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Connecting Women in Business (CWIB)
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2025 Connecting Women in Business Schedule
Registration & networking 11:30am-noon and program and lunch noon – 1pm unless noted otherwise.January 28 - North Central Michigan College Library Conference Room - We start off the New Year with a housing discussion with Emily Boehm of Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity, Heidi Shearer of Pine Pond Homes and Sarah Ford of Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation.
February 25- The Perry Hotel - Join us for a discussion focused on Building a Better Workplace with Jenna Lindenberg of Drost Landscape, Wendy Nellett of Harbor Shores Cleaning Company and Niki Richards of Klepadlo Winnell Nuorala PC. REGISTER HERE.
March 18 - Talcott Center, Walloon Village -
April 23 -Go Grants Fundraiser – Grand Unity Event Center 11:30am-1:30pm, $50 admission - $15 goes directly to GO GRANTS.
May 20 - Stafford's Bay View -
June 24 - Inn at Bay Harbor -
September 23 - North Central Michigan College Library Conference Room -
October 28 - Showcase of area women businesses – Grand Unity Event Center - 11:30-1:30pm - come shop and support local women-owner businesses.
November 18 - Native American Heritage Month – Odawa Hotel.
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Summer 2025 GO Grants Program now accepting applications, deadline March 21, 2025
Download APPLICATION FORM AND FULL DETAILS HERE in Microsoft Word format
Download APPLICATION FORM AND FULL DETAILS HERE in PDF format
Go Grants provides small grants up to $600 to girls in grades 5 to 10 in the Char-Em ISD service area to young girls in the area who have an idea and a passion to try something new. These grants of up to $600, allow the applicant to pursue a special interest, gain or improve a skill, participate in an outdoor experience and more. We encourage applications that will be challenging to the applicant.
In 2024, 10 girls received $5000 of Go Grants. In 2023, 11 girls received GO Grants over $5500. In 2022, 13 girls received GO Grants of nearly $5800. Since 2010, we have given over 238 girls $91,000 in GO Grants. The deadline is March 21, 2025.
It is important that the girls and their mentor fill out the application completely, answering questions on a separate sheet of paper. Incomplete applications will be rejected. Please read the rules and guidelines on the application carefully. Together we can help girls fulfill their dreams, and reinforce their importance to our community.
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Connecting Women in Business Sponsorship Opportunity
Be a Sponsor of a Connecting Women in Business program. Cost is $200 and includes a covered table for display of your information and/or products, the ability to place your information/promotional items at tables at the event, admission and lunch for one person (additional at $35 each), recognition as a sponsor in pre-event publicity (weekly chamber e-mail’s and press releases and facebook) and verbal recognition at the event, microphone time and more.
Call Lisa Hoyt(231) 347-4150 or email lisa@petoskeychamber.com to book your spot today.
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Connecting Women in Business Memberships – it is time to rejoin.
CWIB is an additional membership that runs January 2025-December 2025.
Cost for individual is $25.
Corporate rate is $125 and you can sign up to 10 staff.
Remember, if you are a member of CWIB, you pay the $35 member lunch fee.
If you are not a member of CWIB, you pay the $45 non-member lunch fee.
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2025 Marquee Sponsors
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About Connecting Women in Business Memberships
Formed in 2007, Connecting Women in Business provides opportunities for area women business leaders and business owners to learn, form connections, share ideas, and find personal and professional growth. The key purposes of CWIB include:
• Provide professional development and leadership training;
• Strengthen and market area businesses;
• Offer networking toward strategic alliances, affiliations and business opportunities;
• Mentoring and support; and
• Provide opportunities for girls to dream big, thereby improving self-esteem and leadership.