Welcome to the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit corporation serving the business communities of Bloomingdale, Butler, Kinnelon, and Riverdale.
News and Upcoming events for the Tri-Boro Area Chamber
Tri-Boro Area Chamber Welcomes Back our members from Summer Break
Join us for our Monthly Meeting September 8th at Lina's Restaurant
May and June Minutes added to Monthly News
WELCOME BACK CHAMBER MEMBERS!
We would like to welcome all our chambers members back for our
falL / winter session.
We hope everyone enjoyed the summers months. We're looking forward to a productive and successful second half of 2010! Join us SePtember 8th, 2010 for our first meeting back since summer break. Our meeting will be at Lina's Restaurant starting at 12PM. Our guest speaker will be Eileen Miller - Reliant Card Acceptance.
Lets kick off the second half of 2010 with a great meeting!
Congratulations to each of our scholarship winners for their hard work! We presented all four winners with a $1,000 scholarship at our June Meeting. The recipients were Scott Shiavone - Riverdale,
Jaclyn Nunziato - Bloomingdale, Erika Lakawicz - Butler, and Meredith Horton - Kinnelon.
Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
At Lina’s Restaurant
June 9, 2010
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko V. President Allstate Insurance
Karen Austin Secretary Valley National Bank
Denise Brewster Treasurer Brewster Chiropractic
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Bill Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Dave Warfield Trustee Retired
Phil Azzolino Group Tours & Travel LLC
Lisa Bendel Lia Sophia Jewelry
Lucille Brule Coldwell Banker
Helyne Czajkowski Health Center at Bloomingdale
Frank Davis Finishing Touch Landscaping
Mary Keane Kosarek & Keane, Attorneys
Jim LaSala James La Sala Attorney At Law
Bernice Oberndorf Health Center at Bloomingdale
Sal Pagliarulo Pizza King
Bruce Raiken Lee-Nolan (Mass Mutual)
Kristen Totaro N2 Publishing
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data Business Products Inc
2010 Scholarship Recipients, Friends and Family
Bloomingdale Jaclyn Nunziato, Scholarship Recipient
Debbie Nunziato
Ralph Nunziato
Butler Erika Lakawicz, Scholarship Recipient
Joe Lakawicz
Rosemarie Lakawicz
Kinnelon Meredith Horton, Scholarship Recipient
Ed Horton
Joyce Horton
Riverdale Scott Schiavone, Scholarship Recipient
Lisa Schiavone
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order by Jerry Vinci at 12:20 with a salute to the flag. Four officers and three trustees were present.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
No new applications were received this month.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MAY 12 , 2010 MEETING
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Dave Warfield.
TREASURER’S REPORT
The Treasurer’s Report was read by Denise Brewster.
A motion was made by Helyne Oberndorf to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by Vivian Vinci.
BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Bills to be approved for payment were as follows:
1. Postage for June - Paid by Debit Card $28.00
2. Checks issued to Scholarship Award Recipients $4000.00
A motion to approve payment of the bills was made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Jim LaSala.
B. Communications
1. A letter was received from Tri County Chamber of Commerce announcing the Retirement of Kathe Crimmins. Replacing her as President will be Caryn Luberto.
2. A letter was received from Steve and Donna Montfelt of Space Stor Self Storage informing the Chamber of the sale of Space Stor to another entity. The Montfelts will no longer represent the facility as Chamber Members.
C. Committee Reports
Fundraising Committee – Jim Murasko informed attendees of an upcoming Chamber fundraiser to be held on Thursday, September 23rd from 7-9PM at Gary’s Wine & Marketplace, 1308 Route 23, Wayne NJ. The cost for this fundraiser will be $20.00 per person. The event was organized by Kristen Totaro.
Jim reminded attendees of the distribution of raffle tickets at the September 8th meeting. The raffle will be held on November 10th, 2010.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Jerry Vinci reminded attendees to take advantage of the member to member discounts available on our website www.triborochamber.org.
NEW BUSINESS
The Scholarship Committee Report was presented on behalf of Bill Stanton by Chamber President, Jerry Vinci, who commented on this year’s recipients. Jerry noted that all were involved in Community Service.
Scholarships were presented to the following individuals.
Bloomingdale Jaclyn Nunziato who plans to attend Rutgers
Butler Erika Lakawicz who plans to attend UCLA
Kinnelon Meredith Horton who plans to attend Georgetown
Riverdale Scott Schiavone who plans to attend Ramapo
CHAMBER MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
The 5 minute spotlight was held by Kristen Totaro of N2 Publishing. She informed the group as to how local community publications can be a unique way for businesses to reach community members. Kristen selected the business card of Karen Austin of Valley National Bank who will be spotlighted at the September 8th meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 12:55 PM was made by Phil Azzolino and seconded by Dave Warfield.
GUEST SPEAKER
There was no guest speaker due to the Scholarship Awards component of the meeting.
Thank you to our May 12 Guest Speaker
We would like to formally thank our guest speaker, Christina M. Genovese, Director of Business Affairs for the Office of the Governor, State of New Jersey. Christina is the business liaison for Governor Chris Christie.
In Photo: Christina M. Genovese w Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce President Gerald Vinci
Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
At Lina’s Restaurant
May 12, 2010
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko V. President Allstate Insurance
Karen Austin Secretary Valley National Bank
Denise Brewster Treasurer Brewster Chiropractic
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Bill Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Dave Warfield Trustee Retired
Joan Antonelli Antonelli Jewelry
Deb Arena State Farm
Lisa Bendel Lia Sophia Jewelry
George Brewster Brewster Chiropractic
Lucille Brule Coldwell Banker
Brandon Ciercieli Suburban Trends
Helyne Czajkowski Health Center at Bloomingdale
Frank Davis Finishing Touch Landscaping
Michelle Gatto iCentral Ophthalomology, PC
Cathy Gill Hone Your Website
Ken Ginefra GCS Consultants
Mark Gonzales Finishing Touch Landscaping
Jim Leeming Tri Brushworks
Ed Morba Family Home Funding
Janis Nelson Growing Kids/Renewal
Bernice Oberndorf Health Center at Bloomingdale
Sal Pagliarulo Pizza King
Claire Pannicci Growing Kids/Renewal
Bruce Raiken Lee-Nolan (Mass Mutual)
Kathy Roos Columbia Bank
Sandra Rostek Retiring in Comfort
Roberta Rovas Lakeland Bank
K. C. Smith Suburban Trends
Cynthia Templeton Push To Walk
Kristen Totaro N2 Publishing
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order by Jerry Vinci at 12:15 with a salute to the flag. Four officers and three trustees were present.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
One new membership application was received from iCentral Ophthalmology, P.C., Michele Gatto, MD. A motion to approve this membership was made by Bill Stanton and seconded by Lucille Brule.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 14, 2010 MEETING
The April 14th meeting minutes were amended to reflect Coldwell Banker as the proper company represented by Lucille Brule. A motion to approve the minutes was made by KC Smith and seconded by Bill Stanton.
TREASURER’S REPORT
The Treasurer’s Report was read by Denise Brewster.
A motion was made by Dave Warfield to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by Janice Nelson.
BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Bills to be approved for payment were as follows:
Bills paid by debit card were as follows:
1. Postage for May $72.00
2. Two year renewal – Domain Name for Website $53.00
A motion to pay the bills was made by Bill Stanton and seconded by Brandon Ciercieli.
B. Communications
1. A letter was received from Wallkill Golf Club with current offers.
2. Scholarship Applications have been received from various students.
3. Christina Genovese, Director, Business Affairs Office of the Governor, has communicated with the Chamber regarding her scheduled attendance at the May 12, 2010 meeting.
C. Committee Reports
Fundraising Committee – Jim Murasko presented the current fundraiser to the attendees. Growing Kids/Renewal will be partnering with the Chamber in a Fundraiser at the store running from June 1st through June 8th.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Jerry Vinci reminded attendees to take advantage of the member to member discounts available on our website www.triborochamber.org.
NEW BUSINESS
The June 9th meeting will be held at Lina’s Restaurant in Bloomingdale. This will be our annual Scholarship Presentation Meeting.
CHAMBER MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
The 5 minute spotlight was held by Lisa Bendell of Lia Sophia Jewelry. She discussed the benefits of working for the company. Lisa selected the business card of Kristen Totaro of N2 Publishing who will be spotlighted at the June 9th meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 12:55 PM was made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Bill Stanton.
GUEST SPEAKER
The guest speaker was Christina M. Genovese, Director of Business Affairs for the Office of the Governor, State of New Jersey.
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ALL NEWS from prior months including pictures, documentation, new members, etc. will now be in the NEWS ARCHIVE on this site.
MEMBERS
Below is a list of handy tools for our members to use. Please feel free to participate in any of the member programs we have listed below.
SUBMIT URL (If you are an active member, have paid your dues for the year, and have not yet given us your website link or short paragraph about your business, .
Thank you to our May 12 Guest Speaker 