquin
to them.” The names of the more than 1,600
Hospice of San Joaquin, visit
County has many local agencies that work
commemorated individuals are displayed on
www.hospicesj.org.
hard throughout the holiday season to
one of a dozen marquees adjacent to
make a difference in the lives of county
the tree.
residents. From holiday traditions grounded
“[The tree] serves the purpose of
in community service to award winning
remembrance and also serves as a
programs, these organizations are giving
bereavement tool for the family, so they can
back this season and making the greater
cope with the grief of losing their loved ones
Stockton area a safer, happier and healthier
by commemorating their name and who
place to live.
they were,” said Acevedo. “When you don’t
Armed with caring staff and giving
have your loved one with you during the
volunteers, these organizations are proving
holidays, there’s a void. The lights on the tree
that Stocktonians’ passion for their
share the memory of these lost loved ones.”
community extends through the holiday season and throughout the year.
Hospice of San Joaquin serves county residents year round with its mission to “provide the next level of care when a cure
Tree of Lights
is no longer an option.” The organization
For many here in the Greater Stockton
provides quality of life support and
area, the lighting of the Hospice Tree
compassionate end of life care to terminally
of Lights at Delta College’s entrance on
ill people—including 120 current
Pacific Avenue marks the official start of
patients—through the recommendations of
the holiday season. But this twenty-four
interdisciplinary teams qualified to address
year Stockton holiday tradition, a long
patients’ physical, psychological, social
time collaboration between Delta and
and spiritual needs. With its holiday Tree
Hospice of San Joaquin, is more than just a
of Lights and a number of other outreach
festive reminder of the season.
events throughout the year, Hospice of
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For more information on the mission of
The Women’s Center – Youth and Family Services For more than 35 years, The Women’s Center – Youth and Family Services has provided essential support to individuals in San Joaquin County who have been affected by domestic or other violence. Since its foundation, the organization has expanded to provide a long list of services throughout the holiday season and beyond. “We provide hope, safety, compassion to ease trauma and suffering, and provide comfort to those in need,” said Executive Director Joelle Gomez. The organization’s goal is to build a stronger community by providing a wide range of supportive, educational, and crisis intervention services to adults, children, youth and families and ultimately enabling them to regain control of their lives. This past November, the Women’s Center was the first nonprofit organization to receive the ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award from the greater Stockton
Chamber of Commerce. The organization
“All services are free of charge,” said
local economy has also prompted an increase
was recognized for its tireless commitment
Figueroa. “There are no fees or questions
in the number of families and children seeking
to improving the lives of men, women and
asked. Anyone is able to come in and avail
care from St. Mary’s, according to Figueroa.
children in the community by providing
themselves of services.”
Now more than ever, St. Mary’s Dining Room
intervention and crisis services. Since its
This past Thanksgiving, St. Mary’s once
inception in 1975, the Women’s Center has
again mobilized more than 300 volunteers
worked to end violence in the community.
to organize one of the largest Thanksgiving
provides essential support to San Joaquin County’s most disadvantaged residents. For more information about St.
The organization’s staff and committed vol-
Mary’s Dining Room, contact Volunteer
unteers provide services including shelters
Coordinator Art Ramirez at 209.467.0703 or
for battered women, children and homeless youth, 24-hour crisis lines and group and individual support for individuals. For more information about the Women’s Center, visit www.womenscenteryfs.org.
St. Mary’s Dining Room
visit www.stmarysinterfaith.org/
...the best way to exercise your holiday spirit is to give back to your local community.
Since 1955, St. Mary’s Dining Room has
organizations provide essential support to the local community, it’s important to remember that volunteering time, money and energy are not the only ways to help support the greater Shopping locally during the holidays doesn’t
by feeding the hungry, caring for health issues and restoring human dignity to over
Day meals in San Joaquin County. “That’s
700 individuals each day.
our biggest day for volunteers,” said Figueroa, “People like to get out and help on Thanksgiving,
St. Mary’s does this by providing several
but we like to remind them that the needs [of
essential programs, including its dining
the poor] are a 365 day a year issue. We can use
room, where individuals are served hot
volunteers every day of the year.”
breakfast and lunch 365 days of the year,
While the county’s many worthy nonprofit
Stockton area this holiday season.
responded to poverty in San Joaquin County
According to CEO Edward Figueroa,
Shop Local to Help the Community
Figueroa added that while the number of
clothing and hygiene centers where individuals
people served stays consistent throughout the
can shower and receive new clothing, and
year, the holiday season brings a significant
health and dental clinics where they can receive
increase in the number seeking season-
necessary medical treatment.
appropriate clothing and blankets. The recent
just support San Joaquin County’s economy and retailers, it helps ensure that 70 cents of every dollar collected in sales tax stays in Stockton, said Gary Long, President of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce. “That goes to pay our police, our fire department, keeps our libraries open. It all comes back and helps support our community.” “The holidays are a great festive time, but now more than ever the community needs to make a conscious effort to come together to support Stockton and San Joaquin County.”
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Ribbon Cuttings
For additional information go to www.stocktonchamber.org
That’s Show Biz
Juice It Up 347 E. Weber Ave
Stockton
Global Innovative Solutions 3520 Brookside Road
Neumiller and Beardslee Stockton 509 W. Weber Ave
1744 Pacific Avenue
La Comercial Stockton
Stockton
Planned Parenthood
2900 E. Harding Way
Stockton
4555 Precissi Lane
Stockton
Attending Ambassadors Sylvester Aguilar, Bank of the West Tim Aguirre, Impact
Chester Lum, ABC Wallace Funeral Services Brian Meadows,
Gloria Blaine, Basket Caravan & Gourmet Gifts Shannon
Stockton Ports Ross Moerman, Doctor Data Henry Peralta,
Ding, Assembly member Bill Berryhill’s Representative Sally
Stockton Auto Glass Ellen Powell, Assembly member Cardoza’s
Fandrich, Allied Waste Sally Fandrich, Allied Waste Joe
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Premium Bottled Water Steve Glovsky, Kamps Propane Patti
Hospice Care Melanie Speer, Costco Mark Tenenbaum,
Gulick, New Image Signs Blair Hake, Ameriprise Financial
Premier Chiropractic Max Vargas, Assembly member Galgiani’s
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Calendar December 2012 Chamber Board Meeting - 4 p.m. @ Chamber Conference Room
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Executive Committee Meeting - 7am 12 @ Stockton Golf & Country Club
– 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. 6 Diversity Mixer @ Haggin Museum
Munchies at the MuRF – 11:30 a.m. 12 @ Waste Management Material Recovery Facility,
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Leadership Stockton Local Government Session – 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. @ City Hall/County Administration Building
Government Relations Council– 7:30 a.m. 14 @ Chamber Conference Room
Liaison Committee Meeting - 12-1 p.m. 10 @ Chamber Conference Room
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Effective Strategies Group – 8 a.m. @ Chamber Conference Room
also don’t miss... 1/10 - University of the Pacific, Come for the Mixer Stay for the Basketball Game. Mixer - 5:00-9:00 p.m. University of the Pacific, Come for the Mixer Stay for the Basketball Game. Mixer 5:00-6:30 p.m., Basketball Game 7:00-9:00 p.m. Mixer will be held on the South Concourse inside the Spanos Center. Free tickets to that evening’s game against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos will be given out at check in.
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