The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday M arch 25, 2006 - 19 Bringing businesses together in the Oakville community We accomplish all this through a The Oakville Chamber of Commerce has been the com m unity's leading busi committee structure led by dedicated and hard working volunteers. ness organization since 1954. Our members can also enhance their We are proud to once again partner with the Rotary Club of Oakville West to profile in the com m unity by taking advantage of advertising, promopresent th e 11th Annual Oakville tional and sponsorship Awards for Business Excellence. _ opportunities through With over 1,000 member the Chamber. companies, 80 events per J K j The Oakville year, a bi-monthly maga- MBs B Cham ber of zine and a weekly onM Commerce hosts line new sletter, the fi more than 80 events Chamber works hard to m m B bb every year: Seminars, provide a voice and lead^ -i Workshops, Trade ership for the Oakville Shows, Boost Your business community. Our h Busi ness networking oppor mission is to foster a healthy tunities, Good,Morning Oakville economic environm ent for Oakville. The Chamber acts as an advocate in networking breakfasts, Business After support of sound government policies Hours networking opportunities, The that promote economic development and annual BDC Success Conference, The Results Panel, business advisory, A Major business opportunities. We also provide a wide range of m em Golf Tournament, The Gala Presidents ber benefits and services, including Dinner, Special Guest Speakers and insurance benefits, Visa and Master Card Events, A Christmas Party for members discounts, m em ber-to-m em ber dis and m em bers' employees, There has never been a better time to counts, self-development opportunities, join the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. education and business advice. To support the business development For further inform ation please contact: activities of our members the Chamber Lorraine Tonkens also provides a num ber of networking Membership Development Manager opportunities. The Oakville Awards for Academic Excellence encourage and reward academic accomplishments and community service. Now in its 11th year, the program operates in all of Oakville's publiclysupported secondary schools. Every year Rotary provides one award of $1,500 for academic excellence and community service at each of the public and Catholic high schools. In addition, a num ber of bursary awards of $1,000 each are provided where financial need on the part of the students is a requirem ent as well as academic performance, In total, all five Rotary Clubs in Oakville, donate approxim ately $40,000 to deserving high school students every year. · we changed the name, but still have the same owner gs, Bacon, H amo r · Same great menu! 8U 88I19&To ast Steak · Same great service! Burgers souviaki * Fresh food made daily P latter · same warm atmosphere Huge Mon.'Fri. 7-11:30 am S e a fo o d *S oups M id w ic/ie s·P ast r Wunder E a t FREE K id s ^ ·Chicken ·M ac/iM ore . wion.-Thurs. L ila m -C lo s ty P o rtio n s D e lic io u s Montreal Sandwich Spas 2"Sandwich HOURS Monday-Saturday 7am-8pm, Sunday 8am-8pm FifTies m ncr 369 SPEERS ROAD (west of Dorval)