- Support and Promote Members: We support and promote our members and the broader business community.
- Keep our community connected: Keep our members informed through newsletters, e-blasts, social media, and more.
- Networking Events: Host breakfasts, luncheons and socials to keep our community connected, featuring guest speakers on relevant topics.
- Community & Business Excellence Awards: Celebrate local businesses with annual awards recognizing outstanding contribution (Save the date for Saturday October 5, 2024)
- Ambassador Program: Volunteer retirees help visitors learn about the Alberni Valley at key locations during the summer season
- Advocacy: Engage in areas affecting local employers, ensuring their voices are heard.
- Tourism and Visitor Services: The Chamber manages the community Visitor Information Centre and print marketing for tourism stakeholder members in partnership with the City of Port Alberni, Alberni Clayoquot-Regional District, Destination BC, Alberni Valley Tourism, Black Press Media and 4VI.
- McLean Mill Operations: Manage commercial activities at the McLean Mill National Historic Site, offering events, camping, tours, and more.
WHAT WE DO
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Member Spotlight
Nature Impact Inc. - Shelley Anderson
Shelley Anderson is a Forest Therapy Guide who works with individuals of all ages helping them sink into nature and experience an intentional pathway into health, wholeness, and happiness. She is out of Port Alberni, BC.
She believes that the work she does enables her clients to reset the stress button, boost immune function, kick start creativity, and feel so much better! Not only does spending time in nature significantly benefit those who struggle with anxiety, ADD, ADHD, autism, and any other mental health challenges but it benefits all people of all ages for all time.
Shelley currently works with the Ministry of Children and Family development in the province of BC, Canada along with a Provincial School District providing Forest Therapy to numerous families and has had immense success with each of her clients.
She is a certified Forest Therapy Guide, an Educational Assistant, has completed her Wilderness First Aide Training, a Master of Religious Studies, a certificate in Spiritual Formation, and most recently completed her training in the Les Brown Power Voice Program.