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JULY 2019 | VOL. 7 THE CHAMBER GAZETTE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF CASTRO VALLEY / EDEN AREA C H A M B E R O F COMMERCE JULY 2019 VOL. 7 Castro Valley / Eden Area Chamber of Commerce 3160 Castro Valley Blvd #224 Castro Valley, CA 94546 510-537-5300 We're on the Web! www.edenareachamber.com and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EdenAreaChamber/notif What's inside this issue: ications/ *FAMFEST FESTIVAL 2019 WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER *CAREER PATHWAYS *FALL FESTIVAL 2019 BY ASHLEY STRASBURG *SHOW TIME AT THE It is summer!!! The mornings are warmer and the sun screen is coming LORENZO out. we can say good bye to Spring and welcome what is expected to be a warm summer. Our Newsletter is jam-packed with exciting *AMBASSADOR PROGRAM upcoming events where you can be involved with Community programs, Chamber Mixers and fun family activities. Our events and programs are *SAN LORENZO SUMMER a awesome way to cultivate important relationships and develop SERIES BEGINS business opportunities. Our main purpose here at the Chamber is to help build your business *MIXERS FOR JULY through promotion, referral and networking opportunities. Please use our *CHAMBER INFO platforms to promote your business through our website, social media and our monthly newsletters. Contact our offices for more information. Community Partners A S H L A N D / CHERRYLAND FamFest Festival 2019 The 4th Annual FamFest 2019 for the Ashland and Cherryland area was a huge success! Thank you to the following Agencies, Business, Food Vendors and Community Partners who helped make this event a huge success!!!! ACSO, Alameda County Community Development Agency, Alameda County Emergency Services/Safe Kids, Alameda County Fire Department, Alameda County Library, Alameda County Office of Education, Alameda County Public Health, Alameda County Public Health, Nutrition Services, Alameda County Public Works Agency, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, Alameda County Social Agency, Alameda County Social Services, Alameda County Center for Healthy School & Communities, Ashland / Cherryland Healthy Community Collaborative, Bay Area Air Quality Mgt District, California Highway Patrol, Child Family & Community Services, Inc, Davis Street Family Community Center, East Bay Community Energy, Eden Health District, EDGE Training Center, HARD, La Familia, PEERS, REACH Ashland Youth Center, Resources for NEW FACES AT THE Community Development, Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, CHAMBER Supervisor Nate Miley, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center Inc, United Seniors of Oakland & Alameda County. THE CHAMBER IS EXCITED Avon Products with Vickki, Bike East Bay, Bike Mobile, Castro TO WELCOME TWO NEW Valley Yoga, Desserts First, Goldie’s Gourmet Spices, I Love STAFF MEMBERS. TOP Cute Nails, Joy and Justice, Logan, LuLaRoe-Katie Naughton, LuLaRoe-Liz Barnes, Mary Kay-Eva Duran, Paparazzi by Queen, PHOTO IS EMILY HATTON Mandela Partners, Security Public Storage. SOON TO BE ENQUIST WHO Modern Woodman of America Fraternal Financial, Smalltown IS OUR OPERATIONS Society, Renewal By Andersen, Kaiser Permanent Membership, Eden Health District. COORDINATOR AND BOTTOM PHOTO IS CHRISTINE HUSSAIN OUR MEMBERSHIP RELATIONS COORDINATOR CAREER PATHWAYS NEWS WRITTEN BY ABRAHAM O. MENDOZA - EDEN AREA ROP PROGRAM In 2018-19, we had a successful year setting up work-based Our hope is that these robust learning opportunities for our work-based learning experiences Castro Valley High School’s career will allow students to use the skills pathways students. Companies they learned in the classroom and like Tesla, Port of Oakland, apply them in a practical OSIsoft, EBMUD, CVSan, Sutter workplace setting. We thank our Health, among others, were industry partners in opening their crucial partners in helping doors to our future workforce. We students get career exposure and also hope to expand our pool of other forms of valuable partners into the future as more experiences that helped them see local businesses see the value in how what they learn in their helping us create the workforce classes relates to the modern of tomorrow. f you have any OUR CASTRO VALLEY / EDEN workplace. From guest speakers, questions about the program and AREA AMBASSADOR PROGRAM to field trips and summer wish to participate in some REPRESENT THE CHAMBER AT internships, our students had the capacity, please contact. MANY OF OUR EVENTS AS opportunity to see what careers Abraham O. Mendoza WELL AS SPONSORED EVENTS. are out there in the Eden Area [email protected] THEY WELCOME NEW and the greater East Bay. (805) 705-9138 BUSINESSES TO THE AREA, AND HELP WITH RIBBON CUTTING If you are interested in helping our CEREMONIES AND GRAND efforts in work-based learning OPENINGS. THEY ATTEND next school year, below are our LOCAL LUNCHEONS AND current CVHS career pathways: MIXERS AND ALSO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS. THESE · Automotive Technology COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO · Business WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO · Culinary EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY · Graphic Design ABOUT THE VALUE OF · Engineering CHAMBER SERVICES. IF YOU · Information and Computer ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING Technology (ICT) AN AMBASSADOR PLEASE · Health and Biotechnology CONTACT THE CHAMBER · Photography OFFICES FOR MORE INFO 510- 537-5300 SHOWTIME AT THE LORENZO AND SAN LORENZO SUMMER SERIES 2 AWESOME EVENTS IN THE SAN LORENZO AREA! The Showtime at the Lorenzo and In April 1947 the Lorenzo Theatre the San Lorenzo Summer Series in San Lorenzo, California, are almost here! opened with a flurry of excitement. Attending guests These 2 events will show case San dressed in the height of fashion to Lorenzo First Strong which view the opening of "Dark Mirror" promotes businesses, Schools, starring Olivia DeHaviland. In the Community, Families. 1950s the theatre hosted Saturday morning "kiddie matinees". During The Summer Series takes place on the summer the Lorenzo Theatre the following dates July 25 and gave free Wednesday movie August 29 and September 26 from passes to school safety patrols. 5pm to 9pm at 16010 Hesperian Costume parties were held for the Blvd in the old Mervyn's parking community on Halloween. From lot. On the corner of Hesperian time to time live performances and Paseo Grande. graced the theatre's stage. The Lorenzo Theatre was the first The Food Truck Mafia will be on theatre in northern California in hand at all three events to provide which audience members could FOR MORE INFORMATION your taste buds with some perform on-stage during awesome culinary delights. screenings of the "Rocky Horror PLEASE CHECK OUT THE CASTRO There is also free vendor space Picture Show" available on a first come first VALLEY / EDEN AREA CHAMBER serve basis. So why not come on out to these two events that will help the OF COMMERCE WEBSITE. The Showtime at the Lorenzo is an Community of San Lorenzo to event to continue to raise funds to grow, but at the same time help WWW.EDENAREACHAMBER.COM bring back to life the San Lorenzo save a piece of history in San Theater. This once diamond of a Lorenzo. entertainment mecca showed premiere movies and was the gem of the east bay in theater lingo. ACBC-JUST WHAT IS IT? ACBC STANDS FOR PROMOTE YOUR ASHLAND/CHERRYLAND BUSINESS WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITIES ADVERTISING IN... The Ashland / Cherryland We are always looking for OUR MONTHLY Business Community is a individuals who are NEWSLETTERS group of business owners interested in the WEBSITE POSTS that are in the areas of communities and are invited FACEBOOK POST Ashland and Cherryland. to come and learn more E-BLAST TO NOTIFY about ACBC. OVER 1800 ACBC was formed as a way SUBSCRIBERS to help promote the various WHY NOT UTILIZE OUR businesses, talk about ONLINE TOOLS TO EXPOSE improving business relations ALL UPCOMING EVENTS, and County Agencies who PROMOTIONS, OR YOUR are on hand to help with the BUSINESS NEEDS. IT'S A development of future GREAT WAY TO KEEP OUR businesses. BUSINESS COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND A WAY TO CULTIVATE IMPORTANT The ACBC invites you to BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS. attend their meetings as they are open to all and take COORDINATE WITH THE place every month. dates CASTRO VALLEY / EDEN and locations will be AREA CHAMBER OF determined and check the COMMERCE OFFICE: Chamber website for dates and locations. 510-537-5300 OR EMAIL: INFO@CASTROVALLEYCHAM BER.COM GET MIXERS FOR JULY 2019 , YOU MIXER A A GETS ALL ARE INVITED TO NETWORK WITH FELLOW GET MEMBERS AND MEET POTENTIAL NEW YOU EVERYONE , !!! MEMBERS. A MIXER MIXER This month is jammed packed with Our second Mixer is partnering two Mixers. with the Cherryland Community Association on Tuesday, July 23, Our first mixer is at the San 2019 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm Lorenzo Library on Tuesday, July and the location will be at the 9, 2019 from 5pm to 7pm. This is Historical Meek Estate 240 a special Mixer in conjunction with Hampton Street in Hayward. The the Libraries Food Drive to help Mixer will take place outside in feed children during the summer the Gazebo and the Carriage break. You can help by bringing House will be open. Food and non-perishable pre-packaged beverages will be available. Beer snacks. and Wine will be available for What you can bring: purchase and of course always Granola Raffles and Prizes. Juice boxes / water Goldfish Crackers If you are already a Member come Apple Sauce / Canned Fruit on out to mingle with fellow Dried Fruit Members and if you aren't come Crafts: see what happens at Chamber Pinwheels and Paper Flowers Mixer, meet fellow Business Owners and ask why they are Snacks will be provided, and Members. beverages ( water and soda) will be available. *there will be no beer or wine at this mixer. 2019 FALL FESTIVAL IS COMING!! CONTACT US VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!! CASTRO VALLEY / EDEN AREA The biggest event for the If you are a business owner CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Chamber is coming up why not take this quick.