﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.santacruzchamber.org</link><description>News related to Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Santa Cruz Walk to End Alzheimer’s Volunteer Mixer 3/8/2022 5:30 PM - 3/8/2022 6:30 PM</title><description>Make an impact! Join the Alzheimer’s Association for an online event for new volunteers who are interested in supporting our shared vision of a world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia. At this mixer, you will learn more about our impact on the local community, you’ll be able to connect with leaders of your local Walk to End Alzheimer’s Volunteer Committee. Share your interests and skills to support the cause! </description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5290</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:58:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How To Thrive in the Next New Normal  3/10/2022 10:00 AM - 3/10/2022 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Join marketing expert and Amazon best-selling author, Tom Ray, on Thursday, March 10th, at 10:00 AM PST for this special webinar. Tom will discuss best practices for local advertisers including: &amp;bull;3 Advertising Hacks to Re-emerge Successfully &amp;bull;Messaging for the New Normal &amp;bull;Why you won&amp;rsquo;t &amp;ldquo;brand&amp;rdquo; your way to a quick recovery!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5289</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:44:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How To Thrive in the Next New Normal  3/10/2022 1:10 AM - 3/10/2022 </title><description>Join marketing expert and Amazon best-selling author, Tom Ray, on Thursday, March 10th, at 10:00 AM PST for this special webinar.

Tom will discuss best practices for local advertisers including:

•3 Advertising Hacks to Re-emerge Successfully
•Messaging for the New Normal
•Why you won’t “brand” your way to a quick recovery!</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5287</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:30:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ribbon Cutting: Rosie McCann's Irish Pub &amp; Restaurant 3/10/2022 5:00 PM - 3/10/2022 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/Ribbon-Cutting-Rosie-McCanns-Irish-Pub-Restaurant-5285/register?entityDomainId=6&amp;amp;secure=True"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="32" src="http://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/WebContentPage.aspx?ContentID=3284" style="float:left" width="100" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px"&gt;Join Us In Celebrating &lt;a href="https://rosiemccanns.com/"&gt;Rosie McCann&amp;#39;s Irish Pub &amp;amp; Restaurant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://rosiemccanns.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="472" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4742" width="495" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;Please join us in&amp;nbsp;celebrating the grand reopening of Rosie McCann&amp;#39;s Irish Pub &amp;amp; Restaurant&amp;nbsp;as they celebrate their&amp;nbsp;25&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary serving our community! The&amp;nbsp;Ribbon Cutting event will&amp;nbsp;take&amp;nbsp;place at the restaurant on&amp;nbsp;1220 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz CA 95060.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date: &lt;/strong&gt;Thursday, March 10, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Time:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;5:00PM - 7:00PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt; 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Please RSVP below for this FREE event!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5285</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 08:45:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Advance Healthcare Planning Webinar - The Essentials of Advance Directives 3/22/2022 10:30 AM - 3/22/2022 11:30 AM</title><description>Planning ahead for your healthcare is a gift you can give to yourself and those you love. Learn how an Advance Directive can help make your healthcare wishes known, and how to talk about advance healthcare planning with your loved ones.

This engaging presentation from Hospice of Santa Cruz County walks you through the exact steps to take to complete your Advance Directive.</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5288</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:33:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2022 Annual Gala Celebration 3/24/2022 4:00 PM - 3/24/2022 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px"&gt;The 2022&amp;nbsp;Community Awards Gala&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;March 24, 2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;The Santa Cruz County Chamber is proud each year to award Individuals, Business and Organizations of the Year, and a Legacy/Lifetime Achievement Award&amp;nbsp;to outstanding members of the Santa Cruz County community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;This year our gala will be hosted outdoors at the Santa Cruz Beach&amp;nbsp; Boardwalk Colonnade.&amp;nbsp; We will be able to enjoy the sunset, fire pits, networking, dinner and celebration.&amp;nbsp; Attendee tickets will include appetizers, champagne toast and dinner.&amp;nbsp; We hope you will join us for this fun event and raise a glass to our award winners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Event Details&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date: &lt;/strong&gt;Thursday, March 24, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Time: &lt;/strong&gt;4:00pm - 7:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Location: &lt;/strong&gt;Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/2022-Annual-Gala-Celebration-5274/register?entityDomainId=6&amp;amp;secure=True"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="37" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/external/wcpages/wcmedia/images/register_e8f637af-a0de-4029-adda-e82049f8c67f.jpg" width="100" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;Thank You to Our Event Sponsors&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;Gold Sponsors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;Silver Sponsor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="220" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4658" width="436" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bronze Sponsor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="127" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=5753" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;Specialty Sponsor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bayfed.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="171" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4253" width="470" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="132" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4068" width="498" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music Sponsor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="237" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4748" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Design Sponsor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="128" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4751" width="395" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Signage Sponsor&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="166" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=4753" width="441" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="outline-color: rgb(4, 159, 226); margin: 0px auto 2.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42) !important; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 2; font-family: Montserrat !important; font-weight: 400 !important;"&gt;All cancellations must be received in writing to administration@santacruzchamber.org.&amp;nbsp; All cancellations will be charged a $25 administrative fee in the case of approved refunds.&amp;nbsp; All cancellations between 14 &amp;ndash; 30 days prior to an event will receive a 50% refund minus the administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for any cancellation received within 2 weeks of an event date.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5274</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:41:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>El Rol de La Mujer Latina en el Cuidado de Los Padres y Abuelos (en Español) 3/24/2022 12:00 PM - 3/24/2022 1:30 PM</title><description>Con motivo al mes Internacional de la Mujer, Hospice Giving Foundation y Hospice of Santa Cruz County te invitan a una mesa redonda virtual en la que profesionistas Latinas compartirán sus análisis, reflexiones, conocimientos y experiencias acerca del rol que la mujer Latina juega culturalmente por el solo hecho de ser mujer. Por lo general, automáticamente se le asigna el cuidado de los padres y abuelos cuando llegan a una etapa vulnerable.

Descubre qué podemos hacer como sociedad para rediseñar esos esquemas y cuáles son los recursos disponibles para recibir apoyo de tu comunidad.</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5291</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:50:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business After Hours: Bargetto Winery 3/31/2022 5:00 PM - 3/31/2022 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/Business-After-Hours-Bargetto-Winery-5284/register?entityDomainId=6&amp;amp;secure=True"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-bind="attr:{src: CustomRegistrationButtonImageURL}" src="https://santacruzcacoc.wliinc23.com/external/wcpages/wcmedia/images/register_e8f637af-a0de-4029-adda-e82049f8c67f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://santacruzcacoc.wliinc23.com/Portal/PortalLogin.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fexternal%2fwcpages%2fwcportal%2fportalstartpage.aspx"&gt;Login&lt;/a&gt; before you register to take advantage of the member pricing and any member benefit tickets you have available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us for wine &amp;amp; appetizers at&amp;nbsp;Bargetto Winery on March 31, 5 - 7PM!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="123" src="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=1050" width="597" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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			&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Tickets: $10 members / $15 non-members. Space is limited, so pre-registration is required.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://santacruzcacoc.wliinc23.com/Portal/PortalLogin.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fexternal%2fwcpages%2fwcportal%2fportalstartpage.aspx"&gt;Login &lt;/a&gt;before you register to take advantage of the member pricing and any member benefit tickets you have available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5284</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:51:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>