Coffee & Connections
Coffee & Connections
Thursday, February 12, 2026 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM) (EST)
Description
Thank you to our sponsor: Ashton Vattelana of Edward Jones.

New this month!
Art displayed in the F&M Trust Training room is on loan from a local artist in partnership with the Valley Arts Association. https://valleyartassoc.org/


About the Artist:
Carol Wilks has been versatile in various mediums for over 40 years and has studied under a variety of artists ranging from drawing, photography, oil, watercolor as well as pastel, her current passion. Her work has created a lot of attention because of the style used to create her animals.
Carol is currently a member of the Valley Art Association in Hagerstown as well as the Pastel Society of America, Portrait Society of America and the Maryland Pastel Society. She currently offers a class in all mediums on a weekly basis. Her class started in 2008 and is still going strong.
In addition to displaying and selling her art in various galleries such as the juried shows at the Washington County Museum and the Washington County Arts Council in Hagerstown, her paintings show and continue to sell in other galleries as well in Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
She does commissioned work on portraits and animals, and has completed several works on landscapes, seascapes and still life as well. She also completed several paintings in oil on the Civil War, focusing on the Antietam Battlefield, entering them in shows locally where many of these works have sold. Her paintings are currently on permanent display at the Mansion House Art Gallery in Hagerstown Park where she also takes part in the shows held there.
You can find out more about Carol on her website:www.carolwilks.net or like her on Facebook
About the Chef:

Steven Tibbs, Owner
240-818-7709 | tibbs@tibbsbeefjerky.com
Hand crafted beef jerky with only the finest available ingredients. It will keep you coming back for more.
Our Mission
Tibbs Beef Jerky will never Sacrifice QUALITY over QUANTITY. This is true! We take our time for each batch, we make sure that every batch of jerky that's made from Tibbs Beef Jerky has a set of standards above and beyond to ensure you get the best bite of jerky. Each cut of meat, ingredients, label, and bag, is of the highest quality.
It’s So Good, You Can’t Just Have One Bite
We now have 5 different mouth-watering flavors of jerky to choose from. Each one with its own unique blend of herbs and spices. And unlike commercial beef jerkies which are filled with “mystery meat,” chemicals, and other suspicious hormones, our beef jerky is made different. We only use ingredients you can trust, and the highest quality, USDA certified beef money can buy.
But that’s not all.
Tibbs Beef Jerky has no added nitrates or MSG in it either. Basically, this means we add zero stuff to our jerky which could potentially harm you. For example, in multiple studies nitrates have been linked to cause Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, and even cancer.
Scary stuff. That’s why quality has always been my number one priority.
Come taste the difference.
Coffee Donated By:
Free for Members | Just $10 for Non-Members!
Payment, Cancelation & Refund Policy: Member rate applies to all employees of Chamber member companies in good standing. Payment must accompany registration. If you need to cancel prior to an event, you must contact the Chamber 72 hours in advance at 301-739-2015 ext.100 or maddie@hagerstown.org. If you do not cancel 72 hours in advance, you are responsible for your registration fee.
1 S. Potomac St. (In the Chamber's F&M Trust Training Room)
Hagerstown, MD 21740 United States
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