by AWD | Sep 8, 2014 | Bright Area Business Association, Bright Area Fundraising Golf Tournament, Bright Community, Bright Festival, Uncategorized
The Bright Aerea Business Association has been extremely busy in 2014! In May we conducted the Golf Outing and in the Summer we created a booth at the Bright Community Festival. These events serve 2 purposes. Members build relationships by working together to meet our goals. Volunteerism can be work, but we try and make it as fun as possible. This resulted in more volunteers and donations this year. Over $10,000 was donated to our 3 non-profits. The Bright Fire Dept & EMS is important to every business and homeowner in the area. Since Bright is an unincorporated area, the department receives less Government funding. Several years ago BABA members determined that Bright Fire & EMS should be our primary recipient. We were extremely excited to present them a “Big Check” of $8716. Thank you for keeping our homes and businesses safe! “I just wanted to drop a note of thanks for the support that the Bright Area Business Association has provided to the Bright Volunteer Fire Company. For the last several years, your organization has been able to support us through the golf outing and work at the annual Bright Community Festival. We have seen real growth in your efforts to financially contribute to help provide Fire and Emergency Medical services to our community. As a volunteer member of the department, I can’t tell you how much it encourages me the see business leaders in the community come along side us to help meet the needs of our department. So once again, thanks so much for what you do. It really does matter.” Greg Mathena, Assistant Chief, Bright...
by AWD | Dec 11, 2013 | Bright Area Business Association, Bright Area Fundraising Golf Tournament, Bright Community, Bright Festival
The Bright Area Business Association is a “Give Back” organization. We help support the local community. Our two major fund raisers each year are the Annual Golf Tournament and our own booth at the Bright Community Festival. Both events were very successful again this year. The Golf Tournament was held at Hidden Valley Golf Club in May. The net proceed from the tournament was $5,500 and we raised $3,600 at the Bright Community Festival in July from the raffle of gift baskets in our booth. Our “Give Back” 2013 contributions were $7,000 to the Bright Volunteer Fire Department & EMT along with $1,260 to Hands and Feet Ministry, Inc. and $500 to the North Dearborn Food Pantry. Hands and Feet Ministry, Inc. helps those who are either struggling in addiction or recovering from an addiction. Hands and Feet Ministry, Inc. operates The Gathering Place which is located at 1932 Jamison Road. We are planning already and looking forward to great success in 2014 with our fundraising. The 2014 Golf Tournament will be again at Hidden Valley Golf Club on Monday, May 19, 2014 and the Bright Community Festival is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 25 & 26, 2014. Thanks to Merchants Bank and The Beacon for sponsoring our 2014 event! The festival is held at the Bright Firehouse #1 located at 23759 Brightwood Drive, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025. Mark your calendars for these two fun events. Thanks to all who donated time, money and resources to help our community through these...
by AWD | Aug 5, 2013 | Bright Area Business Association, Bright Festival, Newsletter
The meeting was called to order on July 12, 02013 at The Beacon office. There were 18 in attendance. Treasurer Dan Cross reported $7438.00 on balance in the BABA account. Most of the money will be dispersed quickly as donations to our charities. Kate Karaus reported that membership renewals were slow coming in. Suggestions were to send a bill each year, email reminders or personally contact those businesses that forgot to pay dues. Diane Bender followed up with details about the basket booth for the Bright Festival. She still had some open spaces on the schedule and BABA shirts were handed out for the workers to wear at the Festival. The basket booth will be set up at the entrance to the beer garden. Those in attendance gave a brief introduction of themselves and their business. Guests in attendance were John and Becky Phillips from B&J’s Bar and Grill, and Chip Munich from The Register. Members In attendance were: Greg Gronwell-CAN Communication Martin Raferty- crossroads Cleaning Dan Cross- Dan Cross CPA Wayne Leslie- High Noon Guns & Archery Diane Bender- Logan Super Mart Dale- Lutz-Cornerstone Realty Jim Mansfield-Mansfield Insurance Agency Debby Stutz- Merchants Bank & Trust Marilynn Fischer- Swissjust Celeste Calvitto- The Beacon Peggy Waltz- The Beacon Larry Shidler- The Business Network (TBN) Kate Karaus- T-Systems Electric Chuck Karaus- T-Systems Electric Les Finn-Waddell & Reed, INC Bebe Kinnett-Absolute Web Designs Submitted by Debby...
by AWD | Jul 26, 2013 | Bright Area Business Association, Bright Community, Bright Festival, Marketing
2013 Bright Community Festival Commonly also known as the Bright Festival or Bright Firemen Festival Basket Raffle Booth Manned by the Bright Area Business Association for the Bright Fire & EMS. All Proceeds go to the Department. This year, there are over 30 gift baskets at the BABA Raffle Booth, including: A 26” Mongoose Bike Romantic Weekend Package Several Car Care Baskets with $25 Gift Cards A Kindle Sony Headphones and a $25 iTunes Gift Card Assortment of Wine with a Wine Rack Several Golf Baskets (some include FREE rounds of golf) Budweiser Golf Bag Mary Kay Products SwissJust Products and a Gift Certificate Mexican Fiesta Basket with a Gift Card School Supplies Cooler of Pool Toys and Beach Towels Collapsible Wagon of Picnic Supplies Boy and Girl Baskets with Toys, Games and a Pizza Gift Certificate Fun in the Kitchen Basket and $25 Kroger Gift Card Night on the Town with Dinner, a Movie and Dancing A Smoker/Grill Bar-B-Que Products and a $25 Gift Certificate July 26th & 27th Located at Bright Firehouse #1, Salt Fork Road, Bright Indiana Festival Hours of Operation: Friday 6:00-11:00 PM and Saturday 4:00 – 11:00...
by AWD | Jul 4, 2013 | Bright Area Business Association, Bright Community, Bright Festival
2013 Bright Community Festival Commonly also known as the Bright Festival or Bright Firemen Festival July 26th & 27th Located at Bright Firehouse #1, Salt Fork Road, Bright Indiana Festival Hours of Operation: Friday 6:00-11:00 PM and Saturday 4:00 – 11:00 PM Bright Area Business Association proudly supports the Bright Area Fire and EMT Come to visit our booth near the Beer Garden to get a free can huggie and bid on one of our beautiful prizes at our Basket Auction. Auction items include a new bicycle and a new golf bag! All proceeds /profits go to the Bright Area Fire and EMT. Help us support out...
by AWD | Sep 4, 2012 | Bright Area Business Association, Bright Community, Bright Festival, Minutes
Bright Area Business Association Meeting Minutes August 10, 2012 I. Call to order Bebe Kinnett called to order the regular meeting of the Bright Area Business Association at 8 AM on August 10, 2012 at The Beacon in Bright, Indiana. II. Roll call The following people were in attendance: Greg Gronwall, ACN; Celeste Calvitto, The Beacon; Peggy Waltz, The Beacon; Kate Karaus, T-Systems Electric, LLC and All Safe Cleaners; Ken Fey, Fey’s Services; Bebe Kinnett, Absolute Web Designs; Jim Kinnett, The Kinnett Consulting Group; Diane Bender, Logan Supermart, Dale Lutz, Cornerstone Realty & Lutz Auction Services; Joan Hilton, Mary Kay Consultant and Ken Fey, Fey’s Services; Wayne Leslie, Highnoon Guns and Archery; Michael Carroll, Bright CompuTech & LaserArt; Cindy Costa, Bright CompuTech & LaserArt; Kari and Ron Corrill, River City Door. Guest were Art Little, Little Construction; Laura Rolf, Big Brothers & Sisters of Greater Cincinnati; and Mary Russell, Character Council of Great Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky. III. Approval of minutes from last meeting Minutes had been distributed by posting them on the website. Minutes were approved. IV. Leadership Team Reports a.) President –Bebe Kinnett reviewed the latest website stats. There were 125 more hits in July than last year. Eight hundred six (806) visitors view the Home page most followed by the directory. There were 43 visitors that went from the website directory to a Bright Area Business Association member. Bebe will be updating the directory soon. Please update your information and send to Bebe. b.) Vice-President – None c.) Membership –Diane Bender announced that there were four new members–Wayne Leslie, Highnoon Guns & Archery; Michael Carroll and...
