Effective Immediately. Prior Registration is required for all events where a fee is charged. If you register and do not cancel your tickets you will be charged for the tickets. This is necessary to ensure that our functions do not incur a loss.
Thank you for your co-operation.
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
The Honourable Chris d'Entremont, Minister of Health for the Province of Nova Scotia will address the Bridgewater and Area Chamber of Commerce.
Where: The Wandlyn
When: Monday, May 12, 2008 Registration at 11:30 for Noon lunch
Cost: $15.00 per person. For this occasion the cost is the same for members and soon to be members of the Chamber.
Registration is required. Please contact bacc@eastlink.ca to reserve your seat.
Topic: In January, the Department of Health, district health authorities and the IWK endorsed a report that challenges us, as leaders and as citizens, to make significant changes to transform Nova Scotia’s healthcare system. It challenges us to rethink how healthcare services are delivered and by whom. The end result will be a system that truly meets the changing health needs of Nova Scotians.
Is genuine change on its way? To answer this question, we will hear from Nova Scotia's Minister of Health, Chris d'Entremont, on what is in store, what health leaders are doing to prepare for change in such a complex system, and why organizations and individual citizens should consider the role they can play in the journey toward a more collaborative and sustainable approach to living well in Nova Scotia.
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May 2008 - Exact date, time and location to be confirmed
The Bridgewater and Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to host a lunch time presentation by Dana LeBlanc, Plant Manager of Michelin Bridgewater Plant. Dana will give us an update on the expansion projects that are currently underway at Michelin and share some insights into planned future developments.
Where: TBA
When: May 2008 Lunch Meeting
Cost: TBA
Reserve your place by contacting bacc@eastlink.ca or calling 543-4263
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Bridgewater and Area Chamber of Commerce
Breakfast meeting
Details to follow
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 - A presentation by Brigitte Neumann, Executive Director of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women.
What do caregivers need?
People from all backgrounds and walks of life are involved in caregiving no matter where they live in Nova Scotia. In 2005, more than 266,000 people provided care to another person. Caregiving can be rewarding. It can also be isolating, physically demanding, and affect health and well-being.
Brigitte Neumann is Executive Director of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women and a Co-Director in the Healthy Balance Research Program (HBRP). In this talk, she will explore answers to the question, “What do caregivers need – and what can employers do?”
HBRP is a six-year $1.7-million multi-faceted study that has shed light on the private struggles of Nova Scotians as they face challenges in caregiving, health and work/life balance. The presentation will reveal what researchers learned, what caregivers want, and launch a discussion about next steps to help us all care for family, friends, neighbours, and others in our communities.
Free copies of the HBRP Caregiver’s Handbook and Priorities for Caregivers will be available.
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The first annual Spring into Business expo
was a tremendous success. The seminars, lunch and exhibitor space were all sold out. The hard working committee were tired but pleased at the end of the event on Saturday.
For a few pictures of who was there please go to http://www.sswba.ns.ca/photos.htm
A special thanks goes to everyone who contributed to make this event the success it was.
For all the details please visit
http://www.springintobusiness.ca/index.htm
Rivertalk, the local chapter of Toastmasters meets every Wednesday evening at the NSCC campus in Bridgewater. For more information please contact Bernice Theriault at 543-1498
President - Sandra Statton Secretary - Bernice Theriault
Treasurer - Andrew Button
VP of Education -Brian Parnall
VP of Membership - Michael Graves
VP of Public Relations - Verne Lunan
Sargent at Arms - Linda Parnall
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