COME ONE – COME ALL! 19th Annual Community Expo

COME ONE – COME ALL! It’s time for the 19th Annual Nordonia Hills Chamber of Commerce Community Expo – Saturday, March 26, 10 – 4:30, at Nordonia High School. This experience is a bit like having a baby – it takes 9 months of hard work to see it all happen. Each year I am amazed by the generosity of our local businesses – not just with their dollars, but with their time as well. Chairperson Julie D’Aloiso works well into the night to make up for the daylight hours she spends away from her business SpiderCat Marketing. Brittny Shay (Grande Oaks & Grande Pavilion), Dr. Jim Krystosik (Other Side of Medicine Health Center), and Alison Meredith (Williamsburg Townhomes) do quite a juggling act as well. Expo Committee members Gary Jackson (Jackson Comfort Systems), Gary Miller (Gary Miller Productions), Ken Brooks (Bolinds Solutions Services Inc.), Mike Sims, Rich Purgert (ABC Rental Center East) and Rhonda Solomon (No Time Cleaning) made time in their busy days to fulfill their Expo commitments – and all of this is voluntary, as in “unpaid”! Cindy Batchelor (Western Reserve Printing), Scholarship Chairperson, is an integral part of the Expo experience and has accumulated a terrific assortment of raffle prizes to fund our Scholarships. And it’s all thanks to these wonderful people who have worked tirelessly to make this event the biggest and best ever.

And it really is bigger and better! We have more fun planned than ever before: curling and hand grip challenges at the Duathlon/Pump N’ Run Booth, face painting in the cafeteria, grip strength tests, balance assessments, stretching demonstrations, BP, cholesterol and glucose screenings from UH Bedford Medical Center, a drawing for a LG 23” Flat Screen TV from Ridgway Insurance, Church of the Hills is having a drawing for a Kindle with 3G and Wi-Fi, free bowling passes form Roseland Lanes, discount coupons from Spennato’s, clowns and free Bibles from the United Methodist Church of Macedonia, muscle tension and stress scans from Crossroads Chiropractic – and so much more!

Stop by the Nordonia Hills Duathlon and Pump N' Run booth and pre-register for the May 21st athletic event!!! There will be a weight curling contest at the booth on the day of the EXPO. Competitors will curl a percentage of their body weight for as many repetitions as possible and the top man and woman will be crowned. There will also be several implements (IronMind Rolling Thunder, BLOB50, and Captains of Crush grippers) set up to test your grip strength. Contact Mark Nolan at pumpnrun316@roadrunner.com for any questions about the Duathlon and Pump N’ Run.

This event is free and open to the Nordonia Hills community and all relatives and friends. The Scholarship Raffle will begin at 4:30 on Saturday, so be sure to get your tickets before hand. And bring your appetite! We’ll be selling pizza from Spennato’s and chicken sandwiches from Chick-fil-A. This is a wonderful opportunity to catch up on neighborhood news after the long winter AND a great way to learn about what products and services are available right here in your back yard. As you can see, the Nordonia Hills Chamber of Commerce really knows how to “Discover Nordonia Hills”!