WELCOME TO OUR GALLERY WALL

Want to know what it means to be a BNI Member when you join a Chapter? Here in County Line Connections we are building our Gallery Wall to show you how we build relationships and have fun while getting down to the serious business of passing referrals.

Unlike conventional networking groups, we honor our Chapter Rockstars who consistently close substantial deals worth thousands of dollars each month. When you step into our world, you’ll witness the power of a POSITIVE ATTITUDE in action, and you’ll instantly become part of our warm and welcoming community.

Our Gallery Wall proudly showcases the founding members who have fostered remarkable BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

Our success stories are a testament to the referrals they’ve received from satisfied customers, spanning Central Florida and beyond.

Central to our Chapter’s success is the guiding principle of GIVER’S GAIN, a philosophy that’s elegantly simple: when we give a referral to your business, you reciprocate with a referral back to ours. We’re committed to LIFELONG LEARNING, offering free Continuing Education Units as part of your BNI membership.

At County Line Connections, we seamlessly blend TRADITIONS & INNOVATION, embracing new ways of doing business as a hybrid chapter. We come together IN PERSON once a month and the rest of the month on ZOOM, ensuring flexibility and adaptability in today’s dynamic world. Just as you meticulously track your sales figures, we measure our Chapter Performance in an easy to access APP called BNI CONNECT which keeps us ACCOUNTABLE to each other and our shared goals.

If you’re considering joining BNI and want to delve deeper into what it means to be a part of a chapter like COUNTY LINE CONNECTIONS, hit the VISIT US button below to register for a visit! We extend a heartfelt welcome and look forward to meeting you in person.

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers included in this photo include Larry Sanders, Brenda Torres, and Adolpho Fernandes

: BNI CLC | President Claire Sandbrook recognizes Tom Schettino of Ark Plumbing for his contribution to the Chapter – including our securing our fabulous venue at Lakeside Church on West Colonial in Oakland, FL 34747

: BNI CLC Notable Networkers | L to R Manuel Benavente, Tricia Embury, Brenda Torres, Claire Sandbrook, Dr Michael St Louis, and Danielle Lattner

: BNI CLC | Our Education Co-Ordinator Brenda Torres always puts on a great session for our members

: BNI CLC | In our Chapter we welcome Substitutes, Guests, and Visitors to be there for our members and to show them all how BNI can make a positive difference to their network – here is one of our Chapter buddies – Ami Roberts

: BNI CLC | Marilou Stones is recognized for achieving over $1,500,000 in Thank You For Closed Business in our Chapter at an IN-PERSON Roundtable in April 2023

: BNI CLC | We have our very own Grinch but she is nothing like that out of costume – meet Lissette Palacio our Visitor Host – Christmas 2022

: BNI CLC | Our amazing Growth Co-Ordinator, Loryn Coco has done a great job in 22-23 building our social calendar – Here we are at our Christmas Social in downtown Winter Garden.

: BNI CLC | Our Summer BBQ at Art Harding’s home in June 2022 was fabulous – our thanks to him and Pam for a wonderful afternoon – just so much fun hanging out with our colleagues in a beautiful setting

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 with Margo Fenlon (Business Services) and Danielle Lattner (Home & Auto)

: BNI CLC | Summer get-together at Lakeridge Winery – here’s Junior Stery (Home & Auto) in full flow!

: BNI CLC | We have so many Notable Networkers in our Chapter every month and everyone gets a great Certificate-so here’s a line of Stephen Morrison (Real Estate Services), Jeremy McVicker (Home & Auto), Claire Sandbrook as Chapter President 22-23, and Brenda Torres (Marketing & Events)

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 was a fun time – and here we are at the Hangry Bison in Plant Street, Winter Garden with Tom Schettino (Home & Auto), Debbie Goncalves, wife of Jorges Goncalves (Home & Auto), and Jose Barreira (Business Services)

: BNI CLC | Two solid pillars of our Chapter TEAM – Marilou Stones (Home & Auto) and Tricia Embury (Real Estate Services)

: BNI CLC | Our Christmas meeting in December 2022 was a blast – L-R – Craig Martin (Home & Auto), Jorge Goncalves (Home & Auto), Manuel Benavente (Secretary/Treasurer), Claire Sandbrook (President), Brenda Torres (Marketing & Events), Aaron Hines (Health & Beauty)

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 saw our members donate new toys to children aged under 12 in a homeless shelter. This message is from Craig Martin – our Mentor Co-Ordinator – who liaises with the charity on our behalf. Thank you Craig for connecting us to this wonderful local non-profit.

: BNI CLC | We had a great IN PERSON meeting with our “May the 4th Be With You” – which fell on the day of our IN-PERSON meeting – here you see Steve Morrison (Real Estate Services) and our Visitor Host, Lissette Palacio (Real Estate Services), greeting our TEAM and guests for a fun morning of networking.

: BNI CLC | At our “May the 4th Be With You Meeting” our lady members showed off their Star Wars credentials with hairstyles in the characters of Rey Skywalker aka Daniella Martinez (Business Services) and Princess Leia aka Brenda Torres (Marketing & Events) – we make our themed meetings FUN!

: BNI CLC | Chapter Member, Jason Osborne, (Home & Auto) getting into the Star Wars themed meeting – May 2022

: BNI CLC | Chapter President, Claire Sandbrook, provided a few props courtesy of her son Harry, for the Chapter Meeting on May 4th including helmets for Stormtrooper, The Mandalorian and Boba Fett

: BNI CLC | Chapter Socials are a great way to meet up with our own Chapter and other BNI Members in Central Florida-here is Manuel Benavente as Secretary Treasurer and Marilou Stones as part of our Membership Committee out in the April sunshine at a cross-Chapter event

: Look at our beautiful meeting room here in Oakland, Winter Garden, courtesy of Lakeside Church at 16001 W Colonial Drive, Fl 34747. Our Chapter Member, Tom Schettino is the Facilities Director for the Church and has organized for us to use this super modern space with loads of free parking. It’s a privilege to meet in such a lovely spot.

: BNI CLC | President Claire Sandbrook (2022-2023) welcomes Eve Lumsden to the BNI CLC after saying our Code of Ethics as part of the enrolment ceremony.

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers are a big part of our Core Value of RECOGNITION. Every month at our in –person meeting we recognize the best scores in our metrics for the most 121’s, the most CEU’s, the highest number of Visitors, the most Thank You For Closed Business and the most Referrals. Do you know another networking organization that actually helps you see the return on your investment like BNI?

: BNI CLC | It’s a thing in our Chapter that we hold a BBQ at a member’s house if we can and in 2023 it was the turn of the Sandbrook family to host the event. It was an even better event because a large number of Chapter members had remodelled the kitchen and family room!

: In this photo Chapter Members, Margo Fenlon and Aaron Hines got together to hold a coffee morning in Horizon West close to where Margo is a manager at Regions Bank in Hamlin. If you want to meet her and the rest of our Chapter come and visit us! She always has great ideas for business and personal finance.

: At the Chapter BBQ in 2023 you can see how Steve and Claire Sandbrook’s home was given a complete make-over by Chapter colleagues. It was a super event and Claire got to cuddle Daniella Martinez’s baby! Awww!

: When May the 4th hit on a Thursday in 2023 we took full advantage and came to the meeting fully loaded with props, costumes and hairstyles! We had a blast(er) especially as Star Wars land is just down the road at Disney World! We are definitely a fun Chapter!

: The transition to our new Chapter Leadership has been seamless and a huge positive for our entire TEAM. Marilou Stones is Chapter President for 2023-2024 and started her year with her theme of “One More”. This encourages us all to do “one more” referral, one more 1-2-1 and one more visitor invitation. We had some great metrics last year and this year we are ready to do even better!

: Chapter business and training means we will get together as we did in October 2023 to take stock for our new year. What do we want to do as goals in our Sales Team – what did we do last year – and how are we going to build on those metrics. We believe in visibility and sharing our success as a Group!

: BNI CLC | Honestly we didn’t realize how stripey the carpet was in our meeting room until we saw this photo!

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers join Marilou Stones for the start of her first meeting – October 2023

: BNI CLC | Past President, Claire Sandbrook, thanks Marilou for her kind words and card full of thank you’s for her year as President

: BNI CLC | Lots of ideas from our members on a white board in October’s meeting – October 2023

: BNI CLC | The closing quote of our meeting is the last slide in a professional slide deck which introduces members and their businesses to “The Room” – what would your closing quote be to inspire people at a networking meeting?

: BNI CLC | BBQ food 2023 – all the Chapter Members pitch in to contribute!

: BNI CLC | A full house at the Sandbrooks with Chapter Members and family gathering around the new kitchen island, designed by Stones Design and constructed by Art Harding Construction

: BNI CLC | Our new Education Co-Ordinator, Declan Kelly, steps into his role to educate and remind us on the process of being a BNI member

: BNI CLC | As a former educator, Declan is definitely in his comfort zone when he gets up to present his take on BNI process and ways to get the most from a member’s annual membership fee

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers in November 2023

: BNI CLC | Outgoing BNI CLC President, Donna Filippone, hands over the Chapter President’s briefcase to Incoming BNI CLC President, Claire Sandbrook | May 2022

: BNI CLC | BNI Members working together in a workshop environment – August 2022

: BNI CLC Members | Building business relationships is easy in BNI – Lissette, Manuel, Daniela, Jorges, Jose, Margo

: BNI CLC Members | Collaborating in a workshop session at our previous location in Winter Garden – August 2022

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 with the Education Co-Ordinator, Brenda Torres

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 – good to see our Secretary Treasurer, Manuel Benavente, enjoying his gift from Santa!

: BNI CLC | One of our founding members, with Thank You For Closed Business in excess in $1.5M, Marilou Stones, enjoys our Christmas meeting in December 2022

: BNI CLC | Such a proud moment for our Chapter when our colleague, Marilou Stones, won an award for her Thank You For Closed Business value of over $1.5M – pictured here with Brenda Torres

: BNI CLC | Roundtable at Drive Shack, Lake Nona in April 2022 – Marilou Stones, Manuel Benavente, Brenda Torres

: BNI CLC | A very happy Marilou Stones of Stones Design with her special award – check her out on Instagram!

: BNI CLC | Love this photo of Marilou Stones and Aaron Hines at an event in Orlando – 2023

: BNI CLC | One of our socials at Lakeridge Winery in Clermont – Craig Martin (Home & Auto) , Manuel Benavente (Business Services), Loryn Coco (Marketing & Events) Tricia Embury (Real Estate Services), Claire Sandbrook (Business Services)

: BNI CLC | We have played an active part in attending cross-chapter socials across our region. Here’s a great photo of our Regional Director, Jamie Stein, with members at a cross-chapter social in Winter Garden in the summer of 2023.

: BNI CLC | The red tablecloth is all part of dressing our room for our professional networking meeting!

: BNI CLC | From this photo would you believe Lissette is a mortgage planner extraordinaire? Our visitor host turns on the charm at every meeting and makes guests and visitors feel so welcome!

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2023 | Our very own elf, Lissette Palacio, gets us all in the Christmas spirit with our gift exchange! Great job Lissette!

: BNI CLC | We were feeling Christmassy in December along with our Resident Elf!

: BNI CLC | Every year we do a Toy Drive for the local Homeless Shelter – Matthew’s Hope – and this year all members contributed one gift worth $25 for a kiddo under 12 years old to make their Christmas special!

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers – December 2023

: BNI CLC | Always great to see Marilou Stones and Zach Elder get recognized for their tremendous efforts for our Chapter.

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers included in this photo include Larry Sanders, Brenda Torres, and Adolpho Fernandes

: BNI CLC | President Claire Sandbrook recognizes Tom Schettino of Ark Plumbing for his contribution to the Chapter – including our securing our fabulous venue at Lakeside Church on West Colonial in Oakland, FL 34747

: BNI CLC Notable Networkers | L to R Manuel Benavente, Tricia Embury, Brenda Torres, Claire Sandbrook, Dr Michael St Louis, and Danielle Lattner

: BNI CLC | Our Education Co-Ordinator Brenda Torres always puts on a great session for our members

: BNI CLC | In our Chapter we welcome Substitutes, Guests, and Visitors to be there for our members and to show them all how BNI can make a positive difference to their network – here is one of our Chapter buddies – Ami Roberts

: BNI CLC | Marilou Stones is recognized for achieving over $1,500,000 in Thank You For Closed Business in our Chapter at an IN-PERSON Roundtable in April 2023

: BNI CLC | We have our very own Grinch but she is nothing like that out of costume – meet Lissette Palacio our Visitor Host – Christmas 2022

: BNI CLC | Our amazing Growth Co-Ordinator, Loryn Coco has done a great job in 22-23 building our social calendar – Here we are at our Christmas Social in downtown Winter Garden.

: BNI CLC | Our Summer BBQ at Art Harding’s home in June 2022 was fabulous – our thanks to him and Pam for a wonderful afternoon – just so much fun hanging out with our colleagues in a beautiful setting

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 with Margo Fenlon (Business Services) and Danielle Lattner (Home & Auto)

: BNI CLC | Summer get-together at Lakeridge Winery – here’s Junior Stery (Home & Auto) in full flow!

: BNI CLC | We have so many Notable Networkers in our Chapter every month and everyone gets a great Certificate-so here’s a line of Stephen Morrison (Real Estate Services), Jeremy McVicker (Home & Auto), Claire Sandbrook as Chapter President 22-23, and Brenda Torres (Marketing & Events)

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 was a fun time – and here we are at the Hangry Bison in Plant Street, Winter Garden with Tom Schettino (Home & Auto), Debbie Goncalves, wife of Jorges Goncalves (Home & Auto), and Jose Barreira (Business Services)

: BNI CLC | Two solid pillars of our Chapter TEAM – Marilou Stones (Home & Auto) and Tricia Embury (Real Estate Services)

: BNI CLC | Our Christmas meeting in December 2022 was a blast – L-R – Craig Martin (Home & Auto), Jorge Goncalves (Home & Auto), Manuel Benavente (Secretary/Treasurer), Claire Sandbrook (President), Brenda Torres (Marketing & Events), Aaron Hines (Health & Beauty)

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 saw our members donate new toys to children aged under 12 in a homeless shelter. This message is from Craig Martin – our Mentor Co-Ordinator – who liaises with the charity on our behalf. Thank you Craig for connecting us to this wonderful local non-profit.

: BNI CLC | We had a great IN PERSON meeting with our “May the 4th Be With You” – which fell on the day of our IN-PERSON meeting – here you see Steve Morrison (Real Estate Services) and our Visitor Host, Lissette Palacio (Real Estate Services), greeting our TEAM and guests for a fun morning of networking.

: BNI CLC | At our “May the 4th Be With You Meeting” our lady members showed off their Star Wars credentials with hairstyles in the characters of Rey Skywalker aka Daniella Martinez (Business Services) and Princess Leia aka Brenda Torres (Marketing & Events) – we make our themed meetings FUN!

: BNI CLC | Chapter Member, Jason Osborne, (Home & Auto) getting into the Star Wars themed meeting – May 2022

: BNI CLC | Chapter President, Claire Sandbrook, provided a few props courtesy of her son Harry, for the Chapter Meeting on May 4th including helmets for Stormtrooper, The Mandalorian and Boba Fett

: BNI CLC | Chapter Socials are a great way to meet up with our own Chapter and other BNI Members in Central Florida-here is Manuel Benavente as Secretary Treasurer and Marilou Stones as part of our Membership Committee out in the April sunshine at a cross-Chapter event

: Look at our beautiful meeting room here in Oakland, Winter Garden, courtesy of Lakeside Church at 16001 W Colonial Drive, Fl 34747. Our Chapter Member, Tom Schettino is the Facilities Director for the Church and has organized for us to use this super modern space with loads of free parking. It’s a privilege to meet in such a lovely spot.

: BNI CLC | President Claire Sandbrook (2022-2023) welcomes Eve Lumsden to the BNI CLC after saying our Code of Ethics as part of the enrolment ceremony.

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers are a big part of our Core Value of RECOGNITION. Every month at our in –person meeting we recognize the best scores in our metrics for the most 121’s, the most CEU’s, the highest number of Visitors, the most Thank You For Closed Business and the most Referrals. Do you know another networking organization that actually helps you see the return on your investment like BNI?

: BNI CLC | It’s a thing in our Chapter that we hold a BBQ at a member’s house if we can and in 2023 it was the turn of the Sandbrook family to host the event. It was an even better event because a large number of Chapter members had remodelled the kitchen and family room!

: In this photo Chapter Members, Margo Fenlon and Aaron Hines got together to hold a coffee morning in Horizon West close to where Margo is a manager at Regions Bank in Hamlin. If you want to meet her and the rest of our Chapter come and visit us! She always has great ideas for business and personal finance.

: At the Chapter BBQ in 2023 you can see how Steve and Claire Sandbrook’s home was given a complete make-over by Chapter colleagues. It was a super event and Claire got to cuddle Daniella Martinez’s baby! Awww!

: When May the 4th hit on a Thursday in 2023 we took full advantage and came to the meeting fully loaded with props, costumes and hairstyles! We had a blast(er) especially as Star Wars land is just down the road at Disney World! We are definitely a fun Chapter!

: The transition to our new Chapter Leadership has been seamless and a huge positive for our entire TEAM. Marilou Stones is Chapter President for 2023-2024 and started her year with her theme of “One More”. This encourages us all to do “one more” referral, one more 1-2-1 and one more visitor invitation. We had some great metrics last year and this year we are ready to do even better!

: Chapter business and training means we will get together as we did in October 2023 to take stock for our new year. What do we want to do as goals in our Sales Team – what did we do last year – and how are we going to build on those metrics. We believe in visibility and sharing our success as a Group!

: BNI CLC | Honestly we didn’t realize how stripey the carpet was in our meeting room until we saw this photo!

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers join Marilou Stones for the start of her first meeting – October 2023

: BNI CLC | Past President, Claire Sandbrook, thanks Marilou for her kind words and card full of thank you’s for her year as President

: BNI CLC | Lots of ideas from our members on a white board in October’s meeting – October 2023

: BNI CLC | The closing quote of our meeting is the last slide in a professional slide deck which introduces members and their businesses to “The Room” – what would your closing quote be to inspire people at a networking meeting?

: BNI CLC | BBQ food 2023 – all the Chapter Members pitch in to contribute!

: BNI CLC | A full house at the Sandbrooks with Chapter Members and family gathering around the new kitchen island, designed by Stones Design and constructed by Art Harding Construction

: BNI CLC | Our new Education Co-Ordinator, Declan Kelly, steps into his role to educate and remind us on the process of being a BNI member

: BNI CLC | As a former educator, Declan is definitely in his comfort zone when he gets up to present his take on BNI process and ways to get the most from a member’s annual membership fee

: BNI CLC | Notable Networkers in November 2023

: BNI CLC | Outgoing BNI CLC President, Donna Filippone, hands over the Chapter President’s briefcase to Incoming BNI CLC President, Claire Sandbrook | May 2022

: BNI CLC | BNI Members working together in a workshop environment – August 2022

: BNI CLC Members | Building business relationships is easy in BNI – Lissette, Manuel, Daniela, Jorges, Jose, Margo

: BNI CLC Members | Collaborating in a workshop session at our previous location in Winter Garden – August 2022

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 with the Education Co-Ordinator, Brenda Torres

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2022 – good to see our Secretary Treasurer, Manuel Benavente, enjoying his gift from Santa!

: BNI CLC | One of our founding members, with Thank You For Closed Business in excess in $1.5M, Marilou Stones, enjoys our Christmas meeting in December 2022

: BNI CLC | Such a proud moment for our Chapter when our colleague, Marilou Stones, won an award for her Thank You For Closed Business value of over $1.5M – pictured here with Brenda Torres

: BNI CLC | Roundtable at Drive Shack, Lake Nona in April 2022 – Marilou Stones, Manuel Benavente, Brenda Torres

: BNI CLC | A very happy Marilou Stones of Stones Design with her special award – check her out on Instagram!

: BNI CLC | Love this photo of Marilou Stones and Aaron Hines at an event in Orlando – 2023

: BNI CLC | One of our socials at Lakeridge Winery in Clermont – Craig Martin (Home & Auto) , Manuel Benavente (Business Services), Loryn Coco (Marketing & Events) Tricia Embury (Real Estate Services), Claire Sandbrook (Business Services)

: BNI CLC | We have played an active part in attending cross-chapter socials across our region. Here’s a great photo of our Regional Director, Jamie Stein, with members at a cross-chapter social in Winter Garden in the summer of 2023.

: BNI CLC | The red tablecloth is all part of dressing our room for our professional networking meeting!

: BNI CLC | From this photo would you believe Lissette is a mortgage planner extraordinaire? Our visitor host turns on the charm at every meeting and makes guests and visitors feel so welcome!

: BNI CLC | Christmas 2023 | Our very own elf, Lissette Palacio, gets us all in the Christmas spirit with our gift exchange! Great job Lissette!

: BNI CLC | We were feeling Christmassy in December along with our Resident Elf!

: BNI CLC | Every year we do a Toy Drive for the local Homeless Shelter – Matthew’s Hope – and this year all members contributed one gift worth $25 for a kiddo under 12 years old to make their Christmas special!