Welcome to the Gold Canyon Business Association!

GCBA Presents
Gold Canyon
Brochure

It has been a few years since the Gold Canyon Brochure has been updated. The new revised brochure is finally here!

Get some at the meetings or stop in and get some from Goin' Postal. This is a great way to promote your business in Gold Canyon.

Gold Canyon
Promotional
License Plates

The GCBA has "Gold Canyon" promotional license plates for sale.

These plates are for the front of your vehicle and have Gold Canyon and a small mountain graphic emblazoned on them. The cost for these metal plates is $8.00.

They can be purchased at Goin' Postal, Gold Canyon Bank and Canyon Rose Storage as well as at GCBA meetings.

10 Cyber Security Tips for Small Businesses

Broadband and information technology are powerful factors in small businesses reaching new markers and increasing productivity and efficiency. However, businesses need a cybersecurity strategy to protect their own business, their customers and their data from growing cybersercuirty threats.

1. Train employees in security principles. Establish basic security practices to protect sensitive business information and communicate them to all employees on a regular basis. Establish rules of behavior describing how to handle and protect customer information and other vital data. Clearly spell out the penalties for violating business policies.

2. Protect information, computers and networks from viruses, spyware and other malicious code. Install, use and regularly update antivirus and antispyware software on every computer used in your business. Suck software is readily available online from a variety of vendors. Most software packages now offer subscriptions to automatically check for updates at a scheduled time of low computer usage, such as at night (midnight, for example), and then set the software to do a scan after the software update. The computer must be on in order for this to take place.

3. Provide firewall security for your internet connection. A firewall is a set of related programs that prevent outsiders from accessing data on a private network. Install and maintain firewalls between your internal network and the Internet. If employees work from home, ensure that their home systems are protected by firewalls. Install firewalls on all computers-including laptops-used in conducting you business.

4. Download and install software updates for your operating systems and applications as they become available. All operating system vendors regularly provide patches and updates to their products to correct security problems and improve functionality. configure all software to install such updates automatically.

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2nd Annual
Lost Dutchman State Park
Benefit Ride

Superstition Mountain Harley Davidson is Sponsoring the event again on Saturday, February 18th.

Motorcycles, bikes and horseback riders are all welcome! Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Lost Dutchman State Park. This organization has saved the park from being closed due to State budget cuts.

Additional information is available at Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce and Superstition Harley Davidson.

Looking for a
Tax Credit?

How the Tax Credit Works...

Anyone who pays state taxes may be eligible for the tax credit, which helps the children and teens in the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley's programs and offers a benefit to the donors. 

For example:
If you owe $1000 in state income taxes and you donate $400, you may be able to deduct that $400 from your tax bill and pay the state only $600.

If you are owed a refund of $1000, you may be able to add $400 to that and obtain a refund of $1400.

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Boys & Girls Club
Donation form

Goin' Postal Moved

Amy & Tim Pettigrew opened Goin' Postal at its new location, 6499 S. Kings Ranch Rd. next to the liquor store. Inquiries can be made by calling (480) 288-8950 or email them at goldcanyon@goinpostal.com

March Meeting

Patricia J. Rullo, Author

Patient advocate and author, Patricia J. Rullo will be our quest speaker for the Tuesday, March 27th meeting. Patricia educates groups, clubs, organizations and businesses about the hazards of hospital stays, how to survive them, the importance of having a health care advocate and she helps build ready-to-take-action support affiliates within existing groups.

A visit to a hospital is inevitable and dangerous. Either you will be the patient, or you will tend to a loved one who requires a hospital stay. This puts your life in jeopardy, thanks to hospital acquired infections, miscommunication, adverse drug reactions, misdiagnosis, and a host of other ominous encounters.

The book, "Speak Up and Stay Alive," a patient advocate hospital survival guide, published by Millennium Star Publishing, with a release date of January 2012 exposes hospital risks and explains how to get out alive.

Patricia authored the book and says "Every year nearly two million hospital-acquired infections claim roughly 100.000lives. One in every twenty patients suffers from an adverse drug reaction. If you find yourself faced with hospital visit, you must be prepared to be your own advocate and try to have an advocate with you at all times."

Contact Chris Bukovac for questions, chris@gcba.biz