• May 14th Speaker Announced: Commanding Officer and Family Support Group Chairperson of the 2nd Battalion 113th Infantry.
• June 10th is our Annual Golf Outing
• March 12: Karen H Austin was elected Secretary of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber
• Photo of officers has been added to the April NEWS section.
• March Minutes added to April NEWS section.
• Member Discounts Page updated

We would like to thank all who attended the April meeting.

A special thanks to NJ Assemblyman Alex DeCroce for contributing his time and for giving the Chamber an opportunity to conduct an open forum for local businesses.

THIS MONTH
Please join us May 14th for our monthly meeting. Our guest this month will be Commanding Officer and Family Support Group Chairperson of the 2nd Battalion 113th Infantry.They will dicuss their June deployment and the impact on families and soldiers. to learn more.

Chamber Golf Outing

Please mark your calendars for June 10th, 2008. This will be our Annual Golf Outing and our biggest fundraiser. The tournament will be held at Newton Country Club Therefore, we will need all the help from our members as we can muster.

All proceeds from this event will benefit our scholarship fund, which provides aid to local high school students who are preparing for college.

Thanks to the success of last year’s outing, four one thousand dollar
scholarships will be awarded to students from the four towns we serve: BLOOMINGDALE , BUTLER, KINNELON, and RIVERDALE.

Please to learn more about the event and to print and return the registration form to the chamber.

We would like to annouce a very special guest for our April 9th meeting.

The chamber will conduct a forum featuring State Assemblyman Alex DeCroce (R) at our monthly meeting on April 9th at 12:00 PM, at Lina's Restaurant, 49 Main St. Bloomingdale, NJ.

Bring your questions concerning our state. This forum is open to all area businesses. We anticipate a large turnout for this event so we ask that you make a reservation via e-mail: triborochamber@aol.com or call Vivian Vinci 973-838-5678 by Friday, April 4. The cost of the full lunch is $12.00. We look forward to seeing you.

NJ Assemblyman Alex DeCroce's (R) legislative service includes:

• General Assembly 1989 - present
• Republican Leader 2003 - present
• Republican Conference Leader 2002 - 2003
• Deputy Speaker 1994 - 2001.

to learn more.

Chamber Golf Outing

Please mark your calendars for June 10th, 2008. This will be our Annual Golf Outing and our biggest fundraiser. The tournament will be held at Newton Country Club Therefore, we will need all the help from our members as we can muster.

All proceeds from this event will benefit our scholarship fund, which provides aid to local high school students who are preparing for college.

Thanks to the success of last year’s outing, four one thousand dollar
scholarships will be awarded to students from the four towns we serve: BLOOMINGDALE , BUTLER, KINNELON, and RIVERDALE.

Please to learn more about the event and to print and return the registration form to the chamber.

** Fundraiser Extension

Are you interested in a great opportunity helping the Bloomingdale PTA?
Read more below... or to learn more.

We can help the PTA in two ways:

1. Ask your customers to log on to the website and review your business as well as other local businesses.
2. Log on to the website yourself and begin to review other businesses in the area.

The Bloomingdale PTA will receive funding for every review they receive. So far, they have raised OVER $1000.00.

Please keep in mind that there is a small window of opportunity for them:
All reviews must be entered between today, March 1, 2008, and it ends on March 29, 2008.

Please make the effort to help the Bloomingdale PTA.

Other News:

We would like to welcome a new member to the Chamber:
TRADITIONAL OKINAWAN KARATE, REP. CHRISTOPHER MILLER -Kinnelon, NJ 07405 - view website

We would like to congratulate Karen H. Austin for being elected as our new Secretary:

From Left to Right: Karen Austin, Secretary Gerald Vinci, President James Murasko, Vice President Denise Brewster, Treasurer

Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
March 12, 2008

In Attendance

Jerry Vinci                 President                     Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Vivian Vinci                                                   Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko             V. President                Allstate Insurance
Denise Brewster      Treasurer                    Bloomingdale Chiropractic
Beverly White                                              Valley National Bank
Karen Austin                                                Valley National Bank
John Lorencovitz                                        Family Home Funding
Gail Mulvihill                                                 New York Life
Dave Warfield                       Trustee
Lina Pagliarulo                     Trustee           Lina’s Restaurant
Howard Ball                          Trustee          WGHT
Charles Cimaglia                                         DAB Surveying
Bill Stanton                           Trustee          Columbia Bank
Debbie Maynard                                         Butler Public Library
John Napoitano                                          Pry Automotive
Dave Warfield                       Trustee
Cheryl Griffin                                             CG Services
Lucille Brule                                                Blue Realty
Cynthia Templeton                                    Push to Walk
Gerri Wilson                                                Coldwell Banker

GENERAL MEETING

The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order at 12:15 with a salute to the flag. Three officers and all trustees were present.

A motion to accept the minutes from the February 13th was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Cheryl Griffin.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Checking Account - $975.73
Money Market - $4,470.94

A motion was made by Lucille Brule to accept the treasurer’s report and seconded by Dave Warfield.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

FUNDRAISING
Golf Outing- Chairman Jim Murasko reminded everyone about the golf outing on June 10 at Newton Country Club. Flyers were distributed with information regarding the outing and an application form. The price for the day was kept at $150.00.
In addition to golfers the chamber will need volunteers (non-golfers) to help out that day.
This is a major fundraiser, and the bulk of our money comes from hole sponsors, golf cart sponsors, beverage cart sponsors, etc. Members are asked to find sponsors so we can meet our goals.

Howard Ball informed the members that Assemblyman Alex DeCroce will be our guest speaker at the next chamber meeting on April 9. Howard suggested we have members and guests pre-register for this meeting since it will most likely generate a great deal of interest. The chamber will put an announcement in the Trends.

Howard Ball has arranged for a speaker from the Riverdale National Guard to talk about family issues when a soldier is deployed at our May meeting.

At the June meeting, we will be presenting our scholarship money to high school students.

In September we will have our meeting at Cedar Crest in the Independent Living area. All arrangements will be coordinated through Diane Pezzuti.

OLD BUSINESS

After announcing that we are in need of a secretary, Karen Austin of Valley National Bank volunteered for the position. Howard Ball made a motion to cast a unanimous ballot to elect Karen as secretary for the balance of this year. It was seconded by Lucille Brule.

Members were reminded about the PTA fundraiser.

NEW BUSINESS

We discussed adding a feedback page to our website. This will give members an opportunity to make suggestions that will help improve the function of the chamber.

The chamber received a check from Lynn Hazelman for a percentage of her Mary Kay sales to the chamber members in December.

ADJOURNMENT

A motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:15 pm was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Lucille Brule.

GUEST SPEAKER

Cynthia Tempelton of Push to Walk www.pushtowalk.org spoke about the specialized facility on Main Street in Bloomingdale, to help people with spinal chord injuries. She discussed the exercise program and the remarkable results they have been getting as a result of the therapies used.
There are about 11,000 spinal injuries every year. Push to Walk has received over 80 inquiries about their program. They are looking to raise funds to keep the facility running, and hopefully expand it in the future.