April

FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH

GOOD MORNING BREAKFAST

“Find & Keep Good Employees: How the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) & Local Resources Can Help Your Business!”

Presented by the North Shore Workforce Investment Board, North Shore Career Center & LACC Porthole Restaurant, Lynn
7:30 a.m. - Registration/networking/full breakfast
8:00 a.m. - Formal program

Guest speakers include: Nancy Stager, Executive VP of Human Resources, Eastern Bank; Audrey Welling, Jacqueline’s Gourmet Cookies, Salem, MA,; Mary Sarris, Executive Director, North Shore Workforce Investment Board and Bill Womack, North Shore Career Center.

Learn about ARRA opportunities, along with other sources of workforce funding including those that

Eastern Bank and Jacqueline's Gourmet Cookies have received. Attendees will also learn about grant opportunities available to any business regarding employment and training and how the North Shore WIB and North Shore Career Center are valuable local resources.

Cost is $20 pp. RSVP a MUST! Call the LACC at 781-592-2900 or email .

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH

NETWORKING NIGHT

with the LACC and BNI Atlantic Referral Exchange Chapter, Lynn & North Shore Chapters!

Uno’s Chicago Grill, Swampscott, Vinnin Square
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

BNI Atlantic Referral Exchange Chapter, Lynn will host the April Networking After Hours at Uno’s Chicago Grill in Swampscott! BNI Chapters from around the North Shore will be invited as well! Enjoy Networking in a professional yet friendly environment. Bring plenty of business cards!

Cost - $5, includes hearty appetizers and cash bar. RSVP please to 781-592-2900 or email the office at .

CLASS POSTPONED

Habla Espanol? LACC Presents...

"Basic Spanish for Business"
10 Weeks - Twice a Week
Beginning Monday, April 6th
LACC Conference Room
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
$300, includes materials

The Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Centro Latino de Chelsea to offer "Basic Spanish for Business" to our members! This interactive class will focus on every-day business language and will give you the basics to communicate with clients.

Facilitator Lissette Gonzalez Vargas hails from Puerto Rico and has been a teacher/facilitator with the Centro Latino de Chelsea for several years.

Classes will be held on Mondays and Thursdays in the LACC Conference Room from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. beginning Monday, April 6th. The course will run for 10 weeks and costs $300 (materials and coffee included). Course costs go directly to the Centro Latino de Chelsea and not the LACC.

We must have a minimum of 12 students to run this class. Interest in this class is high and we do expect to sell out. RSVP is a must and payment must be made on the first day of class. Checks can be made payable to Centro Latino de Chelsea. Credit Cards are accepted. Please RSVP to the LACC at 781-592-2900. Or click here to register online.