The SKYLINE Published by NAIFA-Cincinnati 3629 Church Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45244 NAIFA-Cincinnati 513-248-1125 513-248-1147 fax adminoffice@naifa-cincinnati.com November, 2016 NAIFA-Cincinnati.founded in 1878 President s Message Well it happened - Fall is here. I have been tracking this what I call the Thanksgiving snub for years. Every Halloween night right after handing out candy is finished, come inside flip on the TV, what do you see? Commercials for Christmas; what happened to Thanksgiving, turkeys, cornucopias? You can rest assured your local NAIFA chapter will celebrate Thanksgiving. November 17 th is the date for our meeting at Kenwood Country Club. Please remember to bring some non-perishable can foods, if you wish, make a cash donation for the Free Store Food Bank where every dollar donated is equal to $8.00 of food - just another community service opportunity we offer. or In addition to the Free Store Food Bank, we also have some volunteer opportunities for Shriner s hospital. Every year they have something called The Christmas Ranch Please contact Gail Doll for volunteer opportunities. We have tried to incorporate some of these events to work instead of writing a check, as it seems we do this time of year. We have an exciting line up for this month s meeting. First of all, Jeff Mohr will be moderating our CE for this month. He will talk about how to draft a comprehensive plan to protect business owners. Once again, I encourage you to stay for our lunch meeting that will feature Larry Watson, The Results Now Coach. Always good to pick up a new idea or two from these sessions. I just want to give you an update on our October YAT event. We had Zach Ball with an impressive talk about how he started and runs his business. If you are a YAT, or know someone who is, please get involved with this program. There are some really good career advancement and networking opportunities. Thanks to all those who helped in setting up this event. I look forward to seeing everyone on the 17 th. Please feel free to bring a guest, introduce them to NAIFA. Share with them all the things NAIFA does to support our business. Tony
Page 2 NAIFA-Cincinnati Is The proud recipient of 2015-2016 State Jack E. Bobo Award of Excellence Come share with us on November 17th, 2016
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Page 4 NAIFA-Cincinnati 2016 2017 Meeting Dates Please bring your Free Store Donations To the November Meeting Thursday, November 17, 2016 Dec. 10, 2016 Christmas Ranch Volunteers Thursday, March 16, 2017 Thursday, April 20, 2017 Super C.E. Day Thursday, May 18,2017 Please mark your calendars
Page 5 NAIFA-Cincinnati will have our annual Freestore- Foodbank collection on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2016. Non-perishable items needed include canned meat products, peanut butter, canned vegetables, canned soups, macaroni and cheese, and canned fruit. Personal care items needed are soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste/brush, hygiene products, and disposable diapers. No glass items, please! We will also be accepting monetary donations. With every dollar donated, the Food Bank is able to purchase $8.00 worth of food. Checks should be made payable to : Freestore Foodbank Thank you, in advance, for continuing our commitment to helping those in need.
Page 6 The Christmas Ranch, one of the largest holiday light displays in the region, has partnered with Shriners Hospitals for Children Cincinnati. We are very excited about working with Shriners Hospital for Children as we celebrate the season of giving. Christmas is all about children and these special little ones need all the love and support we can give them, said Michael Fuchs, a local dentist and owner. A portion of the proceeds from The Christmas Ranch will go directly to Shriners Hospitals for Children. The Christmas Ranch got its start 20 years ago when Dr. Fuchs and his family turned their Symmes Township residence into an elaborate Christmas display. By 2006, the house had been featured on HGTV, and crowds were enormous. As the displays grew and Dr. Fuchs wanted to spread even more holiday cheer, Dr. Fuchs purchased The Dude Ranch in Morrow, Ohio, and converted it to The Christmas Ranch. The 110-acre ranch is 10 minutes north of Kings Island. It features a Christmas village with over 350,000 dancing lights, beautiful holiday music, retail shops, train displays, pictures with Santa and much more. The Christmas Ranch opens the day after Thanksgiving and runs through New Year s Eve. With all this activity, volunteers are needed to assist every day to direct traffic, work in the retail shops and keep the bonfire going! It is a wonderful opportunity for church/youth groups, scout troops, and families to share the holiday spirit with the community and help Shriners Hospitals for Children at the same time. Please contact Gail Doll if you are able to volunteer on December 10th, 2016.
Page 7 November 17, 2016 Kenwood Country Club 6501 Kenwood Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45243 Draft a Comprehensive Plan to Help Protect Business Owners 2 hrs. C.E., Ohio Moderated by Jeff Mohr, RHU, DBS Registration 9:30 AM, Class 9:45 11:45 AM Free to members Our featured Lunch Meeting Speaker is Larry Watson, The Results Now Coach Pathway Consulting Lunch begins at 11:45 AM $15.00, members Please R.S.V.P. to Jane by November 10, 2016 Tel. 513 248-1125 Fax 513 248-1147 Name C.E. Lunch NAIFA Member Yes No
Page 8 WHERE DO YOUR DUES GO???????????? When you remit your membership dues to NAIFA, do you know how much NAIFA-Cincinnati gets to keep out of that $556.00 payment? NAIFA (the national organization) keeps $330.00 NAIFA sends NAIFA-Ohio (the state organization) $130.00 NAIFA sends NAIFA-Cincinnati (Us!) $96.00 Out of that $96.00, your local association ( NAIFA-Cincinnati ) pays the operating expenses of the office, subsidizes lunches meetings, speaker and program expenses, free CE for our members and all the incidentals to keep our association running. Advertising Rates for NAIFA-CINCINNATI Publications A full page ad in the SKYLINE $100 per issue Full page ad on the web site $350 per membership year (July-June)