March 2013 | West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce | 516-619-2045 / Facebook / Twitter / www.westhempsteadchamberofcommerce.com / P.O. Box 174

West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce News

Contents

Article Listing

Save the Date… 1

Popular Editor Moving On… 1

2013 Membership Notice 2

Chamber Contact Info 2

Some Chamber Members 2

Chamber Member Happenings 2

March General Meeting 3

Board Listing 3

2013 Membership Forms 4-6

Chamber Advertising 7

How are we doing on Facebook? 7

More Chamber Happenings 7

Save the Date……

The date for the Annual West Hempstead Street Fair has been set and it will be held on Sunday, September 29

th from 10am

through 5pm. The location will again be on Hempstead Avenue and as always will be held RAIN or SHINE.

Last year, the weather cooperated nicely and it was a beautiful day with lots of residents and businesses participating.

So…please SAVE THE DATE.

Popular Editor Moving On….

Chamber member, Tara Conry has been the West Hempstead

Patch Editor for the past 2 and ½ years. Last month Tara

announced that she will be leaving the Malverne-West

Hempstead–Lynbrook Patch and will be moving on to another

news organization. During those years, Tara has taken hundreds

of pictures and written many articles supporting our Chamber and

many small businesses in the surrounding areas. We will certainly

miss all that she has done for us and our community and we wish

Tara nothing but the best in ALL of her future endeavors!

Taking over as Patch Editor will be Matthew Hogan. Matthew

can be reached at matthew.hogan@patch.com and we very much

look forward to working with him.

Published by Manny Martinez

Chamber Member Happenings…

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Chamber Contact Information:

P.O. Box 174, West Hempstead, NY 11552

Email: info@westhempsteadchamberofcommerce.com

Phone: 516-619-2045

2013 Membership Notice

I have attached the forms at the end of this Newsletter. Please be sure to review and submit as soon as possible and supplement your marketing plan. Only paid members will continue to have their business listing and links on our website and Facebook page.

2012 Members:

Fidelifacts, Sparrow

Tattoo, Falk &

Klebanoff, PC, Dr.

Rooney, Hot Stop

Cruises, Digifix, Fel's

Hair Creations, Dr. H.

Pensen, West Hempstead

Animal Hospital, Adelphi

Cleaners, Misty

Irrigation, Lab Grafix,

West Hempstead Herald

and Fury Landscaping.

Thank you!

New members include: 508

Subway, Faye Healthy,

Introspect Investigations

USA, West 130

Apartments, Magnum

Physicians, and DNA Art

& Design. Welcome!

If residents don’t shop locally and support small businesses there will be no small businesses…

The West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce met

with West 130 Apartment residents for a wonderful

social event on February 28th

and a fun time was had

by all. The website for West 130 Apartments is:

www.west130.com.

Riesterer’s bakery has been making their famous

Lenten Donuts, Hot Cross Buns, King Cakes and

Punczki. Remember to get some for St. Patrick's Day,

St. Joseph's Day, Easter, and Passover…

WHEA (West Hempstead Education Association) held their Annual Volleyball Fundraiser for Student

Scholarships on March 1st. A fun time was had by all.

Marshall Myers of Laffey Fine Homes gave a single

rose to all that stopped by their Valentine’s Day event.

Damocles Designs was named the new webmaster for

the West Hempstead Community Support and

Civic Association’s new and improved website.

The West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce

Facebook page now has over 202 “Fans!” Please

make sure you are one of them!

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March General Meeting

Introspect Investigations USA, Inc.

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Our latest Chamber meeting was held on March 12th

at the

Lantern Diner. If you could not attend, you missed out on

networking with members, good food and business presentations.

Joe McDonald of Damocles Designs spoke about our new

Chamber website and features. This presentation was followed by

Sam Richter of Your Shady Window Lady / Verticals &

Horizontals and Faye Hoenig of Faye Healthy.

Please check out these businesses and give them a call today!

Our meetings are usually held every 2nd

Tuesday of the month. No

meeting is scheduled for August but please be sure to check the

website for any changes.

We hope to see you at the next Chamber General meeting on Tuesday, April 9

th at the West Hempstead Firehouse at 6pm!

2013 WH Chamber Board

Board Officers

Robert Manuella

President

Finest Security (516) 486-1318 Vita Zorbo Vice President Lady of America (516) 565-5239 Hilda Manuella Treasurer Finest Security (516) 486-1318 Zehava Schechter Recording Secretary Attorney at Law (516) 292-1550

Board of Directors Patricia Locurcio Consultant Marie Taylor Edward Jones Investments Christa Mally Hot Stop Cruises Rosalie Norton WH Comm Support Assoc. Karl Riesterer Sr. Riesterer’s Bakery James Witter Gateway Investments Fred Sorrentino Barnes-Sorrentino Funeral Home William P. Zacharias Business Health Benefits Plus

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“Striving to Enhance the Quality of our Community”

2013 RENEWAL / MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

ANNUAL DUES - $100 PER BUSINESS

Date: _____________________

Print Business

Name:_____________________________________________

Print Business

Address:____________________________________________

Print Contact

Person(s)____________________________________________

Print Telephone No.:______________________ Fax No.:

________________

Print Email Address:

______________________________________________

Print

Website:___________________________________________________

What is the best way to contact you? Phone or E-Mail

Please be sure to check out our new website and Facebook page often. You can always find updates, meeting notices and all sorts of useful information there. On the website, a directory of Chamber members has been added with hyperlinks to your own business website. Please remember to get your dues in as soon as possible. We will only list Chamber members that are paid up. Our Chamber website is : www.westhempsteadchamberofcommerce.com and we can be found on Facebook at West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce and on Twitter at @WHChamberofComm

Mail all checks to: West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce

P.O. Box 174 , West Hempstead, NY 11552

Email: info@westhempsteadchamberofcommerce.com 516-619-2045

The West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce would like to extend an invitation to

anyone and everyone who has a suggestion, idea or action they would like to see the

Chamber get involved in. Please use the space below to address this topic:

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

The West Hempstead Chamber is also looking for individuals who would like to:

Join the board_____ Volunteer some time_____ Join a committee_____

The following committees are available for you to join:

_____Membership / Website _____Programs _____Beautification

_____Street Fair _____Publicity / Social Networking _____Historian

_____Ribbon Cutting _____Fundraising/Securing Grants

If there is a committee you would like to suggest, start and chair, please let us know:

___________________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________ Phone: ___________________

Address: ____________________________ Phone2: __________________

City/State: ___________________________

Email:______________________________________________

We would like to Thank You for your input, support and dedication to our Goal of

“Striving to Enhance the Quality of OUR Community”

We are the West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce and we mean business!

Benefits of Chamber Membership

-Your business listing and your business web link on our website

-Monthly educational and networking meetings

-Advocacy on behalf of the business community

-Guaranteed tent space at the annual West Hempstead Chamber and Civic Association Street Fair

-Access to local and community organizations

-Your business listing on our Facebook page

-West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce window sticker

-Occasional scanning of your flyers, coupons, business cards and brochures onto our Facebook page

-Ability to post of your specials, events, and coupons onto our Facebook page

-Opportunity to be on a Chamber committee or Board Member

Wish to find out more? Please call us at 516-619-2045 or attend our next general meeting.

Please visit the West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce on the web at

www.westhempsteadchamberofcommerce.com.

We are the West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce and we mean business!

More Chamber Member Happenings….

The West Hempstead Community Support & Civic Association co-sponsors concerts and the

Holiday party. They also select a West Hempstead business for their Business Pride Award. The

criteria for winning the award is based upon recommendations by community residents, the exterior

and interior appearance of the property, and the respect the owners show to their customers. Would

you like to find out how your business could become more involved or co-sponsor an event? Give

them a call at (516) 733-0879 or email President@westhempsteadcivic.org. Don’t forget to visit their

new website at www.westhempsteadcivic.org.

In the past Luann Viglione, owner of the two 7-Elevens in town, has donated some small door prizes

to the PTA. Should your business also wish to donate a small door prize and get a little local

publicity with residents, please contact Co-WHEPTA President, Irene Martinez at 516-565-0065.

Chamber Advertising….

The Chamber advertises in local publications like the West Hempstead Herald and the West Hempstead Community Support & Civic Association Newsletter. We also work very closely with the internet based

In addition, the West Hempstead Chamber also has a Website, Facebook and Twitter page. Lastly, we are the main host of the annual West Hempstead Street Fair, we are expanding our award program to local schools and we are experimenting with this Newsletter. Thank you for reading…

How are we doing on Facebook?....

If I understand things correctly, here are the number of “fans” for these various Chamber of Commerce related Facebook pages as of March 6:

Covert Ave 214

East Meadow 102

Elmont 220

Floral Park 412

Franklin Square 72

Garden City 88

Greater New Hyde Park 128

West Hempstead 202

As you can see we are doing well….:) My apologies in advance if I misunderstood or incorrectly listed any data.