Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce
Businesses Partner with Education

Education Committee

March 14, 2008 Every year the Education Committee of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce honors their "Partners in the Business of Education" at the February Chamber Luncheon. The luncheon is sponsored by the Brevard Federation of Teachers. The Chamber requests up to three nominations from every North Brevard school, of businesses that have made a positive impact on their school, whether it was in-kind donations, monetary donations, volunteer assistance or help in some other way. The nominees are then notified and recognized for their service at the luncheon. Companies honored this year were: Beef O' Brady's Broome Law Firm Community Educators Credit Union Dr. Baumann (Parrish PSJ) Driftwoods Fogarty Chiropractic Life Clinic FPL Kelsey's Kiwanis Club of Titusville North Brevard Pediatrics-Dr. Barimo Pumpernickels Reliant Energy Riverside Bank Sunrise Bread Company Titusville Fire and Emergency Washington Mutual YMCA For more information on this program of the Education Committee of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce, contact Carol Wilson at 267-3036.

The Titusville Chamber's Education Committee focuses on education, promoting and assisting the business-education partnership in the North Brevard area. This active group is busy from August to May bringing the world of business and students together. The Mission of the Education Committee is "to serve as a catalyst for the development and delivery of community-based business education and related activities." Our current education committee is comprised of Educators, Business People, Community Organization Leaders and Concerned Citizens. We are currently working on a "Business Speakers Bureau" for the North Brevard School district. This will be a list of Business Leaders who will be available to make presentations at the various schools when needed. Our activities include: New teacher reception The highlight of our year is providing scholarships to local students from the two high schools and the Brevard Community College who plan to major in Education. Importantly, these scholarships are not chosen from among the Outstanding Young Adults, but from the students at each school who submit an application. (Any student may apply!) Businesses with A Heart campaign beginning in January to raise scholarship and Partners funding. Six Outstanding Young Adults are selected from each high school at the beginning of the school year - one OYA from each high school (two per month) are recognized at the monthly Chamber luncheons Career Shadowing, which places students with local businesses in their area of career interest Partners in the Business of Education Luncheon where we recognize the schools' business partners Bringing young people to the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce Business Institute. School Wish List, which gives businesses the opportunity to provide items and services the individual schools need Keeping abreast of legislative issues affecting education and making policy recommendations on those issues to the Chamber Board of Directors is another important function of the Education Committee.

Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce 2000 S. Washington Avenue, Titusville, Florida 32780 321-267-3036