“Promoting your Company in a Slow Economy”
You’re Invited
Palmetto Health Supplier Diversity Conference
“The Spirit of the Entrepreneur” featuring Cynthia Pryor Hardy
Host of “OnPoint”, WWDM 101.3
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
11:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.
Palmetto Health Baptist Auditorium, 1301 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC
Breakout Sessions
“Understanding Credit and Lending Requirements” with Bob Petitt, Area Manager & Business Consultant Small Business Development Council, University of South Carolina.
“The Untapped Hispanic Market” with Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges, President Latino Communications, LLC
“Strategies for Enhancing Business Relationships” with Elizabeth Smith, Business Consultant, Small Business Development Council, University of South Carolina
“How to Submit and Find Bid Opportunities” with Gary Washington, President of Carolina Procurement Institutes, Inc
General Session
“Doing Business with Palmetto Health”
We see this conference as a way to enhance our present relationships, to forge new ones with diverse suppliers who demonstrate high performance in areas of service, quality, cost and customer satisfaction.
Learn how to position your business for long term success and join us!
RSVP by November 10, 2009 to: Annette Miklosky 803-296-2367
Carolyn Foster 803-296-5602
Lunch Provided
We look forward to seeing you again in May 2010

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(Columbia)-Juan and Rihannon Torres and their three daughters are living the american dream.

Juan said, “Instead of giving my money to someone else, it’s going to my house now.”

The torres’ just moved into their new 4 bedroom, two and half bath home in Northeast Columbia.

As first time homeowners, the family says they couldn’t have done it without a program called “Enfoque Financiero.”

Rihannon Torres said, “We were kind of hoping to own one, but not as soon as we did.”

It was designed by Community Assistance Provider, Incorporated to help latino families become
homeowners.

Tanya Rodriguez Hodges said, “We find that so often people move here to South Carolina and don’t realize the benefit of homeownership as opposed to renting.”

Rodriguz Hodges is CEO of Latino Communications. She manages the 8-week bilingual course the family took.

She said, “We teach them finanical literacy from opening a checking account to homeownership.”

It’s all free.

Juan Torres said, “They did teach us a lot of stuff from how to fix our credit report and who to call and what to talk to to them about.”

Program officials say this program also protects Latino families from predatory lending scams.

Rodriguez Hodges said, “We had several people that come to our office and said I’ve signed a contract for 99 years at this interest rate. It balloon in two years, and they didn’t know any better because everything was in English.”

It’s knowledge this family appreciates because now, they have a place to call their own.

Juan Torres said, “Look what it did for us. It was pretty quick. We took the class did what we needed to do and here we are.”

For more information about this program, call Latino Communications at (803)865-6690.

You can also visit www.latinocommunications.org.

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