The North SA Chamber is continuing to meet the needs of businesses for a readied workforce. The Job Bank is a no-cost tool to for member businesses to access a larger pool of applicants, and the online search tool is a free community resource to job seekers.
“We will promote the Job Bank heavily in 2014 to veterans, transitioning
professionals, college students and recent grads,” says North...
Generations Federal Credit Union will continue its Small Business Workshop series with a free webinar on Mastering the Sale which will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 on Thursday, August 28. The webinar will cover such topics as strategic techniques on building a rapport with customers, honing your sales pitch and the art of closing the deal and will be hosted by Robert Upton of Red Door Solutions....
When employees feel their workplace has a strong culture of health, they tend to be happier, less stressed and more likely to take positive steps to improve their well-being, according to a recent study by Aon Hewitt, the National Business Group on Health and The Futures Company. Now, imagine the benefit if that perception were expanded to their families. That’s what San Antonio-based Security ...
Morgan’s Wonderland is a fun place, but it’s also a learning place where elementary students from Greater San Antonio schools can participate in educational field trips.
The unique, completely wheelchair-accessible theme park is now accepting reservations for educational field trips that will begin Monday, Oct. 6, said Becky Lucci, Morgan’s Wonderland programs director. Other fall field tri...
Local solar installers can now buy locally made inverters, and pretty soon, they’ll be able to buy locally-made panels too.
KACO new energy just cranked up production of 3.5 and 5 kilowatt inverters, the first residential inverters manufactured in the state of Texas and the first in San Antonio. That means local solar installers can circumvent shipping fees and buy the inverters direct from ...
By John Wright, Managing Partner, PS&Co.
As I write this article, we are hours away from the San Antonio Spurs beginning the NBA finals against the Miami Heat for the second straight year. A little about me – first, I am a sports fan and second, a HUGE Spurs fan. I know many of you, likely most of you, would also say that you are huge Spurs fans, too. Over the past week, as the finals...
Guide Dogs of Texas (GDTX) is a nonprofit organization which promotes freedom, mobility, and independence to visually impaired Texans by providing “the Best Dogs in Sight.”
We breed, raise and train quality Guide Dogs for blind Texans. We clear a path to greater independence by offering one-on-one training for people with visual impairments anywhere in Texas. We are committed to each Guide D...
The San Antonio Express-News’ religion coverage is moving from Saturday’s Metro section to a new Sunday section titled Faith, beginning Aug. 24.
The new section will provide a reflection of San Antonio's rich and wide-ranging communities of faith of all sizes. It will reflect the city's deep historical religious roots as well as its newest faith traditions and will include profiles, questi...
Children with special needs, as well as the families who love and care for them, deserve compassion, understanding, and support. Children who suffer injury and abuse deserve a calm, nurturing, and stable place to heal and hope. Respite Care of San Antonio provides care for children with special needs, some of whom have suffered abuse and injury. At Respite Care we open our arms wide in love and...
It takes a savvy, confident and fearless leader to run the Broadway Bank Care Corps, a boots-on-the-ground volunteer battalion, which sets the standard for community service in San Antonio. It takes Jeannette Flores Westbrook, Broadway Bank senior vice president, community reinvestment. Under her leadership Care Corps has already served in 45 charitable projects for 2014, setting the pace for t...