﻿<?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>Business After Hours: Cinco de Mayo Mixer at Hotel Paradox 5/5/2022 5:00 PM - 5/5/2022 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/Business-After-Hours-Cinco-de-Mayo-BAH-Mixer-5300/register?entityDomainId=6&amp;amp;secure=True"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://santacruzcacoc.wliinc23.com/external/wcpages/wcmedia/images/register_e8f637af-a0de-4029-adda-e82049f8c67f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Join us for our upcoming Cinco de Mayo themed Business After Hours at Hotel Paradox&amp;nbsp;on Thursday, May 5th, 5 - 7PM! Come enjoy the fun and network with your local peers!&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;

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</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5300</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mother's Day Run and Walk 5/8/2022 7:00 AM - 5/8/2022 10:00 AM</title><description>Join the 2022 Mother's Day Run &amp; Walk at Pinto Lake County Park, benefitting children and their parents at Pajaro Valley Shelter Services (PVSS). Our goal is to raise $80K to support moving families from homelessness to a future of self-sufficiency. Run for Hope and Home this Mother's Day!

Register, run, sponsor, donate at www.pvshelter.org to support Hope and Home for ALL families! Grab your family and register to run or walk the 5K/1K on the beautiful, easy trails along the lake and meadows of Pinto Lake County Park. 
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5295</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:29:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Partners in Caring – Spirituality of Death and Dying (hosted by Hospice of Santa Cruz County) 5/10/2022 12:00 PM - 5/10/2022 1:15 PM</title><description>Join us for virtual Partners in Caring meetings.

When people face serious illness, aging, or death, they often turn to their faith and spiritual leaders for support and guidance. Through the Partners in Caring Program, Hospice of Santa Cruz County offers information and education to help faith and spiritual leaders and their communities navigate these important topics. Events feature guest speakers and peer-to-peer discussion groups.

Who should attend?
• Clergy, faith and spiritual leaders
• Lay leaders
• Chaplains
• Stephen ministers
• Eucharistic ministers
• Health ministers
• Parish nurses
• Anyone who ministers to the aging or those with serious illness</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5308</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 00:16:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>North Santa Cruz County Candidates Forum 5/12/2022 6:00 PM - 5/12/2022 8:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-santa-cruz-county-candidates-forum-tickets-323513707207" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The forum will be divided into two panel conversations moderated by Lookout. We will first pose questions to our 3rd District County Board of Supervisor candidates on issues of importance specific to Santa Cruz County. We will then hear from our California 28th Assembly District candidates on issues impacting the greater Santa Cruz and Santa Clara County region that will be hotly debated in the state capitol.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This unique forum will allow attendees to hear directly from these candidates on issues critical to our community and learn each candidates&amp;rsquo; priorities if elected. The moderator will ask each candidate to provide open and closing remarks between a set of prepared questions and to respond to written questions from the audience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Questions may be submitted in advance to: &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXG7faYsWQ77HM4MpdpKXZ5TjGGm7T4z6CasiBlE1sMdeKKw/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Questions for candidates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Attendees must register to attend. In-person attendance is free. In-person attendees must be vaccinated. Attendees may elect to attend virtually for free.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-santa-cruz-county-candidates-forum-tickets-323513707207" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5305</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:15:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>South Santa Cruz County Candidates Forum 5/17/2022 6:00 PM - 5/17/2022 8:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://on.zoom.us/e/view/iqsS94VHTKyxR823XlG9HQ" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here to register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Santa Cruz County Business Council, the Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel to meet and speak with candidates that are running to represent you on the state and local level.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This unique candidate forum will feature candidates for the 30th California Assembly District and 4th Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors District. The event sponsors have devised a series of questions that will give their constituents a chance to hear how they plan to address some of the toughest issues facing our County - economic recovery, workforce development, affordable housing, water supply, and more!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The audience will also have a chance to submit their own questions for consideration by our moderator, Steve Bennett from the Santa Cruz Sentinel. We will do our very best to ask and incorporate your questions into the forum, and it would help tremendously if you could &lt;strong&gt;submit your questions in advance using this form&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="https://bit.ly/3LevbTC" target="_blank"&gt;https://bit.ly/3LevbTC &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Audience members may attend either in-person at the Watsonville Civic Plaza Community Center or virtually. Virtual attendees can access the Zoom information through the registration link. In-person attendees may join us at the Watsonville Civic Plaza Community Center located at 275 Main St, Watsonville, CA 95076. Parking Garage Entrance on Rodriguez Street, Park on Level 6.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please note: This is a free event, but all attendees must register in advance. In-person attendees must be vaccinated. Attendees may also elect to attend virtually.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://on.zoom.us/e/view/iqsS94VHTKyxR823XlG9HQ" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here to register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.santacruzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=5306</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:19:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Advance Healthcare Planning Webinar – The Essentials of Advance Directives 5/18/2022 12:00 PM - 5/18/2022 1:00 PM</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=5307</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 00:16:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>