The annual Bluffton Ride to Remember treats participating cyclists to a cinch sack full of goodies donated by Bluffton area businesses. In 2021, the items had an estimated value of $350.
How is that possible? Donors provide a variety of promotional items ranging from lip balm to coupons to snacks.
At the March 11 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting, steering committee member Jenny Pilarowski detailed how the items bring visiting ride participants back to Bluffton and Bluffton residents into businesses they haven’t visited before.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host a member breakfast on Friday, March 11. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall, 154 N. Main.
Eikenbary Landscape is the breakfast sponsor; Greenhorn is the breakfast provider.
March 8 is International Women's Day, a designation celebrated by organizations including the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) and by Bluffton's Ten Thousand Villages and Book Reviews shops.
Edna Ruth Byler started a global Fair Trade movement with a simple statement: “I’m just a woman trying to help other women.” She bought handmade goods for a fair price and sold them in the U.S. market, originally from the trunk of her car. The Bluffton store continues Edna's legacy and the work of Lois Kreider to bring the first Fair Trade gift and thrift store to the United States.
Et Cetera Thrift Shop, 327 N. Main, held a fundraiser on Monday, February 28 with all shopping proceeds for the day and donations made specifically for this purpose going to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ukraine Emergency Response. Shop manager Chrissy Lugibihl reports that the store sent over $3,000 to MCC.
By Ryan DeMarco, CRPC ®, Edward Jones Financial Advisor, 111 N. Main St., Bluffton, 567-226-4506
As an investor, your own decisions will be the biggest factor in your success. Nonetheless, you’ll always want to consider the potential power of external events. And today is no different – with the lingering effects of the pandemic, the geopolitical situation in Ukraine, the impact of inflation and the rise in interest rates, you might be grappling with feelings of uneasiness. How should you respond?
Shari Schwab, AVP, Credit Analyst at First National Bank (Pandora) is retiring effective February 25, 2022. Schwab was hired by First National Bank in 1981.
Shari began her career as a Customer Service Representative, then worked in deposit operations. In 2005, Shari began working in accounting, where she was promoted to AVP. She then graduated from The Bank Leadership Institute. Shari has worked as a Credit Analyst at First National Bank since 2016.
Shari and her husband, Tony, reside in Pandora and have 2 children and 3 grandchildren.
