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Antwerp Chamber Of Commerce

PO Box 893

Antwerp, OH  45813

Greetings,

It’s that time again to join or renew your membership with the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce. Your ongoing financial contribution is vital to our ability to continue to deliver outstanding business support and events to promote our town.  We are focused and driven to promote, protect and preserve the businesses in our community.

2021 was a year of a somewhat return to normalcy after the Covid-19 epidemic. While the epidemic is still touching communities, ours has begun to thrive again.  A new year of membership brings opportunities to expand our businesses and grow our Chamber. Our strength and vitality comes from the unity within our businesses and our presence in the community. Much change has been in the air in the last year, and with that we have been inspired with new ideas and renewed excitement for 2022. We are looking forward to the “new” Chamber of 2022 and we anticipate a very successful year.

Why join the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce?

•    Advertising opportunities through the Chamber’s email list of members and on our Facebook page.

•    Gain visibility and drive traffic to your business through the Chamber’s social media campaigns and advertising opportunities throughout the year.

•    Tap into the power of networking through Chamber events.

•    Get featured in our Business Spotlight.

• Antwerp Chamber website now up and running.

•    Gain massive visibility and drive traffic to your business through the Chambers sponsored events like:   Day in the Park, Co-chair the Halloween parade with the Fire Department, Small Business Saturday, Chamber Bucks, Business Christmas lighting, Christmas Tree Lighting at the tennis court and Letters to Santa, Santa’s Secret Shop where children can shop for their parents with items from local businesses, Welcome to Antwerp Brochure, and Chamber Scholarship promotion.

The dues are minimal:        

Business membership                                  $60.00

     Service organizations and churches       $35.00

     Home-based businesses                             $25.00

     Friends of the chamber                                $20.00

New this year to help offset the membership dues and to encourage more participation by members in Chamber events, we have decided that if you participate in 2 or more Chamber events in 2022, you will get $10 in Chamber Bucks.

The Chamber of Commerce holds meetings on the third Wednesday of every month at 1:00 pm.  Location to be announced. We can notify you by email of our regular meetings on the Monday prior to the meetings.  We can also notify you of special events throughout the year.

It is our hope that you will want to be a part of this organization and support our efforts to promote and protect all local businesses and our great community.  We are open to hearing your suggestions on how we can make our Chamber more helpful and beneficial to its members and their businesses. If you have an idea, we want to hear from you. We can be reached by mail at the above address or email us at antwerpchamber@gmail.com.  Please like us on Facebook at Antwerp Chamber of Commerce. Our website is antwerpchamber.com

Let’s make our community a place where our children WANT to raise their children, a place where a business is welcome and a place where we all can grow old together.

“Great things are never done by one person. They are done by a team of people.”     Steve Jobs

Sincerely,

Antwerp Chamber of Commerce

The Antwerp Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Eli Molitor is the recipient of this year’s Antwerp Chamber of Commerce Scholarship. The recipient of this scholarship must be a graduating senior of Vantage Career Center who is a resident of the Antwerp School district. The intent of this scholarship is to provide up to $500 for the student to purchase some of the basic tools of their trade in order to begin actively participating in the business community or costs associated with pursuing further education in their field. The Chamber also pairs the recipient with a local businessperson who is a member of the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce. This mentorship provides access for the student into the local business community, a networking opportunity, and the option to mentor under the businessperson. The monetary portion of the scholarship is supported by the proceeds received in the Cutie Pie Contest at the Antwerp Day in the Park. The Chamber’s desire is that this scholarship will not only encourage the student as they step out of school but will also help the student become established in the local business community. This year’s recipient, Eli Molitor, graduated from Vantage in the Ag and Industrial Power Technology program. He will attend the University of Northwestern Ohio in the fall majoring in Agricultural Diesel Technology. Upon completion of this two-year degree, he intends to continue farming as well as working in a shop repairing diesel engines. The Chamber paired Eli with Kyle Kauser, Transportation Director at Antwerp Local Schools. Kyle has tremendous experience in working with diesel engines through the bus garage and will be a tremendous asset to Eli as he works towards his professional goals. Pictured below is Mike Schneider, Antwerp Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Committee Chair, Eli Molitor, scholarship recipient, Kyle Kauser, Transportation Director at Antwerp Public Schools.

The Antwerp Chamber of Commerce announces the election results for the board of directors for 2022

President: Tom VanVlerah- Friend of the Chamber

Vice- President: Michelle Walker- Krazy Krafters

Secretary: Angel/ Bryce Steiner- West Bend News and Printing

Treasurer: Sue Fowler- Friend of the Chamber

Directors: Denise Coleman- Petals and Vines, Christy DeLong- Antwerp Pit Stop

Governance: Lora Lyons- Paulding County United Way, Michelle Walker- Krazy Krafters, Mandy Miller- Antwerp Pharmacy

Elections are held in November for the following year.

Updated 1/16/2022

The Antwerp Chamber of Commerce would like to present our 2^nd annual scholarship winner, Emily Wentland.  Emily attended Vantage Vocational Center for criminal justice and graduated this spring.  She is being awarded $500 towards her future education.

Emily is a very busy young lady.  She obtained outstanding grades while a student at Vantage garnering praise from her teachers for her excellent leadership skill and her positive attitude. She was a member of the National Technical Honor Society in which you must have a 3.5 GPA or higher, perfect attendance, no discipline problems and have passed all End of Course Exams. After that she wrote an essay, obtained 3 teacher recommendations and had to submit a resume to the committee of teachers and staff. Emily was then chosen as she represents the best of Vantage students.

Outside of the classroom, she was very active in 4-H representing Defiance County at The Ohio State Fair in 2019.  She did a tremendous job earning herself an Outstanding of the Day in Photography (top 20% of the class) in addition to earning multiple awards with her dogs.  Emily works diligently at training her dogs and has trained dogs for other people.

Emily works three days a week at a horse barn to work off her horse’s board. She cleans 14 stalls a day and feeds about 30 horses but her main hobby is dog training.    She has a goal to train them to qualify and compete at dog shows. 

Emily has been accepted at Defiance College to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. After she graduates, she plans to attend the police academy and become a police officer.  She is especially interested in becoming a K9 officer.

The Chamber of Commerce scholarship is funded by the Cutie Pie contest that is held each year during Day in the Park.  Every bit of money that is raised by that contest goes to the scholarship fund.

We wish Emily all the best and who knows, perhaps someday we will see her back in Antwerp, dressed in police uniform with her trusted canine companion by her side.