On July 19, Mayor Michael Gresk gave residents the opportunity to “Dunk the Mayor” to benefit Wheaton’s Sesquicentennial celebration and the DuPage Community Foundation’s Endow Wheaton Initiative. The event took place at First Choice Bank in downtown Wheaton.

“The Sesquicentennial and The DuPage Community Foundation are two great causes to which I’m pleased to lend my support,” Mayor Gresk said.  

In order to spread the awareness and gain new supporters, we host special events like the up-coming Golf Outing. CASA’s 4th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser will take place Monday, August 4,2008 at beautiful Stonebridge Country Club located in Aurora.

The Wheaton Chamber of Commerce and guests had a sizzling good time at Steak Fry 2008.  We had a sold out, record setting attendance of over 250 guests.  Guests enjoyed delicious steaks, grilled corn, tasty beverages and much more.

Another round of applause for our wonderful sponsors!  Thank you!

Premium Sponsor
ELITE MORTGAGE GROUP, INC.

Venue Sponsor
Wheaton Bank & Trust

Food Sponsor
Whole Foods Market

Steak Sponsor
Community Bank – Wheaton/Glen Ellyn

Beer & Wine Sponsor
Borter Heating & Air Conditioning

Margarita Sponsor
Genghis Grill, The Mongolian Stir Fry

Decoration Sponsor
Briarbrook Apartment Homes

Mini Sponsor
Brian Garvin – Coldwell Banker
Egg Harbor Café
The Corner Bakery
Culligan Water
Ultra Foods

2008 Web Site Advertising Spec Sheet for
www.wheatonchamber.com 
These discounts expire July 31, 2008!  Sign-up TODAY!

Exclusive Home Page Ad

• Only one Home Page Ad will be sold at a time. The home page ad will be displayed every time the Wheaton Chamber’s web site is accessed at www.wheatonchamber.com. The Home Page Ad is a fixed, non-rotating ad.
• Ad size: 90 pixels wide x 220 pixels high
• Pricing:
  • 12 consecutive months: $2,400 SOLD through 2008!
  • 6 consecutive months: $1,500
  • 3 consecutive months: $900

Inside Page Rotating Banner Ad

• Inside page banner ads will be available on the following pages:
  • Wheaton Chamber Events > Events Calendar Page
  • Wheaton Chamber Member Resources Page
  • Wheaton Chamber Member Resources > Member-to-Member Offers Page
  • People and Businesses You Should Know page
• A rotating banner with three Ads each will be available on each inside page that has advertising. The ads will display for 6 seconds then rotate to the next ad. Each ad will link to the advertiser’s web site. Advertisers choose one inside page for each ad placed.
• Ad size: 438 pixels wide and 50 pixels high
• Pricing per ad slot:
  • 12 consecutive months: $750 25% off!
  • 6 consecutive months: $500 20% off!
  • 3 consecutive months: $300 15% off!
  • 1 month: $250 10% off!
• Single Page Bundle – purchase all three rotating ads on a page for the same time period:
  • 12 consecutive months: $2,025 30% off!
  • 6 consecutive months: $1,350 25% off! SOLD-Event page through March 2009!
  • 3 consecutive months: $810 20% off!
  • 1 month: $675 15% off!

Ad Design Options

• Provide your own artwork per the above pixel size specifications without animation or flash in a JPG file with a file size less than 100 KB: No Additional Charge.
• Provide your logo, web site address, and phone number to put into our banner advertising template: $50 per ad with one proof cycle.
• Custom Banner Ad creation: $100 per hour.

Contact Anna at annas@wheatonchamber.com or 630-668-6464 to find out which ad slots are available.

The Wheaton Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following members for being a part of the Chamber’s 4th of July float

Amlings – Gloria Hainsworth
Attorney at Law – Pat Weinstein
Briarbrook Apartment Homes – Danielle Jencks CHOICES Worldwide – Vickie Austin Citizens for Gresk-Mayor Mike Gresk
“Citizens for William Edgar”
CruiseOne – Sheila McPherson
DuPage County Board District 4 – Debra Olson
 Edward Jones – Danielle Ferrari
Edward Jones – Rich Ferrari
First Nations Bank
First Choice Bank
Farmers Insurance – Mike Semprevivo
GOPUSA ILLINOIS – Dave Diersen
Impress printing – Ben Ubben
Investment Centers of America, Inc. – Lori Miller
Kackert Homes – Patrick Kackert
Loyola Wheaton Primary Care – Margaret Ellen Henrich
M.A.D.D. – Betsey Carlson 
NAMI of DuPage – ENCORE SHOP – Charles Warner
Parkway Bank
Pyramid Educational Center – Michael Hurley
Red Builders – Don Ryan
Spire2 – Jeff James
The Sign Authority – Rick Tampier
THE Travel Specialist – Joanne Gardner
Triblocal – Deborah Brown
Up Country Home & Garden – Gwyn Hay
West Suburban Bank
Wheaton Bank & Trust
Wheaton Newcomers – Alis Priebe

The Wheaton Fine & Cultural Arts Commission is seeking volunteers to help with the Wheaton Fine Art Fair, which will take place July 18-20.

Volunteer shifts vary from 1 ½ to 3 hours, although volunteers are welcome to work as many hours and shifts as they want. Some jobs require physical labor, such as fetching ice and bottled water or assisting artists in setting up and breaking down their exhibits. Other jobs require some amount of walking around and/or standing (such as directing traffic), and some jobs just require sitting in the shade.

Dr. Weber’s goal is to fill as many bags as possible for this Radiothon, which broadcasts live Friday, August 8^th from 6 a.m. to Saturday, August 9 at 6 p.m. from the lobby of Children’s Memorial Hospital.

Your spare change can help make a difference for thousands of children, so clean out your seat cushions, pockets, purses, wallets or anywhere else your loose change falls today and help us “Make a Change in a Child’s Life” with your spare change!

Dr. Robert Weber is an orthodontist in Wheaton where he has practiced for over 25 years.  His office is located at:  210 West Willow – Wheaton, IL.  For more information, call [630] 665-5552.

•All members now have their company descriptions listed on our website in the online directory.

•Improved event registration: every time a member logs in to wheatonchamber.com to register for an event, their information will be pre-populated!

•Searching the Wheaton Chamber Business Directory by name. Quickly find the “Ted” you met at the last luncheon or the “Cheryl” you spoke to at the Business After Hours event.

•An RSS feed on the home page recapping all the latest Chamber events.

•A “Member News” section where members can submit their latest and greatest accomplishments to the Chamber for future publication.

The new site also offers a number of new advertising opportunities for WCC membership. As an incentive to give the new site and advertising a try, the Chamber will discount ads through July 31st.

The Chamber hopes you are just as excited about the new site as we are!