Annual Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet

I received an email today from the Glendive Chamber of Commerce today and had to share it with you. I felt very honored to have been nominated for the award, let alone winning the yearly award for New Business of the Year in 2007. I do have one comment and that is that the “five” states that I have clients from is an inaccurate statement in that it is more than five states, however that is very insignificant to me. I am so very grateful for the award and their thoughtfulness in choosing me and my business. I feel very honored to have won the award for 2007 New Business of the Year. Here’s what their email said:

“Good Morning!

Thank you to all of you that were able to attend our Chamber Banquet this last weekend. It was a great evening with wonderful food served by the Yellowstone River Inn. Several awards were given out during the banquet to some very deserving recipients. Kathy Ackerman from the Beautification Committee presented the first award to Triple T Meats for the beautification of their business located on North Merrill. Denise Fink presented the Success In Progress award on behalf of the ACT Committee to The Enchanted Room for their success in 2007. Jason Quale presented the Chamber Member of the Year award to Norman Unterseher for all his work with the Caviar Committee, Domestic Violence, Zion Lutheran Church, and all the other projects he is involved in. Steve Moore presented the New Business of the Year award to Amy’s Office - Amy Goble. Amy and her family relocated to Glendive from Minot just under a year ago and is a virtual assistant with clients in five different states. Lana Warner presented the Jim and Mary Carter Award to the very deserving Terry Hood family for all their work and dedication to beautifying downtown Glendive during the Holidays. A new award was created this year. After lengthy discussion about this person that is involved in everything from owning a business with her spouse, instrumental in the creation of the Farm to Table project, involved in Healthy Communities, Gateway to Opportunity, Greater Glendive Foundation, Miss Montana Program, and everything in between, we felt the only appropriate thing to do is create some history. Peggy Iba is the first recipient of the Outstanding Community Leader Award. Thank you again to everyone that attended and those that took the time to set up displays and congratulations to this year’s recipients.

Kim”

The funny thing is that I hadn’t even planned on attending the Annual Chamber Awards Banquet with all the other things my family had going on that same evening but Kim (who already knew I had been chosen for this award) sent me two emails the night before just to let me know that I “may” have been nominated and that it would be great if I would be able to attend. So, I got the message and made it a point to attend. And apparently, it was worth attending, even though it meant juggling family schedules around a bit just to be there.