Amy Head next WIN Speaker February 2012
Amy Head, Owner, Amy Head Studio
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 – 11:45 a.m.
Capital Club – DT Jackson
The Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership is pleased to announce that Amy Head, Owner of Amy Head Cosmetics will be our guest speaker on February 28th. Amy & her photographer husband Harold started their cosmetics business nearly 25 years ago. Amy grew up in an artistic family & painted as a child, and as a young adult, her modeling experience revealed to her how makeup could “naturally” enhance. In 2000, Amy & Harold made a decision to expand their business and developed a way to train others to do makeup the way she’s done for years. They now have stores in Ridgeland, Oxford & Birmingham. Harold & Amy live in Madison County with their daughter MacKenzie and their 2 dogs, Milly & Poppy.
WIN is a professional network group that advocates and encourages women to take advantage of the many opportunities available to today’s professional woman. The cost to attend this meeting is $15.00 for chamber members and $20.00 for prospective members. Please bring plenty of business cards so you can network with those at the meeting!
If you would like to attend the meeting on February 28th, please reserve your spot by contacting Debi Green, dgreen@greaterjacksonpartnership.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR!
Join the Jackson Chamber at the Koinonia Friday Forum!
Every Friday at 9 a.m., people come join together at the Koinonia Friday Forum.
The forum takes place at the Koinonia Coffee House located at 136 S. Adams Street in West Jackson.
A different person speaks each week on topics relating to the Capital City!
Forums are sponsored by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce.
February Speakers Include:
February 17 – Jerry Mitchell with The Clarion Ledger
February 24 – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, 2nd District of Mississippi
Be Active Mississippi (B.A.M.) Health Fair & Fitness Walk
The Free B.A.M. Health Fair & Fitness Walk is scheduled from 9 a.m. – Noon on Saturday, March 31, at the Jackson Medical Mall. B.A.M.! was established to promote awareness of the obesity epidemic in the state of Mississippi through education, involvement and health screenings. This was organized by a Leadership Greater Jackson team of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership Mississippi. For More information, click here!
Jaugars About Getting In Shape (J.A.G.)
A partnership between Leadership Greater Jackson and Blackburn Middle School has created a health program that will focus on student’s physical, mental, and emotional health.
J.A.G. is a comprehensive program that targets the total health of students in series of planned events throughout the spring semester. The programs scheduled will focus on bullying, vision, and healthy responsible relationships. The kick-off program was held Friday, January 13, which included the “Sonic Boom” of Jackson State University.
On February 14, the J.A.G program focused on bullying. This all day event included group discussions and counselors from St. Andrew’s lower, middle, and high school. The program also included motivational speaker Antonio Wright. Blackburn Middle School has a peer mediation program called T.A.P (Talk about the Problem). The program was initiated by the Association of Southern Jewish Affiliates.
The activity schedule for the upcoming months includes:
Activity Schedule:
Friday, March 9, 2012
T.B.A. – Vision Health
Thursday, April 12
8:00 a.m. – Healthy and Responsible Relationships
Monday, May 14, 2012
T.B.A. – Closing program
Jackson Chamber asks members for help in Read Across America
On March 2, 2012, the teachers and education support professionals of Lee Elementary & The Jackson Chamber of Commerce want to get the word out about the importance of children’s literacy. From coast to coast, more than 45 million readers, both young and old, are gearing up for the nation’s largest reading celebration–the National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America Day.
Launched fourteen years ago as a way to get kids excited about reading, NEA’s Read Across America has grown into a year-long program that culminates every year on Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2.
Here in Jackson, parents, teachers, education support professionals, students, and elected officials are doing their part to deliver the very important reading message: Kids who read, and who are read to, do better in school and help build great public schools.
As a part of the business community and an active reader, I’m asking everyone to participate by donating 30 minutes of your time to read a Dr. Seuss book to a group of children on Friday, March 2nd at Lee Elementary (located at 330 Judy Street, Jackson, MS). The Read Across America activities will start at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude at 12:30 p.m. The Jackson Chamber of Commerce really wants to do our part to encourage reading whether it is donating books to the local library, encouraging our own children to pick up a book and read, or to read to a child. Below are the available times slots on March 2nd! Please email Nicole McNamee at nmcnamee@greaterjacksonpartnership.com if you can come out and help us encourage kids to read.
Read Across America Time Slots (You only have to stay for your time slot)
8:30 – 9 a.m. 2 Volunteers
9 – 9:30 a.m. 2 Volunteers
9:30 - 10 a.m. 2 Volunteers
10- 10:30 a.m. 2 Volunteers
10:30 - 11 a.m. 2 Volunteers
11 - 11:30 a.m. 2 Volunteers
11:30 a.m. – NOON 2 Volunteers
NOON – 12:30 p.m. 2 Volunteers
Special Trade-Investment Opportunities for Membership
Looking for Trade-Investment Opportunities in Turkey? Then you will not want to miss this opportunity to be a part of the Turkey-Mississippi Business Summit Luncheon at 12 NOON on TUESDAY, FEB. 21, at the Jackson Hilton. The Partnership, the Mississippi Economic Council, the Mississippi World Trade Center and the Mississippi Development Authority are co-sponsors of this event.
More than 50 businessmen along with politicians from Turkey will be looking for business opportunities in Mississippi at this FREE luncheon. The keynote speech will be given by the Honorable Delbert Hosemann, Secretary of State, and the presentation will be given by Hakan Tasci, TUSKON US Representative.
The Turkey-Mississippi Business Summit (luncheon) is a part of two-day program called Mississippi & Turkey Business Forum. Companies who would like to participate in the panels are also welcome.
The purpose of the program is to facilitate commerce between Mississippi and Turkey and develop new partnerships between the Turkish and Mississippian business community.
If you are interested in these possibilities or have associates who are interested, please extend this invitation to them.
Please RSVP to rsvp@ttacc.org if you plan to attend. For more information, click here!
Enter to Win a Small Business Makeover!
Office Depot’s “Small Business Makeover” contest will provide three small businesses with a financial makeover by Jean Chatzky and $2,500 in products from Office Depot.
Small businesses can enter the contest by visit Office Depot’s Facebookpage and submitting, in 100 words or less, why their small business is in need of a makeover.
Enter soon! Contest Ends February 27th.
GJCP also asks you to take the following survey in determining where to move forward with national programs.
Take this Survey!
CANCER PREVENTION STUDY-3
Research today for a cancer-free tomorrow.
To better understand ways to prevent cancer, the American Cancer Society is recruiting men and women across the US and Puerto Rico for a landmark new research study – Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). Enrollment is being made possible in partnership with University of Mississippi Medical Center from Tuesday, March 27 through Friday, March 30. Individuals may choose to participate if they are willing to make a long-term commitment to the study (which involves completing follow-up surveys periodically over the next 20-30 years), are between the ages of 30 and 65 years old and have never been diagnosed with cancer. CPS-3 will help researchers better understand the genetic, environmental and other factors that may cause or prevent cancer. For more information, visit www.cps3jackson.org, call 1-888-604-5888 or e-mail cps3@cancer.org.
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Enrollment will take place at
University of Mississippi Medical Center facilities.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 10am – 1:30pm
Jackson Medical Mall
Community Meeting Room
350 West Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39213
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 3pm – 6:30pm
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 9am – 2:30pm
Main Campus
Norman C. Nelson Student Union
Conference Room A-D
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 8am – 1:30pm
Main Campus
Classroom Wing, Rm 107, 108, 109
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
Friday, March 30,2012, 9am – 2:30pm
Grants Ferry – University Physicians
Community Room
1010 Lakeland Place
Flowood, MS 39232
To schedule your
appointment go
to:
cps3jackson.org
Youth Leadership Member Helps at Salvation Army SOUPer Bowl!
Youth Leadership Jackson Class Member Olivia McNeal poses for a picture while volunteering at the Salvation Army SOUPer Bowl Sunday event that was held on
February 5!
GJCP March Business After Hours
Thursday, March 1
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Medicomp Jackson Physical Therapy
1054 Greymont
Medicomp Makeover
“Get The Skinny on Weight loss, Health and Fitness”
Join us at our Medicomp Jackson location for an evening of fun and great information from local vendors on things you want to know to help lose weight, get healthy and fit.
Where: Medicomp Jackson Physical Therapy
1054 Greymont Avenue,
Jackson, MS 39202
601-355-9624
(Located just off Fortification exit; turn left at light, Medicomp is behind the Mexican restaurant.)
Calendar of Events
Medicomp Flowood Physical Therapy
Grand Opening
690 Liberty Drive, Flowood
(located inside the Flowood YMCA)
Thursday, February 23
10 a.m.
Tuxedo Junction
Ribbon Cutting
153 Ridgeway, Suite B, Flowood
Tuesday, February 28
9 a.m.
Bk2NatuR
Handmade Soaps & Crafts
Grand Opening
210 E. Capitol Street, Ste M114, Jackson
Regions Plaza
Tuesday, March 6
11 a.m.
Advertise on GJCP’s New Digital Sign in Lobby!
Message Point Media, Inc., is a technology and advertising company based in Madison, Mississippi, who provides businesses of all shapes and sizes with digital signage solutions. Currently, the company offers advertising space on three digital flat screen network locations: 15 digital signs throughout the campus of JSU, two digital signs at Sportsman’s Lodge Restaurant in Maywood Mart, and our newest edition in the lobby of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership’s office. “Our medium is a great way to reach clearly defined target audiences in an interesting way at an affordable price,” said Dannon Durr, President of Message Point Media, Inc. There are several indoor digital sign networks, including several large ones, scheduled to roll out in 2012.
Contact Debi Green at dgreen@greaterjacksonpartnership.com or Jenny Woodruff at jwoodruff@greaterjacksonpartnership.com if you are interested in advertising!
Click here for advertisting rates!
ATTENTION: Non Profit Organizations
The Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership has put together a common calendar for events for the 2012 Calendar Year for all the non-profit organizations. If you have an event, party, etc. to be placed on the calendar, please email it to jwoodruff@greaterjacksonpartnership.com! Click here for the 2012 Calendar of Events for the Greater Jackson area. Remember this will be updated throughout the year. You can also find the Calendar on www.greaterjacksonpartnership.com.
IN THE NEWS
United Way offers 2 FREE tax services
Discover the Secret Lives and Hidden Habitats of Forest Animals
Ladies Night Tonight at King Edwards!
VAlentines for Veterans Concert Celebration Feb. 17
Stepping Up for the Community Essay Contest Details
Stepping Up for the Community Feb. 19
Giant Map of Asia Coming to Natural Science Museum
2012 First Pitch Banquet Feb. 20
Save the Date – Cancer Unmasked Feb. 25
“Dr. Rhythm” Performance for Jackson Children March 1
2012 Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Awards Luncheon April 20
Seafood Buffet Every Friday at King Edward
Sam’s Club Discounts for Chamber Members
