Vol 2007 - Issue 10	October 2007

Post Office Box 23874 Chattanooga, TN 37422

OCTOBER MEETING

Organizing Your Life and Work

Julie Bestry and Kim Campbell will be presenting practical tips and resources to help overwhelmed professional women organize their workspace, time and lives. Disorganization causes women business owners and their staffs to lose time, money and productivity. Julie and Kim will help you trade chaos for calm and stress for serenity with a fun, action-oriented presentation designed to help you regain control.

Julie Bestry is a Certified Professional Organizer® and president of Best Results Organizing. She is also the NAWBO-Chattanooga Chapter's membership chair. Kim Campbell is founder and owner of Chattanooga Closet Company.

To sign up for the event, either email Nesha at Nesha_steele@bsbst.com or try out our new Event Registration section on our Website. Click here to register for lunch or go to www.chanawbo.org and click on Event Registration.

Luncheon: Thursday, October 18 Sign in: 11:15 AM Lunch: 11:30 AM Location: Mountain City Club 729 Chestnut St Cost $17.00 Register by Monday, October 15 Email Nesha_steele@bsbst.com or register online at www.chanawbo.org All reservations must be paid

 

OUR MISSION STATEMENT Empower women business owners through education, opportunity and support, to achieve success economically, socially, and politically

 

NAWBO CHATTANOOGA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006-2007 President - Celeste Friend Immediate Past President - Marj Flemming Vice President - Julie Bestry Secretary - Katrina Chesney Meeting Management - Mary Robertson Treasurer - Deborah Wooten Membership Chair - Julie Bestry Newsletter - Pat Egen Publicity - Deborah Levine

 

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President's Column
By Celeste Friend

Hello Ladies,

Our members continue to make their mark on Chattanooga! We have several members nominated for Nautilus Awards again this year. For the Athena Award Beverly Inman-Ebel, Kary Klein, and Peggy Parker are all nominated for this honor. Marj Fleming, our former President has been once again nominated for the Light Keeper Award. I am planning a reception in their honor at my home, 502 Council Fire Drive, on October 10th at 5PM. Please plan to attend.

Another one of our newer members has something to be very proud about. Pauline Field's oldest son, Bryan, at age 15, is the youngest professional programmer in the State of Tennessee. He became a certified java computer programmer when he was 14. He works in the family computer business along with all of his younger siblings. By the way, since Pauline doesn't have enough to do besides running a business and caring for her family of several young children, she home schools all of them, as well.

We have other members on the move, too. Kary Klein is starting SmartWork, HR. It is a benefits company that could, potentially, be very useful to you if your employee benefits or healthcare costs are too expensive. Call Kary or Joy Westfall for details.

And Joy Pickett is opening yet another Podiatry Center. She has clinics located in Glenwood, East Brainerd and now Hixson. Her staff also visits nursing homes to care for their occupants' feet. If you have some news you would like to share with the group, please send it to me so that I can pass it on. Make this month profitable!

Celeste Friend, CFP(r)

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Did you know? Tennessee ranks 46th in a national report on the status of women Tennessee ranks 36th in employment and earnings, 43rd in economic autonomy, and 49th in political participation Almost 63% of women with children under six years of age are working Women earn less than men in every area of industry The average Tennessee woman earns only $26,500 annually, versus $35,500 for the average Tennessee man. The average U.S. woman earns $29,800 versus $40,900 for the average U.S. man. The 4th Annual Tennessee Women's Economic Summit will be held October 22, 2007 at the Airport Marriott in Nashville, Tennessee. For more information: http://www.tnwomensummit.org/