The Pike County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual Children’s Holiday Event on Sunday, December 9th was a great success! It initially started out last year with local business J-Angelo Event Planning who contacted the Chamber after seeing the original article of the Holiday Ornament Event for kids in which the event fee was supposed to be $7.00 per child. In keeping with spirit of the holiday season, James Campistrous of J-Angelo Event Planning said they would sponsor the event so that every child that wanted to attend and make an ornament would be able to join the fun and parents wouldn’t have to worry about another cost involved! For the 2012 Children’s Event J-Angelo Event Planning also sponsored again along with Pike County Light & Power Company and Price Chopper. The Chamber is very grateful for these generous sponsorships that helped purchase the supplies and food in order to keep it a free event for the community. Some of the families that attended also brought baked goods for everyone to share as well as a nice collection of food donations for the local food pantry.

The Women in Business Committee of the Chamber who runs the event that was held at the Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing was so excited to see the 300 people come out to have an afternoon of fun. This Committee also would like to thank Diane Bollen from Dragonfly Studio who took professional photos of the kids with Santa and his Elf for free. The Committee also greatly appreciated the following Delaware Valley football players and cheerleaders, Josh Edelman, Tommy Lee Shelton, Cory Savarese, John Hurley, Brendan Paulison, Justin & Ryan Viscardo, Heather and Haley Connolly, Laura Horowitz and Kelly Buckner, who volunteered their time to help the kids decorate ornaments and it made the afternoon fun. A big shout out to Keith Raser for his generous efforts to arrange the arrival of Santa and his Elf! Thank you to all of the volunteers that helped make this another successful community event and we are already planning a bigger and better event for 2013. The Pike County Chamber extends Happy Holiday wishes to all.

For further information contact the Chamber by e-mailing info@pikechamber.com or calling the Chamber office at 570-296-8700.

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce and Best Western Inn at Hunt's Landing want you to celebrate this holiday season by taking this opportunity to network your business, organization or upcoming event. Pike County Light and Power are the proud sponsors of this holiday networking event. Bring your friends and business associates along with plenty of business cards to make new contacts and get more business no matter what industry you are in. Making face to face contacts at this networking event is a powerful and affordable marketing technique that can help your business grow.

This networking opportunity will be held at Best Western Inn at Hunt's Landing in Matamoras, PA just off of I-84 on Thursday, December 13th from 5:30p.m. to 7:30p.m. Admission at the door is $5.00 for Pike Chamber members or $10.00 for non-members. There will be a cash bar, hors d'oeuvres, 50/50 raffle and door prizes! If you would like to donate a door prize, please call ahead to let us know.

To get more information please call 570-296-8700

The Women in Business Committee of the Pike County Chamber of Commerce is hosting their 2nd Annual Children's Holiday Event on Sunday, December 9th at the Best Western Inn at Hunt's Landing in Matamoras, PA from 2:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. It is FREE for kids who must be accompanied by an adult and reservations are suggested by calling 570-296-8700. This wonderful community event for kids from all surrounding areas is being sponsored by J-Angelo Event Planning, Pike County Light & Power Company and Price Chopper of Matamoras.

Every child will be able to make and decorate an ornament, there will be milk and cookies for the kids and coffee for the adults. The kids will be able to sing along to holiday music, meet and tell Santa their "wish list" and this year we have award winning photographer Diane Bollen from Dragonfly Studio www.dragonflystudiocafe.com on hand to provide photos with Santa or parents can bring their own cameras.

This event was so successful last year that we have moved it to the large ball room to accommodate more. It is a great way for parents, aunts, uncles or even grandparents to take some time out of their busy holiday schedules and spend quality time with the kids making great memories and bring home the ornaments to hang on the tree each year!

We will also be accepting donations of non-perishable, non-expired food pantry items or gift cards for local families in need. We look forward to seeing all of the happy kids and families again this year.

After having been re-scheduled due to Hurricane Sandy, The Pike County Chamber of Commerce held its 18th Annual Community Awards Banquet on Friday, November 16th at The Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing in Matamoras. It was hosted by the Pike County Chamber in partnership with the Service Organizations throughout the area.

Just under 200 people attended to see the eleven non-profit organizations honor their own and to showcase their commitments toward the worthwhile work that each does in our community. The following outstanding volunteers were honored: Thomas Murante at Center for Developmental Disabilities, Doris Bouckenooghe, Syril Overpeck, Ed Walthall & Helene Brengard at GAIT Therapeutic Riding Center, Linda & Ralph Pinto at the Milford Garden Club, Dr. Thomas Finan, Robert Wein & Edgar Almquist at Milford-Matamoras Rotary Club, Victoria Weigel at Milford Senior Care & Rehab Center, Edith Gartner & Ginny Holzhauer at the Pike County Area Agency on Aging, Joan Stohr at Pike County Developmental Center, Elspeth Goodin at Pike County Public Library, Sue Ann Jacobs at Special Olympics Area “P”, Christine Foland at The Lackawaxen River Conservancy and Annette Petry at Wayne/Pike Adult Literacy Agency.

The Pike County Chamber itself presented three awards: Chamber Director of the Year to Aileen Kolvenbach of Pike County Light & Power, Outstanding Business of the Year to River Rock Inn of Milford and Outstanding Volunteers of the Year to Jean & Tom Hoff.

The Chamber wishes to thank Art Ridley, Carol & Peter Markwalter and Zorianna and her staff at The Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing who helped make this another successful Chamber event. If you were unable to attend or wish to learn more about the honorees and their organizations, please contact the Chamber office at (570) 296-8700 for the program booklet that was handed out that evening.

Due to circumstances caused by Hurrican Sandy, we will be postponing the Community Awards Banquet Dinner to Friday, November 16th, same time, same place.

Please help spread the word to anyone whom you know was attending since power is still out so anyway you can help via cell phone, texting, facebook etc.

Power still out at Chamber office so you can't contact us there until power is restored.

Sorry for any inconvenince this may have caused.

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce and Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling would like everyone to have some fun while taking this opportunity to network your business, organization or upcoming event. This event is sponsored by Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling. Bring your friends and business associates along with plenty of business cards to make new contacts and get more business no matter what industry you are in. Making face to face contacts at this Networking Event is a powerful and affordable marketing technique that can help your business grow.

This networking opportunity will be held at the new PA office of Paul Davis Restoration at 209 East Harford Street in Milford (Pike Chamber Building) on Wednesday, October 17th from 5:30p.m. to 7:30p.m. Admission at the door is $5.00 for Pike Chamber members or $10.00 for non-members. There will be refreshments, hors d'oeuvres, 50/50 raffle and door prizes! Donating a door prize is a quick & easy marketing idea. If you would like to donate a door prize, please call ahead to let us know. We hope to see you all there. For more information call 570-296-8700.