The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Women’s Networking Committee is holding their final woman’s networking luncheon program on Tuesday, November 30^th from 12 noon to 1 pm at The Pines Eatery & Restaurant on Broad Street in Downtown Hazleton. The event is being sponsored by Penn State Hazleton and it is open for any woman to attend.

 

The program will begin promptly at 12 noon and will include lunch. Our guest speakers are William Andahazy, Entrepreneurship Education Coordinator and Fermin Diaz, Entrepreneurship Facilitator at Hazleton LaunchBox supported by Pasco L. Schiavo, Esq.

 

They will discuss the Hazleton LaunchBox, which is part of Penn State’s Invent Penn State program, a Commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation and student career success. They will discuss women in entrepreneurship, recently launched women-owned businesses, and ongoing and future programming provided by the LaunchBox. A brief tour of the facility will immediately follow.

 

Dooprize drawings including, a free lunch for the next program and the opportunity to give an introduction of your business at the event will be drawn. Women are encouraged to bring along promotional items, such as business cards, brochures, giveaways, etc. to display on our business resource table.

The cost to attend the luncheon program is $18.00 for Chamber members and $25.00 for non Chamber members and the fee will be collected at the door. Proceeds will benefit the Women’s Empowerment Grant Fund. Reservations are required by registering online, contacting Leann at the Chamber office at 455-1509, or emailing .

Pictured in the photo from the left is William Andahazy, Entrepreneurship Education Coordinator for Hazleton LaunchBox supported by Pasco L. Schiavo, Esq. and event speaker; Kim McNulty, MMI Prep School and Chamber Women’s Networking Committee Chair; Laura Jones, Lehigh Valley Hospital – Hazleton and Chamber Women’s Networking Committee Member; Fermin Diaz, Entrepreneurship Facilitator at Hazleton LaunchBox supported by Pasco L. Schiavo, Esq. and event speaker; Anne Frey, Chamber Women’s Networking Committee Member and Marylynne Spear, Hazle Drugs and Chamber Women’s Networking Committee Member.