By Araceli Hernandez

Chino – The Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce March Mixer was a fun-filled event with food, karaoke, great prizes, and networking. The mixer was held on March 24 at ABC Public Relations and Armijo News, located at 14144 Central Ave., Ste. H, in Chino.

After members of the community ate and mingled, Zeb Welborn, Chino Valley Chamber Chairman of the Board, welcomed the crowd and announced the Chino Valley Chamber ambassadors in attendance. Other government officials were also in attendance, including City of Chino Public Information Officer Monica Gutierrez, and Supervisor Curt Hagman representatives Karen Haughey and Melissa Compani. In addition, members of local businesses from Chino, Eastvale, Diamond Bar, and Walnut also stopped by the mixer.

Business owners and community members gathered outside to network while listening to music by Bobby’s Mobile DJ Show. Some Chino Chamber members even had the courage to sing karaoke in front of the crowd.

Many local businesses contributed to the mixer by providing services and prizes. All chairs and tables were provided by Koki’s Bouncers in Eastvale. There was also a wide selection of prizes that were donated, including a bread and treat basket by Great Harvest Bread Co.; a Car Care Service gift certificate from Gabriel’s Automotive; a goodie basket from Marcia McBean of Chino Commercial Bank; a gift basket from Loretta Szudy of Legal Document Services; a well-dressed screwdriver kit from The Bountiful Baskets; a dessert basket by Gift Baskets by Rita; a Starbucks gift card; and Girl Scout cookies.

Our grand prizes were a $165 razor scooter donated by The Shop Pro Scooter Lab, and an Android Tablet donated by ABC Public Relations.

Congratulations to all the prize winners:  Jeff Feather of Forest Lawn, William Yu of AVIS, Kyle Schneider of IEShineOn.com, Marilyn Taylor of The Bountiful Basket, Karen Kaplan of DamselINDEFENSE, Michael Lujan of New York Life, Zeb Welborn of Welborn Media, Suzanne Burt of Real Time Pain Relief, and Tom Haughey of Haughey Insurance. The scooter winner was Raziel Fuentebella Arcega of LNR Promotions and the tablet winner was Scott Flatten of World Financial Insurance Agency, Inc.

“Thank you to everyone who came out to the Chino Valley Chamber mixer. It was a great event and we were happy to host the March Mixer. Also, thank you to all the sponsors that donated prizes,” said Michael Armijo, President of ABC Public Relations.

Jeff Feather won a bread and treat basket donated by Great Harvest Bread Co. Visit their website at http://www.greatharvest.com.

William Yu won a Car Care Service gift card donated by Gabriel’s Automotive. Visit their website at http://www.gabrielsauto.com.

Kyle Schneider won a Starbucks gift card provided by ABC Public Relations. Visit their website at http://www.anapr.com.

Linda Ragland with a beautiful basket donated by Gift Baskets by Rita. Call Rita at (909) 354-9610.

Karen Kaplan won a goodie basket donated by Marcia McBean of Chino Commercial Bank. Call Marcia at (909) 230-7600.

Michael Lujan won a well-dressed screwdriver kit donated by Marilyn Taylor of The Bountiful Basket. Visit her website at http://www.thebountifulbasket.net.

Loretta Szudy of Legal Document Services gives winner Zeb Welborn the gift basket she donated. Call Loretta at (909) 223-8515.

Suzanne Burt won a box of Girl Scout cookies, which she shared with fellow colleagues at the mixer.

Raziel Fuentebella Arcega gave her daughter the $165 razor scooter she won that was donated by The Shop Pro Scooter Lab. Visit their website at http://www.shopproscooterlab.com.

Scott Flatten won the Android Tablet donated by ABC Public Relations. Visit their website at http://www.abcpublicrelations.com.