July/August FOCUSoonn2014 Mission: To promote business, tourism and civic responsibility. 70+ Years of Service THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE HERE...CELEBRATE! Chamber Staff and the Meet & Greet Committee were joined by store owner pets at recent Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies! The more the merrier...and furrier! Charlie is the official store Duke is head of public Stoli of Shore Flooring by Ben is another official greeter at Beach Boutique relations and security at Justin Fehrenbach makes store greeter at Delightful & Gifts. He is held by Logo Motive Custom sure that your flooring Temptations in Downtown owner Pat Selvaggio. Apparel's new location. needs are met with a smile. Rehoboth Beach. REHOBOTH BEACH WINS ANOTHER AWARD REHOBOTH BEACH NAMED AS ONE OF BEST FAMILY BEACHES ON EAST COAST! The ABC Travel Guide, a series of travel guides for kids, fourth generation in the family-owned amusement scored Rehoboth four out of the five best family East Coast park business. Many families return to Funland beach destination in 2014. Matthew Rosenberger, found- throughout their trip because it's within walk- er of ABC, lauded the city's beach, boardwalk and res- ing distance from the beach, he said. A few hours in the taurants. During a recent trip to Rehoboth with his family, arcade doesn't break the bank either, he added. "With a he noticed the Dogfish Head Brewpub had even created lot of rides being two and three tickets, it's gonna last all options for those under 21. "They had a very kid-friendly week," he said. "Our motto is 'today's fun at yesterday's menu and homemade soda," he said. "They recognized prices.” The Resort Area has received numerous awards! they were a brewpub, but know they have families there." For the complete list, visit www.Beach-Fun.com and click Chris Darr, personnel manager at Funland, is part of the on Site Index then click on Awards & Recognitions. Delaware’s newest talk radio station Reach Vacationers & Locals while they drive to the Beach!! Start Advertising Today! For More Information Call 302-422-7575 Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center 2014 Upcoming Calendar “The Nation’s Summer Capital” P.O. Box 216 · 501 Rehoboth Avenue DATE .. MEETING or EVENT ........... TIME/PLACE Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971-0216 302-227-2233 · 800-441-1329 July 11 ..... Town of Dewey Beach Meeting ........ 6 pm/Lifesaving Station Member Hotline · 302-227-6446 Fax · 302-227-8351 July 18 ..... City of Rehoboth Beach Meeting ...... 7 pm/Commissioners Room [email protected] www.Beach-Fun.com Aug 8 ....... Town of Dewey Beach Meeting ........ 6 pm/Lifesaving Station Download the Chamber's FREE App! Aug 15..... City of Rehoboth Beach Meeting ...... 7 pm/Commissioners Room Chairman of the Board .................. Keith Martin Sept 11 .... Exec. Board of Directors Meeting ...... 10:30 am/Jake's Seafood, Rt. 1 First Chair ........................................ Paul Kuhns Second Chair .................................... Jay Becker Sept 11 ...... Board of Directors Meeting ....................... 11:30 am/Jake's Seafood, Rt. 1 Third Chair/Treasurer ....... Steve Montgomery Sept 12 .... Town of Dewey Beach Meeting ........ 6 pm/Lifesaving Station Immediate Past Chair .................... Matt Turlinski Board of Directors Sept 19 .... City of Rehoboth Beach Meeting ...... 7 pm/Commissioners Room Marvin Carney Scott Swingle Jerry Esposito* Rachel Webster* For more Resort Area Events, visit www.Beach-Fun.com Chip Hearn Chris Weeks Bill Klemkowski Kay Wheatley Dale Lomas Susan Townley-Wood 2014 Business After Hours Rob Marshall Vicki Tull Michael Meoli *At Large Directors Members are invited to attend monthly Business After Hours! These mixers are Kyle Morgan a great opportunity to meet and network with your fellow Members. Each event CEO/President .......................Carol Everhart runs from 5-7 PM. A $1.00 donation is collected at the door which creates the pot for the 50/50 raffle. Business card drawings are held and door prizes are Legal Counsel ......................... John M. Murray given out to the lucky winners! Legal Counsel .................................. Jay Becker Thursday, July 17 · Nassau Valley Vineyards Legislative Consultant ..................... Mark Lally Thursday, September 18 · Dos Locos Chamber Staff Contact Information Thursday, October 9 · Cilantro Visitors Center Staff ...............................Ext. 0 Thursday, November 20 · Atlantic Sands Hotel Katie Bragg, Sue Krick, Susan Maclary, Daria Rowe Kate Bell, Events .................................. Ext. 11 Thursday, December 11 · Bethany Blues, Lewes Carol Everhart, President/CEO ................ Ext. 13 Joy Kidd, Administration .......................... Ext. 14 Patty Burkentine, Membership ......................... Ext. 15 Meghan McCalley, Finance/Marketing ......... Ext. 16 Linda Mills, Administration .........................Ext. 18 Digital vs. Physical Discs Elsa Muñoz, Distribution ...........................Ext. 25 Julie Cuccia, Summer Intern .................227-6446 Spending on home entertainment (in billions): Subscription Streaming (+33%) © 2014 Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center. The information 2012: $2.4 • 2013: $3.2 printed in this newsletter is true to the best of our knowledge at the time of print. Digital Movie Purchases (+50%) 2012: $.8 • 2013: $1.2 Blue-ray/DVD Sales (-8%) 2012: $8.5 • 2013: $7.8 USA Snapshots. Source: Digital Entertainment Group. Anne R. Carey and Paul Trap, USA Today. 2014. 2 Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center July/August 2014 WHAT'S DEWIN' IN DEWEY BEACH! FREE Monday Night Movies Bring your family, a blanket, and some popcorn to Dewey beach on Monday for family movie night! Movies will start at approximately 8:30 PM on the beach at Dagsworthy Street in Dewey. • 7/07/14 – Monsters University • 7/14/14 – Curious George (2006) • 7/21/14 – Fly Me to the Moon FREE • 7/28/14 – Willy Wonka and the PARKING Chocolate Factory on Mondays & Wednesdays • 8/04/14 – The Smurfs from 5-11PM at meters and permit parking areas for • 8/11/14 – The Smurfs 2 those participating in • 8/18/14 – Despicable ME 2 Town events. • 8/25/14 – Planes FREE Wednesday Night Bonfires Want “S’MORE” fun? Bring your family, beach chair The Chamber is happy to have summer intern and some marshmallows to the beach at Dagsworthy JULIE CUCCIA as the coordinator for the Dewey Street in Dewey on Wednesdays for a bonfire! Bonfires Beach Movies & Bonfires. The first movie & bonfire will be held every Wednesday from 7:30-11 PM, nights drew over 350+ people each! July 9th through August 27th. Julie is currently studying Advertising at Penn State. 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To raise awareness for pediatric cancer, was presented with a Jefferson Award May 14, 2014 in rec- everyone was encouraged to wear yellow (the color for pedi- ognition of two outstanding community service projects as atric cancer) throughout the month of September. part of the Lead360 Challenge. The Jefferson Awards for Public Service was founded in The Lead360 Challenge was launched nationally in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert September 2010 with the focus to recognize outstanding Taft, Jr. and Sam Beard to create a Nobel Prize for public youth service projects that help make our world a better and community service. The mission of the Jefferson Awards place. The Jefferson School was chosen to be awarded for is to recognize, inspire and activate volunteerism and public their student-led community service initiatives with Food service – in communities through our Media Partners, in the Bank of Delaware’s “Stuff the Bus” Thanksgiving Food Drive workplace through our Champions, and in schools through and Million Mile Run/Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. our Youth Service Initiatives. By participating in Food Bank of Delaware’s "Stuff the Bus" The Jefferson School, a non-sectarian, independent day Thanksgiving Food Drive, The Jefferson School was able school, is located on 43 wooded acres in Georgetown, to collect over 1000 pounds of food. Members of The Delaware and strives to provide innovative, academic Jefferson School Student Council challenged the school to programs that foster an enthusiasm for learning. To learn collect at least 800 pounds of non-perishables. The school about enrollment openings and more about Sussex County’s eagerly responded to the challenge by collecting 1,164.8 premier independent, non-profit day school, please contact pounds and achieving a 100% school participation rate. Connie Hendricks, Head of School at 302-856-3300 or The challenge also included a competition among class visit www.jeffersonschool.com. homerooms. The homeroom with the most food collected (in weight) won a party. This helped to spark interest for the project, with the winning class collecting over 200 pounds of food.