The Lima/Allen Chamber of Commerce is taking a unique spin on the idea of speed dating.
The Chamber held their quarterly Women in Business networking event, this time focusing on how women can get involved in the community beyond their current work. Several organizations showed up including The United Way of Greater Lima and the Big Brothers Big Sisters. Each organization had their own table to make their case to the women within 15 minutes and then it was on to the next. The Chamber wanted to highlight service to show the different ways to balance work life with community life.
"We feel it's important because there's that work-life balance," says Adah Ellerbrock, Vice President of Community Relations and Programs for the Chamber. "When they're out in the community working, there's one effort that they're doing towards impacting the community but when they can get involved, whether it's a service club, a nonprofit organization, and make that impact, they're gonna have that balance that women want in their life."
Ellerbrock says that after seeing the popularity of the event, the Chamber of Commerce may hold another one in the future.
