Elmhurst Chamber News & Notes
Business After Hours
Elmhurst Camera (535 Spring Road) and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream (539 Spring Road) will host the Business After Hours on Thursday, May 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be a 6:15 p.m. drawing for a digital camera, one year of ice cream and 100 free prints.
Chamber Anniversaries
The following dozen businesses, no-for-profits and individuals are celebrating Chamber anniversaries in May:
35 Years—Holiday Inn Elmhurst (624 North York Street) and Kellogg’s Snacks (677 Larch Avenue), formerly Keebler Company;
30 Years—Diplomat West Banquet Halls (681 West North Avenue) and Elmhurst Public Library (125 Prospect Avenue);
20 Years—Edward Jones Investments/Jeff McGinnis (112-A South York Street), Korman-Lederer & Associates (100 Dundee Road, Suite 116, Northbrook) and James Zakos (P.O. Box 65);
15 Years—All Chicagoland Moving & Storage (730 North York Street); and
5 Years—Blankenship Systems (2 Atrium Way, 101), Korzenowski Design (135 North Addison Avenue, #25), Tremper Chiropractic (4413 West Roosevelet Road, #100, Hillside) and RMC Technical Services (P.O. Box 328).
In addition, Elmhurst Cleaners (125 Hahn Street), a Chamber member since 1977, is celebrating its 35th Anniversary in business.
Grand Opening
DVT, LLC (857 Larch Avenue) will host a Grand Opening meeting and luncheon on Thursday, May 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. To RSVP or for more info, call 834-2045 or e-mail grandopening@dvtllc.com.
New Members
The following three businesses joined the Chamber in the past two weeks:
Jean Bruno Consulting & Coaching (259 South York Street), coaching and consulting Jean Bruno, 834-0898;
M.S.C. Financial (2625 Butterfield Road, #305W, Oak Brook), mortgage broker, Jim Jordan, 571-1001; and
Sushi Nest (14 North York Street), Japanese restaurant, Richard Mao, 833-5088.
Newsmakers
The Elmhurst Jaycees (P.O. Box 235) hosted and won the first Northwest Regional Volleyball Tournament at the Elmhurst Family YMCA (211 West First Street) on April 24. There was a post-tournament pizza party at Principe’s Pizzeria (426 North York Street).
Special Events
The Elmhurst Art Museum (150 Cottage Hill Avenue) will host the Transparent Watercolor Society of America’s 28th Annual Exhibition from May through September 5. Call 834-0202 for more information.
People for Elmhurst Parks (P.O. Box1303) and Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst are sponsoring the 11th Annual Sugar Creek Open at Sugar Creek Golf Course (500 East Van Buren, Villa Park) on Friday, May 14. The cost of $50.00 per person includes nine holes of golf, lunch and prizes. Proceeds benefit the Elmhurst Park District’s Recreational Assistance Program. Call 993-8924 for more info.
The York/Vallette Business Association, Elmhurst Park District and Elmhurst Chamber will host the annual Safety Town Bike-A-Thon on Saturday, May 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
The Elmhurst Chamber and Spring Road Business Association will present the 16th Annual Pet Parade on Saturday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m. Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. in the parking lot at Ahlgrim’s Funeral Home (567 Spring Road). For more info, visit www.springroad.com.
The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra (P.O. Box 345) will perform its season finale in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel at Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Avenue) on Saturday, May 15, at 8:00 p.m. Lanlan Geng, first-place winner in the annual Stanger Audition sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst (P.O. Box 729), will play with the ESO. Call 941-0202 for more info.
Tremper Chiropractic is hosting its annual “Kids Day America/International” activities on Saturday, May 15, to promote children’s health, safety and environmental awareness. Call (708) 449-5900 for more info.
The Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst Historical Museum, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art and Theatre Historical Society of America will host the 7th Annual Elmhurst Museum Day on Sunday, May 16 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Call 833-1457 for more info.
The Center for Speech & Language Disorders (195 Spangler Avenue) is selling a maximum of 500 $100.00 tickets for its Fourth Annual $10,000.00 Raffle, with the drawing scheduled at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Elmhurst on Sunday, May 23, at 2:00 p.m.