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2015-2016 CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The successes of the Chamber of Commerce would not be possible without our board of directors who are constant advocates promoting our mission as a chamber and supporting our community in countless ways. Thank you – Katie McDowell, 2014-2015 Chamber President, for your dedicated and tireless leadership this year and to our retiring board of directors who have served so faithfully; Kenny Rambo and Dr. Tom Davenport (both serving 8 years), Maegan Hellmueller (4 years of service), Diana Leathers (3 years) and student board member, Brian Anderson Jr.

I look forward to the year ahead with our new Chamber President, Allison Shepherd and the following returning Board of Directors: Teleana Davis (President-Elect), Katie McDowell, Pam Stephens, Chuck Crain, Nina Cundiff, Stefanie Rock, Beth Cassity, Sam Sanders, and Tammy Davidson. We are excited to have Patty Holbert (LaRue County Extension Service), Josh Singer (Blazin Xpressions), Natilea Boyd (Lincoln National Bank), Marsha Duncan (LaRue County Schools), Daniel Carpenter (Elizabethtown Community & Technical College), and Madison Royalty student board member for 2015-2016, join the chamber board this July.

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2015-2016 Board of Directors: Pictured Front Row L to R – Krista Levee (Executive Director), Katie McDowell, Pam Stephens, Nina Cundiff, Madison Royalty, Marsha Duncan, Josh Singer, and Allison Shepherd. Back Row L to R – Beth Cassity, Teleana Davis, Chuck Crain, Stefanie Rock, Tammy Davidson, Natilea Boyd, Patty Holbert, and Daniel Carpenter. 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to our 2015 Graduates!

Congratulations to all our 2015 LaRue County High School Graduates and many blessings as you pursue your dreams!

Congratulations to our Leadership LaRue Scholarship recipient, Cayleigh Allen. The Chamber Board of Directors and Leadership LaRue Alumni wish you the best as you further your education pursuing your dream of becoming a high school agriculture teacher.

Best wishes and congratulations to Brian Anderson Jr., Chamber Student Board Member 2014-2015. The Chamber Board appreciates your service this year and celebrates all your many accomplishments and your continued future success!

Blakeman Art Sale & Exhibit Opens Thursday

BLAKEMAN ART SALE & EXHIBIT
to Benefit the Lincoln Museum and LCHS Speech

When: April 16-April 19
Where: Lincoln Museum Community Room – Lincoln Square – Hodgenville, KY 42748

Please join us as award-winning artist Phyllis Blakeman presents a special sale of her artwork to benefit LaRue County’s speech program and Kentucky’s official Lincoln Museum. This four-day sale will offer an extraordinary collection of unique paintings, drawings, watercolors, oils, sketches, calligraphy, and more!

Learn more about this unique fundraiser in this week’s copy of the LaRue County Herald News.

Thursday – April 16
OPENING RECEPTION
4:30-7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 17
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 18
3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 19
1-4 p.m.
L.C.H.S. Speech students
to perform winning pieces at 2 p.m.

FOR INFORMATION

Call (270) 358-3163
or email
The Lincoln Museum
for details.

Chamber News

CHAMBER UPDATES:

Join us for Lunch! The LaRue County Chamber luncheon this month is Wednesday, April 15th at noon located in The Lincoln Museum Community Room next door to the Chamber office. Stacy Humphreys, Chief of Interpretation and Resource Management with Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park will be speaking. Special thanks to Lincoln National Bank, this month’s luncheon sponsor and Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park for being the non-profit sponsor. Lee’s Famous Recipe will be catering. Please RSVP to the Chamber no later than noon on Tuesday, April 14th. Luncheon cost is $8.00.

Dust off the clubs! The 21st Annual Golf Scramble is Friday, April 24th at the LaRue County Golf Course. This year’s golf scramble is sponsored by the following corporate sponsors: Fort Knox Federal Credit Union, Lincoln National Bank, and Servpro. This is a time for our members and community to enjoy some fun in the sun and support the Chamber in its biggest fundraiser! Players who prepay by April 17th will receive a discount. Entry fees are $60 for Individuals and $240 for a team of four. Entry fee includes green fee, cart if needed, beverages, all contests and lunch. Lunch will be provided before the shotgun start at noon. There is also a $5,000 hole-in-one contest and so much more.

The Golf Scramble is also a great opportunity to promote your business! Consider donating prizes for our contests, or sponsoring a hole and setting up a table to greet golfers on the course. Don’t miss out on the fun! Golf Scramble Info
Special Thanks to our March Renewals: Glen Rice, Kentucky One Primary Care Associates Hodgenville, South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative, Hawkins & Keith Insurance, Progressive Services, and US Bancorp Investments.

Welcome to New Members: LaRue County Attorney- Kyle W. Williamson, Dale Morris, Patty Holbert, and Boyd Farms.

Welcome New Members

Welcome to the Chamber!

The Chamber is excited to welcome these additional new members!

Boyd Farms

Patty Holbert

Dale Morris

LaRue County Attorney, Kyle W. Willliamson

 

The Chamber Board of Directors recently approved a new membership category which welcomes involvement from our agriculture community.  Boyd Farms is the first member in the new agriculture production (non-retail) category.

 

 

Did you miss lunch?

March Chamber Luncheon

Another successful luncheon in the books and what a great networking opportunity with community leaders and businesses from LaRue and Hardin counties!

Carter Dyson, One Stop Director of the Kentucky Career Center Lincoln Trail, informed the group on the variety of services they offer to employers and job seekers. The Chamber looks forward to celebrating with the Career Center as they move into their new location soon.

Special thanks to Magnolia Bank, luncheon sponsor and LaRue County Conservation District, non-profit sponsor.

Hometown Pizza, thanks for a delicious lunch!

Mark your calendars and don’t miss the next one – Wednesday, April 15th!

 

Pictured L to R:
Stefanie Rock (Magnolia Bank), Carter Dyson (Kentucky Career Center),
and Krista Levee (Chamber Executive Director)

march luncheon

LaRue County Helps Deliver Record-Breaking Generosity Through United Way of Central Kentucky’s 2014 Campaign

United Way CKContact: Megan Stith
President & CEO
604 North Main Street Elizabethtown, KY 42701
270-737-6608
www.unitedwayck.org

3/17/2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LaRue County Helps Deliver Record-Breaking Generosity Through United Way of Central Kentucky’s 2014 Campaign

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. – (March 11, 2015) United Way of Central Kentucky (UWCK) announced results of the 2014 annual campaign, which achieved its fourth consecutive year of $1 million+ fundraising thanks to the generous support of local businesses and individuals within the community. This year’s total of $1,277,687 will allow for nonprofit programs that serve within the five county service region of Hardin, Breckinridge, Grayson, LaRue and Meade Counties to achieve measurable results in the fight against poverty.
UWCK kicked off its fundraising campaign in early September 2014 and held over 200 campaign meetings and special events coordinated by 150 campaign volunteers at over 125 local companies through the end of February 2015. The 2014 campaign total includes an investment of $30,000 in developing an endowment to match donor contributions at the Tocqueville Society level, UWCK’s highest level of individual giving. The match will allow new Tocqueville donors to increase their level of giving gradually while still providing UWCK a consistent revenue stream through these major contributions of $10,000 per year.
During the 2014 campaign the nonprofit grew fundraising efforts while holding community-wide Summits to begin coordinating grassroots responses to the issues of Childhood Hunger, Early Childhood Education, and Financial Stability. UWCK has also expanded its own programming efforts by managing the region’s AmeriCorps VISTA program, worth over $1 million each year, and piloting the Partners 4 Progress initiative which provides wraparound support to families in poverty and connects them to a network of peer relationships.
In UWCK’s five-county service area, one in four children and one in six individuals currently live in poverty. United Way’s work creates opportunities for improved Education, Financial Stability, and Health while continuing to meet Basic Needs– the building blocks for a good quality of life for all. UWCK has mobilized over $5.6 million in local donations since 2010 and last year provided more than 112,000 services through a network of 31 programs and 22 partner agencies.
Many companies within LaRue County provided supported United Way of Central Kentucky’s network of local programs, including: Cumberland Products ($14,150); Wal-Mart ($8,232); Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance; Shopko; LaRue County Schools; and Lincoln National Bank. Last year $318,500 was invested in 9 programs that provided 19,304 services to LaRue County residents.

“Over the past several years, UWCK has become so much more than a fundraising organization,” said UWCK’s President & CEO Megan Stith. “While we no longer measure the success of our efforts simply by the dollars raised, the campaign still drives what programs we’re able to implement with these funds. With these investments we will be able to put in place new proactive measures that prevent the problems we are currently facing from occurring again in the future, while still providing a safety net of services to help people meet their own basic needs. The new Step-Up Tocqueville program will help ensure our ability to provide these vital programs in the future while building a strong foundation for UWCK’s growth for years to come.”
“As Leadership Chair for the 2014 campaign, I had the privilege of speaking to employees at numerous companies like Mouser’s Custom Cabinetry, iPay Technologies, and Elizabethtown Independent Schools,” said Terry Henry with Hardin Memorial Health. “While these workplaces are all very different, they were united in making giving back to our local community a priority.”
“I’ve seen so many local residents- my friends, neighbors, and colleagues- impacted by the programs that rely on funds with the campaign, so it was an easy decision to lend my time and voice to ask others to get involved,” said 2014 Campaign Chair Jim Rachlin. “United Way isn’t just an organization, it’s a belief in a way of getting things done together,” echoed Tocqueville Society Chair Carl Swope. “This community does not sit by and watch problems continue to persist, hoping that government or outside forces will step in to solve the challenges we face. Instead we come together to take care of each other and the community should be so proud of this tremendous result.”
Learn more about UWCK’s impact on LaRue County by visiting http://unitedwayck.org/pgm-download_media.php?name=LaRue_County_Fact_Sheet_Final.pdf.
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About United Way of Central Kentucky
UWCK brings together necessary resources — volunteer time and talent, money, advocacy, expertise — and local business and industry, with the goal of improving lives and creating hope for a better tomorrow. With an annual fundraising campaign, UWCK funds 22 human service agencies and 31 programs in the five-county service area of Hardin, Breckinridge, Grayson, LaRue and Meade. To learn more about how you can lend your voice to the movement to reduce poverty in our community, visit unitedwayck.org.

Opportunities to Serve – Board of Directors

Chamber Members:
The LaRue County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is soliciting nominations for board members to fill positions of board members whose terms are expiring this year.

Self-nominations or nominations of other active members are encouraged.  A short biography of each nominee is required.

The Board of Directors will vote on the nominees to determine the newly-elected board members.  The newly-elected board members will assume office July 1, 2015. Board positions have four-year renewable terms.

Nominations can be mailed or e-mailed to [email protected].  Nominations must be received by Tuesday, March 24, 2015.

Thank you for your continued support of The LaRue County Chamber of Commerce.

April 1 Deadline for Students – Scholarship & Youth Board Member

The LaRue County Chamber of Commerce
is excited to offer the following opportunities to our local students!

Leadership LaRue Scholarship

The 2006-2007 Leadership LaRue County Class established the chamber’s first Leadership LaRue Scholarship. This $500 scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior from LaRue County public or private schools, or an adult wishing to begin an educational program.  For more details, see the attached scholarship information.  Applications are also available at the LCHS guidance counselor’s office.  Deadline is April 1.

Leadership LaRue 2015 Scholarship

Youth Board Member

This opportunity is available for LaRue County High School Junior or Senior.  The Youth Board Member will join the 2015-2016 Chamber Board of Directors.  The Youth Board Member’s term will start on July 1, 2015 and end June 30, 2016.  The Youth Board Member has the unique opportunity to experience and participate in the inner workings of the LaRue County Chamber of Commerce by attending and participating in monthly Board of Directors meetings, interacting on chamber committees, and involvement in chamber activities.  For more details, see the attached application.  Applications are also available at the LCHS guidance counselor’s office.  Deadline is April 1.

2015 Youth Board Member Application