Collaboration Builds Opportunity

CSE

Business Monday

Jim Charapich

August 19, 2013

The collaboration with the business community and public educators in Culpeper County continued on Friday with the Annual Business, Industry, and Education Day. The businesses welcomed educators both new and seasoned to the new year in our public school system at Eastern View High School. The day was successful on all counts.

I want to say a big thank you to the Culpeper County School Administrators and especially Randi Richards Lutz for pulling together the teamwork to make this possible. Also, a special thanks the Greg Beamer for coordinating the refreshments. The businesses were especially thankful for the help from the girls field hockey team and the ROTC students for their assistance. The students were so polite and worked well together.

It is a pleasure to see such happy faces during the BIE Day activities. It could have been the Knakals Donuts, the Calhoun’s ham biscuits, the coffee from Culpeper Regional Health System, or the bottle water donated by Walmart. However, I think that there was a lot more to it than the great breakfast. We are so pleased to connect with the educators as business to promote the “Buy Local” message. Business is largely about relationships and educators and business were able to meet and discuss mutual interests and opportunities. The educators often leave with good deal of supplies for their classrooms as well.

In addition to the 100 businesses on hand to greet our educators, the event sponsors are impressive. The businesses in the  community are big fans of the Culpeper County School educators. Their support is significant throughout the year. We extend a special thanks to our event sponsors. Culpeper Regional Health System, Germanna Community College, Culpeper Star Exponent, Verizon - Terremark, Culpeper Times Community Newspaper, The P.I.G. Legacy, TE Connectivity, Braggs Corner Industrial Center LLC, Found & Sons Funeral Chapels, JHB Rental Properties & Storage, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Today’s Country 103.1 WJMA, StellarOne, Appleton Campbell Plumbing - Heating - A/C - Electrical, Union First Market Bank, Virginia Community Bank, Shear Secrets LLC Beauty Salon, Home Instead Senior Care, Cintas, Virginia National Bank, Aflac - Ed Petrovitch, Continental Automotive Systems Inc., Culpeper Media Network, and Culpeper Farmers Cooperative / CFC Farm & Home Center.

Welcome to the new educators to Culpeper from the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to offering our support in your mission to educate our future workforce... From what I observed on Friday - This will be the best year yet!!!