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Connections
The newsletter for members and friends of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
March 2013
Vol. 75, No. 6



859 Massachusetts Avenue
Play CHINGO!
Have you gotten your CHINGO card yet? If not, one will be made available to you at or before you attend your first CCC event of 2013. Bring your card to every CCC event this year to receive your stamps and be eligible to win a prize. If you complete your card by earning 90 points—one for each of the CCC’s 90 years in business—you will be eligible to win one of the grand prizes. You gotta be in it to win it so don’t leave home without it!



Giveaway Donations
In conjuction with our 90th anniversary, we will award 90 prizes to CCC members before the end of the year. Some will be  CHINGO rewards and others will be distributed as door prizes or via other avenues. We are seeking donations of giveaway items such as gift certificates. If you’d like to win it, chances are someone else would too! Contact Daisy at dbowler@cambrigechamber.org.



Award Nominations
The Award nomination process is now open! Nominate the CCC members you feel are worthy of being honored with an Excellence in Business Award at our 90th Anniversary Gala on June 20. Access the nomination form to read the criteria and submit your nominations today!  


 


PHOTO CAPTION: The prize winners at the January Birthday BAHnanza, who won the first of 90 giveaways being awarded in honor of the CCC’s 90th anniversary this year, posed with Susan Lapierre from event sponsor Cambridge Savings Bank (right). Randy Benoit of NSK, Inc. won an iTunes gift card; Jacquelyn Bruntz from H&R Block received tickets to the Museum of Science; John Gosselin from Ally Advertising Group won a gift card to UpStairs on the Square; Linda Walsh of Embassy English Boston Study Center won a gift card to California Pizza Kitchen; Andras Ratonyi from Zentury Web Design won tickets to the February Networking Breakfast; Rodolfo Palafox of BookKeeping Express won a $50 Visa card; and Joe Mahoney from Raymond James Financial received tickets to the March Business After Hours.


 


Nominations sought for business awards


The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce 90th Anniversary Gala and Annual Excellence in Business Awards event will be on June 20! We are currently accepting nominations for these prestigious awards. This year’s celebration will salute 90 years of business in Cambridge along with past, present and future award winners and honorees.


Each year the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce presents awards to outstanding members in recognition of their exceptional achievements and contributions to the CCC, the Cambridge community and/or their industry. We encourage you to nominate the CCC members you feel make a difference. This year, in addition to “New Member of the Year,” “Small Business of the Year,” “Nonprofit of the Year,” “The Leading Edge,” “Corporate Citizen of the Year” and the “Carl F. Barron Business Person of the Year,” we will also be unveiling a new award for young professionals. The Next Level Award spotlights a young professional between 21 and 35 that demonstrates leadership, character, professionalism, service to the community and represents someone that is part of taking Cambridge to the “next level.” Self-nominations are acceptable and encouraged. No one knows the great things your company is doing better than you do! Please view the criteria for each award and submit nominations on the CCC website at www.cambridgechamber.org/chamber/news_awardnom.html.
After reviewing the nominations, we will narrow down the nominees to three finalists for New Member of the Year, Small Business of the Year and Nonprofit of the Year. The winners will remain confidential until the awards are presented on Thursday, June 20. In the remaining four categories, Corporate Citizen of the Year, The Leading Edge, Next Level and Carl F. Barron Business Person of the Year, the honoree will be named prior to the event. A group of members will be selected randomly to take part in the voting process and the winners will be chosen with the assistance of an Award Subcommittee.

Please join us on Thursday, June 20 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge to celebrate our 90th year and honor the entire Cambridge-area business community. You’ll even get 45 CHINGO points! The cost is $90 for members and $180 for non-members. Reserved tables of ten are available to member companies for $850. Please make reservations by June 18, 2013 at www.cambridgechamber.org/chamber/viewevent.html?id=357. No walk-ins will be admitted. Many thanks to event sponsors Amgen and Cambridge Trust Company.  



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