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Principal Pamela Bradley-Pierce from Spring
Park Elementary School receives a check
from Mandarin Council President Bob
Asher. The Chamber teamed up to get
supplies for our less privileged schools. She
received a check for $500 for her school
in addition to the many items that Mandarin
Council members donated.


Chamber of Comm ce


 "You will have enough money
to live comfortably throughout
your retirement years." Only 12
percent of women in the 2010 Em-
ployee Benefit Research Institute's
Retirement Confidence Survey
answered "yes" to this statement. If
you're a woman who is still work-
ing or if you have female relatives
who are/will be working, there
is some very important research
about negotiating that can help
you and/or your female relatives
reach a comfortable retirement.
 Let's look at some facts from
Linda Babcock and Sara Lasch
ever (authors of "Ask for It: How
Women Can Use the Power of
Negotiation to Get What They
Really Want") about women and
negotiation:
* The Million Dollar Difference.
 "Women who consistently
 negotiate their salary increases
 earn at least $1 million more
 during their careers than
 women who dont.










 October 11, 2010


 Hidden behind one of the
many industrial parks sprinkled
around Mandarin (the one near
Greenland Park) is an oasis of
wooded peace. It's the home of one
of the city's best Pumpkin Patches.
The property belongs to Shepherd
of the Woods Lutheran Church
and th annual mpkinOPatch

on Sunday, October 17.
 When you visit this serene 40-
acre property off Greenland Road,
you can take a stroll around the
lake, make an occasion of picking
out the family pumpkins, take pic-
tures at various locations and enjoy
the "Scarecrow Parade" display.
The parade is a new feature this
year. Community groups and local
businesses are invited to assemble


a scarecrow for display around
the patch for customers and the
patch's many visiting school groups
to admire. It's a great way to raise
awareness for your organization.
 All proceeds from the patch
support the church's mission proj-
ects, such as local and international
fo d banks, disaster relief and

 The Pumpkin Patch is open
from October 17 through the 31
and the hours are Monday through
Friday from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00
p.m., Saturday from 10:00 a.m.
until 7:00 p.m. and Sunday from
11:00 a.m. until7:00 p.m.
 For more information and
maps, visit www.SOTWJax.com or
contact the church office at
641-8385.


* Ouch! "Going to the dentist" is
 how women described the pro-
 cess of negotiation, while men
 picked "winning a ballgame.
 Women avoid negotiation four
 times as often as men.
 First salary. A woman who fails
 to negotiate at the very begin-
 ning of her career will be down
 by $500,000 in lifetime earn-
 ings by the time she reaches 60.
 Women are paid less. We know
 that women now make $.79 to
 every dollar a man makes (this
 is an improvement in 1963,
 it was $.59 for every dollar and
 $.76 in 2000). But, a study at
 Carnegie Mellon showed that
 men graduating with a master's
 degree negotiated more than a
 7 percent higher starting salary
 (around $4,000). Over a career'
 this would cause that $.21 dis
 crepancy to shrink even more.
 Attitude. Women often feel
 "ga ul to be offered a job
 one in five adult women never
 negotiate. .
 Differing expectations. Men
 expect to earn 13 percent more
 than women during their first
 year of full-time work and 32
 percent more at their career

 Recognizing that lack of
negotiating skills can hammer
your retirement savings, the next
column will address some negotia-
tion strategies.


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The New Retirement

Women ancI negotiation: Let's

improve
By Contributing Writer]an Cullinane, Co-author, The New Retirement:
The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life (Rodale)


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