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may/June edition4 Chamber Names CEO

6 Staff/Board & Tier Members

8 Public Affairs Recap

9 PTAC: $57K Success Story

10 Upcoming Chamber Events

11 Business After Hours

12 Small Business Month

13 Workshop Week Speakers

14 14th Annual Golf Tournament

15 Women’s Golf Tournament

16 Corporate Wellness

17 Bottom Line of Health

18 Ribbon Cutting Gallery

20 New GVCC Members

24 Upcoming Events Calendar

on the CoverThe Chamber rolls out a brand new pro-gram in honor of the City’s “Small Business Month!” Join us for our first ever “Small Business Crawl” in Uptown Vancouver on Wednesday, May 11th. more information on page 12

may 11: the gvCC’s ambassadors will lead the way on our first “Small Business Crawl” in Uptown Vancouver.

PG 8: Legislative Review Recap pg 14: the golf tournament

pg 18: ribbon Cutting gallery pg 15: Women’s golf

4 Vancouver VISION Magazine Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

When previous GVCC President/CEO Kelly Love left in November of last year to accept another leadership position in the commu-nity, the Chamber Board set to the task of selecting the Chamber’s next leader. This was a process we wanted to enter into thought-fully and deliberately, as the future of the Chamber is greatly dependent on the quality of the leader we would select.

In December 2015, John McDonagh, publisher and co-owner of the Vancouver Business Journal, agreed to serve as a part time interim President/CEO while the board conducted its search. We were fortunate to have multiple high caliber candidates apply and interview for the job. We knew it would be a tough decision.

As I worked through the search process with my fellow committee members, I was drawn to the following quote by Douglas MacAr-thur on the qualities of a true leader.“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his ac-tions and the integrity of his intent.”

As I watched John work with the staff of the Chamber and bring forth ideas I realized I was watching someone who displayed the

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characteris-tics of true leadership. I’ve known John for many years and already knew of his long history of support for businesses and the commu-nity, but working with him during his interim period I was able to witness first hand his leadership style, and knew he’d make an excellent choice to lead our local business community into the future.

The GVCC Board, was pleased to announce the appointment of John McDonagh as the new permanent President/CEO on April 6th. John will continue some involvement with the Vancouver Business Journal but will devote full-time effort as head of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.

Please join me in congratulating John on his new role with the Chamber. I’m excited to see his leadership in action working for the economic vitality of our community.

March/April Highlights

Left: Sold out workshop in the “Spring 2016 [Engagement] Workshop Series. Presented by The Columbian. Lunch by Simply Thyme Catering. Right: Over 450 attended the April Business After Hours at the brand new Hudson building in downtown Vancouver. Live music, food, drinks and special guests packed the building over two floors. View Pacific Continental Bank’s Ribbon Cutting in the Gallery on page 20.

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Last December, we attended the Legislative Out-look Breakfast where local legislators answered questions from the audience on current, impor-tant policy issues facing the State, and Southwest Washington in particular, such as carbon tax initiatives, a potential, resurrected Columbia River Crossing, the Public Works Trust Fund, and state tourism funding. The legislators also prognosti-cated about what we could expect from the then upcoming legislative session. At the Legislative Review Luncheon co-hosted by the GVCC and the Building Industry Association of Clark County on April 13, 2016, we were able to verify our legisla-tors’ prognoses, and by and large, their predic-tions were accurate.

In December, the legislators believed that with a short session (60-day) on the horizon, there would few, if any, significant legislative actions or appropriations. Then, most legislators believed that the session would be primarily devoted to addressing the Washington Supreme Court’s mandate requiring the legislature to fulfill the constitutional mandate of funding basic educa-tion, and during the 2016 session, this was, in fact, a major focus, but there is more work to do next year to come up with an ultimate solution.

At the luncheon, legislators from the legislative districts of the 17th (Paul Harris and Lynda Wil-son), 18th (Liz Pike, Ann Rivers and Brandon Vick),

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20th (John Braun) and the 49th (Annette Cleveland and Jim Moeller) also described additional efforts this past session that was extended 20 days in a special session for adoption of a supplemental operating budget. Overall, there were not a lot of new laws, but a majority of the legislators believed that the session was successful with the adoption of a budget and no new taxes, and also believing that despite a divided legislature along party lines, there was bi-partisan cooperation, compromise, good faith solutions, and concerted energy and drive. Given the short session and specific priorities, bills addressing other topics will be introduced next year, and we received another preview of what to expect.

In 2017, we learned that we can expect the legisla-ture to further address how to fund basic education at the state level (and figure out how local property tax levies will be affected); define what basic educa-tion is that could include vocational training; revisit regulatory reform and the Growth Management Act amendments as one way to ensure more afford-able housing, along with potential tax incentives for developers to provide affordable housing; and generally address job creation, a Columbia River Crossing, homelessness, prescription drug prices, and expanded mental health services. As with this year, we can use what we learned at the luncheon as a scorecard at the end of the 2017 legislative ses-sion to evaluate the results.

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Success Story: PTAC GOVERNMENT CONTRACTINGRecently, Battle Ground based Root’s Floor Coatings, won a competitive federal govern-ment contract at the Sheridan Federal De-tention Center to repair or replace flooring in a large industrial kitchen and 19 adjacent rooms worth $57,030 . After completing the job on time and budget, the government was very pleased and the contracting office offered the following:

“… The quality of your service and work is superb and it has truly been a pleasure to work with Root Inc. In dealing with many different contractors it is refreshing when you are able to establish a working relation-ship with people whose character you trust as much as their work. With Root Inc., we have tremendous confidence in both.”

This successful project helped grow Root’s and complemented the 23 years of experi-ence as a sub-tier contractor on military, school, federal, municipal and local gov-ernment projects. However, seeking out projects as a government prime contractor had not previously been a priority due to the

complexities of the government marketplace. This changed when the Procurement Techni-cal Assistance Center (PTAC) opened at the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. “Without the mentoring and coaching of the PTAC counselors, the bid on the Sheridan Federal Detention Center would not have been attempted and subsequently awarded.” said Kim and Jodi Root.

Since 1993, Root’s Floor Coatings has installed thousands of industrial floors, primarily in Washington and Oregon. Each floor is value engineered to the customer’s specific flooring needs for many types of resinous flooring systems, including indus-tries such as food processing, aerospace, electronics, automotive, retail and manufac-turing. For more information, please visit the Root’s Floor Coatings website at www.rootsfloorcoatings.com or call 360.687.7907.

The Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce serves Southwest Washington as a PTAC which provides free counseling and train-ing to help companies in Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania Counties understand how to do business with local, state, and federal agen-cies. For more information, please visit http://www.vancouverusa.com/ptac-government-contracting.


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Top to bottom: April Business After Hours at the Hudson. Legislative Review Luncheon at the Heathman Lodge, Women in Networking (WIN) at the GVCC. Vancouver Pointe Open House and Ribbon Cutting.

The GVCC hosts over 75 events of year ranging from:

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signature events

golf tournaments

technology expo

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ambassador holiday Luncheon

legislative events

Here are a few top events to consider attending. Mark your calendar and RSVP at www.vancouveru-sa.com -> events calendar. Remember that the “Red Coat” Ambassador team is here to help. Let them know who you are looking to connect with and they can point you in the right direction. Sponsorship opportunities also exist to elevate your business message and become the focus!

Upcoming & NEW:NEW: Tuesday, May 3rd from 2:30-4:00pm

optimize your membership Join us for a “speed networking” style event where you will learn about the hidden gems of your GVCC Membership. This will be largely information and fun. When you attend you’ll get to sign up for five minute timeframes at stations around the GVCC office. We’ll highlight resources in public relations, events, sponsorships, special programs (retro, sbap). Have you ever wondered about becoming an Ambassador? We’ll answer all your questions! Plus you can hear about our grant funded programs like: PTAC: Government Contracting and our Small Business Assistance Program (SBAP) that provides no-cost business counseling. Sponsored by Bleu Door Bakery.

This event will be directly after Optimize Your Membership on Tuesday, May 3rd 4:30-6pm.

small business open house event Is a free event featuring over 12 local small busi-ness support groups like: Score-Vancouver, the Small Business Administration, Clark’s Economic & Community Development, Small Business Development Center, and so many more. This is free and designed for people looking to start a business or for existing small businesses needing help.

Tuesday, May 10th 5-7pm $10/Member

business after hoursThe GVCC’s monthly “Busi-ness After Hours” event will take us to the east side of Clark County in May at “Your Party & Event Center.” Our last BAH had over 400 people! Bring your business cards.

NEW: Wednesday, May 11th at 10:30am

small business CraWl In honor of Small Business Month (May) the GVCC will launch a brand new series: The Small Business Crawl. We will host two events. The first will be the Uptown Crawl on Wednesday, May 11th and then the East Side Crawl on Wednesday, May 25th. See page 12 for more on the Small Busi-ness Crawls taking place during “Small Business Month.”

Tuesday, June 14th 5-7pm $10/Member

business after hoursIn June join the “Red Coat” Ambassadors at iQ Credit Union for a fun-filled “Business After Hours!” The team at iQ always hosts a great party with delicious food, beverages, and great prizes!

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Feedback:“I want to thank each and every one of you, for your participation and help throughout the event plan-ning process of our Business After Hours event... I heard many people saying, it was one of the best Chamber events. We had many posi-

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The Chamber is the first group to host an event at Mark Matthias’s new venture: WareHouse ‘23!

On Thursday, May 26th the GVCC is going to host a “MEGA: Business After Hours” (event formerly known as No Business After Hours) at WareHouse ‘23 at 100 Columbia Street in the Port’s Terminal One. This will be a time to celebrate the future of Vancouver!

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crafted cocktails. The restaurant, with its views of the Columbia, will also make use of an adjacent 350 person events space with catering.

MEGA: Business After Hour attendees will be blown away by delicious food, live entertainment, and a TRIP GIVEAWAY. The movers-and-shakers will come out in full force. Expect to mingle with dignitaries, business owners, CEOs, and elected officials. We will limit this event to the first 600 guests who RSVP at www.vancou-verusa.com. $25/person.


Small Business Month

The City of Vancouver held a meeting to gather a number of business support groups together to discuss small business programming. The first week in May is Na-tional “Small Business Week,” but the City of Vancouver has gone above-and-beyond and declared all of May as “Small Business Month!” The Chamber is thrilled to release our month of Small Business Programming.

You can find an inclusive list of all program-ming available to you at the City’s website: www.vancouverbusinessresource.org/small-businessmonth.On the City’s community “Small Busi-

ness Month” calendar page you will find programming from a variety of sources. highlight: may 11th food regulations Workshop at Clark College hosted by the City of Vancouver!

The Chamber’s four weeks of pro-gramming is listed on our website and the City’s Community page. GVCC programming ranges from resource fairs, to workshops, and our brand new “Small Business Crawl” series. We hope you can join in us by attending or share programming on your social media feed.

GVCC Programming

Uptown 5/11 east side 5/25We’re going to make a statement – small businesses are the backbone of our community! Join us for the launch of our two part “Small Business Crawl” series at Bleu Door Bakery at 10:30am on Wednesday, May 11th. We’ll be joined by the Vancouver Mayor, President of the Uptown Village Association and many more special guests. The Red Coat Ambassador team will lead the way walking on our “Small Business Crawl,” which will stop at six locations in a .6 mile loop around Uptown. We’ll finish roughly at noon at Trap Door Brewing. No cost to attend. Wear red and be willing to post a small business message at each stop!


Workshop week speakers

5/10 SHOUT OUT SMALL BUSINESS - Listening Session.

RSVP Required. Part of the 12 stop series around the State of Washington.


Workshop week speakers

Erin C. Lambley (pictured) and Jim sikora attorneys at law

sunny gutierrez, of Community mediation Services

ronnie noize of the diy marketing Center and Jeannet santiago of the sbap

WEEk #15/3 thE GVCC’S “SmaLL BUSinESS RESoURCE oPEn hoUSE” from 4:30-6pm - FREEProgram presented by the Chamber’s Small Business Advi-sory Council. Business support groups available to start-ups and existing businesses:

Small Business Administration, SCORE - Vancouver, Vancouver Community Library , Small Business Devel-opment Center, Clark College: Economic & Community Development, Small Business Assistance Program, PTAC: Government Contracting, WSU - MAPHispanicpros, SWCA,Portland Area Business Associa-tion, Albina Opportunities Corporationand DIY Marketing.

Week #25/10 “aSSoCiation foR WaShinGton BUSinESS: ShoUt oUt, SmaLL BUSinESS - LiStEninG SESSion” 7:30am-9am. RSVP required. This event is specifically for our small business members who face different and unique challenges in conducting business in Washington State. The AWB and GVCC needs your voice to create meaningful legislation for Washington’s small business owners. RSVP with [email protected].

5/10 “BUSinESS aftER hoURS” 5-7pm, $10/member $20/non-memberMay’s biggest GVCC networking event will be held at a small business in east Clark County: Your Party and Events Center! Do not miss this opportunity to mingle with the movers-and-shakers while enjoying food, beverages, and a chance at raffle prizes.

5/11 “SmaLL BUSinESS CRaWL: UPtoWn” 10:30am FREE. See page 12 for route list & details.

Week #35/17 small business Week Workshop #1: busi-ness laW basiCs 7:30am - 9am Free @ The GVCC. Instructors: Erin C. Lambley (pictured) and Jim Sikora Attorneys at Law. Presented by Landerholm, P.S.

5/18 small business Week Workshop #2: ConfliCt management for small businesses 3pm - 4pm Free @ The GVCC. Presented by Sunny Gutierrez of Community Mediation.

5/19 small business Week Workshop #3: startup strategy Workshop 12pm - 1pm Free at The GVCC. Presented by DIY Marketing and the Small Business Assistance Program.

Week #45/25 “SmaLL BUSinESS CRaWL: EaSt SidE” 10:30am We’ll start at 10:30am with the President of the East Van-couver Business Association and many more special guests. The Red Coat Ambassador team will lead the way walking on our “Small Business Crawl,” which will stop at five loca-tions in a .8 mile loop around 164th. We’ll finish roughly at noon at Zoup and Pita Pit. No cost to attend.

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nament is a great place to build long lasting relationships on the green that will carry over to your professional world. Once you’ve reg-istered to golf as an individual or four-person team you’ll start out with breakfast and access to the driving range. You’ll board your cart and then fun will begin. The theme: Lights, Camera, Action will come to life at each tee-display. Our businesses will have movie themed activities and giveaways. There will be a costume con-test at lunch, so feel free to dress up as your favorite movie character, or come as an “audi-ence member”. Player fees include green fees, shared golf cart, KP, Long Drive, opportunities to win hole-in-one prizes, unlimited balls on the practice range and lunch. If you don’t have an entire team, don’t worry, we will find you a crew to join! This event sells out, do not delay. Bring business cards, and your sense of humor.

golfers Will enCounter movie themed tee displays like:

tee #3 – reid business serviCesStop by Hole #3 and “hit a slap shot to the green with a hockey stick” in Happy Gilmore style. “He shoots, he scores” and get prizes for hitting the green, and KP “somebody’s closer”. You will have a great time with Jason, but a warning…watch out for the alligator.

tee #9 – landmark profes-sional mortgageVisit the 9th Hole and get the latest updates from “Anchor Man” Ron Burgundy and the team from Landmark Pro-fessional Mortgage. They will keep you entertained while waiting to tee off with contests, wit, and prizes. “Don’t act like you’re not impressed.” — Ron Burgundy. Each golfer will have 3 oppor-tunities to earn an entry for a prize! “They’ve done studies, you know. 60 percent of the time, it works every time.” — Brian Fantana.

tee #18 – us bankUS Bank is going to “Pro-tect Your Assets” Charlies Angels Style. Stop by and try out the Angel’s Nerf training course!

sponsors There are still a few oppor-tunities to market your business to our top-tier golfers! Below you will see a list of available “ACTS” in our Lights, Camera, Action Golf Tournament at Lewis River on June 9th. As you know this is the best Business Golf Tournament in SW Wash-ington. We are focused on creating a fun, engaging and highly successful quality tournament. This is the time to show our business leaders your credentials and make those smart business connections. Please consider sponsoring:

awards Luncheon - $3,500 ( Your logo is splashed on all materials, ads, press releases, etc., Co-emcee the award lunch, ¼ page ad in golf program, 1 team of 4 golfers, and much more)

keg on the Course - $2,500 (Hole #11 includes promotion, opportunity to run games and door prizes with each partici-pant, The ability to serve as host of a tee box # 11 w/Keg. This gives your business the opportunity to meet and greet all tournament participants personally and provide them with a refreshment (Keg included)...

June 9th 2016The 14th Annual Golf Tournamentlights, camera, action theme!

Pictured in Blue Shirts: the four-person golf team of our tournament’s presenting sponsor: Columbia Bank! Photo by Aevum Images.

Left to right: Larry Kingsella (Desi Print), Michelle Freeman (Columbia Bank), Tyson Campbell (Integra), and Amy Davis (Columbia Bank).

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In 2015 the GVCC launched Clark County’s only Women’s Golf Tournament. It was a HUGE success.

Camas Meadows was full of women golfers ranging from beginner to advanced, enjoying each other and the beautiful day at Camas Meadows.

Our 18 tee displays were themed “Hit the Mall on the Green,” and ranged from clothing, accessories, to food and beverage. We finished the day with a “whine & cheese” awards event and fashion show. Then, golfers were encouraged to stay on the private patio to view that evenings “Concerts for a Cause” event at Camas Meadows. No need to haul your lawn chairs or fight the line. VIP treatment.

Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital is our Presenting Sponsor for the 2nd Annual event. Erik Runyan’s Jewelers is our hole-in-one sponsor with a diamond “golf” bracelet!

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of employees who are passionate about health and come from a variety of roles and departments. HR over-sees activities from the highest level, ensuring key objectives are met and risk areas are mitigated.

Keep it fresh and funOur committee is tasked with evolving the program based on our employees’ needs. They accomplish this by regularly seeking feedback. Since the start of our program, we’ve added a quiet room, had stair climb events, hosted yoga and other fitness class series and held mini challenges throughout the year.

In order for wellness programs to be successful, they have to focus on employees needs in a fun and progressive way so everyone can rally be-hind what you’re trying to accomplish. By seek-ing to have employees involved in the building and evolvement of your program, you’ll ensure the shaping of a new cultural component.

CorporateWellness Jennifer Toro,

PHR, SHRM-CP Perkins & Co HR Manager

Member Experts Contribute StrategiesThe GVCC’s Bi-Monthly Magazine has opportunities for members to submit columns based on the theme of each edition. To find out more email The GVCC’s Programs & Communications Director: Chandra Chase at [email protected].

Everybody’s talking about employee wellness programs. A Google search of “employee well-ness” returns more than 12,000,000 results! Yet, with all that information at our fingertips, one common challenge among leaders and HR professionals is creating a program that continually engages employees. At Perkins & Co, an Oregon based accounting firm with a strong Vancouver focus, we’ve been successful in making wellness part of our culture, resulting in high participation in our activities. Based on our experience, here are some tips on building a culture of wellness:

focus your effortsEmployee wellness is a broad topic; the ways to engage employees likely differ at every orga-nization. To be an extension of existing culture, organizations need to assess and focus efforts on key factors affecting their workforce while still offering variety. This can be done through analyzing data such as insurance experience data, employee surveys or metrics such as employee absenteeism. Based on our demo-graphics, our program is centered on an annual team fitness competition resulting in more than 235,000 exercise minutes in nine weeks in 2015.

build a tribeEarly on, our program was lead by HR. Over time we’ve built a self-sufficient committee

Tips on Building a Culture of Wellness

Workplace wellness is a growing trend that is now within reach for the small business. The Aflac Workforces Report details benefit packages and wellness plans that 1,977 busi-ness decision makers and human resource managers implement each year representing 5,337 employees in various industries across the United States. Committed to the well-being of their employees, nearly half of the study group offered company-sponsored proactive health and wellness programs in 2015, up 30% from 2012. The remaining de-cision makers made note of one factor that withholds program implementation: budget constraints. “Hey guy, what’s the ROI?” When approached with a new idea, we as small business professionals know the importance of Return on Investment. In the same Aflac Survey, 39% of decision makers report their

wellness programs have helped lower their client’s health insurance premiums. In ad-dition, 70% of employees that participate in such programs report an increase in job satisfaction as a direct result of workplace wellness. In addition, decreases in sick days, greater productivity and improved team cohesiveness have been linked as benefits to Corporate Wellness. Chandra Chase, Programs and Communications Director, and Small Busi-ness Assistance Program Coordinator for the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce says that a major contributing factor of why she chooses to work with the GVCC is for schedule flexibility. “I am able to come in an hour later or have an extended lunch to get my workout in. As long as I fulfill my work-day hours, this flexibility in my schedule is the only way I can get my workouts in.” We

don’t need bud-get busting strat-egies to foster employee health in the workplace. More-so, we need effective programming that fits the bud-get while taking ownership of employee health. Take ten and per-form these three exercises two to three times daily to combat poor posture while energizing your body for a more productive workday: 1. Wall Pull-Down, 2. Overhead Reach, 3. Head Lean. Pictured to the right. For more information on program prescription, please contact Trevor Thomas, Corporate Wellness Director at NW Personal Training at [email protected].

Small Businesses Can Expand Health Offerings Without a Great Cost Burden

Trevor Thomas

NW Personal Training

Just as “April showers bring May flowers” resonate as a childhood nursery rhyme, the month of May also retains the honor in American culture as “Employee Health and Fitness Month”, a topic that continues to gain momentum as it stands the potential to save billions of dollars globally, and create a healthier work-force. Despite the recent trends in employment statistics that support an improving economy, one key area of employer economics that involve both cost and profitability are directly proportional to the emotional and physi-cal health its employee’s. Better known as “Company (Corporate) Wellness Programs” an increasing number of employers are literally buying-in to extremely compelling statistics that support improvements in productivity, job satisfaction, less employee tur-over and significant return-on-investment by educating and facilitating improved health of employees. by the numbers Despite the various political efforts being made nationally to increase the availability of health insurance, there is an assumption

The Bottom Line of Corporate Fitness Programs

Wall Pull-Down Keep hips, low back, shoulders and wrist on the wall. 10-12 reps

Overhead ReachUpon reaching, inhale while reaching over-head creating a subtle arch through your mid to upper back. 10-12 reps

Head LeanWhile keeping head and spine in line, lean against the wall with only your head touching the wall. 1-2 min hold

that “availability” and “affordability” mean the same thing, which is not the case at all. The amount of money required by employee’s to contribute or pay fully to their own health-care, and partially or fully matched contributions by employers comprises billions of dollars on a national scale spent yearly on reactive health – those health costs that potentially could have become lessened if a plan or incentive was put in place to minimize the negative effects. It has been cited that up to 50% or more of company profits can be consumed through health-care alone. Obviously, these costs are delineated by areas such as employee productivity, staff turn-over, sick-days and mental stress-based illnesses including depression and anxiety. In one particular study, at least 25% of corporate health costs can be attributed to changeable health risks including tobacco use, diet and lack of exercise. The beauty of implementa-tion of a successful Company Wellness Plan has demonstrated on a national level the following company financial gains, including:

• 28% average in the reduction of sick days• 26% average reduction in health costs• 30% reduction in workers compensa-tion and disability claims• $5.93 to $1.00 in a savings-to-cost ratio of those companies that implement a wellness program

program implementation While it stands to reason that larger com-panies with 100+ employees can experience significant improvements and bottom line

savings within a short period of time with a comprehensive corporate wellness pro-gram, areas such as job satisfaction, work-force productivity and decreased absentee-ism can also be realized by the employers of smaller organizations (5-50 employees) who bring health education, motivation and even the simplest incentives to their work-force. In a famous survey known as the 2012 Aflac Work-Forces Report, comprised of 1,800 benefits deci-sion makers and 6,100 company employee’s, it concluded that 28% of workers would be more satisfied and loyal to their employers if offered options to improve their health and lifestyle. More compelling however, was that 35% were willing to change their negative life-style habits if it meant these behaviors would lower their insurance premiums. For larger organizations, the majority of these programs are controlled through the Human Resources department. Administration of a program of this kind would include revolve around decreased premium costs to employees if bio-

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Bill Victor, B.A., M.S., ISSA Elite Fitness Trainer

Victor Fitness Systems


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REnovation & RebrandingVancouver Pointe Senior Care Village (formerly Courtyard Village) Celebrating

rebranding and new renovation of beautiful independent living facility.

Safe Fire Indoor Shooting Range celebrated the Grand Opening of Clark County’s newest state of the art shooting range!

WorkSource! Celebrating Grand Opening of new office location!

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Community Partner Foster Grandparents . Catholic Community Services

Community Outstanding New Professional Samantha Stevens . Innovative Services NW

EOCF Business Partners of the Year Elizabeth Bowman . USI Insurance Services

Brian Kenneweg . Lakeshore Learning Materials

Alan Ham Leadership Award Dr. Kenneth Schmauder . Evergreen School District (retired)

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Camas Physical therapyMason Curranwww.camasphysicaltherapy.com

Carter park dentalSean Quigleywww.Carterparkdental.com

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Custom Stove installations, LLC.John Romanchockwww.CustomstoveInstallations.com

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hargrove financialJessica Hargrovewww.hargrovefinancial.com

harold freeman www.freemanschemdry.com

hazel dell modern dentistryJonathan Marcoswww.hazeldellmoderndentistry.com

northWest lifestyle healthLisa Gentry

nW Wine distributorsJenny Brown

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prime fighting llCAlasdair Mackenziewww.primefighting.net

regus business CentersKaren Chokwww.regus.com

Restorical Research LLC Benjamin Pariserwww.restorical.com

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Summit mortgage CorporationCorri Abdulwww.go-summit.com

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Vancouver filmworksJeff Waterswww.vancouverfilmworks.org

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blood glucose levels, cholesterol, blood pressure and designated percentage of body composition. For those employees who did not meet this criteria, a company wellness program would be offered to assist the employee’s in achieving these health standards. If certain intractable medical conditions precluded an employee from improving a physical condition, than a physician letter and description of medication could certainly address this subset of the employee population assum-ing HIPPA protocols and practices were in place. Additionally programs that sup-ported financial management (a significant area of anxiety and resulting sickness for many employees), smoking cessation, fit-ness and exercise would also work towards the greater good of employer savings and improved employee performance and satisfaction.What about the little guy? While Clark County certainly has its share of large companies, the greater percentage of employers are overseeing smaller work-forces. The company softball game or better yet, employer contribution to a gym membership are certainly noble efforts to play a role in employee health, however for the smaller employer there still remains more conservative, lower cost options to play a role employee wellness

Continued from page 17 Corporate Wellness and productivity as a means to lower costs. One example for employee incentives can be incremental 1% discounts off their monthly premiums for completing items such as non-smoker pledges, biometric assessments or attainment of ongoing per-sonal monthly health goals. Achievement of these various benchmarks can result in a designated maximum discount of the following month’s insurance premium. For organizations that wish to support their employees improved health and productiv-ity, but do not offer any employer health plans, bringing in community professionals in the allied health fields (personal fitness trainers, physical therapists, nurses, mental health experts, etc.) to offer valuable infor-mation, can often be obtained at a minimal cost and demonstrate a willingness by the employer to assist the employee in improving their health. Whether you are an employer of 5 people or 500 there are multiple ways that Company Wellness plans can be incepted that will play a significant role at improving employee productivity and job satisfaction while simultaneously lowering employer health care costs in creating an effective and supportive work environment.

By Bill Victor of Victor Fitness Systems.

Bag drop - $800 – Promotion as the bag drop sponsor with signage and be able to host the bag drop. Beverage Cart - $2,000 (Ability to host the beverage cart/with your signage and ride around meeting all the participants personally. Each golfer receives at drink ticket with your logo)golf balls - $750 + 150 sleeves of 3 balls with your logo (These will be given to each player). Breakfast $700 (The ability to serve as host of breakfast (Smoothie/Coffee Drinks). This gives your business the opportunity to meet and greet all tournament partici-pants personally. tee bag - $500 ( The ability to provide the tee bag for each player with your company logo and a promotional offer. towel - $400 + 150 Towels with your logo to be given to each player. hat - $400 = 200 hats with your logo to be given to each participant. tee display - $700 (Holes #2, 4,13,14, and 17 are avail-able – As the Tee Display host, you may choose a movie/or character and decorate your Tee Display, interact with each golfer with a game or contest, etc). Buy Jordan’s drive - $700 (Hole #12 – Host this Tee Display and pro-motion on Drive coupon for each team participating in the “Buy Jordan’s Drive” contest.

For more detailed information on sponsorships and how to get the Academy Award for best marketing and pro-motion, contact Teresa Lawwill, Fund Development and Community Relations Director @ [email protected] or 360-567-1090.

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SW Washington Leads and Needs BEACHES RESTAURANT

7:30AM-9AMThe best morning

networking in Clark County! $5 members,

free if you bring a non-member guest.

Sponsored by Vida Flare LCC.

5/5/16GVCC EVENT

Ribbon CuttingSAy CIAO!

4PMCelebrate the second

year anniversary of Say Ciao! with Chef Peter! Food, wine, entertain-

ment!

5/7/16MEMBER EVENTPrime Fighting 7

CLARK COUNTy EVENTS CENTER

Doors @ 4:30pmBusinesses are encour-

aged to learn about marketing opportuni-

ties! Dinner event.

5/10/16PARTNER EVENT

AWB Small Business Listening Session

@ The GVCC

7:30-9:00pmOne stop on a state wide tour to learn

about small business issues in Washington.

Must RSVP @ [email protected].

5/10/16GVCC EVENT

Business After hours

yOUR PARTy ANd EVENT CENTER

5-7PM The best evening net-working in Vancouver!

Bring plenty of business cards! $10/member, please RSVP online.

5/11/16GVCC EVENT

Small Business Crawl: Uptown

Start @ 10:30am - Bleu Door

Walk a .6 mile loop with our Ambassador team as we make six stops at small busi-nesses in Uptown

Vancouver. Help build awareness and be

willing to post at each stop. Free, encouraged

to wear red.

5/11/16PARTNER EVENTFood Regulations

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Workshop@ CLARk CoLLeGe

6-8pmPresented by the City

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Month.” Questions? kate.rogers@

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5/12/16GVCC EVENT

Ribbon CuttingVANCOUVER RAdIOLOgISTS

5PMCelebrating their 10

year anniversary! 3250 SE 164th Ave Suite 108.

5/13/16PARTNER EVENT

Business Network-ing Workshop@ The GVCC 9:30-11AM

Presented by DIY Marketing Center.

5/17/16GVCC EVENT

Business Law Basics for Small Business

THE gVCC7:30AM-9 - FREEPart of “Workshop

Week” during Small Business Month. Work-shop presented by Erin

C. Lambley and Jim Sikora from Lander-

holm.

5/18/16GVCC EVENT

Conflict Resolution for Small Business

THE gVCC3-4pm - FREE

Part of “Workshop Week” during Small

Business Month. Workshop presented by Community Mediation

Services.

5/18/16GVCC EVENT

SW Washington Leads and Needs BEACHES RESTAURANT




Sponsored by Move PT.

5/19/16GVCC EVENT

Start-up Strategies for Small Business

THE gVCCnoon-1pm FREEPart of “Workshop

Week” during Small Business Month.

Workshop presented by DIY Marketing and the

Small Business Assistance Progam.

5/25/16GVCC EVENT

UpcoMing EvEnTs calEndar:support and inspire

students of VPS. 6/1/16

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Sponsored by Aushi Mizani.

6/9/16GVCC EVENT

The 14th Annual Golf Tournament

SPONSOREd By COLUMBIA BANk @ LeWiS RiVeR

8am Shotgun StartThe Chamber knows

golf. We are known for the VERY BEST business

golf tournament in Clark County. Our 2016: Lights, Camera, Action! Email elaws@vancou-

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GVCC EVENTMeGA: Business

After hours5-7pm

Corwin Beverage will celebrate their 75 year

anniversary with a ROCKING party!

Small Business Crawl: east Side

Start @ 10:30am Walk a .8 mile loop

with our Ambassador team as we make five

stops at small business-es in East Vancouver. Help build awareness and be willing to post at each stop. Free, en-couraged to wear red.

5/26/16GVCC EVENT

MeGA: Business After hours

WAREHOUSE ‘235-7PM $25

The community’s first look at Mark Mat-

thias’s new project at 100 Columbia. Food, entertainment, trip

giveaways, and more surprises!

5/26/16MEMBER EVENT

VanTALkSTHE KIggINS THEATRE

6:30pmThe debut of “Van-

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5/27/16MEMBER EVENTFoundation for VPS Luncheon

THE HILTON11:30-1PM

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