New Chamber Members
May 2015
Please support them with your business
Newsletter
Empire Crossing Retirement Suites
Joanne Elliott, Marketing Manager
224 Ward St. Port Hope, ON L1A 3V6
www.empirecrossing.ca Independent living &
assisted living retirement suites
Curry Jefferson & Assoc. Environmental Services
Catherine Jefferson, CEO
30 Bedford St. Port Hope, ON L1A 1W3
905-885-6401 Environmental consulting related to
Trelton Construction Ltd.
Bob Trew, Owner
3568 Ganaraska Rd., Campbellcroft, ON
905-376-1998 Wood lot management, Land
clearing, tree harvesting & firewood
NMS Consulting
Nancy Schott, Owner
905-259-1804 Small town service offering individualized marketing support printed materials,
signs, email campaigns & more
Chamber Manager Bree presents a new member
certificate to Joanne from Empire Suites
water, waste water & environmental assessment
Business After 5 Networking
Manager Bree presents a new member certificate to Bob Trew of Trelton Construction
SMM Law Professional Corporation
Sarah Jacob, Owner
1005 Elgin St. W #205 Cobourg, ON K9A 5J4
www.smmlaw.com Legal services for business
matters, real estate, estate planning & more
Racine Financial Ltd.
John Racine, Financial Planner
37 Walton St. Port Hope, ON
www.racine financial.ca Wealth management,
financial planning, investments & insurance
Primitive Designs
Michelle McWalters, Manager
2762 County Rd, 28 Port Hope, ON
www.primitivedesignscanada.com
8000 sq ft gallery of exotic & usual antiques
Stephen Cragg—Freedom 55 Financial
Stephen Cragg, Owner
10 Maplewood Blvd. Cobourg, ON
www.stephencragg.com Financial planning, retirement planning, investments
Tuesday May 26, 2015
Alcock Nurseries
BUDGET BREAKFAST 2015
367 Dundee Cres. Campbellcroft
5:00—7:00pm $5 Admission
April 24/15 the Port Hope & Northumberland Central Chamber cohosted a Federal & Provincial budget breakfast at the Woodlawn Inn
with MPP Lou Rinaldi, MP Rick Norlock and Michael Machon (BDO
Canada) who provided an overview
of the federal & provincial budget.
Partnership Marketing
Thursday May 28 2015
Port Hope Public Library
Queen St. Port Hope 9:30am
register: [email protected]
Rhonda & Ron, owners of Primitive Designs get
their new member certificate from Bree
Business After 5 Networking
Thursday June 11 2015
Lauria Hyundai
50 Benson Court Port Hope
5:00— 7:00pm $5 Admission
Preparing your Business to be
Accessible (AODA overview)
Susan from the Art of Lash receives her new
member certificate from Manager Bree
Director Pam Davis & President Doug
Blundell congratulate Serghei Ischenko
on Apple Denture’s 4th Anniversary
Wednesday June 17 2015
Port Hope Public Library
Queen St. Port Hope 5:30pm
register: [email protected]
We’ve been busy at the Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce celebrating anniversary’s, business openings and reopenings and handing out new member certificates. Our members are very active!
Above: Karen Henricks & Jules with Chamber President Doug at the grand reopening of Suntree Natural Foods Marketplace at 19 Ontario St.
Chamber Coordinator Darlene presents Fred of
Precise Sharpening his new member certificate
Left: PHYP pose while bowling for BBBS
The Port Hope Young Professionals have also been active—on
March 12th they bowled to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Northumberland and on April 18th a PHYP team were victorious at the Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny race for Crazy
Crafts! Congratulations to the team fearlessly led by Bill Daly!
Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce
Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce
18th Annual Business Excellence Awards
18th Annual Business Excellence Awards
Far Left: Jim Wraith from Tervita presents Jeff Bray & Isaac Meadows of The
Social with the Excellence as a Start Up /
New Business award
Near Left: Jennifer Knox (of OPG )
presented Bill Gorsline and his team at
Unitrak with the Excellence in Business
Growth award. (L-R: Dennis Snodden,
Aimee Tedford, Jennifer Knox, Bill
Gorsline, , Marie Lytle, & Ter Gorsline)
Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards 2014 Guests loved the colourful carnival theme
and centerpieces that provided cotton candy,
On Saturday April 18, 2015 over 150 guests
caramel corn and hand made candy apples to
gathered at Dalewood Golf Club in Port Hope
take home! (Thank you to Cavan Street Canto celebrate the very best in local business in
dy Apples and Centerpiece sponsors Unitrak.)
2014. The annual event for the Chamber of
Fleming College and HRPA Northumberland
Commerce brought together some of the
Chapter helped finish the evening on a sweet
finest business owners and professionals in
note by sponsoring the deluxe dessert buffet.
Port Hope and Northumberland County.
Aarron Sherwin & George Kallonakis enjoyed sitting with other young professionals
Stacey Fritsch and husband Christoph Horn
Congratulations to event chair Jacqueline
Pennington and the Business Excellence Committee who did a wonderful job organizing all
the details for a truly enjoyable event. Thanks
to: Jacqui Pennington, Pam Davis, Fran
McIlmoyle, Bill Daly, Cathy Moore, Doug
Blundell and the Chamber team Linda, Siobhan, Peggy, Jailene, Darlene & Bree.
Mayor Bob Sanderson welcomes the guests
Far Left: Antonio Sarmiento, Artistic
Director & General Manager of the
Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, received the
Excellence in Innovation award from
Renee McLachlin owner of Paperworks
Near Left: Northumberland County Warden Marc Coombs presented Primitive
Designs with the Excellence in Local
Economic Impact award. (L– R: Marc
Coombs, Michelle McKnight, John Ireland, Stacey D’Souza)
Far Left: Mark Tanner and Brian Alcock
of Alcock Nurseries accepted the Excellence in Environmental / Sustainable
award from Ken Hall, Senior Advisor
Public Affairs of Enbridge.
Near Left: Dale Clark, VP of Fuel Services
at Cameco, presented the Excellence in
Entrepreneurial Spirit award to Deborah
Whelan Payne & Liam Whelan owners of
Summerhill Bed & Breakfast and British
Bistro
Luke Despatié, Manager Bree Nixon and
Debbie Beattie of Snap’d
Peggy & Jailene happy selling drink tickets
Awards event chair Jacqueline Pennington
Far Left: Dr. Stacey Fritsch accepted the
Excellence as a Young Professional from
Tim Westgate of AMEC Foster Wheeler.
Near Left: Chamber Manager Bree Nixon
and President Doug Blundell presented
Bud Lauria (centre) with the Chamber’s
Choice Award at his Hyundai Dealership.
Bud was unable to attend the award
ceremony on April 18, 2015.
The Chamber team (& Cathy Moore too!)
Pam Davis & Garth Derry
Chamber President Doug Blundell
New Chamber Members
May 2015
Please support them with your business
Newsletter
Empire Crossing Retirement Suites
Joanne Elliott, Marketing Manager
224 Ward St. Port Hope, ON L1A 3V6
www.empirecrossing.ca Independent living &
assisted living retirement suites
Curry Jefferson & Assoc. Environmental Services
Catherine Jefferson, CEO
30 Bedford St. Port Hope, ON L1A 1W3
905-885-6401 Environmental consulting related to
Trelton Construction Ltd.
Bob Trew, Owner
3568 Ganaraska Rd., Campbellcroft, ON
905-376-1998 Wood lot management, Land
clearing, tree harvesting & firewood
NMS Consulting
Nancy Schott, Owner
905-259-1804 Small town service offering individualized marketing support printed materials,
signs, email campaigns & more
Chamber Manager Bree presents a new member
certificate to Joanne from Empire Suites
water, waste water & environmental assessment
Business After 5 Networking
Manager Bree presents a new member certificate to Bob Trew of Trelton Construction
SMM Law Professional Corporation
Sarah Jacob, Owner
1005 Elgin St. W #205 Cobourg, ON K9A 5J4
www.smmlaw.com Legal services for business
matters, real estate, estate planning & more
Racine Financial Ltd.
John Racine, Financial Planner
37 Walton St. Port Hope, ON
www.racine financial.ca Wealth management,
financial planning, investments & insurance
Primitive Designs
Michelle McWalters, Manager
2762 County Rd, 28 Port Hope, ON
www.primitivedesignscanada.com
8000 sq ft gallery of exotic & usual antiques
Stephen Cragg—Freedom 55 Financial
Stephen Cragg, Owner
10 Maplewood Blvd. Cobourg, ON
www.stephencragg.com Financial planning, retirement planning, investments
Tuesday May 26, 2015
Alcock Nurseries
BUDGET BREAKFAST 2015
367 Dundee Cres. Campbellcroft
5:00—7:00pm $5 Admission
April 24/15 the Port Hope & Northumberland Central Chamber cohosted a Federal & Provincial budget breakfast at the Woodlawn Inn
with MPP Lou Rinaldi, MP Rick Norlock and Michael Machon (BDO
Canada) who provided an overview
of the federal & provincial budget.
Partnership Marketing
Thursday May 28 2015
Port Hope Public Library
Queen St. Port Hope 9:30am
register: [email protected]
Rhonda & Ron, owners of Primitive Designs get
their new member certificate from Bree
Business After 5 Networking
Thursday June 11 2015
Lauria Hyundai
50 Benson Court Port Hope
5:00— 7:00pm $5 Admission
Preparing your Business to be
Accessible (AODA overview)
Susan from the Art of Lash receives her new
member certificate from Manager Bree
Director Pam Davis & President Doug
Blundell congratulate Serghei Ischenko
on Apple Denture’s 4th Anniversary
Wednesday June 17 2015
Port Hope Public Library
Queen St. Port Hope 5:30pm
register: [email protected]
We’ve been busy at the Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce celebrating anniversary’s, business openings and reopenings and handing out new member certificates. Our members are very active!
Above: Karen Henricks & Jules with Chamber President Doug at the grand reopening of Suntree Natural Foods Marketplace at 19 Ontario St.
Chamber Coordinator Darlene presents Fred of
Precise Sharpening his new member certificate
Left: PHYP pose while bowling for BBBS
The Port Hope Young Professionals have also been active—on
March 12th they bowled to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Northumberland and on April 18th a PHYP team were victorious at the Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny race for Crazy
Crafts! Congratulations to the team fearlessly led by Bill Daly!
Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce
Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce
18th Annual Business Excellence Awards
18th Annual Business Excellence Awards
Far Left: Jim Wraith from Tervita presents Jeff Bray & Isaac Meadows of The
Social with the Excellence as a Start Up /
New Business award
Near Left: Jennifer Knox (of OPG )
presented Bill Gorsline and his team at
Unitrak with the Excellence in Business
Growth award. (L-R: Dennis Snodden,
Aimee Tedford, Jennifer Knox, Bill
Gorsline, , Marie Lytle, & Ter Gorsline)
Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards 2014 Guests loved the colourful carnival theme
and centerpieces that provided cotton candy,
On Saturday April 18, 2015 over 150 guests
caramel corn and hand made candy apples to
gathered at Dalewood Golf Club in Port Hope
take home! (Thank you to Cavan Street Canto celebrate the very best in local business in
dy Apples and Centerpiece sponsors Unitrak.)
2014. The annual event for the Chamber of
Fleming College and HRPA Northumberland
Commerce brought together some of the
Chapter helped finish the evening on a sweet
finest business owners and professionals in
note by sponsoring the deluxe dessert buffet.
Port Hope and Northumberland County.
Aarron Sherwin & George Kallonakis enjoyed sitting with other young professionals
Stacey Fritsch and husband Christoph Horn
Congratulations to event chair Jacqueline
Pennington and the Business Excellence Committee who did a wonderful job organizing all
the details for a truly enjoyable event. Thanks
to: Jacqui Pennington, Pam Davis, Fran
McIlmoyle, Bill Daly, Cathy Moore, Doug
Blundell and the Chamber team Linda, Siobhan, Peggy, Jailene, Darlene & Bree.
Mayor Bob Sanderson welcomes the guests
Far Left: Antonio Sarmiento, Artistic
Director & General Manager of the
Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, received the
Excellence in Innovation award from
Renee McLachlin owner of Paperworks
Near Left: Northumberland County Warden Marc Coombs presented Primitive
Designs with the Excellence in Local
Economic Impact award. (L– R: Marc
Coombs, Michelle McKnight, John Ireland, Stacey D’Souza)
Far Left: Mark Tanner and Brian Alcock
of Alcock Nurseries accepted the Excellence in Environmental / Sustainable
award from Ken Hall, Senior Advisor
Public Affairs of Enbridge.
Near Left: Dale Clark, VP of Fuel Services
at Cameco, presented the Excellence in
Entrepreneurial Spirit award to Deborah
Whelan Payne & Liam Whelan owners of
Summerhill Bed & Breakfast and British
Bistro
Luke Despatié, Manager Bree Nixon and
Debbie Beattie of Snap’d
Peggy & Jailene happy selling drink tickets
Awards event chair Jacqueline Pennington
Far Left: Dr. Stacey Fritsch accepted the
Excellence as a Young Professional from
Tim Westgate of AMEC Foster Wheeler.
Near Left: Chamber Manager Bree Nixon
and President Doug Blundell presented
Bud Lauria (centre) with the Chamber’s
Choice Award at his Hyundai Dealership.
Bud was unable to attend the award
ceremony on April 18, 2015.
The Chamber team (& Cathy Moore too!)
Pam Davis & Garth Derry
Chamber President Doug Blundell
Spring & Summer 2015
NHH Foundation Signature Events
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Register your team today!
Teams of seven are invited to register by May 15, 2015 at a
cost of $100 per team. This is a coed event open to players
of all ages. This year’s festival is shaping up to be bigger and
better than ever!
NHH Foundation’s Caring for Generations Society Presents
Mark Black : Live Life from the Heart
June 2, 2015 at 7 p.m. (Adults: $20 Students: $10)
Cobourg Lions Community Centre
Mark is a heart & double-lung transplant recipient, 4-time marathon runner, author and motivational
speaker who will inspire us all to “live life with passion & purpose.” Tickets available at the Foundation
office, Cobourg Lions Community Centre or online at www.nhhfoundation.eventbrite.ca.
Fill your cup for the Foundation on
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
This year we celebrate and honour Elaine Elliott and
Dorothy Allen.
For event details, party registration and parties open to the public visit www.nhhfoundation.ca.
June 30, 2015 from 6p.m.-10p.m.
Leveraging the recent, rapidly growing interest in local craft
beer and cider in Northumberland County, Wine & Ale in the
Park focuses on the unique pairings of local food with Ontariobased craft brewers and wine from our feature country, Chile.
Tickets are $60 per person and include two beverage vouchers and samplings of delectable foods.
For more information on the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation’s signature
events, please visit www.nhhfoundation.ca or call the Foundation office at
905-372-6811 x 3066.