By: Randy Sater – President, Stonebridge Properties In 2009, the year leading up to my year as Chair of the Sacramento Metro Chamber, I co-chaired a committee with Keri Thomas with Sutter Health to evaluate how the Metro Chamber might best engage its members in giving back to the community…
Blog: Why Inspire?
By: Karlee Cemo-McIntosh Marketing & Business Development Manager for Sacramento365, Visit Sacramento I got involved with Inspire Giving in May 2015. For those of you who know the man (or even the name) Sean O’Brien, you probably find it hard to believe he was the one to recruit me. While…
Blog: Get Involved with Inspire Giving’s 2017 Project
Every year, Inspire Giving members volunteer their time and resources to support a non-profit through a yearly project. This year, Inspire Giving chose Lilliput Families. We will be assisting Lilliput in updating and beautifying their parking lot and entrances to their Citrus Heights Family and Training Center. These renovations will…
Blog: Leadership Sacramento Class to Create STEAM Program at South Sacramento School for Under-Served Youth
Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) fields provide increasing career opportunities, and nationally, STEM-related careers will outpace non-STEM careers over the next decade. Median earnings in California STEM careers are also more than double earnings in other careers. Despite the trends, California students continue to trail their U.S. peers in math…
Leadership Sacramento Helps Wellspring Women’s Center Upgrade Kitchen
https://2023.metrochamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/KOVR_08-03-2016_Wellspring.mp4 Source: CBS Sacramento
Leadership Sacramento 2016 Class Supports Wellspring Women’s Center’s Kitchen Renovation
Part 1: Part 2: Source: Good Day Sacramento
New Sacramento Metro Chamber Program Sponsors Young Entrepreneurs
The Sacramento Metro Chamber is launching a new program that aims to connect young talent in our job market to the businesses that most benefit our communities. It’s called the Metro Chamber Foundation, and it focuses on community development through the promotion of those young professionals and emerging leaders in…
Sacramento Metro Chamber Announces Metro Chamber Foundation
Foundation Dedicated to Regional Workforce & Community Development SACRAMENTO, CA – Committed to building our region’s future workforce, the Sacramento Metro Chamber announces the Metro Chamber Foundation to house long-standing Chamber programs and launch additional efforts dedicated to community improvement. The Metro Chamber Foundation will focus on fostering economic and…
Chamber View: Increasing Regional Investment in Our Workforce
An educated, motivated and loyal workforce drives a local economy. And a workforce engaged with their neighbors and colleagues makes a community. California has the 8th largest economy in the world, but needs to produce an additional 1M career-ready college graduates by 2025 to meet employers’ needs. The reality is…
CalChamber and Linked Learning Alliance Lead First California Employer Association Youth Employment Network
SACRAMENTO, CA – The Linked Learning Alliance and the California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber) announced today the launch of a California network of employer associations committed to advancing youth opportunities and reducing youth unemployment. The lead organizations, Linked Learning Alliance and CalChamber, brought together four local chambers of commerce to…