WIB - Portland Announces
November & December Networking Events & News!
You're Invited to Women In Business - Portland!
Help Support Local WIB-Portland Businesses!
Hi, WIB - Ladies!
Read below for current events from our members:
We've had a busy month since our showcase on 11/21! Diane Drizen had a lovely open house on 12/4 at a wonderful yoga studio called Amrita studio in SW Bancroft St (http://amritasanctuary.com/). Diane will also be offering her professional coaching services at this yoga studio, too.
Diane highlighted her coaching workshops for professional women and men for 2010. Diane also invited many from our WIB group to showcase their business and services, too! Marlene Z, our wonderful jewelry artist, was showcased showing her beautiful Tibetan prayer necklaces and other healing gems that she uses in her designs. Linda Boal, maker of Eco-flakes, gluten free granola was on hand to help Diane, too. Many new faces, too! (I saw Depalli from far away...I had to run...!)
WINTERFEST:
Make sure to stop in this coming Friday and Saturday (12/11, 12/12) and visit the lower block of Fremont for the 2nd Annual Lower Fremont Winterfest, which features many artists and vendors along the lower Fremont block.
Friday, 12/11: 4 - 9PM
Saturday, 12/12: 11 - 6PM
Misha Hashitani, owner of
SOFIA's European Boutique (
www.sofiaportland.com, 1313 NE Fremont), is a WIB member and she is hosting many vendors inside her shop, including myself and Milinn Spady, wonderful glass jewelry artist, and many others! Please stop in and visit us this weekend...we'd all love to help make your holiday shopping easier this year!
Come and join us for treats and lots of beautiful art and crafts!
This year's Winterfest will be held indoors!
You will find most of the vendors at 1315 NE Fremont St. (former Poppy&Ivy storefront) or at SOFIA's European Boutique!
OK, WIB Ladies! I hope you're making the last few weeks before the end of the year good ones for business! It is a wonderful time of the year to reach out to old friends, make new friends, and begin planning your business goals for early 2010! Wow - 2010!
I'm ready - are you? Can't wait for 2010!
I hope you all can join us on 12/15 at Chris Gauger's Here We Go retail store on Carolina st in SW! SW here we come :)!! See our website for details!
Save the Date, Tuesday, December 15th!
WIB-Portland Networking Night! 6:45PM!
John’s Landing
0511 SW Carolina Street /Portland, OR / 97239
503 244-6910
www.womeninbusinessportland.com
All my best,
Tonya
PRESS RELEASE
One-Stop Holiday Shopping – Was A Great Success! Women in Business' 4th Annual Holiday Showcase on Saturday November 21, at The Kennedy School Was A
Great Fundraiser for The Oregon Food Bank!
Portland, OR, Dec., 1, 2009: 44 women business vendors participated at our recent 4thANNUAL Women’s Business Holiday Showcase that was held at The Kennedy School, November 21st, from 9AM – 3PM, the Kennedy School Gym (5736 N.E. 33rd Ave. Portland, OR 97211 ; www.kennedyschool.com)! Julee Wasserman, Proprietor of Mt. Adam’s Lodge, a wonderful lodge two hours north of Portland in Glendale, Washington, was one of our major sponsors for this year’s event (www.mt-adams.com)!
Last year our Women’s Business Showcase rose close to $1,000 for the Oregon Food Bank and we had over 300 people from the public visit our retail tables! This year we estimate that we had the same number of people come through, 200 – 300 people, BUT we almost doubled the amount raised for The Oregon Food Bank from our silent auction and our food barrel donation drops! This year our event raised $1,610.00 dollars and close to 100 LB of food www.kennedyschool.com)!
We helped many busy shoppers save money AND support local, women retailers! Thank you all who helped make our 4 Annual Women in Business-Portland Holiday Showcase and Fundraiser for The Oregon Food Bank such a success! www.womeninbusinessportland.com. ###
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Save the Date, Tuesday, December 15th!
WIB-Portland Networking Night!
John’s Landing
0511 SW Carolina Street /Portland, OR / 97239
503 244-6910
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6, Sundays 12-5
Welcome, WIB-Portland Ladies!
First, special thanks to Misha Hashitani, owner of
SOFIA's European Boutique, who hosted our WIB group this past November! 25 women had a blast sharing their business and experiencing SOFIA's!
SAVE the DATE!
December 15th, Tuesday night!
General reminders: Bring business cards, promotional materials, and if you retail, feel free to bring a small basket of your retails items to showcase and sell. Also, feel free to bring a beverage of your choice to share with our group. Lastly, we do a voluntary raffle. If you'd enjoy participating, bring a raffle item. Many of us choose something to highlight our business or service; however, there is no minimum required to join and many of enjoy raffling a coffee or tea date, too!
Make it a great business month...!
Tonya DeCroce
tdecroce@myarbonne.com
503-998-6157
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News Alert! Sharon Martini, WIB member and writer, author, director announces her newest column in the below-mentioned Sotuhwest Community Newspaper!
Sharon MartiniLady Bird Designs, LLCWonderfully Whimsical Works of Art by Sharon MartiniDotty Beetle Books:
"Little Picture Books Big In Joy And Colorful Characters!
For all of humanity's children!"
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2008 News / Posts:
Oregon Food Bank
P.O. Box 55370
Portland, OR 97238-5370
Attn.: Donations / Charitable
Dear Oregon Food Bank:
My name is Tonya DeCroce and I’m a small-business owner who organized and participated in a recent “Women in Business Holiday Market (WIB) and Fundraiser for The Oregon Food Bank.” WIB held our event at The McMenamin Brother’s Kennedy School Gym in NE Portland on Saturday, December 6, 2008, from 9AM – 3PM.
What happens when over 20 women in business come together to raise funds for The Oregon Food Bank? WIB-Portland raised $841 dollars from our silent auction donations plus Lisa Brooking of The Bright Way Massage reported to WIB-Portland that she is making a $100 donation to The Oregon Food Bank from the chair massage proceeds she raised at our event! Our group also collected food and raised roughly 40Lb of food, too! That is what happens!
Isn’t it exciting to know that the community supported our mission to raise awareness and money for our hungry residents, families, and communities?! We estimate 300 – 400 people stopped through our event and enjoyed shopping from established local retailers, to up-and-coming new industry direct-sellers! People also enjoyed purchasing gift-certificates for lodging get-always to health and wellness, Qiqong, Naturopathic services in 2009!
Visit our web-site (www.womeninbusinessportland.com) to review the complete list of retailers and service providers who helped make our fundraiser a success! WIB-Portland plans to do it again next year and our goal is to double our contribution! From all of us at WIB-Portland we wish you and your organization and the families and people you feed, a special holiday season and the best fund-raising 2009 New Year!
By the way, many of us women who pulled together for this event spoke often about how the economic impact our world is currently experiencing is first felt at home in our own backyard. How many of us know someone who just lost his job or has been given an eviction notice because she can’t pay rent? Or, just as tragic, is facing foreclosure on his or her home? I know we all know someone who is living one if not all of the mentioned realities. The lack of access to good food, shelter, income opportunities is not just one person’s problem or one city or one state’s issue. WIB-Portland participants believe that a community of like-minded people can make a difference in families and individuals in need. We look forward to being of service to The Oregon Food Bank by helping to raise awareness and donations from future WIB events we hold through-out 2009! We’ll keep in touch!
Sincerely,
Tonya DeCroce
WIB-Portland organizer and vendor
Vendor inquiries for Spring 2010:
Holiday Season 2010
Call 503.998.6157
