SDBA luncheon
Date: April 9
Time: 11:30 networking, noon lunch
Location: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St.
Sponsor: Savannah Downtown Business Association
Speaker: Senator Lester Jackson
Cost: $25 members, $35 non-members
Register: Reservations required by April 7.
Information: www.SavannahDBA.com
Suppliers invited to learn about City contracts
Date: April 9
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Location: Entrepreneurial Center, 801 East Gwinnett St.
Sponsor: City of Savannah
Subject: This Lunch and Learn workshop will help suppliers learn about new opportunities to do business with the City of Savannah.
Cost: Free. Bring a bag lunch, drinks provided
Register: Registration is required. Contact Gayle Delaney with the Savannah Entrepreneurial Center at 652-3582 or gdelaney@savannahga.gov
Taste Of Pooler And The Westside
Date: April 10
Time: 5-7 p.m.
Location: Embassy Suites, 145 East Mulberry Blvd., Pooler
Sponsor: Pooler Chamber of Commerce
Cost: $15 includes food samples, non-alcoholic drinks
Information: For more information go to www. poolerchamber.com
‘Manage Your Spending Plan’
Date: April 15
Time: 6-7:30 p.m.
Location: Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union, 102 Park Avenue, Pooler.
Sponsor: Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union
Speaker: Richard Reeve, director of financial education with Consumer Credit Counseling Service.
Subject: Reeve will provide information and tips for getting organized, setting financial goals, maximizing your income, prioritizing expenses and reducing your debt.
Cost: There is no cost to attend the free educational seminar, but reservations are required due to limited space.
Register: Call Georgia Heritage at 236-4400.
Free Small Business Financing Forum
Date: April 24
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: Savannah SBDC, 111 East Liberty St.
Sponsor: University of Georgia Small Business Development Center and Celtic Bank
Subject: The Small Business Financing Forum will review the use of working capital term loans of up to $50,000 to finance day-to-day operations.
Cost: Free
Register: To register, go to www.savannahsbdc.org.
Information: For more information please call 912-651-3200 or e-mail loverstreet@georgiasbdc.org
Hospice Golf Tournament
Date: May 9
Time: 1:15 p.m.
Location: Landings Club’s Plantation Course
Sponsor: Hospice Savannah
Cost: $150 per golfer, $600 foursome.
Register: Registration forms can be downloaded at www.HospiceSavannah.org/GolfTournament or contact Wells Fargo’s Kate Blair at 912-231-6809.
ONGOING
BNI – Business Network International
Local Chapters:
• Referrals Have Power: 8:30-10 a.m. Tuesdays, GoodWill Industries, Richmond Hill
• Savannah Business Connections: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Hilton Garden Inn Southside, off Abercorn
• Crosstown Connections: 8-9:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Hampton Inn Southside off Abercorn
• Island Business Networkers: 8-9:30 a.m. Thursdays, Johnny Harris Banquet Hall, Victory Drive
• True Givers Increase Financially: 8-9:30 a.m. Fridays, Troy University, Hodgson Memorial Dr.
Information: Sarah Westcott, sarah@bni-scga.com.
Savannah Women’s
Business Network
When: 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. every second and fourth Wednesday for lunch.
Where: The Exchange Tavern on Waters Avenue
Cost: Cost for lunch
Information: RSVP to Kari Brown at kcbrown@colonybank.com.
Toastmasters Club
When: Noon each Tuesday
Where: Saint Leo University, Room 3, 7426 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Ste A.
Info: Call 912-844-9139 or go to www.toastmastersclub.org/.
Toastmasters Club of Richmond Hill
Date: First and third Friday of the month
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Location: Magnolia Manor, 141 Timber Trail, Richmond Hill.
Information: For more information, call 912-927-4607 or email 1168191@toastmastersclubs.org.
Pooler Business Network
When: Every first and third Thursday, 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m.
Where: Western Sizzlin, U.S. 80 in Pooler
Information: RSVP to Jason Torres at jasonjtorres@gmail.com.