MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 700 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 www.SebastianChamber.com (772) 589-5969 May 2011 Issue

Francis Papineau and Sandra Zanetti Juice Plus+ Independent Distributors

“Eat your vegetables, they’re good for you!” Now, it’s easy to follow mom’s advice… No more food fights to improve your health! My sisters and I grew up in the suburbs & like most kids, when mom called out “Time for Dinner”, we all eventually gathered in the kitchen. But Tina…she climbed the stairs 2 by 2 with speed and determination. She was black-haired and short, didn’t get along with many people. Nonetheless, we all loved her. The best part about her is that she saved us from eating our vegetables. When mom and dad weren’t looking…swoosh…we’d subtly slip her our broccoli & cab-bage & beets, and Tina ate every single one of them! Once in a while, our parents would catch us and remind us of how good vegetables were for us. ‘Ya right!’ we thought…’Yuck’ was more like it! And so we grew up and Tina kept on getting stronger and, for some reason, she never got sick. She could outrun us any day. All those veg-gies… No wonder she lived to be a very healthy and feisty 15 year old, 11 lb poodle. It turns out parents are right…Fruits and Veggies are good for us. Read on: ... Did you know that by the age of 12, an estimated 70% of our children have developed the beginning stages of harden-ing of the arteries? (Bogalusa Heart Study) ... And did you know that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will have cancer in his or her life time? (National Cancer Insti-tute) … And did you know that eating Fruits and Vegetables can minimize your chances of developing illnesses and dis-eases?

Thankfully, Juice Plus+ has been around for 17 years now and it provides us with the nutrients and the antioxidant power of 17 Whole Fruits, Vegetables and Grains to help us fight diseases. It comes in capsules or tasty gummies. No more juicing messes! Affordable and convenient, it fills the gap between what we do eat and what we should eat which is 7 to 13 servings of raw fruits and veggies every day! So, how do you see your future: enjoying Florida’s sunny weather and playing in the park with your family or spend-ing your time in doctor’s offices, undergoing one test after another, & emptying your pillbox every week? The choice is yours. You can subsidize your illnesses or you can invest in your health. 18 studies have proven that Juice Plus+ is absorbed by the body (unlike most multivita-mins), helps the immune and cardiovascular systems, and

protect our DNA. Juice Plus+ is free of chemicals: no herbicides, pesticides or preservatives. It’s whole food. Period. Physicians all over the world are recommending Juice Plus+ to their patients. If you knew that you could do something that would benefit you and your family by improving your health and staving off diseases, would you think twice about doing it? And if it were only $1.39 per day, wouldn’t it be worth your peace of mind? In addition, people can take advantage of a program called the Children’s Health Study where a child, 4 to 18 years of age (& 19 to 26 if Full Time undergraduate), can get his Juice Plus+ for FREE for up to 3 years when an adult orders the fruit and vegetable capsules. Over ½ million partici-pants have seen the benefits of Juice Plus+ in this study. We became Juice Plus+ distributors because we see its value and need in today’s chemically-filled diets. We have worked in the health field for a combined 34 years… It’s nice to help people prevent illnesses now rather than try to cure them. We also offer educational seminars on nutrition for businesses and individuals. Our website is www.FPJuicePlus.com. To get started on Juice Plus+ please call us at 772-581-7625. If you would like to “make the front page” of our newslet-ter, make sure you schedule time this month at one of our networking activities, and maybe your name will be draw for the monthly spotlight! Check out our calendar inside!

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APRIL CHAMBER EVENTS Breakfast at Sebastian Historical Society

Luncheon at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort

Business & Pleasure at Best Western Hotel

Lunch Sponsor: Darlene Forage Plumbago Volunteer Services

Lunch Speaker: Ed Garland St. Johns Water Mgmt District

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Color Biz Card Ad (1) Reach over 500 local business members, employers, employees, government and community leaders in the Sebastian River Area for 12 consecutive months. In ad-dition to being mailed, the newsletter is also emailed to Chamber members and uploaded to the Chamber web-site, www.SebastianChamber.com.

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Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce Calendar of Events

May 2011

May 2 Technology Committee Meeting 4:30 pm Chamber Offices May 5 Executive Committee 8:00 am Chamber Offices May 6 Chamber Monthly Breakfast 8:00am Friendship Crossroads Thrift Shop 1400 Cross Street (behind City Hall) May 7 20th Annual Golf Tournament 7:45am Sebastian Municipal Golf Course May 9 By-Law Review Committee Meeting 4:00 pm Chamber Offices 8:30 am Legislative/Government Affairs Committee Chamber Offices May 10 Chamber Monthly Luncheon at Capt. Hiram’s Tiffany Room Noon Guest Speaker: Mayor Jim Hill, City of Sebastian Sponsored by: Indian River Medical Center, The Heart Center “Innovation in Cardiac Surgery and Cauterization” Reservations by Noon on May 9th: $15.00; At the door: $20.00 May 11 Full Board Meeting 8:00 am Chamber Main St. Offices May 18 Business Development Committee 8:00 am Chamber Main St. Offices May 19th Chamber Monthly Business & Pleasure 5:30pm Sebastian Inlet Marina 8685 N. US Hwy 1, Micco May 20 Concerts in the Park, Riverview Park, Sebastian 5:30 Featuring the Atlantic Blue Grass Band Sponsored by Waste Management and Melbourne International Airport, in partnership with the Chamber and City of Sebastian May 30 Memorial Day, Chamber closed

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SEBASTIAN'S FREEDOM FESTIVAL - 4TH OF JULY

The City of Sebastian, Sebastian Chamber of Commerce and the Sebastian Lions Club are

planning a day of fun for the entire community. This is a local event in which you can show your pride and community spirit.

The day will include:

A patriotic parade – floats and decorated kids bikes

Food and craft booths Business booths from our community and surrounding areas

Live Entertainment in the park Fireworks display at dusk

The 4th of July celebration brings approximately 20,000 guests to our community

If you would like to participate in the event, please contact one of the following:

Apple Pie Contest: Carolyn Corum 772-913-2331 Booth Rentals: Jerry & Phyllis Kennerk 772- 664-1839

Parade Participation: Lloyd Thomas 772- 646-0558 Tony Anunziata 772-581-1380

Event Chairman: Norman Meyer 772-581-0526 or 772-228-9900

The Sebastian Lions Club is looking for a few good men and women who enjoy serving our community.

Do you know what the Lions do? Ask us!!! Call: Chuck & Jan Smits 772- 388- 9421 Jerry & Phyllis Kennerk 772- 664-1839

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THE CHAMBER RESPONDS TO AN AVERAGE OF 60 INQUIRIES A MONTH FROM PEOPLE INTERESTED IN VISITING OR RELOCATING TO OUR AREA. THOSE LEADS COULD BE YOURS FOR ONLY $100 A YEAR! FOR MORE INFO, CALL NICOLE @ 772-589-5969!

Member News

Spring Hill Suites on Indian River Blvd., recently received a distinguished Platinum Award for Over-all Customer Satisfaction and the Diamond General Manager Award, and received several awards for Top Breakfast, Least problems Experience, Cleanliness of Rooms and Willingness to Recommend. The hotel is one of only eight Marriott properties in the United States and Canada to hold this distinc-tion. Out of 273 general managers of Spring Hill Suites, Brenda Celano was named one of three Dia-mond General managers. Spring Hill Suites reports that occupancy rates have shown a 25 percent in-crease over last years numbers.

Students in art classes at Sebastian River High School and Sebastian Middle School have submitted fifteen illustrations to be considered for the “EVEN MORE Tales of Sebastian” book to be published by the Sebastian Area Historical Society in late 2011. Students from the art classes at the schools were given brief texts from the book’s manuscript and asked to provide illustrations based upon their inter-pretation. The exhibit of the student submissions is currently on view in the Sebastian Historical Mu-seum, 1235 Main Street in the City Hall complex.

In the days leading up to Mother’s Day, construction crews of female volunteers will raise their ham-mers at Habitat for Humanity construction sites across the country in recognition of National Women’s build week, April 30-May 8. National sponsor Lowe’s and the nationally recognized Women Build team from Indian River Habitat for Humanity are looking for local women to volunteer Saturday, May 7 for a “Mother-daughter” event. The women will be putting up siding on a home in Grace Meadows in Fellsmere. For information contact Volunteer coordinator Jessica Schmitt at 772-562-9860, or Sue Croom at 772-388-1389.

Help the nearly 700 at risk children in the Youth Guidance Program by sponsoring and/or attending the 34th Annual Tropical Night Luau held on Saturday, June 4, 7:00-11:00 pm, at the Quail Valley River Club. Tickets are only $60 and many levels of sponsorships are available. All funds from this event will go directly toward providing summer camps and other year round activities for the youngsters in Youth Guidance. For more information call the youth Guidance office at 772-770-5040 or visit www.ircyouth.com.

The Craft Club of Sebastian will have the MOTHERS DAY craft show Saturday, May 7th from 9am till 3pm at Riverview Park, 650 Indian River Drive, off US 1. Large variety of crafts, this is the last craft show for the club until October 1st. For a space call Karen at 772-388-5244 or Bob 321-727-0932.______________________________________________________________________________

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We are excited to announce that Disney Institute is bringing its renowned professional development program, Disney’s Approach to Business Excellence to the main campus of Indian River State College in Fort Pierce on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. This program will give business professional the oppor-tunity to implement more than 80 years of proven, time tested business principles into their organiza-tion, the same principles that established the Walt Disney Company as a world business leader in qual-ity, leadership, management, loyalty and innovation. We have partnered with Indian River State Col-lege and the Chambers of Commerce from Stuart/Martin County, St. Lucie County, Indian River County, Hobe Sound, Palm City, Indiantown, Jensen Beach and others.

More information will be coming to you soon! Look for announcements and info next month!

Tourism Tidbits By Nicole Capp Holbrook

National Travel and Tourism Week is May 7th-15th. It’s the Annual Salute to Travel and Tourism in America, a tradition that began in 1984. Since then, the U.S. travel community has celebrated in a number of creative ways ranging from local ral-lies to proclamations and resolutions to local gov-ernment. Tourism plays such an important role in Florida’s economy. Did you know that there are nearly 1 million Floridians directly employed by Florida’s tourism? 85 visitors equal 1 tourism job right here in Florida. For each $1 invested in tourism market-ing, more than $9 is returned to the state in tour-ism-related taxes. In 2009, tourism provided 22 percent of our total state revenue. Here are some other interesting facts about Florida’s Tourism Industry in 2009:

80.9 million visitors 16.8 million in-state visits $60.9 billion in travel spending $3.7 billion in sales tax collections $455 million in TDC tax collections 968,400 Floridians employed

**Statistics are from www.floridastourismcounts.org Last year, VISIT FLORIDA re-launched the “Share A Little Sunshine” campaign to encourage Floridi-ans to give our economy a boost by inviting their friends and family to visit the Sunshine State. Each time you invite someone to visit Florida by sending a video invitation or custom email post-card through www.sharealittlesunshine.org, you are entered to win a Florida vacation package. The current drawing is for an Ultimate Florida Fishing Experience. There are numerous invita-tions to choose from (categories ranging from fish-ing to family trips) and each invitation includes information and hot deals from the sender’s geo-graphic area. There is also an option to write a message which is a great opportunity to encour-a g e t h e m t o v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e , www.SebastianChamber.com. Our website is a great resource for visitors. In addition to the Sebastian River Area Destination Video on our homepage, we now have a Greater Fellsmere Area Destination Video. Be sure to check it out! And keep in mind, the more people we share our state and community with, the more our economy benefits!

Marsh Landing Restaurant

Located in the beautifully restored Fellsmere Es-tates Building, Marsh Landing offers a truly unique dining experience. Frog legs, catfish and gator tail, fried green tomatoes and swamp cabbage are a few of the local specialties you can find at Marsh Landing. We also have hand-cut Angus steaks, ribs, fresh seafood dishes and homemade des-serts. Don't forget breakfast. We open at 7am daily serving eggs, sweet potato pancakes, bis-cuits & gravy and much more. We offer generous portions of all of our items cooked to order!

We have two private dining rooms ideal for family gatherings, group meetings and small parties. Our Rose room seats 8 people and our Sage room seats 14 people. To accommodate larger parties and meetings our banquet room seats up to 80 people. We offer buffet and platted menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner or let the Chef create a customized menu to suit the needs of your party. All of our party rooms are available by res-ervation at no charge and separate checks can be accommodated.

Marsh Landing is owned and operated by mother and daughter team, Fran and Susan Adams. Fran Adams grew up in the restaurant business in Wil-son, North Carolina, specializing in the local fare of fried chicken and barbeque. A Peace Corp vol-unteer in the early 70’s and an elected official for 12 years, Fran has spent her life in the service business. Susan Adams grew up in Fellsmere, enjoying the rural lifestyle of the area. After high school Susan attended FSU earning her law de-gree. The lure of restoring an old landmark and bringing the world to see brought Fran and Susan back to the restaurant business where they are working to preserve native Florida cuisine and cul-ture and having a ball doing it!

For all you Bluegrass fans out there, we are home to the largest weekly Bluegrass Jam in the South! Join us every Thursday for some pickin’ & grinnin’. For more information check out our website at www.marshlandingrestaurant.com.

TOURISM BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

2011 Board of Directors

Officers

Debbi Vickers, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers – President

Theresa Tolle, Bay Street Pharmacy & Home Health Care – Vice President

Bob Daberkow, Southern Fulfillment Services– Treasurer

Margie Duffell, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage—Immediate Past President

Elected Directors

Sandi Gehrke, TD Bank Emily Holliman, Sebastian River Medi-

cal Center Patti Jamar, Vero Fashion Outlets

Betty Lollio, Seacoast National Bank Michelle Napier, Dill & Evans, LLC

Maggie Sammons, Custom Air Systems

Appointed Directors

Capt. Christy Lenz, “Casual Crusin” Chuck Mechling, Collier Club

Chris O’Rourke, CPA Ted Pankiewicz, Park Place

Beverly Paris, Paris Productions Shawn Reeves, Merriweather Designs

Ex Officio

Wesley Davis, Indian River County Commissioner

Susan Adams, Mayor, City of Fellsmere Don Wright, Vice Mayor, City of Sebas-

tian Jason Nunemaker, City Manager, City of

Fellsmere

Chamber Staff Beth L. Mitchell – Executive Director

Nicole Capp Holbrook – Tourism Coor-dinator

Britney Faulk – Information Specialist Kim Cerreto – Membership Director

Mandy Karst - Accounting

2011 Concerts in the Park

Come out and enjoy an evening on the Indian River Lagoon from 5:30-8:00 pm. There will be food and re-freshments for sale by Stone Creek Pizza , Sugar Shack, Show-Stopper Specialties; and the Lions Club of Sebastian will be selling popcorn.

Remaining Concerts:

May 20, 2011- Atlantic Bluegrass

Band (Bluegrass)

June 10, 2011- John Mackin

(Jimmy Buffet Music)

During intermission, the crowd will have a chance to win giveaways

from the local business community. Bring your lawn chair and

blanket, and enjoy the local talent and river breezes! For more

information, please call 772-589-5969.

Sponsored by the City of Sebastian, Sebas-tian River Area Chamber of Commerce,

Waste Management & Melbourne International Airport.

May, 2011 Beth L. Mitchell, Executive Director

In celebration of Mother’s Day coming up, a search on Google provided this gem:

“A Freudian slip is when you say one thing, but mean your mother”

and in a nod to all of our Chamber mothers, “all mothers are working moms”! Happy Moth-ers Day! We are very happy Nicole is back from maternity leave, and that we can share her with Madelyn. So, we have asked Nicole to share her knowledge of tourism in the Sebastian River area, and she will be writing her very own column. Its debut is in this newsletter, and we look forward to her feature every month! We have also added a second membership spot-light, for tourism related businesses. As with our cover spotlight, the only way you can be featured is by attending the Tourism committee meetings! We hope to see you there! We had a pretty busy month rolling out several projects simultaneously, including our new Membership Business Directory and the Greater Fellsmere Video. The Directories are in the mail to you, and you may notice we used new photographs that were submitted in the Face-book Photo contest we held at the beginning of the year. The video is now available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube, or better yet, on the SebastianChamber.com website. We will be watching our Google analytics reports to see if there is an increase in our visitor traffic. Now we are working on a redesign of the Visitor’s Guide, a walking and driving tour of the area. We print twenty five thousand of these every year, and based on all of the redevelop-ment on the riverfront we want to improve the information for visitors so they can fully appre-ciate all of the ambiance on the lagoon. This month our Chamber Members will be receiving a survey to fill out so we can receive in-put from them on their wants and needs. Since most surveys usually provide a small sam-pling of the membership feedback, we thought we would up the ante and offer an incentive. If you are a Chamber member and you help us out by filling out the survey and sending it back in, we will give you, free, a web page on our website for one year. That’s a $125 value back to you for your time and input. But some things are immeasurable, and we have mem-bers who already have a web page, and have seen phenomenal traffic to their own website by having a presence on the Chamber’s site. And its free for one year. Two events are in the planning stages for the summer, our third annual Grill Out Night is scheduled for the first Friday of August, and we are encouraging pineapple carvings this year. We are also planning a joint Business and Pleasure with our neighbor the Palm Bay Chamber, at Capt. Hiram’s. Good things are happening! Have a prosperous month!

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