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October 2009 Member News
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Governor to emcee lunch with new KU, K-State leaders
Community Foundation of Johnson County is hosting its Second Annual Champions for Education Luncheon Wednesday, October 7, 2009, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Overland Park Convention Center. Governor Mark Parkinson will be the emcee of the event.
K-State President Kirk Schulz and KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will discuss the importance of education to the economy and provide an update on the progress of the Johnson County Education Research Triangle. Tickets are $35. Please click here to register.
Wonderscope offers October events
Join Wonderscope's first Science After School workshop - Shoreline Exploration for 5-10 year olds from Monday-Friday October 12-15. KerSPLAT and Kaboom workshops are back! Sign up for six-week series of creative art and investigative science experiences. Coming Soon - Get your tickets now for Theatre for Young America's performance of "Good Night Moon" November 3-6 at Wonderscope. For a list of all October performances and events at Wonderscope, click October calendar. For more information, contact info@wonderscope.com or 913.287.8888.
REACTOR wins, 2009 Business Marketing Association Fountain Award
REACTOR was selected as the winner of the Business Identity Category for the Fountain Award on September 24. The Fountain Award represents the highest honor for excellence of work, exclusively in business-to-business marketing. The award recognizes many categories of work that reflect superior marketers and communicators in the Kansas City area.
REACTOR received the award specifically for designing a new brand it created for A.L. Huber General Contractor. REACTOR is a branding firm, which has been creating epic brands since 2003. For more information on REACTOR, please click here to visit the Website.
Exclusive offer to Chamber members only
Chamber member Cottman Transmission is offering a special discount of 20 percent off of any service, whether it be transmission or total-auto care. This is for Chamber members only. It is not offered in conjunction with any other offers. Additionally, Cottman Transmission offers a $50 referral fee to anyone who refers to it an internal-transmission job. They just need to be able to know who sent a customer to them. Contact Cottman Transmission at 913.631.3990; located at 6320 Nieman Road, Shawnee, KS 66203.
United Way launches 2009 campaign
On Thursday, September 10, United Way kicked off the 2009 Live United, fundraising campaign. Seven companies ran their campaigns early and raised $4.4 million, getting this year’s United Way campaign off to a great start. United Way campaign leaders hope the outstanding Pacesetter results will serve as positive, motivating examples for other companies during the campaign. For more information or to find out how to donate, please click here.
Shawnee Community Services offers tax-credit opportunity
Any business or individual subject to Kansas-state-income tax, which makes a pre-approved contribution to the Community Center of Shawnee, Inc. d/b/a Shawnee Community Services with a Capital Campaign will be allowed a Kansas-state-tax credit against their tax liability.
Simplified—a donation may be made in the form of cash contributions or actual donations of in-kind services (i.e. building construction, landscaping services, asphalting parking lots, etc.) to this most important, capital campaign can support a very important program, but can also benefit either individually and/or your business with a tax credit.
For more information, contact Shawnee Community Services at 913.268.7746 or sylviaterry@scsks.com.
Kansas City Business Journal announces Best Places to Work in 2009
The Kansas City Business Journal selected company winners through a quantitative, employee-review process. To qualify, companies had to have a minimum of 10 employees, and there were three different, company-size categories. Congratulations to the following Shawnee Chamber of Commerce member winners: McCown Gordon Construction LLC, first place, medium-size company; JE Dunn Construction; Perceptive Software; and Straub Construction.
KC BioMedix, Inc., receives investment
The KBA awarded a $250,000 equity investment to match private capital raised, and up to another $250,000 subject to additional, qualified capital investments. The company is commercializing medical devices based on technologies developed at the University of Kansas for the care and treatment of infants born prematurely.
Decorate the Mayor's Christmas tree
Pledge your support to the Shawnee Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund! Children of our community have handmade ornaments for supporters to purchase in order to decorate the Mayor's Christmas tree. Ornaments are $5.00 each, and your name will appear on each ornament you purchase. All proceeds will go to supporting Rebuilding Together Shawnee, Sunflower House, Shawnee Community Services and Kansas Special Olympics Team Shawnee Storm. All of these organizations offer critical services to those in need in our community. Your support is needed now more than ever. Please click here to download a form to purchase ornaments.
Mayor Jeff Meyers is asking the Shawnee community to join the city in its efforts to help in supporting these important organizations. Mayor Meyers said, “These four organizations represent all that is great about the city of Shawnee. Ours is truly a community that helps one other. I know that any funds the organization receives will have a huge impact on many different people in our community.” Financial donations are being collected, and four checks will be presented at the Mayor’s Tree Lighting in downtown Shawnee on Saturday, December 5, 2009. The holiday season is a season of giving, so please join us in giving to these organizations that help so many people in our community. For more information or to make a donation, please contact Shawnee City Hall, 913.631.2500, or email Bridget Moser, bmoser@cityofshawnee.org. Thank you!
Paint a pumpkin, prevent abuse, Pumpkin Palooza 2009
Sunflower House needs talented artists and crafters to paint and decorate 800 pumpkins to help support Sunflower House and its mission to prevent child abuse. Pumpkins will be ready to paint in late September/early October and sold to the public during Pumpkin Palooza 2009 on October 17. All proceeds benefit Sunflower House and the children it serves. Please click here for more information.
Save the date for the Pumpkin Palooza 2009! It will be Saturday, October 17, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sunflower House, 15440 W. 65th St., Shawnee, KS 66217.
Please email Allison, allison@sunflowerhouse.org, to RSVP or to learn more.
Huston, 2009 Small Business Champion for Kansas
David Huston, president of Olson Manufacturing and Distribution, Inc. in Shawnee, was named 2009 Small Business Champion for Kansas by the National Federation of Independent Business. Huston, a 20-year Federation member, serves on the state leadership council, which advises the group on small-business issues.
Central celebrates groundbreaking for Baugh-Marshall Chapel
More than 300 people attended the groundbreaking celebration in Shawnee, Kan., on September 11, 2009, for the new Baugh-Marshall Chapel on the campus of Central Baptist Theological Seminary. It was a signal day in the life of Central, as the seminary marked the first time in more than 50 years that it has celebrated a groundbreaking for a new building. The Seminary’s Cultivating Excellence Capital Campaign has received almost $6.5 million in gifts and pledges, including a single gift of $2 million from the Baugh Family Foundation for the Chapel, which was the catalyst for this day’s celebration. New construction is just one of the many ways Central is moving toward a hopeful future.
The day began with the Fall Convocation service, the official start to the fall semester. The service included greetings from Central’s denominational partners, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches of the Central Region, as well as a powerful message by the Rev. Dr. Mary Armacost Hulst, President of the American Baptist Churches, USA. Music was provided by Ottawa University and William Jewell College, and a liturgical dance by Kim Joyner-Wortman from the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church of Kansas City, Mo. A video presentation of recent global travels of faculty was another highlight of the service.
Following Convocation, the crowd moved outside for the groundbreaking ceremony. Guests heard words of appreciation from Phil Love, Chair of Central’s Board, and Central President Molly T. Marshall. Babs Baugh of the Baugh Family Foundation shared the Baugh Foundation’s rationale for their gift for the Chapel. Wallace Smith, pastor of the Journey Community Church, shared appreciation for the new home the chapel will provide his congregation, a newly formed church housed by the seminary and supported by the American Baptist Churches of the Central Region. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver shared appreciation for President Marshall and Central’s commitment to reaching out to all parts of the KC Metro area, and Alvin Brooks, former Mayor Pro Tem of Kansas City, concluded the ceremony as its featured speaker.
Founded in 1901, Central Baptist Theological Seminary prepares women and men to transform churches and communities by educating and forming them as Christian leaders who are biblically knowledgeable, theologically articulate, spiritually healthy, humanly sensitive, and professionally competent. Central is proud to have the first woman president of a Baptist seminary accredited by the Association of Theological Schools. Serving more than 30 Christian denominations, the Seminary is ecumenical and evangelical. Central is devoted to the redemptive gospel, the mission of the church, and to intellectual inquiry which encourages open-mindedness to the best insights of biblical and theological studies. For more information, visit www.cbts.edu.
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