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CB Lender, Mandy Baldry, has been helping with the Junior Achievement program in Mrs. Auer’s 3rd grade classroom. It’s a great opportunity to share a little bit about our city, banking, restaurants, newspapers, and construction with these children. CB has partnered with Park Elementary for the last three years. 
Check out these smiles!
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4th Annual Bring It Home Family Fun & Business Expo
April 13, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
McLeod County Fairgrounds
This year’s Expo, hosted by the Bring It Home committee of the Chamber, currently has over 80 Hutchinson businesses/organizations represented. Booths and sponsorships are still available, but time is running out to register! The final deadline for registrations is Friday, March 29th.
Check out our Citizens Bank booth at this year’s event! Prizes to be given away!
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Begonias, Impatients, Fuschias, Ivy Geraniums, Pansies, Wave Petunias…we’re blooming with Spring fever here! The Hutchinson Jaycees currently have flowers available for sale for Spring planting. This is the 15th year for this event. Funds raised by the Jaycees organization are given back to support youth activities in Hutchinson. You can purchase online, on Facebook, or through your local Jaycee member. The deadline to purchase flowers is Thursday, April 4th.
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We’d like to show our support for two local organizations: Hutchinson Rotary and Hutchinson Jaycees Water Carnival! They have teamed up to offer three different bike events on Saturday, June 15th as part of the Water Carnival festivities. Events are available for a 20-mile ride, 65-mile ride, or the CENTURY (100-mile ride). Get a jump start on Spring and your training! Check out more information or register online here.
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Twitter, twitter, tweet, tweet. It’s SPRING! The birds are chirping, but that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the Social Media Breakfast coming up this Thursday, March 28th from 7:30 – 9:00 at the Crow River Winery. This month’s topic will focus on Twitter, an interactive social media tool that you can use for your business! This session will be led by Steve Gasser from Vivid Image. Register for this event here!
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HHS Mountain Bike Team – Chad Czmowski and HHS Student Luke
United Way of McLeod County – Rikki Hilgemann
Hutchinson Health Care Foundation – Rachael Popp
Crow River Area Drumline
Hutchinson Ambassadors – Ambassador Jessi Wendland
New Discoveries Montessori Academy – Director Dave Conrad and Dr. Lora Dagel
New Century Charter School – Jason Becker and students
HHS Agriscience program – Teacher Lavyne Rada and students
Heart of Hutch – board member Dolf Moon
Hutchinson Swim Club – board President Eric Thovson
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Junior Achievement is a long-standing program in which community members visit elementary and middle school classrooms to teach students a short curriculum related to the community. The 3rd grade lesson is based on “Our City”. Jessi Wendland has been teaching in 3rd grade classrooms for three years now and recently completed five class sessions in Mrs. Mallak’s class at Park Elementary. The students said this is the favorite part of their school day! The studies included banking, newspapers, restaurants, city zoning, construction, and many new vocabulary words. Here are some pictures of the students in this class:
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Today’s Social Media Breakfast was about how to use your network for referrals. Scott Plum from the MN Sales Institute was the presenter. Some of the topics were when to ask for a referral, how to ask for a referral and to create an incoming referral policy. One quick tip is when you receive a referral on LinkedIn, take the time to say thank you. There were monkeys on every table with a note saying “You Can’t Expect to Benefit from LinkedIn, If You Don’t Spend Time Monkeying Around”. So take some time to update your profile, connect with new people, and refer someone you are connected with if you have appreciated their service.
The topic for March’s Social Media Breakfast will be about Twitter. If you are interested in attending, click on the link for more information. http://smbcmn.com/
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We are pleased to share with you a new photo of the current I.J. Burich Family Foundation Board!
Board Members seated in front (L to R): Buzz Burich, Heather Knorr Chairman, Jim Lyons, Mary Hodson Chamber President.
Board Members standing (L to R): Daron VanderHeiden Superintendent, Connie Lambert, Sherry Ristau SWIF President, Thomas Wirt, Sgt. Joseph Nagel.
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The Hutchinson Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Ag Committee, hosted the 2013 Ag Seminar on Thursday, January 31st. Citizens Bank was proud to be a Gold Sponsor for the Event. Featured speakers included: Bob Krogman / Marty Bonnell: “SPCC Compliance and Secondary Containment”, Jack Uldrich: “Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow’s Agriculture”, and Justin Remus: “The Old, New, and Future of Precision Agriculture”. Thank you to employees Jeff Jensen and Nancy Witte for serving on this committee!
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