I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and deeply express the chamber’s most sincere appreciation to chamber members who have truly made a difference in people’s lives by contributing their very precious time and truly extraordinary resources and gifts for two of the chamber’s very significant Programs of Work.

First, on behalf of 2007 Board Chair Laura Brunton and the Board of Directors, we would like to thank the following chamber members who were sponsors of the chamber’s very successful Friday Night Music Series. Our hats off to them for helping to make this summer’s Friday evening event so great and enjoyable for all those children, teenagers and adults of all ages who “listened in live” to really fantastic musicians and vocalists. Our 2007 Friday Night Music Series sponsors were Santa Teresa Dental, Johnson Lumber/Ace Hardware, Trendz Kitchen & Bath, Anritsu Company, Rosy’s at the Beach, Morgan Hill Times, Steve Barsanti with Alain Pinel Realty, Violet’s Clothing, Morgan Hill Kiwanis, Brad Jones and Cenda Meister and BookSmart, Morgan Hill Downtown Association, JET Electric, Mama Mia’s Ristorante Italiano, Custom One, Weston Miles Architects and Morgan Hills Kiwanis! Our special thank you to Bob Snow, Pat Curtis, Patti and Rich DeLaRosa, Michele Naylor and Garrie Bryant!

In addition, we want to enthusiastically recognize and Thank those businesses who contributed to the chamber’s Education Council’s 2007 “Welcome

New Educators” gift bags. Their thoughtful gifts and expressions of welcome and best wishes to newly hired educators were truly significant and impacted up to 140 lives. These businesses and organizations include Active Spinal & Sports Care, Advanced Silicon Distributing, American Association of University Women – AAUW, Arbonne International, CA State Senator Abel Maldonado, Champions Academy, Cherisse’s Hair Salon and Day Spa, City of Morgan Hill, Cochrane Road Self Storage, Collision on Wheels, Comfort Inn, Commonwealth Central Credit Union, County of Santa Clara, Costco Wholesale, Create Joy, Custom Creations Photography, Earl Liebich – Coldwell Banker, EDO – RSS, Extreme Learning Center, Gavilan College, Gilroy Premium Outlets, Go Kids, Inc., Huntington Learning Center, Institute for Business Performance, John Quick – Animal Care Center, Jon Y. Hatakeyama DDS, Family Dentistry, La Pooch Grooming & Boutique, Laura Brunton – California Meeting Management, Minuteman Press, Morgan Hill Bowl, Morgan Hill Gymnastics Club, Morgan Hill Times, NW Photography, Orkin Pest Control, Realty World – Leonette and Tony Stafford, Rebekah Children’s Services, Santa Clara County Farm Bureau, Santa Teresa Dental, Shaklee – Suzanne Barrett, Sitar Indian Cuisine, South Valley National Bank, South Valley Pregnancy Care Center, The Thomas Kinkade Company, Thomas Appliance Service, Tom McDaniels – Century 21, Trader Joe’s, Tutoring Club and Washington Mutual Home Loan Center.

When you are in these extraordinary businesses and see their owners, managers and employees, please give them a huge thank you for making such a difference in people’s live through supporting wonderful summer evening concerts and extending genuine expressions of Welcome and Best Wishes!

Your very precious time and thoughtfulness will be most sincerely appreciated in doing so.

Dan Ehrler has been serving as the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce executive director for two years and has been the chief executive officer for various chambers of commerce in California for more than 20 years. Contact him at [email protected] or at (408) 779-9444.

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