BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151113T130000Z DTEND:20151113T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Reality Store DESCRIPTION:The Reality Store is a day when 8th graders experience what it is like to be 28 years old financially! The Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce Education Committee hosts this event 2 times a year\, once for Crown Point and once for Merrillville.\n\nThis is a way for businesses to touch the lives of approximately 600 students in one day. Volunteers are seated at various stations where each student will have monthly expenses extracted from their paycheck. Students get a real dose of "REALITY" that day\, which helps them better plan for their future!\n\n\n\nThe Education Committee has put together an exciting free marketing sponsorship opportunity for you. Below is what the sponsorship of 2 all day volunteers will receive:\n\n\n Reality Store Sponsors will be included in all internal (weekly for one month\, email blasts to over 1400 Chamber Members). \n All external marketing (press releases to The Times\, Post Tribune\, Ideas in Motion\, Kankakee Valley Publications\, and local radio stations just to name a few) for the Reality Store. \n During the event\, the sponsors will have the opportunity to use their own company logo table covering\, at the table where they will be volunteering all day. \n There will also be a separate marketing table in a centrally located area\, to display your company's information or giveaways. \n A continental breakfast and Chick-fil-A sandwiches for lunch is also included for volunteers of this event!\n\n There will be approximately 100 volunteers from chamber businesses present\, as well as the teaching staff and 600 students that are processed through the Reality store from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. \n\nThe education committee believes this is a great way to give back and recognize the hard work of the volunteer sponsors and expose future business leaders to your business and products.\n\n\n\nAnnouncing the current Reality Store Table Sponsors: \n\n\n Bapple & Bapple\, Inc. CPAs \n Ben's Soft Pretzels\n BMO Harris Bank\n Brown Mackie College\n Centier Bank\, \n Chick-fil-A\n Crown Point Christian Village\n Grand Canyon University\n Health Linc Community Health Center\n Hilton Garden Inn & Suites\n Indiana Wesleyan University\n Lakeshore EMS\n Liss CARSTAR Collision\n NorthShore Health Centers\n NWI Hypnosis Center\n Oak Partners\, Inc.\n Optimal Chiropractic\n Peoples Bank\n Richter Dental\n Sparta Sports Dome\n Tech Credit Union\n TrueWealth Advising Group. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Reality Store is a day when 8th graders experience what it is like to be 28 years old financially! The Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce Education Committee hosts this event 2 times a year\, once for Crown Point and once for Merrillville.
\nThis is a way for businesses to touch the lives of approximately 600 students in one day. Volunteers are seated at various stations where each student will have monthly expenses extracted from their paycheck. \; Students get a real dose of &ldquo\;REALITY&rdquo\; that day\, which helps them better plan for their future!
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\nThe Education Committee has put together an exciting free marketing sponsorship opportunity for you. Below is what the sponsorship of 2 all day volunteers will receive:\n\n\n There will be approximately 100 volunteers from chamber businesses present\, as well as the teaching staff and 600 students that are processed through the Reality store from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. \;
\nThe education committee believes this is a great way to give back and recognize the hard work of the volunteer sponsors and expose future business leaders to your business and products.
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\nAnnouncing the current Reality Store Table Sponsors: \n\n\n \;\n\n

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\n LOCATION:Colonel John Wheeler Middle School 401 Joliet Street Crown Point\, IN 46307 UID:e.897.534 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260430T170315Z URL:https://members.crossroadschamber.org/events/details/reality-store-11-13-2015-534 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR