Louise Friberg is a Swedish professional golfer and currently resides in Scottsdale. She turned pro at the end of 2003 and won her first professional win at the 2008 MasterCard Classic on the LPGA Tour.

The RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup was created to honor the 13 women who founded the LPGA, recognize those currently supporting the sport and celebrate the future stars of the LPGA. The current players will compete for a purse of $1.5 million and $500,000 will be set aside for the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program.
 
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world from February to December each year.

DETAILS
When: Saturday, March 2 from 10am-2pm
Where: Volvo of Phoenix, 2205 W. Bell Road, Phoenix, 85023; 623-748-4145

Learn more about the tournament by following the link.

Sponsored by North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and Phoenix Business Journal, the Institute of Communications presents three marketing experts giving you all of the information you need to survive and even thrive in any economy at its "Money Saving Marketing Secrets to Growing Your Business for Less" event on March 13, 2013.

If you are determined to not be a victim in uncertain times, this seminar is for you!

Speakers Sandy Cowen, Ed Phillips and Ryan Parker will help attendees:

• Double or even triple your sales by applying five key principles
• Identify what you're really selling, something most businesses don't do.
• Develop powerful communication techniques to motivate your team
• Learn how "Walking the Talk" adds to your bottom line
• Learn how your website can work for or against you
• Learn how to attack your competition at its weakness, not its strength
  

DETAILS:
Cost: $99/per person (*Discount for North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Members - contact the Chamber office at 602-482-3344 to obtain the discount CODE)
Event Date: 03-13-13
Event Time: 12:30-5:30 pm
Location: Sheraton Crescent Hotel, 2620 West Dunlap Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85021

For more information, call 480-648-5599 or download the event flyer. To register for the event, visit http://www.iocseminars.com.

The North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it is now partnering with Greater Phoenix SCORE to provide its membership and the North Valley community with free, ongoing mentoring, sharing of real-world business advice and know-how.
 
Nationwide, SCORE's more than 13,000 business experts (90 in the Greater Phoenix area) offer support, encouragement and tools to help build and sustain businesses through:

• Face-to-face advice with an experienced mentor to answer your business questions
• Access to all 500 skill sets of SCORE's nationwide volunteer network
• Support tools and templates to help you reach your goal

 
If you are interested in setting up a one-on-one mentoring session with one of SCORE's experts, please contact SCORE Certified Mentor Steve Sandler at 602.799.2008 or fmssteve@aol.com. We can also make arrangements to have a group presentation at your place of business.
 
Throughout the year, the Chamber will look for opportunities to host various seminars for our membership as a whole. If there is a business-related topic of interest that you think would make for a worthwhile seminar, please let us know.
 
For additional information on Greater Phoenix SCORE, please visit http://greaterphoenix.score.org or contact the Chamber office at 602.482.3344.

FROM Paradise Valley High School PTO Grad Night Chair Christy Miller:

As member of our community, I am asking you to join me in support of our graduates as they participate in Grad Night 2013!

As a parent of a sophomore at Paradise Valley High School and longtime school volunteer, I can tell you that the need to hold this all-night, alcohol and drug-free party is beneficial to our kids and the community as a whole. More than “just a party”,  Grad Night is a once in a lifetime event that provides a safe place for graduates to celebrate one last time as a class, while giving families and the community peace of mind to know that they are safe on one of the most dangerous nights of their young lives.  According to the Center for Disease Control, more than a third of all teen fatalities are from car accidents, and statistics show that teenage drivers are more likely to be involved in a car accident during April and May, when most proms and graduations take place and peer pressure is prevalent.  As parents, we believe that if we can prevent just one serious injury or death to a graduate our efforts will have been worthwhile.  As a member of our community, we hope you will support this important cause and take pride in knowing that you may have helped prevent a tragedy.

Paradise Valley High School is home to approximately 1,600 students that excel in numerous honors and technical education programs.  The diversity of programs at PVHS is what makes our school so special.  Our Career Technical Education programs service students from across the district, and all of our students have access to many AP and honors classes. In addition, CREST (Center for Research, Engineering, Sustainability and Technology), a small, specialty STEM school, is located on the PVHS campus. This state-of-the-art school enrolls more than 200 students from all over metro Phoenix.  PVHS is also proud to have on its faculty Ms. Marni Landry, the 2012 Arizona Science Teacher of the Year!  

The Paradise Valley Unified School District boundaries are as far reaching as Jomax and Pima Rds. to the north and Northern and 16th St. to the south.  So you can be sure that your donation will touch many in the community.

Please refer to the attached ​official PTO letter and donation form and thank you in advance for your support of our 2013 graduates!

Warmly,
Christy Miller
PTO Grad Night Chair