Dear Members:
Elmhurst TV local cable coverage of the 40th Annual Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot through the streets of downtown Elmhurst on Thanksgiving morning will air in December on Comcast Channel 6 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 on Fridays at 6 p.m., starting tonight. Click HERE to watch online via Elmhurst TV’s YouTube page.
Over 40 years, the 5K Fun Run has generated $3.9 million to help feed those hungry across DuPage County. More than 8,000 runners and walkers participated in the 2023 edition.
ECCI Centennial Celebration NFP
Since last Giving Tuesday (November 28), more than $5K in tax-deductible donations have been made to the ECCI Centennial Celebration NFP to support the Civic Hall of Fame Public Memorial Fund, Second Century Fund and Ralph P. Pechanio Student Internship Endowment Fund at Elmhurst University.
At an investment of nearly $20,000, the interactive touch-screen ECCI Civic Hall of Fame Public Memorial has been on display on the second floor at the Elmhurst Public Library since December of 2022. Click HERE to view the Civic HOF website. To date, fundraising for the public memorial has exceeded its $50,000 goal.
The Second Century Fund has already allowed our Chamber to educate Elmhurst businesses and our community at large on a variety of socio-economic concerns, most recently food scarcity in Elmhurst and across DuPage County via the August 29 Multi-Chamber Hunger Action Luncheon in Lisle. To date, fundraising for the Second Century Fund has exceeded its $50,000 goal.
Thanks to annual gifts from Ralph Pechanio, the Student Internship Endowment Fund at Elmhurst University has exceeded its $150,000 goal by more than $150,000, assuring that our Chamber will have the funds needed to offer paid internship to EU students.
Click HERE to donate in $25 increments or contact the Chamber office at 630-834-6060.
Elmhurst-Opoly Board Games
With only 50 or so remaining in stock, make sure that the Elmhurst-Opoly board game is on your “must have” shopping list this holiday season. The $25 cost includes retail sales taxes and delivery is free within Elmhurst. Games can be shipped, with the purchaser paying the cost.
Click HERE to purchase online or contact the Chamber office at 630-834-6060.
2024 Elmhurst Community Directory
November is the final month for members to purchase display advertising in the 2024 Elmhurst Community Directory, produced in partnership with the Elmhurst Suburban Life/Shaw Media. Come January, Directories will be Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM)-delivered to some 19,800 residential, business and Post Office Box addresses across Elmhurst. Click HERE to reserve your ad space via our website event listing.
Buck-A-Duck Raffle
Rita Borzym of Edward Jones Investments and Ken Bartels of Community Bank of Elmhurst and Ken Bartels Consulting became the 15th and 16th qualifiers for the Buck-A-Duck Raffle finale when their $1 ducks were plucked at the November 8 Business After co-hosted by the Elmhurst Heritage Foundation at the Elmhurst History Museum and November 15 Membership Breakfast co-hosted by Elmhurst Living Magazine at HB Jones.
With the split-the-pot total is already nearing $1.5K, a 17th qualifier will be plucked just before the final drawing at the Annual Holiday Business After Hours hosted by Community Bank of Elmhurst on Thursday, December 7, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Qualifiers include ECCI Board of Directors Treasurer Ralph Pechanio, Andrea Pokrefke and John Czyzycki of Elmhurst Bank, Mary Grether of the Elmhurst Symphony Association, Dr. Nicholas Bournazos (twice) of Be Well Chiropractic Clinic, James Rogers of Phase Three Brewing Taproom + Kitchen, Catalina Galvani of the Elmhurst Park District, Andres Restrepo of Helping Hands Cleaning Service, Candice Kuhnen of ABC Communications, Past ECCI Board Chair Eva Sanchez (twice) of See Your Property Right Here @properties Elmhurst, Shirley Swanson of Essential Bodywear and Doug Davies of Delta RMS.
Happy Anniversary
Two members celebrated Chamber anniversaries in November as follows: 5 years—Affetto & Co. and The Marke of Elmhurst.
New Members
Our Chamber welcomed three new members in November: Fia Mia Academy, NBD Accounting Corp. and The Gardenworks Project.
Dropped Members
The Chamber said goodbye to the following three members in November: Jelly’s Children’s Boutique & Ice Cream Bar, JSR Plumbing Co. and StretchLab Elmhurst.