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Your Chamber has seen a great response from members of the community requesting the All American Prescrip- tion Drug Card. Hundreds of prescriptions have been filled at our local participating pharmacies in the past three months. “I would like to thank the Chamber for the All-Amer-
ican Drug Card,” said Rose Young. “ I am a Business ssSpotlightSpotlight
cancer survivor and last August my insurance was cancelled. I had to stop taking some of my prescriptions because I could not afford them. My daughter sent me the All-American Drug Card and I honestly didn’t expect much, but to my surprise it really worked! One of my prescriptions I now pay less than $10.00 and another prescription went from $41.00 to $16.00! I can’t thank you enough!” Remember, that anyone can use this FREE
discount savings health card. Need to order hard copies of cards for
your friends, family, patients, members or em- ployees? Simply go to http://www.campaign- print.com/una/, login using Group# FAYC- UMBCNTYRX, and follow the instructions
to order your hard cards online. This site will allow you to design and place your own logo on the cards! Feel free to call your Chamber at 484- 4242 should you have any questions regarding the All American Drug Card.
Small Businesses Doing More With Less Seventy-nine percent of small businesses
revealed a confi dent to neutral outlook for the U.S. economy over the next 12 months, according to the Small Business Attitudes & Outlook Survey conducted by Constant Contact(R), Inc., a leading provider of email marketing,event marketing, and online survey tools for small organizations.
Constant Contact conducted the survey in collaboration with other small business
advocates, including the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE), SCORE, and the Association of Small Business De- velopment Centers (ASBDC) -- all of which are organizations dedicated to the success of small businesses. Key fi ndings from this survey of nearly 7,000 small business respondents are: • Small businesses anticipate growth in
2010 • Small businesses are doing more with less
• Small businesses look for new effi cien- cies as costs increase • Small businesses question government
support Source: www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-
release/ctct_sbcod_79-percent-of-small-businesses- revealed-a-confi dent-to-neutral-economic-outlook- in-2010-904362.html
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