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Darke Chamber
wins 2015 Best Advocacy Campaign Award
Columbus, OH – The Ohio Chamber’s Chamber Action Alliance (CAA) awarded
the Darke County Chamber of Commerce the 2015 Best Advocacy Campaign
Award for its extraordinary efforts and commitment to an advocacy
campaign centered on a single issue: drugs in the workplace. This
is the second year in a row that the Darke County Chamber has been
recognized for its outstanding efforts in the area by the Ohio Chamber
and CAA.
The CAA is the state-wide grassroots advocacy coalition of Ohio
chambers of commerce coordinated by the Ohio Chamber. The CAA
determines state-wide policy issues facing the business community,
educates and empowers pro-businesses advocates to take action, and
champions a business-friendly climate throughout the state of
Ohio. Every year the CAA selects one local chamber that has done
outstanding work on a single issue to recognize.
“Under the leadership of President Sharon Deschambeau, the Darke County
Chamber of Commerce has continued to expand its efforts around the
important issue of combating drugs in the workplace,” Keith Lake, Vice
President of Government Affairs at the Ohio Chamber. “The Darke
County Chamber has led the fight against drugs in its region, bringing
stakeholders from across the community and state together, even
modeling methods for the rest of the state to follow in terms of
fighting this epidemic. Drugs continue to not only affect employers,
but also communities and families across the state of Ohio. The Darke
County Chamber is a true asset to its community and both the Ohio
Chamber and CAA are lucky to regularly work with Sharon Deschambeau and
her chamber.”
“It was truly an honor to accept the Ohio Chamber’s 2015 Best
Advocacy Campaign Award on behalf of the Darke County Chamber Board of
Directors and our membership,” stated Sharon Deschambeau, president of
the Darke County Chamber. “The award signifies the time and
commitment that many people have already put forth to combat the issue
of drugs in Darke County.”
“This is a grassroots effort among many entities including
businesses, law enforcement, schools, healthcare, courts, churches,
local elected officials and state legislators,” Deschambeau said while
explaining that the Darke County Chamber has gone from focusing on
drugs in the workplace, to drugs in the county. “We discovered in our
strategic planning process that drug abuse is a health issue--physical
health, mental and behavioral health, and spiritual health.”
According to Deschambeau, chamber member representatives and community
members are becoming educated and are now involved in the Coalition for
a Healthy Darke County. Senate President Keith Faber, Sen. Bill
Beagle, Rep. Jim Buchy, and Rep. Steve Huffman also presented
commendations to honor the Darke County Chamber for its efforts and
winning the Best Advocacy Campaign Award.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is a champion for Ohio businesses so that
our state enjoys economic growth and prosperity. With over 8,000
members, we have been Ohio’s premiere business advocate since 1893.
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