True Boutique announces opening
True Boutique, post-mastectomy apparel for women, announces its opening.
The business is owned by Lynn Philippon, a certified lymphedemn therapist and licensed massage therapist. The boutique is open by appointment and mobile services are available within a 50-mile radius.
True Boutique is a post-mastectomy speciality shop for women. True Boutique specializes in professional fit services, breast prostheses, mastectomy bras, post-surgical garments and post-mastectomy accessories.
It is the business’ mission to provide professional, compassionate and quality service to women diagnosed with breast cancer.
For more information, call 385-6708 or visit www.truefitforyou.com.
Strater Hotel announces hires
The Strater Hotel introduces two new members to its team: Jason Lawrence and James Estelle.
Lawrence recently joined the team at the Strater as the new food and beverage service manager and Mahogany Grille manager. He brings 20 years food and beverage industry experience to the Strater.
Lawrence previously worked for The Oceanaire Seafood Room in the downtown Denver Theatre District. He started his career at the Lake Crescent Lodge in Olympic National Park as a server.
Estelle has joined the team as the catering and events banquet manager. He is a fifth-generation Durangoan who graduated from Fort Lewis College in 2009.
He first worked for the Strater Hotel at the age of 14 as a busboy in one of the restaurants, and has worked on and off at the hotel for the next 10 years in food and beverage, front desk, kitchen and banquet departments.
For more information, call Michelle Thom at 247-4431 or email mthom@strater.com.
Chamber to host Lunch & Learn event
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host a Lunch & Learn event, “Finding Ease at Work and Play: Opening to Your Authentic Place,” at noon Sept. 23 at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
Using experiential and visual concepts, the group will explore:
How to relieve stress and slow down.
The connection between thinking, perception and behavior.
The differences between who people are, and who they are not and how to get there.
The cost is $10 for chamber members and $20 for nonmembers.
To make reservations, call 247-0312 or visit durangobusiness.org.
Intro to QuickBooks in a full-day workshop
Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and First National Bank of Durango will sponsor a full-day workshop, “Introduction to QuickBooks,” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Durango Public Library in Program Room 1, 1900 East Third Ave.
A lunch break will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a bag lunch.
This workshop is taught by Certified QuickBooks Pro-Advisor Bethany McManus. Topics will include: How to get through the set-up process; creating an effective chart of accounts; small-business accounting 101 – what every owner should know; strategies for managing cash flow; how to make bill paying less painful; strategies for getting paid faster; and the power of a good profit-and-loss statement. The cost is $70, or $65 for chamber members.
To register, visit https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=170350044, email shepherd_m@fortlewis.edu or call 247-7009.
Mumbling Marmot Tutoring adds tutor
Adrianne “Addy” Petrilla has joined Mumbling Marmot Tutoring, specializing in math through calculus, physics, chemistry and French.
Petrilla has a Bachelor of Arts in earth and environmental science and a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies, minor in philosophy from Vanderbilt University, with an additional 30 credits coursework in calculus and chemistry from Colorado Mountain College.
Petrilla has taught summer camp, middle school science, and in a variety of nonclassroom settings as well, has been a river guide and ski school instructor.
Mumbling Marmot provides private tutoring services in reading, writing and math kindergarten-college; test preparation; learning differences; languages; economics; study skills; gifted and talented enrichment; and cognitive training. Mumbling Marmot also manages Homework Heroes, a community service which matches volunteer high school students with younger students for homework help.
For more information, call Yvonna Graham at 903-7498 or visit www.mumblingmarmot.com.
Program aims to help unemployed seniors
La Plata Youth Services announces its new partnership with The Senior Community Service Employment Program.
The Senior Community Service Employment Program is an organization that is committed to improving the quality of life for low-income, financially eligible seniors by assigning them to temporary subsidized paid training and assisting them in their search for unsubsidized jobs in their community. The program is the steward of federal funds, appropriated to recruit, train and place eligible seniors in subsidized employment.
La Plata Youth Services is currently looking for one senior citizen to train as part of the Senior Community Service Employment Program, which trains seniors for gainful employment opportunities.
The participant will be paid to train through funding from the United States Department of Labor.
La Plata Youth Services seeks someone who is interested in learning clerical skills.
Applicants must be at least 55 years of age, currently unemployed and be on a limited income to participate.
Wages and benefits are provided by SER Jobs For Progress, a nonprofit organization funded by the United States Department of Labor.
For more information and to apply, call Judy Campbell at 385-3995. Do not contact La Plata Youth Services.
Tools in place to help women-owned firms
The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued a final rule authorizing federal agencies to award sole-source contracts to women-owned small businesses eligible for the Woman-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program.
Effective Oct. 14, the rule levels the playing field for women-owned small businesses across the federal contracting marketplace.
SBA will use this new tool to continue to open doors for women entrepreneurs in the federal and commercial contract space.
SBA’s efforts include actively promoting women-owned businesses through programs such as ChallengeHER, the Women’s Business Centers and InnovateHER, as well as implementing recent changes to its lending program that have made smaller-dollar loans more accessible to women, and creating the online portal, LINC, to ease the process of finding capital to grow or start small businesses.
For more information, visit www.sba.gov/wosb or email WOSB@sba.gov.
Herald Staff
