Ambassador Hunt

The chamber is looking ahead to another great season working with our volunteer Ambassadors aboard the Frances Barkley, in the grove, at the Visitor Centre and around town during special events. This year will be extra exciting as we celebrate all that goes along with our 100th anniversary. We are putting the call out for new Ambassadors to sign up for this gratifying pastime and in particular, we are looking for a call-out coordinator to maintain the schedule for Cathedral Grove Ambassadors. Organizer extraordinaire, Gerry Fagan, will be focused on scheduling the Frances Barkley volunteers and he will be glad to teach a new Cathedral Grove coordinator the ropes in order to take over those duties for 2012. Call Gerry (723 8793) or the office (724 6535) for more information if you’re motivated to give something back to your community and meet a plethora of new friends from around the globe.
The chamber would like to congratulate the many local businesses nominated for awards from the Vancouver Island Business Awards event later this month at Bear Mountain. They include: Kismit Quilts, Van Isle Ford, West Coast Slam, Catalyst Paper, NSS Investments, Sharie Marie Mortgage Team, Acoustic Woods, Trends Design Team and the Mortgage Mentorship Program. Good luck to you all! The chamber’s Community Excellence Awards Dinner is later on this spring, but we are now accepting nominations for all categories. See the easy to use nomination document on our website (avcoc.com) or pop by the Visitor Centre and pick up a mitt full of nomination papers. Our selection committee will choose 3 nominees in each category. They will get complimentary tickets for two to the dinner and the winners will be chosen that night, Thursday April12th at the Best Western Barclay Hotel.
Thought for the Week:
“It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.” Steve Jobs
FROM THE MANAGER’S DESK
SUBMITTED BY MIKE CARTER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALBERNI VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE