Palestine Chamber rolls out red carpet for Membership Appreciation banquet
Chamber Director Angela Howell-Fields said this year they wanted to give their members the 'star' treatment.
'We welcomed so many new members this year and want to take this opportunity to show our appreciation to all our members for the participation throughout the year, for the sponsorship throughout the year,' Howell-Fields said.
For this year's banquet, Mario's Mexican Grill will be catering, serving hors d'oeuvres with cocktails starting at 5:30 p.m. Howell-Fields said an elevated meal that highlights Mario's menu will follow later in the evening. She noted that a dessert grazing table will be provided by Somethin' Sweet.
Howell-Fields said this year's banquet will be a laid back evening of mingling and networking with a silent auction and photo booth by Alchemy Creative Arts.
She added the program would start around 6:45 p.m. at which time she will be sharing some Chamber highlights from 2024. There will be an introduction of the Chamber Ambassadors and the board. This will be followed by community awards, including a new award, Educator of the Year.
'It's been a great year for the chamber,' Howell-Fields said. 'Our Junior Ambassador program has been good and the festivals in 2024 both went really well. We brought back our Leadership Palestine program in 2024. It went really well, we had some really good programs and we'll talk about that at the banquet and present the certificates of completion awards to those who are able to attend.'
Single tickets for this year' banquet are still available for $35 per person on the chamber's website, palestinechamber.org.
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