ABA Membership Meeting
Thursday, June 9,
11:15 am
Rolling Hills Country
Club
15707 West 26th Ave,
Golden, CO
Cost: $15.00,
includes lunch
Speaker: Joe Coors, Jr.
Topic: “Are you an Are?”
5-Minute Spotlight & Door
Prize: Diane Sweat,
Send Out Cards
Deadline: RSVP by Friday
6/3/2011 at 12 noon
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In this issue
- ABA General Membership Meetings
- BEST (Business Education Series Training)
- Corks & Canvas - Benefitting Wheat Ridge’s Feed the Future Backpack Program
- 2011 Business of The Year Nomination
- Help Celebrate Flag Day
- Free, No-Strings-Attached, Clever Marketing Opportunity For Lakewood Businesses
- Print Newsletter
- ABA’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament – Save the Date!
- Best of Jeffco Nomications
Upcoming General Membership Meetings
Thursday, June 9, 11:15 am
Location: Rolling Hills Country Club
15707 West 26th Avenue, Golden, CO
Cost: $15.00, includes lunch
Speaker: Joe Coors, Jr.
Topic: “Are you an Are?”
5-Minute Spotlight & Door Prize: Diane Sweat, Send Out Cards
Thursday, July 14, 7:15 am
Location: Rolling Hills Country Club
15707 West 26th Avenue, Golden, CO
Cost: $15.00, includes breakfast
Speaker: Scott Storey, DA for 1st Judicial District
Topic: Elder Abuse: Prevention and Prosecution
5-Minute Spotlight & Door Prize: Bob Torgerson, Human Endeavors LLC
How to RSVP for a General Membership Meeting
To make meeting reservations, contact us at an ABA member phone number 303-586-8877 or register and pay online at www.applewoodbusiness.com/meetingsignup by the Friday PRIOR to Thursday meeting.
5-Minute Spotlight – Signup
If you sign up to be the 5-minute spotlight speaker for an upcoming meeting, ABA will also feature your business in the newsletter. For more information, please contact Erin Foley at 303-271-1701
Main Speaker – June 2011
Joe Coors, Jr.
Joe retired from CoorsTek in 2000. He was Chairman of CoorsTek from 1989, and the Chief Executive Officer of CoorsTek since March 1997. He was President of CoorsTek from 1997 to October 1998 and from 1985 to 1993. From 1992 to 1999, he served as President of ACX Technologies, Inc. Joe and his wife, Gail, have been married for 48 years. They have four children and 8 grandchildren. Joe also serves as the current President of Rolling Hills Country Club.
5-Minute Spotlight – June 2011
Diane Sweat, SendOutCards
After 25 years as a full-time volunteer, Diane Sweat is now a Senior Manager with SendOutCards, one of the easiest and most cost-effective marketing tools for businesses. She’s been with SendOutCards for four years and enjoys meeting with people one-to-one to get to know them.
Diane thinks using SendOutCards is a smart business move for any business, especially those that want to retain customers, and convert prospects to new customers. She says SOC does these things by helping businesses keep in contact with current and would-be customers as frequently as they desire: monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, etc. It’s an especially good way to thank customers for their business because it’s timely, very affordable, and a fast and easy way to market to them.
In just 30 minutes, Diane can help business-people learn the system, join, and start sending cards to customers. Why do it? Because there is nothing more effective than a heart-felt, personal card in the mail to create good will and trust, the hallmarks of a successful business. Diane is married to Buzz, and has two daughters and a son-in-law. She and Buzz live near Applewood.
BEST (Business Education Series Training)
Business Resource Fair: Find the Resources Available to Grow Your Business
Thursday, June 30th, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Apex Center - Randall Room, 13150 W. 72nd Ave, Arvada 80005
Cost: Cost: FREE
Presented by Arvada Chamber of Commerce
Information: Dot Wright 303-424-0313 or www.JeffcoBRC.org/BusinessEducation
Corks & Canvas - Benefitting Wheat Ridge’s Feed the Future Backpack Program
Saturday, June 25th 1:00-3:00pm
Location: 1 Rangeview Circle, Wheat Ridge 80215
Cost: $25 per adult
Please bring a snack or dessert to share. “Corked” beverages will be provided. Corks & Canvas attendees will receive $10 off of their registration for “The Great Hat Afair” on July 23rd.
Children’s art project (ages 4 and up) offered on June 25th - $10 dollars per child.
Register online >>
or
Mail a check to:
EWR
PO Box 1231
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1231
Questions?
Contact Loretta DiTirro
lorettaditirro@comcast.net
303.594.1520
2011 Business of The Year Nomination
Please help us to acknowledge the ABA member business that has distinguished itself in one or more of the following ways:
- Recruiting new members to the organization,
- Providing outstanding service to the ABA in some capacity (sponsoring After Hours, serving on board or committee, promoting ABA in the community)
- Investing in Applewood (hiring, work on façade / building, other Applewood area volunteering)
Deadline for nominations is June 14th!
Click Here to Submit Your Nomination
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The ABA invites you to help celebrate Flag Day – June 14th. To participate: Sponsor an American flag for $25 to be displayed along Youngfield Street. Each participant will be entered in to a drawing for an American Flag of their own. To participate, download, complete and submit the registration form today! If you have questions, please contact Van Wedgwood at 303-456-2130.
Free, No-Strings-Attached, Clever Marketing Opportunity For Lakewood Businesses
Would you like the name of your business to be put in front of the new St. Anthony Medical Campus employees for no charge, all wrapped up in pretty gift bag welcoming them to Lakewood? Of course you would!Lakewood Economic Development and Sustainability is giving businesses a chance to participate in an opportunity to attract St. Anthony Hospital employees to patronize their businesses. The City is preparing welcome gift bags to be given to the hospital’s doctors, nurses and staff members – more than 1,000 employees who are new to Lakewood and potential new customers.
The purpose of the bags is to increase awareness of local businesses and to promote our Support Lakewood, Shop Local campaign.
The details:
- Be creative and make your business stand out! Give the employees a reason to get out of their cars at lunch or after work to come visit you and support the local small businesses.
- Only Lakewood-based businesses or branches are eligible to participate.
- No discount coupons – these are gift bags to encourage the employees to visit your business.
- One type of product or service per industry on a first-come, first-served basis. This is your opportunity to be the first and only business in front of these employees.
- All potential gifts must be preapproved by Rachel Griffin, Lakewood’s economic development specialist handling this project. Please do not print or bring items to Rachel before clearing it with her.
- To fill each bag, your business must provide 900 items.
- If an expiration date is necessary, it must be after July 2012.
- Lakewood Economic Development and Sustainability will handle all of the details, from stuffing the bags, to promotional outreach announcing your generosity, to the delivery of the bags in a welcome ceremony.
- Examples of contributions thus far have been gifts of cups of coffee, desserts or beverages at restaurants, a fitness class, and a sample of shampoo. Gifts don't need to be expensive, just something to catch the employees’ eyes to encourage them to visit your business and possibly spend more money when they are there.
Lakewood Economic Development and Sustainability provided similar bags last year to the employees of OrthoColorado, which was the first part of the new St. Anthony Medical Campus to open. In a welcoming ceremony conducted by Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, the specialty gift bags filled with donations and certificates from over 50 businesses in Lakewood were presented. From restaurants to dry cleaners to service stations, businesses were able to showcase their products and services to what will ultimately become Lakewood’s fourth largest employer.
If you’d like to get the name of your business in front of the St. Anthony Hospital employees, please contact Rachel Griffin, economic development specialist at the City of Lakewood for more information at racgri@lakewood.org before June 15.In this day of digital communications, the ABA has decided to stop printing our paper newsletter. This will be easier on the environment and provide a more timely way (through this email) for us to communicate with you. The May newsletter will be the last print newsletter. Please make sure that you and your Applewood friends are subscribed (it’s free).
ABA’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament – Save the Date!
Mark your calendar -- the golf tournament is scheduled for August 19, 2011 at Applewood Golf Course, 7:30 a.m. shotgun start. The ABA is looking for golfers, sponsors, hole- sponsors and silent auction items. Contact Mo Lukens at 303-273-0477 or watch for details on our website and in this newsletter.
Golf Tournament Committee – Looking for Volunteers
Looking for a fun way to meet other ABA members? Help us plan the ABA’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament! To join our committee, please contact Mo Lukens at 303-273-0477. The more the merrier!!
Please help get the word out that Mile High Newspapers is publishing our 2nd Annual "Best of Jeffco" on August 28th. Customers can vote for their favorite business in a multitude of categories at www.great8newspapers.com.
Visit Our Website
You can learn about upcoming events, register general membership meetings, view the current membership directory and other important information at www.applewoodbusiness.com.
ABA Mission Statement
The ABA is dedicated to the promotion, expansion and development of its members by providing services that directly aid, support and promote their business and by expressing and supporting common goals of protection, identity and growth of Applewood businesses and the community.
Have a special event or activity you’d like to get the word out about? Send it to leaflet@applewoodbusiness.com. Emails are sent out on Monday or Tuesday of each week. To be included we must receive the announcement by Thursday at 5 PM.
Do you have an event you want
to promote? Email us to include
in this newsletter.
2010-2011
OFFICERS &
DIRECTORS
Board meetings are the first
Thursday
of each month. All
board meetings are
open to
ABA members.
PRESIDENT
Jennifer Williams,
Buzz 4 Help,
303-828-7917
1ST VICE PRESIDENT
Mo Lukens,
Mo’s Family
Portraits
303-273-0477
2ND VICE PRESIDENT
Lisa Kish-Pittman,
Abrakadoodle
303-997-9061
SECRETARY
Lori Bush-Engel,
Modern Woodmen of America
303-880-4084
TREASURER
Lee Knoll, Jr.
Knoll & Company, P.C.
303-238-9673
PAST PRESIDENT
Rick Bender,
Denver Tux
303-238-3332
DIRECTORS
Van Wedgwood,
Re/Max
Alliance
303-420-5352
Brian DeLaet,
EduCyber, Inc.
303-268-2245
Cooper Swenson,
Edward Jones
Investments,
303-278-0733
Dr. Erin Foley, D.C.,
Mountain
Lifestyles Chiropractic &
Acupuncture Center, P.C.
303-271-1701
Tom Harper,
The Food Guy
303-727-9200
Keith McLaughlin,
Waddell &
Reed, Inc.
303-278-4747 x 114
Dana Naas,
Golden Printing &
Promotional
Products
303-274-9040
Bob Rizzuto
KW Commercial
303-809-1757
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