Who is invited to attend Networking Works at no charge?

Networking Works is a membership organization with weekly meetings in Gwinnett County for sales representatives, consultants/coaches and business owners however; we have two categories we invite to be members, for one month, for at no charge.

The first is job seekers because our meetings can support their search and they might have contacts that need our products and services

The second is non-profit organizations that are not politically or religiously based.

This puts more attendees around the table and informs us of volunteer opportunities in our local community.

Who do you know that might like to visit a Networking Works meeting next week?

Have a wonderful week,

Elizabeth Wright/Founder

etwright@mindspring.com

www.networkingworks.net

Established in 1999

One of our own New Lawrenceville networkers is racing for the cure! Please support Mona Johnson as she takes an amazing journey in the fight to end breast cancer! The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days. Net proceeds from the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure™ are invested in breast cancer research and community programs.

She is taking this challenge in honor of MANY great women like her grandmother Dorothy Bennett, who she never had the pleasure of meeting, due to this disease, and many other family members. She also walk for many brave SURVIVORS, her aunt JoAnn Bennett as well as 2 very good friends, Dionne Ferris and Maria Hale.

Thanks so much for your support and encouragement! Check out her link below to sponsor her fight!

www.the3day.org/goto/MonaJohnson

Below is a request from a local business owner, to help children in need in our community. Please do what you can to help!

I need your help! My staff and I have decided to give away 50 backpacks to any child in our community that is in need of backpacks and school supplies.
For th e next 2 Saturdays anyone that brings a child to our office in need of supplies will receive a free backpack. Now here is where I need your help………………

We need supplies!!!!!!

We are in need of pencils, erasers, note pads, pens, magnets, book markers, crayons, calculators, copy paper, anything that a child can use in school. If you have any of these items and would like an opportunity to promote your business, as well as help a child in need, this opportunity is for you.

We will be accepting any and all donations starting Monday, August 16 through August 20. You can drop off your donations at my office or we will pick up your donations. Just call us!!

Please consider helping the kids in our community! Remember it takes a village to raise a child.

Also! Pass the word around! We want to give these backpacks away!!!

Thanks for your help!!

Mernice Oliver
American Family Insurance
“W e are the family you choose!”
678.745.9490 office

2815 Buford Drive
Ste. 105
Buford, Ga. 30519

Lawrenceville, Ga., (August 6, 2010) – Aurora Theatre continues our series of club comedy on the Lawrenceville square, Funny Fridays with a huge night of hilarity on August 20 with shows at 7:15 pm & 9:15 pm . The evening will offer stand-up comedy from three very funny fellows. Audiences will love our special guest host for the evening comedian Chelsie Rice, whose style is clearly influenced by the old-school greats Redd Foxx, Don Rickles, and Flip Wilson just to name a few. The featured act for the evening is one of the founders of Affirmative Action Comedy, Steve Haigh. Steve is a great down to earth observational comedian, and the perfect compliment to our Headliner, the geeky-chic Mike Haun.

Headliner Mike Haun

Storming the stage with the runaway kinetic energy of a sleepy librarian, Mike Haun compels audience members to listen to every word of his act, lest they soon wonder why everyone else is laughing uproariously.  Named Atlanta’s Funniest person in 2008 and the Southeast’s Funniest Person in 2009, national recognition should logically follow the local and regional precedent that has been established. Having shared the stage with the kiles of Ron White, Gilbert Gottfried, Richard Lewis, Kathleen Madigan, and Emo Phillips, Mike Haun is an up and coming star whose act should not be missed.

Funny Friday’s at Aurora Theatre

Sponsored by McCray’s Tavern

August 20, 2010 at 7:15 PM & 9:15 PM

Tickets $15

Aurora Theatre

128 Pike Street

Lawrenceville, GA 30045

678.226.6222

www.auroratheatre.com

Lawrenceville Community Children’s Choir

Open House, Registration & Ice Cream Social

When: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 5:00 PM

Where: Aurora Theatre, 128 East Pike Street

Come and join in the musical fun as the LCCC kicks off its’ first full season on Thursday, August 19.  Open house and registration is at our new rehearsal venue, the Aurora Theatre, in historic downtown Lawrenceville.  After registration, go “cool-off” with us at Rita’s Ice!  Families are invited to join the choir in the fun, games, and ice cream social.  Registration is open to students in grades K-7 and tuition is $25 per month.  No prior musical or singing experience is required to join.

The LCCC mission is: “to give young people the chance to learn, sing, and perform a wide variety of choral music while encouraging them to share their gifts with the community.”  Past performances include: Christmas Caroling on the Square, March Melodies at Applewood Tower Senior Citizen Residence, Dreaming – Spring Recital Concert, Kaiser Permanente’s Lawrenceville Facility Grand Opening in June.

For more information, contact Michele Wright, LCCC Artistic Director, (770)339-4803, lccchoir@gmail.com, or visit our website at www.lawrenceville-childrens-choir.org

ATTENTION: Lawrenceville Business Owners

Georgia Gwinnett College has their first residential students moving in to the brand new dorms on campus! The school will have about 350 to 400 students moving in on August 18 and 19th.

If merchants want to put together information about their business to include in a welcome bag, they should drop off their materials at the LTTA office before Friday August 13, 2010. Jerry Moore will be the one collecting and putting everything together. He has some bags, but probably could use some more. Contact him directly at thetrolleyguy@msn.com if you can help out with bags.

Also, please contact Jerry directly when you’ve dropped off your materials at the LTTA.  Please limit what you want in the bag to direct information about your business and/or a merchant discount. Providing information to these new students will help them see what is on offer in Lawrenceville, make them feel welcomed and hopefully encourage them to shop downtown and use local services.

We are proud to introduce you to the Lawrenceville Community Children’s Choir.  The choir was organized in December 2009 by Michele Wright, Founding Artistic Director, and is open to children grades K through 7.  Michele’s dream is to give young choristers the opportunity to learn, sing, and perform while sharing their gifts with the community.  During its first half-season, the choir accomplished several community performances.  They went caroling on the Lawrenceville Square in December, sang for the senior residents of Applewood Towers in March, brought down the house with their recital performance in May, and performed at Kaiser Permanente’s new Lawrenceville Facility Grand Opening in June.

Lawrenceville Community Children’s Choir Performing for Applewood Towers March 2010

The board is busy planning the choir’s first full-season, but we need your help.  We are excited to announce that we have a new choir home, the Aurora Theatre on West Pike in Lawrenceville, for the 2010-11 season.  We are very grateful to the Aurora for providing the choir such a beautiful rehearsal space, but there is so much more that we need to help make the choir a success.  At this point, our costs far exceed our resources, so we are reaching out to our family and friends for help.

Please consider a small contribution to the LCCC.  We understand that most everyone is somehow suffering from the current economic downturn, so we are only asking for a $5 or $10 donation.  We need your donation to help us accomplish the vital business required to keep the choir “singing.”  We had ten choir members for our first half-season and expect to more than double the number for the first full-season.  The choir was well accepted in the local community and several businesses are ready to donate funds to our choir, but can only do so if we are a classified as a charitable organization.  With your help, we will be able to file our 501c3 application, acquire insurance, and purchase sheet music to get the choir launched for its first full-season.  We also provide scholarships for children who cannot afford the $225 season tuition.  If you would like to sponsor a child during a season, you may designate your contribution for the opportunity.

If you would like to make a contribution to the choir, please make your check payable to LCCC, and mail to our Treasurer.

Linda Grant

Treasurer, LCCC

4035 Butler Springs Drive

Loganville, GA 30052

Thank you for your support.  We appreciate your generosity and will keep you posted on the choir’s activities for the year.

We remain gratefully  yours,

Lawrenceville Community Children’s Choir

New Lawrenceville Community Group finds new and innovative ways to network

Lawrenceville, GA., July 27th, 2010: What started off as drinks with friends has turned into one of the fastest growing, most popular networking groups in Gwinnett County. With around 240 members, this free group continues to meet several times a month to help small business owners mingle, make new contacts and grow their business. Meetings always take place on a Tuesday at 6pm and are hosted by a local business owner in the area. This coming Tuesday is especially unique as it takes place at the wonderful Aurora Theatre downtown on the square, in the city of Lawrenceville.

Networkers are invited to meet and greet while enjoying complimentary food catered by generous local business owners.  Beverages will be on sale and provided by McCray’s Tavern on the Square. The networking is always free, and all business owners are welcome. Just be sure to bring plenty of cards, as you will need them! For those that wish to enjoy a theatrical delight, stick around for a preview performance of the musical classic, Singin in the Rain. The cost is $10 for admission for the show, and goes even lower for Gwinnett County Schools, Student, Faculty & Staff.

The community groups’ main organizer, Rodney Camren of Star Team Atlanta Realty, lets it known at each event; these evenings don’t just happen because of him. They are carefully planned and can only continue to happen because of local sponsors and business owners willing to give time, donate food, and open space to us. Co-Organizer, Megan Walker of Purple Star Consulting who acts as web designer for the group, agrees. “Without the shared common goal we all have, there would be no New Lawrenceville Networking. We all care about our local economy and community, and believe in spending local and supporting one another. It’s a great feeling to have!”

Just recently the group brought a new organizer on board to share the commitments that come with keeping the movement going. Gordon Fuller, a small business owner himself, provides credit card payment processing with Central Pay. Bringing on board new life with a whole set of local contacts allows us to provide fresh ideas to the group and continue to grow as a community.

For those familiar with the famous musical, Cosmo Brown states: “You have to show a movie at a party. It’s Hollywood law”. Forget Hollywood, come to Lawrenceville instead!

Tickets

No charge for networking. Cost for beverages, and $10 for admission to the performance

About New Lawrenceville

New Lawrenceville is a NOT FOR PROFIT community group. Our main goal is to help Lawrenceville, GA thrive and survive in today’s economy. For more information about the networking group, and to become a member at no charge, visit us at http://www.meetup.com/NewLawrenceville. To visit our community based website with our online business directory, visit http://www.NewLawrenceville.com.

Help local foster and at risk children start the 2010-2011 school year off with all of the tools needed to be successful!

Current Needs for Back 2 School and More!:

• New Book bags- for all ages (including rolling backpacks for youth who cannot carry bags on backs as well as well as messenger bags and other appropriate backpacks for youth)

• School supplies-
  • new binders (1 inch or larger)
  • black ink pens
  • Index cards (3X5 and large sizes)
  • glue sticks (not liquid)
  • #2 pencils (mechanical & regular)
  • pocket dictionaries
  • subject dividers
  • mini staplers
  • composition books

• Baby Products
  • Baby wash
  • Baby lotion
  • Baby shampoo
  • Diaper Rash Cream
  • Baby Wipes
  • Strollers (for infants and young children, including ones with umbrellas to protect from the sun)
  • Infant car seats in good condition (newborn-1year old)

Special Need—We have a family who is lacking essential items for the children in their home. We were contacted by a representative of one family who needs items such as a couch, kitchen table, twin bed for a 4 and 11 year old, and dressers or somewhere to store clothing. If you are able to help, please call us to coordinate to get the items directly to the family.

If you are able to help with any of the items listed above, please call us today! We are in need of many of these items by no later than Saturday, July 31^st for our Back 2 School Open House for families. Please call us at 770-623-6135 to coordinate a time to drop off in Duluth next week prior to the open house or let us know if you will be able to bring them to the Resource Center the morning of the Open House.

Here are some recent videos with Lawrenceville featured. They are related to the proposed expansion of the Briscoe Field Airport in Gwinnett County.