Holiday Inn Express After Hours

There was a great turnout for this month's After Hours at the Holiday Inn Express. GM Mike O'Brien and his staff prepared a bbq dinner and provided tours of the hotel. Door prizes of a night in a deluxe suite and dinner for two were won by Betty Ann Henderson, Bert Thoreson and Butch Peacock. Pictured are Frank and Betty Ann Henderson and Mike O'Brien after viewing the "Betty Suite."

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the first ever RCLA graduating class.

Pictured(left to right): Alan Wolfe-STCU, Ed Santos- Center Target Sports, Jack Reiswig-Panhandle State Bank, Lisa Key-City of Hayden, Pam Houser-Post Falls Chamber, Eric Keck-City of Post Falls, Jan Lindquist-Kootenai County Assessors Office, Jodi Lizotte-Kimball Office, Jim Tippett-BayShore Systems, Ron Brekhus-Cabelas, and Nicole Heimbigner-Idaho Veneer. Not Pictured: Ron Nilson-Ground Force

APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2009/2010 CLASS Deadline: July 1

For application email: RCLA@POSTFALLSCHAMBER.COM

Student of The Month is...

Matt "Junior" was named the

Post Falls Chamber's

Student of the Month.

Pictured: Jodi McKenzie - Progressive Printing,

Junior and Dena Naccaroto-PFHS Principal.

Congratulations "Junior!"

Volunteer of the Month Is...

May's Volunteer of the Month is...

Cindy Jordan ~ Community 1st Bank!

Cindy was awarded the Volunteer of the Month for chairing the successful Commerce and Community Fair in April. Cindy also sits on the board of the Boys and Girls Club, serves on NIBCA membership committee, and plays on a woman's golf league at Highlands.

Stop and congratulate Cindy at 707 North Post Street.

TCB / RCLA Graduation

The Takin Care of Business Luncheon is tomorrow! It's a kickoff to tourism season, River City Leadership Graduation, and the Business Fair Booth winners will be announced! Call 773-5016 now to make your reservations.

Pictured - River City Leaderships Graduating Class.

DECA students support Commerce Fair

President Pam Houser and Commerce and Community Fair Chair Cindy Jordan presented the Post Falls High School DECA Students a $100 check for volunteering at the Business Fair. Thanks to Ryan Vordahl and all the DECA kids for their excellent help!

Welcome Back Legislators

The Welcome Back Reception was held May 14 at Moon Dollars for local legislators returning from Boise. Pictured(LtoR): Representative Frank Henderson, Senator Jim Hammond, Post Falls School Superintendant Jerry Keane, and Representative Bob Nonini.

Businesses of the Month

Congratulations to Alliance Title and Coeur d'Alene Cellars for being the Businesses of the Month.

Food Drive was a HUGE success!

The Post Falls Spring Food Drive

ran April 1 to May 2 and the numbers were record-breaking!

"Prairie Pig" Spirit Week - 4,407

School Challenge - 15,509

Hayden Academy - 1,246

Friday Super One Site - 1,768

Saturday - Trading Co Site - 18,860

Corporate Challenge - 2,338

Sysco Food Show - 13,000

The total was 57,128 pounds of food and $2961.37 financial donations!

Thank you to everyone who helped in this record-breaking year!

Surfing In Sun Valley

Check out this video of Dani Zibell-Wolfe (Coeur d'Alene Chamber), Amy Little (Sandpoint Chamber), and Pam Houser (Post Falls Chamber) promoting tourism for North Idaho.

Parade Applications are HERE!

Post Falls Days Parade Applications are HERE!

June 6th at 11am

Thank you to this years sponsors for covering the non-profit fees.

JD Dickinson - Dickinson Insurance

David Bobbitt - Community 1st Bank

Ron Nilson - Ground Force Mfg

Kerri Thoreson - Parade Committee Chair

Download the application at

www.postfallschamber.com

Post Falls Dam Tour

The Post Falls dam at Falls Park is open and the water's moving fast, over 10,000 cubic inches per second! Check out this video.

Thanks to Avista for taking the River City Leadership Academy on a tour. If you are interested in River City Leadership for the 2009/2010 year - email rcla@postfallschamber.com

Photo album from the tour here.

Sun Valley or Bust

Pam Houser, President/CEO, is headed to Sun Valley to participate in the Governor's Tourism Summit this week. Pam will be presenting Post Falls' tourism grant request to the Idaho Travel Council at the Summit. She will also present a gift bag to the ITC representatives with items provided by RedLion Templin's Hotel, Stateline Speedway, Buck Knives, Cabela's and Silverwood. Each ITC rep will also receive a V.I.V. (very important visitor) All Access Pass and lanyard, inviting them to come to Post Falls to see all we have to offer. *ITC grant funds derive from bed tax revenues and are distributed throughout the state for the purpose of tourism marketing efforts.

Community Food Drive

Once again our members stepped up to make a difference in the community with the 4th Annual Food Drive for the Post Falls Food Bank. Photos linked here.