Want to Network with Fellow Professionals and Help Fight Homelessness in the Comox Valley?

After checking out similar networking and referral groups like BNI, I've joined the BBRN group as a means to network with other Comox Valley professionals and give back to the community.

BBRN is an informal group that meets once a month over breakfast to chat about our businesses and discuss how we can use our resources to ease the burden of the homeless in the Comox Valley.

We're looking for more professionals to join the group, so if anyone's interested please send me an email at ryan@ryanparton.ca and I can arrange for you to check out a meeting.

Below is a letter sent out by the group's organizers, Scott and Mia Sutherland, explaining the concept of BBRN:


The Business By Referral Network is a group of likeminded businesses people
spearheaded through Mia Sutherland of Dynamic Body Concepts and Scott Suther-
land of Remax Comox. The mandate of the group is threefold: to create a referral
system between businesses within the group who have proven to provide excellent
service and product; to create new and interesting working relationships with other
service oriented businesses; to raise monies for the Action on Homeless as well as
other facets connected to homelessness within the Valley.

Our BBRN group started in January of 2009 and currently has a membership of 18.
Our goal is to increase the number to 30 by the end of 2009. To date we have donated
over $1300 to the Action on Homelessness, which has gone towards housing
as well as stocking the Medicare Van. The Medicare Van is run through the selfless
donation of time on behalf of one doctor, two nurses and a series of drivers.

Twice per year we use some of the additional monies raised through our monthly
dues, to get together as a group, along with spouses, and relax and enjoy each
other on a more informal basis. In August we had our first social function which was
held at TRIA Culinary Studio at Nature’s Way farm. Kathy Jerritt wined and dined
us with her cooking prowess and Pamela Keld sang and played the guitar. We had
a Bluemoon wine tasting and custom crepes to top things off.

Our monthly dues are $20 and they are payable in 6 month increments half of
which goes to The Action on Homelessness and the other half into our celebration
fund. We meet the first Monday of each month at 7:00am at the Whitespot on
Cliffe Ave.

We hope you will join our creative entrepreneurial group and help us fight homelessness
in the Comox Valley.


Mia and Scott Sutherland on behalf of all the members.



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