Vermilion Advantage Tabloid

May 2009

• Area Holds Many Attractions
• Think Vermilion County First - Consumer Product Focus
• Education & Workforce Development Focus
• Member Profile: Design Studio
• On the Rise - Josh Gabehart profile
• Welcome New Members: Buffalo Wild Wings; Danville Lutheran Schools; Edward Jones/Dean Noreen
• YPN Bus Trip to St. Louis to see the Cubs vs. Cards
• Leadership Tomorrow Graduation - New Class of Leaders Ready to Help
• 18th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser
• Science Camp 2009 "Going Green"
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel Council & Safety Council Meetings
• Leadership Tomorrow Class 21 Community Project: A Food Drive to Benefit Danville Food Pantry
• Vermilion Advantage Members in Good Standing
• Youth Leadership to Organize County-Wide Youth Summit

April 2009

• Education Key to Landing Today's Top Jobs
• 24th Annual Vermilion County Honor Student Banquet
• Think Vermilion County First - Did You Know?
• Young Professionals Network Etiquette Dinner
• Vermilion Advantage 2008-09 Officers & Directors
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel Council
• Leadership Tomorrow: Habitat for Humanity Service Learning Project
• April Leadership Tomorrow - Government Day
• Vermilion Advantage's Members in Good Standing

March 2009

• Vermilion Valley Pride: The Anatomy of Our Community
• Leadership Tomorrow: Criminal Justice Day & Activities
• Cluster News & Networking
• Danville High School Students Build Career in Engineering
• Dancing With the Stars of YPN
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel Council

February 2009

• Our "Field of Dreams"; Our Future
• New Member Profile
• Cluster News & Networking
• An Entrepreneurial Profile
• Leadership Tomorrow: Education Day
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel & Safety Councils

January 2009

• Crisis or Opportunity
• Young Professionals Network
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel & Safety Councils
• Student Enrollment Time for 2009-10 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Program
• Leadership Tomorrow: Communications Training & Health Care Day
• Vermilion Advantage Members in Good Standing January 2009

December 2008

• Dear Vermilion County:
• Young Professionals Network Activities
• Leadership Tomorrow
• Vermilion Advantage Membership
• Careers, Candlelight & College
• South View Middle School students demonstrate compassion with Character Counts!
• Vermilion Advantage Members in Good Standing December 2008

November 2008

• Dynamics of a Project
• Customer Service: Making 'The Guest' think Vermilion County First
• Leadership Tomorrow - History Day
• Young Professional Network Activities
• Wind Energy
• Vermilion Advantage Workforce Clusters receive grants from ALCOA, RAY and UPS Foundations
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel and Safety Councils

October 2008

• Let's Celebrate Work!
• Customer & Community Service Workshops
• Opportunities in Health Care
• Leadership Tomorrow - Ag/Conservation Day
• Mike Namoff - the "This Is It Furniture" story
• Vermilion Advantage's Young Professionals Network & Downtown Danville, Inc.'s "Downtown Danville Showcase" event

September 2008

• Economic Outlook: Steady but fragile
• National Character Counts! Week
• Leadership Tomorrow Class 21
• Personnel & Safety Councils
• Young Professionals Network activities
• Workforce information
• Travis Foster profile (Leadership Tomorrow)

August 2008

• Vermilion Valley Pride Begins with You
• Young Professionals Network activities
• Featured entrepreneur - International Greenhouse
• Occupational Medicine expands at Carle Clinic - Danville on Vermilion
• New Member Profiles: Papa Murphy's; Brewstar; ERA Renaissance Realty; Garments of Praise; Culligan; The Key Club; Danville Investment Group, LLC
• August Safety Council meeting at Danville Fire Dept. #3

July 2008

• Vermilion Advantage Membership - an investment in today and the future
• Flying Frankfurters! Marshmallow bridges! Alka-Seltzer rockets!
• 17th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser
• Reminder - Leadership Tomorrow applications due August 1st
• Summer engineering interns show off projects
• Upcoming Vermilion Advantage activities
• Vermilion Advantage Members in Good Standing July 2008

June 2008

• Mid-year review reveals much activity and impact
• Business Spotlight: Profile of an entrepreneur - Dena Gaudio
• Leadership Tomorrow Class 20 final projects
• New Member Profiles: Hometown Phone Book (Eagle Publications); This Is It Furniture
• Young Professionals Network
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel Council & Safety Council
• What are the issues facing Vermilion County... who will lead the community... tomorrow?

May 2008

• The next generation
• Downtown Danville welcomes new director
• County health department plans for emergencies
• New Member Profile: Glass Doctor of Vermilion County
• CHOICES makes an impact on local youth
• Leadership Tomorrow graduation
• Technology and Provena United Samaritans Medical Center
• Young Professionals offers fun activities

April 2008

• Communities and people should all be more like dandelions…
• Leadership Tomorrow: Government Day Review
• Danville educational partner selected as the Illinois Association of Educational Office Professionals’2008 Administrator of the Year
• Warehouse distribution certification program accepting applications for fall classes
• New Member Profiles: Patten painting; Ruth’s Secretarial Services; Office Max
• The history of occupational medicine
• Distribution Center Trivia......Now you know!
• Members in Good Standing

March 2008

• Vermilion Advantage staff perspective
• Engineering class places first
• How much do you know about workforce development in Vermilion County?
• Member profile: Clifton Gunderson LLP
• Vermilion Advantage member benefit - partnership with APPI
• Criminal justice day review

February 2008

• "What are you doing about it?"
• Character Counts!
• Avoiding the winter blues
• Member Profile - Cool Moms & Trendy Babies
• Vermilion Advantage membership benefits working for you
• The future of advanced manufacturing careers
• Leadership Tomorrow - Review of two community days
• Members in Good Standing

 January 2008

• Education key to quality job growth
• Vermilion Advantage Membership
• Occupations with largest job growth
• CSI Scholarships
• Wal-Mart tops corporate list