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CHAMBER ADVOCACY WORK AND MEMBER NEWS








ESTABLISHING 

A NETWORK 

CONNECTION


TECH/ED COMMITTEE

IS COLLECTING 
COMPUTERS
O

ne of the Chamber’s 

most active and 
engaged committees

is the Technology/Education 
(Tech/Ed) Committee—a group 

of professionals from inside and 
outside the technology ield that 

work as a team organized by the 
MIDJersey Chamber of Com- 

merce to nurture and support 
the business environment in the 

mid-Jersey region.
This year, Tech/Ed took its 

goals a step further. The com- 
mittee took on the challenge of 

helping to collect, prepare, and 

distribute 50 computers for Mer- 
cer Street Friends to use in its 

Trenton Digital Initiative. Com- 
munity residents will have an 

exciting opportunity—those who 
MIDJersey Sta Per Sud Italia! participate in a variety of Mercer 

Street Friends enrichment and 
education programs will be able 
(We’re going to Southern Italy!)
Ato take home a computer at no 
charge.

The committee has numer- 
ous events planned for the re- year after an educational, once-in-a-lifetime trip to Cuba, the MIDJersey 
Chamber is packing its bags again—this time for a trip across the Atlantic 
mainder of 2014 to collect used 
computers and to also raise Ocean to Italy. In September, individuals and families from across the 
United States will join our Chamber for a 12-day trip to Southern Italy and 
awareness of both the Trenton 
Digital Initiative and Mercer Sicily. Highlights include stops in Taormina, Alberobello, Pompeii, and the 
Amali Coast, plus—of course!—regional wine with every dinner.
Street Friends.
These trips are extremely popular because they are all-inclusive: transportation to the 
airport, roundtrip lights, meals, hotel accommodations, and excursions with educated 
For more information, click on 
the Tech/Ed Committee page at tour guides are all a part of the experience.

midjerseychamber.org to contact 
co-chairs Michael DeCamillis Contact Jeff Richardson at 609.689.9960, ext. 16, for more information or to book your 

and Jacqueline Zapicchi.
vacation today.



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