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LEADERSHIP BELLEVILLE CLASS 2023-2024 NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS!

June 06, 2023 | Leadership Belleville

Application NOW OPEN!!! If you delay your application you will miss out on this opportunity to be a part of the 24th Leadership Belleville Class. What is Leadership Belleville? Leadership Belleville is a unique training program offered to community members and chamber members, coordinated through the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce. The goals of the program are to… Each Leadership Belleville class is composed of up to 25 professionals who demonstrate the highest leadership qualities. These classmates create a valuable network of resources – paying dividends to both alumni and their business sponsors. Below you will find a link to the Leadership Belleville page and the Application to be a part of this unique opportunity.  Now more than ever do we all need to refresh and recharge our Leadership skills and learn from others in…

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LEADERSHIP BELLEVILLE REFLECTION AND GRADUATION DAY

June 05, 2023 | Leadership Belleville

  On Friday, May 5th, Leadership Belleville participants spent a day together at The Weingarten and gave a presentation reflecting on what they had learned over the past 9 months.  That evening, a dinner was hosted at St. Clair Country Club for our newest Leadership Belleville graduates and their guests, employers and alumni.  We celebrated the graduates for successfully completing the nine month leadership journey of community awareness and self-reflection.  This is truly a program that builds our future leaders.  Thank you to all the Chamber members who gratuitously hosted this class and to all the committee members who spent many hours planning the days. A special thanks to Eric Schauster for serving as the committee chair.  For anyone interested in Leadership Belleville, The application for the 2023-2024 Leadership Program will be available soon! Leadership…

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BELLEVILLE SCHOOL’S DRIVE AWAY HUNGER

March 13, 2023 | Community Service

A Letter from Belleville Dist. #118 Superintendent, Ryan Boike: Hello to everyone. In the past we, as a District, have come together in a service project called “Drive Away Hunger”. This project was created by our District Character Education Committee. The response to our efforts to “drive away hunger” in our community has been overwhelming and as a result, we have delivered over 165,000 items on school buses to our Belleville food pantries. We will hold the 2023 Drive Away Hunger service project this year. This year to make the donation bigger and better, we will continue to partner with other schools in the Belleville community. There are many more individuals and families struggling this year and the food pantries are in desperate need of supplies. Simply put, they need our help. The project will…

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2023 Silent Auction now LIVE! Bid often, Bid High

January 19, 2023 | Annual Awards

It has become a popular tradition at our Annual Dinner to host a silent auction.  This year we will be hosting our auction online! The auction is now LIVE and will be available to all of our Chamber members whether you are attending our dinner on January 26 or not.   To register for online bidding and to take part in the auction, click here. If you have bid before, you just need to sign in with your previous user name and password.  Even if you plan on attending the dinner you must sign up and register online to bid on the items. The auction will close after the dinner on Friday, January 27 at 10:00am. All winners will be notified at that time and will have to schedule a time to pick their items up from…

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