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Chamber to Host a Woman’s Luncheon on Using Pinterest as a Business Resource and Good Social Media Practices

Women's Luncheon The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Women’s Networking Committee is holding their third a series of woman’s networking luncheon programs for 2017 Tuesday, May 23rd from 12 noon to 1 pm at Vesuvio’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, located at 101 N. Wyoming Street in Downtown Hazleton. The event is being sponsored by MMI Preparatory School and it is open for any woman to attend.

The program will begin promptly at 12 noon and will include a buffet style lunch. Our guest speaker is Marci Hosier, Director of Admissions and Marketing for MMI Preparatory School and she will present on using Pinterest as a business resource and touch briefly on overall social media good practices.

Carla Marie Thaller Selected as Chamber’s 2017 Athena Recipient

2017 Athena Business Woman of the Year Carla Marie Thaller of the Hamister Group, LLC has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Athena Award, sponsored by Berger Family Dealerships.

Carla is the Regional Director Operations, Hotels for the Hamister Group that operations three premier hotels in our area including; Residence Inn by Marriott, Fairfield Inn & Suites and Hampton Inn. She has an award winning hospitality career for over 15 years in positions with impact in the areas of administation, sales, customer service, hotel operations and facilities management.

Ms. Thaller started in her career as a front desk person while she was a full time student at King’s College. She graduated from King’s with a bachelor degree in Accounting and quickly advanced to supervisor and then manager for mutiple properties including Residence Inn by Marriott, Hampton Inn and Fairfield Inn & Suites.

Chamber Icebreaker Golf Outing Winners Announced

The two-man team comprised of Tom Ciccarelli and Matt Diebert from Valley Country Club took the Chamber’s first place award during the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce 13th Annual Icebreaker Golf Outing Friday, April 28th at Mountain Valley Golf Course in Barnesville.

Other winners in the tournament were: Second Place representing Shenandoah Senior Living Community, Tim Scheeler and John Rizzo. Third Place representing DBi Services, Bob Gorski and Joe Boretski.

Miners Bank to Sponsor Chamber Mixer on May 4th

Miners Bank, a division of Mid Penn Bank is sponsoring an exclusive Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Networking Mixer on Thursday, May 4th from 5 pm to 7 pm at The Pines Eatery & Spirits located at 8 West Broad Street, inside Hayden Tower at the Markle Building in Downtown Hazleton.

Chamber members, their employees, co-workers and guests are invited to this free, casual, after-hours event, which provides a networking opportunity for the Greater Hazleton Area business community.