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Food Technology Expo
It will be held May 7-8, 2008. The Evening Social will be held Wednesday, May 7 at Vision Beloit. The conference & expo will be held Thursday, May 8 at the Eclipse Center.
Please contact Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce Vice President Amy Loudenbeck, for more information or to participate in the event planning process. The Chamber will be sending out an event prospectus in the near future and will again be offering on-line registration.
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. Please contact Loudenbeck at (608) 365-8835 or amyl@greaterbeloitchamber.com.
Mercy wins award
The 2007 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of health care informatics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care's most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line.
Entrepreneurship grants
A minimum of 10 percent projected growth in jobs and revenues annually over a three-year time frame are required.
Please visit the Client Successes page to read our Challenge Grant recipient client's comments. For more information, phone (815) 921-2054.
RFD servicing Myrtle Beach
A link to the Southern Skyways Web site has been set up on the airport's Web site at www.FlyRFD.com. Tickets can also be purchased by calling 1-877-2-FLY-South (877) 235-9768 or www.southernskyways.com or contact a local travel agent.
CWT under new management
The new Camelot World Travel aims to provide an unrivaled travel planning experience for both leisure and corporate clients. Offering personalized, professional service is one of their core values.
Corporate clients can rest assured that all of their travel needs will be handled 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The corporate department is staffed with a state of the art automatic call distribution system and agents averaging more than 20 years of experience in travel.
Camelot World Travel is located at 2627 N. Mulford Road. To speak with a travel representative please call 815-639-9445 or visit them on the web at http://www.camelotworldtravel.com.
Stride for Health Program announces speakers
Monthly meetings include a heart-healthy breakfast, health screenings, door prize drawings, and a presentation by a Mercy health care professional.
Participants receive a free t-shirt when they sign up for membership.
On Tuesday, February 12, Gene Gulliver, MD, cardiologist and board certified internal medicine physician at the Mercy Regional Heart and Vascular Center in Janesville, will discuss chest pain from a cardiologist's perspective.
On Tuesday, March 11, Jan Ishmael, RN, of the Mercy Regional Dialysis Center, talks about risk factors--including family history--for chronic kidney disease, and the screenings available for this serious, but often-undiagnosed problem.
For more information about the Stride of Health Mall Walking Program, call Mercy HealthLine at (608) 756-6100.
Mercy wins award
BELOIT -- As part of an ongoing commitment to the regional Food Technology Cluster, the Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the date of the third annual Food Technology Conference & Expo.
JANESVILLE -- Mercy Home Health, a service of Mercy Health System, headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin, today announced that it has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States. This annual review identifies the top 25 percent of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance. The 2007 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry.
ROCKFORD -- The Rock River Valley Entrepreneurship Center (RRVEC), with financial support from the Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity (DCEO), administers a matching challenge grant program targeted at high-growth companies in the Northern Illinois area. The purpose of the program is to assist those businesses with the potential for rapid, sustainable growth in obtaining professional services that will assist in the acquisition of capital, increase in revenue or other operational issues.
ROCKFORD -- The Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) announced a new non-stop jet service to Myrtle Beach, SC. Southern Skyways, a scheduled public charter operated by Primaris Airlines and based out of ATlanta will begin twice-weekly flights from RFD on May 23. The seasonal service will continue though Sept. 1.
ROCKFORD -- In September of 2007, Camelot World Travel acquired the assets and personnel of Paramount Travel forming the premier travel agency in the Stateline Area. Camelot World Travel, a Stateline leader since 1969, is under the new management of Tim and Kelly Fitz. The former Paramount Travel Agency has moved from Liberty Square to the current Camelot World Travel office located at Brynwood Square on Mulford.
JANESVILLE -- The Stride for Health Mall Walking Program is sponsored by Mercy Health System and the Janesville Mall. The program, which is free and open to the public, is held the second Tuesday of each month, 8:15-9:30 am, at the Janesville Mall Food Court, 2500 Milton Ave.
JANESVILLE ---- The Mercy Diabetes Education program received continued national recognition from the largest and most widely known organization in the field of diabetes. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) Education Recognition Certificate for quality diabetes self-managementeducation programs was recently awarded to the "Managing for Life" program offered by the Mercy Diabetes Education programs at Mercy Harvard Clinic North, Harvard, IL, Mercy Health Mall, Janesville, WI, Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center, Lake Geneva, WI, and Mercy Woodstock Medical Center, Woodstock, IL. Mercy McHenry Medical Center, McHenry, Ill, also received its first ADA recognition.