Community Events
2013-02-01 09:13:05
Girard Area News
Girard Area
Who/What: GMC Foundation Valentine’s Dance.
When: February 2nd. The cocktail hour and silent auction starts at 7:00. The dance starts at 8:00 and the Shane Duling Band will be playing. Tickets are $20 per person in advance or $25 at the door.
Where: Triple S Steakhouse in Girard.
Why: Each year the Girard Medical Center Foundation sponsors a Valentine Dance to raise funds to support hospital projects for health and wellness and to purchase needed equipment for our district hospital. This year the funds will go toward the Campaign for Life which will purchase a digital mammography machine. If you have any questions please contact Ronda Ison, Foundation Executive Director, at 620-724-5192 or rison@girardmedicalcenter.com.
Shop Girard Winners Announced
The Girard Area Chamber of Commerce held the drawing for the Shop Girard promotion on Friday, January 4th. The prizes this year included a $300 cash prize, a $150 cash prize and a $50 cash prize. Winners were: $300 Cash – Rick Coon, Girard; $150 Cash – Heather Short, Girard; $50 Cash – Mary Kay Mason, Girard.
While the Shop Girard program has been a long standing incentive in the Girard area, the program was revamped in 2012. Instead of collecting tickets at participating businesses and matching up numbers, this year the program included a “Shop and Win” card in which shoppers collected stickers at participating businesses. Once the card was full (20 stamps), it could be entered into the drawing. The promotion ran Dec. 1st – 31st, 2012.
Over 500 cards were collected throughout the month of December.
“The response to the revamped program was terrific,” said Julie Smith, Executive Director, Girard Area Chamber of Commerce. “Our community participation was outstanding.”
Twenty-six businesses participated this year, up from about 12 in the previous year.
The Girard Area Chamber would like to thank those businesses for their participation. They include: Ace Hardware, Alco, Breneman's Auto Supply, Brumback Service Center, Chicken Annies Girard, Derailed Commodity, Girard Medical Center Gift Shop, Heidrick's Appliance, John's Jewelry, Mathis Drug Store, NAPA Auto Parts, Opies/Video West & East, Petes of Girard, Producers Coop Farm Store, Sonic of Girard, Triple S Steakhouse, Community National Bank, Exchange State Bank, First National Bank, Girard National Bank, American Family Insurance, Craw Kan Telephone, Farm Bureau Financial Services, State Farm Insurance, Heartland Electric, and McClelland Sanitation.
The prize drawing may be viewed on you tube and can also be seen on Craw Kan's “The Cube.”
