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The Chamber Welcomed Seven New Members in February

April 01, 2016 | Membership Tips

The Chamber welcomed All Hands Interpreting, Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative (BASSC), Breeze Hospice, LLC, Body Focus Massage Therapy, Hearthside Grill & Fireplace, Steck-Cooper & Co Insurance and Bonds and St. Louis Food Ingredients to its membership in February 2016.

All Hands Interpreting

All Hands Interpreting is a local sign language interpreting agency that helps place excellent interpreters with local organizations. Hiring a quality interpreter through an agency guarantees you that someone is checking licensure status and other qualifications for the best service possible. An agency is also able to fill last minute requests and sub out interpreters when the inevitable emergency arises.

By going with an agency that guarantees quality service, like All Hands, you also avoid confusion due to language barriers when dealing with serious matters; especially in the legal, medical, and mental health settings.

Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative (BASSC) –

BASSC is an integral part of the service delivery system for students with disabilities in its twenty-four member districts. Since students with disabilities provide a significant challenge to the resources of local school districts, BASSC’s partnership with its member districts helps assure that the needs of students with disabilities will are adequately addressed and met.

BASSC performs multiple services including: child find duties, psychological evaluations, screenings and specialized evaluations in areas such as assistive technology, autism, audiology and central auditory processing, music therapy, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility, physical therapy, sensory integration, speech and language therapy, and visual impairments. In addition to these services, BASSC provides specialized educational programs for children with low incidence and/or complex disabilities such as those with autism spectrum disorders, social/emotional and behavioral disorders, hearing impairments, and/or cognitive disorders. They also coordinate and oversee federal and state grant projects (IDEIA), submission of FACTS, child count, and reimbursement data, and other required fiscal reports.

Breeze Hospice, LLC

Breeze Hospice, LLC is a Physician owned and operated hospice organization that provides quality, compassionate care with the utmost regard for dignity, respect and comfort of those they serve. They are committed to delivering competent and compassionate care and continuously pursue excellence and innovation to enhance the level of quality and care they give. They respect individuality, culture diversity, personal choices and spiritual belief. Integrating patients’ social, emotional, physical and intellectual needs are at the top of their values system. They also provide employment opportunities for individuals in a fair, safe and professional business atmosphere with equal employment opportunities for all.

Body Focus Massage Therapy

Body Focus Massage Therapy takes your treatment session very seriously and completely focuses on your needs and the reasons you have elected to seek massage therapy. Body Focus Massage Therapy has set very high standards with regard to how their clients are treated.

Body Focus Massage Therapy’s licensed therapists are professionals who demand the best out of themselves and every massage they give.  They will consult with you prior to each visit to ensure that you are receiving the best service possible. From the pleasantly relaxing Swedish Massage to deep tissue work to treatment of chronic conditions, their skilled therapists are knowledgeable and competent and will deliver a session that is certain to gain your trust.

Hearthside Grill & Fireplace

Hearthside Grill & Fireplace Ltd. opened the doors to its showroom in Belleville, Illinois in 2000. Today, Hearthside Grill & Fireplace is the place to shop for hearth and home in southern Illinois, where the Urban family’s roots run deep.

Owners, Darrell and Don Urban, are the third generation owners of Midwestern Propane Gas Company. Their grandparents and founders, A.J. and Martha Urban, opened offices in downtown Belleville in 1936, selling butane, a new energy fuel for cooking and heating, to customers from Cairo to Chicago. Today, the torch has been passed to the next generation of Urbans with Darrell and Don’s nephew, Mark Urban, leading the way as Manager.

The business thrived as the Urbans established a reputation for dependability and service. In the early 1950s, the company moved to its present location on South Belt East.Steck-Cooper & Co Insurance and Bonds.

Steck-Cooper & Co. Insurance & Bonds

Steck-Cooper & Co. Insurance & Bonds is an independently owned and operated insurance agency located in Belleville, Illinois. They have served individuals and businesses in the St. Louis metro area since 1905. Steck-Cooper & Co. Insurance & Bonds is committed to helping people make educated decisions about their insurance, and go above and beyond to identify the coverages that best meet the needs of their clients. They work with a large number of top-rated carriers, which allows them to provide clients with the best insurance options to fit their specific needs. Once these policies are in place they monitor the policies regularly and ensure that they’re always current. Their agency has more than 200 years of collective experience, so clients can count on being satisfied with our products and services.

St. Louis Food Ingredients

St. Louis Food Ingredients has been selling and servicing the industrial food and beverage ingredient industry since 1996. Their customers include global consumer packaged goods companies, national restaurant chains, regional wholesalers and distributors, along with local food and beverage entrepreneurs. Their entire team is located in St. Louis, MO and are available Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm CST.