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Chamber eNews March 28 2018

It's Auction Time!

It's Auction Time!
Join us on April 6th!
Get your tickets now for the "Windsor Chamber Cares", our Annual Benefit Auction!

This year we are supporting our Education programs as well as First Town Downtown and the Career & Technology programs from the Windsor High School.

There will be lots of great auction items including:
Wine Gifts
Professional Golf Swing Analysis
Marketing Services
Restaurant Gift Cards
Theater Tickets
Zulu Nyala Game Lodge / Photo Safari
and so much more!

Tickets are $45 per person including hot hors d'oeuvres, carving stations, pasta stations and more.


Buy your tickets and preview the auction items




Windsor Federal Employees Support Interval House and Tutoring Program

Windsor Federal employees are participating in “The Amazing Race” training program to earn their Universal Banker Certificate through the American Bankers Association. To gain a first-hand understanding of our corporate giving policy and live our motto of “Neighbors Helping Neighbors,” the participants have been challenged to propose and develop a philanthropic project to benefit a non-profit in our community.

The first team has selected Interval House (www.intervalhousect.org) as their beneficiary. Interval House provides safe and confidential services to victims of domestic violence.
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Out and About: Sheila Gasper, Manager of The Blue Dragonfly

Interviewed by Tracy Rotkiewicz
Photo by Michael Taylor

Sheila Gasper is the manager of The Blue Dragonfly. It's a gift shop that is part of the Family Partnerships of CT. run by the store's owner, Susan Miller. Family Partnerships of CT. is an agency dedicated to assisting individuals with special needs by providing them with job sites within shops, restaurants, and helping with the Thrifty Reminder (rebranded as Courant Community in recent years). The Blue Dragonfly is a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

Sheila, a lifelong Windsor resident, started her career at Loomis Chaffee School as
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Get Featured on Fox61 News!

Get Featured on Fox61 News!
FOX 61 is saluting businesses all across Connecticut! On Tuesday mornings, FOX 61 will hold its Coffee Cup Salute to highlight your business.

If you want to see a mug from your business on their Coffee Cup Salute, mail a mug or two that has a few facts about your business to:

FOX 61
WorkinCT
285 Broad Street
Hartford, CT 06115

Include business name, location, number of employees, what your company does and a few interesting facts about your business.


click here




TVCA Business After Hours

The Windsor Chamber of Commerce TVCA Business After Hours will be on Wednesday, April 11 at the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut, 115 Pierson Lane in Windsor from 5:30 to 7:00 PM.

Network with other business people from SIX regional Chambers of Commerce. The Tobacco Valley Chamber Alliance (TVCA) is a strategic alliance of the Bloomfield, Bradley Regional (East Granby and Windsor Locks), East Windsor, Granby, Suffield, and Windsor Chambers of Commerce.

Refreshments will be served. Enter the drawing for prizes.

Free to Windsor Chamber and TVCA Members, $5.00 f
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Upcoming Events

4/6/18
Windsor Chamber Cares Auction
4/11/18
TVCA Business After Hours
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Events

First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Nov 24 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Nov 26 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Monthly Veteran's Coffee Hour
Nov 30 at L.P. Wilson
Tickborne Illness Support Group
Nov 30 at LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Ave. Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Dec 1 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Dec 3 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Dec 8 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Dec 10 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
Board of Directors Mtg
Dec 10 at online
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Tickborne Illness Support Group
Dec 14 at LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Ave. Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Dec 15 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Programs Committee Mtg
Dec 16 at online
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Dec 17 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Nov 24 at Windsor Train Station Studios
Bring Your Gadgets to the Geeks
Nov 26 at Windsor Public Library 323 Broad Street Windsor, CT
First Town Chat
Fridays at 161 Broad Street, Windsor
Open Classroom at the WAC Studios
Nov 24 at Windsor Train Station Studios