Operation Fuel announces new board members

Free workshops for business owners, entrepreneurs

SCORE Southeastern Connecticut is offering a free workshop series, “Fundamentals of Starting or Growing Your Business,” beginning later this month, according to a release.

The workshops are intended for people considering starting a business or current business owners looking to grow their operation, the release said.

The first workshop is titled “What’s the Big Idea?” and “explores the feasibility of your product/ service idea, how it can become a business, who your customers and competitors are, your vision, strengths and more. You will establish your value to your target audience and begin to understand how to communicate it,” the release said.

Other workshops in the series are “Customers and Competition,” “Marketing and Sales Basics,” “Digital Marketing Must-Haves” and “Show me the Money.”

The workshop series is sponsored by Guilford Savings Bank and will be held online via Zoom on five consecutive Wednesdays: Sept. 30 and Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28. The workshops run from 5:30-7 p.m. and those wishing to attend must register in advance. For information on each workshop as well as links to register for them, visit https://sect.score.org /fundamentals-starting-orgrowing-business.

For more information on SCORE, visit https://sect.score.org.

Operation Fuel, an organization that helps people in need with energy costs, has announced five new members elected to its board of directors this summer.