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Dear Chapter Officers,

Hope you all are enjoying a wonderful summer! August is a busy month for NKBA! Our Chapter Officer Elections are being finalized with next year’s slates due at the end of this month. Let us know if we can help you with the process. Please submit Chapter Election Results Form by August 31.

Don’t forget to recognize and celebrate your Chapter’s emerging professionals through NKBA’s Thirty Under 30 program. Nominations are due August 31. NKBA Thirty Under 30 

We have extended the deadline for NKBA’s annual Design Competition to August 18! There’s still time to enter and win cash prizes totaling $100,000 and K&B industry promotions of your winning designs. NKBA | KBIS Design Competition 2025

More exciting news at the end of this month – NKBA launches a new Appliance Badge that will be available August 30. For more details and to purchase online click here.

On the horizon is our NKBA 60for60 event on September 16 to cap off our two years of 60th anniversary celebrations, with NKBA turning 60 last year and KBIS celebrating 60 years of the world’s largest K&B show this year. NKBA 60for60

Check out our fantastic 60for60 event and please join us, either in Bethlehem, PA for the in-person ride – or join us virtually and share pics and videos of your Chapter members enjoying the 60for60 experience!

Have a wonderful month, and we look forward to seeing you on our Chapter Officer calls!

Best,
Kelly

Kelly Buchsbaum
Sr. Manager, Chapter Relations
kbuchsbaum@nkba.org