November 13, 2025

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Upcoming Chamber Events

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November 20 - Lee's Fine Jewelry

 

December 4 - Business After Hours

 

December 12 - Holiday Happy Hour

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New Members!

 

Join us in welcoming and supporting our

NEW Chamber Members!

 

St Charles Office Furniture

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Re/Max Alliance

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US Bank

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CHAMBER EVENTS & NEWS

 

Business After Hours

 

 

Christmas is COMING!

The holiday season will be here before you know it!

 

Thank you to our Cookie Crumb Trail Sponsors!

Cookie Sponsors

ApexNetwork Fitness Center

Athletico Physical Therapy

Big R Farm & Home

Bradford National Bank

Cedarhust Senior Living

Constitution Bank

FCB Bank Highland

Highland Nutrition Center

HSHS St Joseph's Gift Shop

JusTeazin' Salon & Boutique 

Lee's Fine Jewelry

MailPro Highland

Michael's Coffee Shop

San Gabriel Memory Care

Shoe Sensation

Sweet Soiree Sisters

The Greenhouse Florist & Gift Shop

The Highland Home

The Sweet Spot

Wild Growth Games

Event Sponsors

Big R Farm & Home

Bradford National Bank

Cedarhurst Senior Living

Driscoll Brick Work

Edward Jones - Brian Becker

Highland Nutrition Center

JusTeazin' Salon & Boutique

Lee's Fine Jewelry

Lisa Sauer State Farm

Live, Laugh, Love Realty

MailPro Highland

Michael's Coffee Shop

Myrtle & Grace

San Gabriel Memory Care

The Chocolate Affair

The Highland Home

The Sweet Spot

The Welcome Club of Highland

Weis Woodworks

 

Hop in the Christmas Time Machine!

This year’s Lighted Christmas Parade theme is “Christmas Time Machine” and we can’t wait to see where you take us!

 

On Friday, November 28, downtown Highland will shine with floats and costumes from every era of Christmas. Will you head back to Dickens’ London, relive a retro 1980s holiday, or rocket forward to Christmas in the year 3025? Or maybe you’ll build a time machine of your own and whisk us through the ages.

 

Parade sign-ups are now open! 

Please download the form and return it by Nov 20.

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What's Up Highland

LIVE Coverage of the Christmas Parade!!

Christmas Lights Parade Announcement- What's Up Highland will be live streaming the lights parade this year. We are asking you to like our Facebook page and share with any family or friends who may be shut in during that time.

 

Not only are we going to live stream the parade, but we will also be doing commentary on the floats as they come by and interviewing with various people during the event.

 

Be sure to like our Facebook page and we thank the Highland, IL Chamber of Commerce and City of Highland, Illinois Government for their support.

 

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CITY EVENTS & NEWS

 

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Join your family and friends on Thanksgiving Day for a quick 2 mile fun run as a prequel to your turkey feast consumption!  Run check-in begins at 6:30am in the north end of the KRC gymnasium.  The KRC will be open post-race until 9:30am.

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See below for some of the events offered and click the link below for a FULL list!

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Book Club

Meets 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm

PRESS RELEASES

 
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Press Releases

“Hoops for Hope” Cancer Awareness Games sponsored by

HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland on Dec. 5

T-shirts available to order until Nov. 10

 

HIGHLAND, Ill. — On Friday, Dec. 5, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland is sponsoring the “Hoops for Hope” Cancer Awareness Pink Out games at Highland High School.

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High School Healthcare Bootcamps at HSHS Hospitals in

Breese, Greenville, Highland and O’Fallon

Applications due Nov. 14

BREESE, GREENVILLE, HIGHLAND & O’FALLON, Ill. — High school students interested in a career in healthcare are invited to apply for the Winter 2025 High School Healthcare Bootcamps at HSHS hospitals in Breese, Greenville, Highland and O’Fallon. The bootcamp is designed for high school juniors and seniors interested in a career in healthcare to experience a realistic look into various health care roles and make connections in their field of interest.

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MEMBER EVENTS & NEWS

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HSHS St Joseph's Highland Auxiliary

Bundt Cake Sale - NOV 13

Thursday, Nov 13th

9:00am-1:00pm

$7 per cake

HSHS St Joseph's Highland Gift Shop

Christmas Open House - NOV 13 & 14

20% Off at the Gift Shop!

Thu, Nov 13th & Fri, Nov 14th

9:00am-3:00pm

 

Kloss Furniture

Christmas With a Cop & MVP Event - NOV 15

The Olde Wicks Factory

Holiday Sip and Shop - NOV 23

More Info!

Highland Masonic Lodge

Blood Drive - NOV 25

Tuesday, Nov 25th

3:00pm-6:00pm

Email to set appointment

Highland Civic Woman's Club

Holiday Home Tour - Dec 6

Tickets

Mark your calendars! On Saturday, December 6th from 4–8 p.m., the Highland Civic Women’s Club invites you to step inside some of Highland’s most beautifully decorated homes and experience the magic

of the season. 

From sparkling trees to twinkling lights, you’ll get inspired by festive décor, creative holiday touches, and plenty of Christmas cheer—all while supporting HCWC’s mission in our community.

 

Double J Doggie Play N Stay

Pictures with Santa - Dec 7

Ho ho ho! It's that time of the year again! 

Santa will be in Highland from 10am-2pm. So you can get your paws on some holiday cheer!  Reminder: this is a doggone good deal for dogs only - $25 for 1 print, $30 for 1 print and 1 digital.

 

Main Street Pastures

Holiday Bundles Available Now!

Main Street Pastures farm store carries all of their pasture raised meats and eggs and lots of other local products such as: milk, cheese, popcorn, flour, oats, rice, honey, bug repellents, cookie, muffin, and brownie mixes. 

They also have a pick up room for after hours, just message your order and it'll be ready to pick up anytime. 

Farm tours also available by appointment. 

 

 

Farm Store hours Thursdays & Fridays 3-6pm and 

 Saturdays 9-12

 

 

Main Street Pastures

 

 

Highland Music School 

Upcoming Events

Greg Holthaus Memorial Fund

Bowling Fundraiser - January 31

Click the contact button below for more information and to sign up to play and/or sponsor!

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Smokehouse Jellies & Chocolate Affair

Advent Calendar

Local favorites Smokehouse Jellies & The Chocolate Affair will be included in the Delicious Illinois Advent Calendar this year! 

Scan the QR code or click the link below to place your order & support local businesses!

Order Here

ApexNetwork

Membership Savings!!

Highland Optimist

Christmas Tree Sales!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

The Highland Optimists are getting ready for another season of Christmas tree sales at a NEW location!

Located on the downtown square, amidst all of the festivities and displays, you will find a forest of trees to choose from!  Stop in and get your tree and remember, proceeds from the sales go right back

into our community!

Hours:

Friday, 11/28 - 9-3 & after parade

M-F 5-8p

Saturdays 10-7p

Sundays 10-6p

 

Cedarhurst

Toys for Tots Drive!

St. Paul School

Upcoming Events

 

Recurring/Ongoing Announcements

 

View past streams and upcoming live streams of Highland Sports through the link below!

Highland Sports Network
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What's Up Highland Podcast

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Does your organization have something to share with the community? If so, Joe & Jeff invite YOU to join their podcast and get the word out!

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Patty Cakes

Cake Classes

Looking a sweet way to spend an afternoon? Join Leah’s Cake Classes at Patty Cakes for a fun, hands-on experience that’s as creative as it is delicious!

 

Click the link below to view upcoming classes!

Upcoming Classes
 

What's new at the Lory?

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WELCOME CLUB

For Information about Welcome Club,

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PIONEER NEWSPAPER

Catch up on all the latest news and read
The Pioneer Newspaper

 

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Discover Downstate Illinois is looking for to help promote your event! 
If you have an event that you would like posted, following their link HERE!

 

Job Openings

 

Is Your Business Hiring?

 

Submit Your Own Job Listing - If you would like your company's open positions listed on the Chamber website, you can do so by entering them from your member home page. 
1) Sign in with the log in and password you set up when you joined the Chamber or when we transitioned to the new website. If you need the info resent or have questions, just let us know, we are HAPPY to help!
2) Click on Resources  
3)  Choose Submit Job Board  - enter your job information
When you complete your entry, it will be pending until approved by the Admin(Hillarie).  These are checked weekly for approval.


Click HERE for a full listing of job postings from our website!

 

 

Chamber Office Hours
Monday - Thursday:
9am - 3pm

 

If you would like to meet with us and want to ensure that we are in the office, feel free to call ahead of time as we may be out and about visiting with Chamber members. 
Thank you!
DEADLINE for getting information in the Chamber weekly newsletter is Thursday by 9:00am. 
If you miss the cut-off date, we keep your information for the next publication. 

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hillarie@highlandillinois.com  or taylor@highlandillinois.com




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