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New Kiwanis Online Club Celebrates Charter Mardi Gras Style
Kiwanis Club of Simi Valley Online is an organization of men and women of all ages, dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time through volunteer community service. - February 10, 2009 - Kiwanis of Simi Valley Online
Local First Coupon Books Encourage Shopping Local in Tough Economy.
Local First, Grand Rapid's rapidly-growing local business organization, creates coupon books to encourage shoppers to keep their spending money local. The books offer nearly 450 coupons from over 200 participating businesses. - February 09, 2009 - Local First
PerformTech Announces New Contract with the Department of Education, Federal Student Aid; PerformTech Will Create Custom Training for FSA’s Workforce Development Services
PerformTech Wins a Contract with U.S. Department of Education to create an instructor led Workforce Development Service for the Federal Student Aid. - February 09, 2009 - PerformTech Inc
Medical Tourism Association's World Medical Tourism Congress Announces ReachMD as New Media & Bronze Sponsor
The World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress would like to announce ReachMD as a Media and Bronze Sponsor for the 2nd Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress in 2009. They are looking forward to the having ReachMD Sponsor and Exhibitor. The Medical Tourism Association... - February 09, 2009 - Medical Tourism Association™
16th European Conference on Tyre Recycling
Brussels, 25 - 27 March 2009 , “16th European Conference on Tyre Recycling” by ETRA (European Tyre Recycling Association), an organisation of private public sectors involved in the valorization and management of post consumer tyres. - February 09, 2009 - European Tyre Recycling Association
The Chairmen’s RoundTable Board Elects Jeff Campbell as New Chairman
The Chairmen’s RoundTable (CRT), a San Diego-based, non profit volunteer organization that provides gratis mentoring and business advice to CEOs and presidents of local, private businesses, today announced that Jeff Campbell has been elected as Chairman. Under his guidance, plans for the non-profit organization include expanding outreach in these troubled times. - February 09, 2009 - Chairmen's RoundTable
Rustie Blue Has Landed Another #1
"One Hot Summer Ago" is one of the most beautiful ballads of the last years. A song to love and cry that works deep inside your heart, thanks to the wonderful and technically perfect voice of Rustie Blue. She is one of the most exciting female vocalists in today's country music... - February 09, 2009 - Center Stage Productions
NAPO - San Diego Hosts Organizing Expo Featuring Local and National Product and Service Vendors
The National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) - San Diego chapter is pleased to announce its 2009 Organizing Expo. The NAPO - San Diego sponsored event will take place March 13, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla. Attendance is open... - February 08, 2009 - NAPO San Diego
America’s Team Charitable Foundation Announces the Presentation of the 2008 America’s Team Award to the New York Football Giants
Because of their exemplary commitment to sportsmanship, their outstanding teamwork, and their service to the community the New York Football Giants have been selected as the recipient of the 2008 America’s Team Award. - February 08, 2009 - America's Team Properties LLC
New Hampshire Business Leaders See Rail as Vital to Our Future Growth and Prosperity
A new business group believes the Obama administration’s latest estimates for new jobs created in the stimulus bill are well below what they could be. The White House released its estimates Tuesday projecting New Hampshire would see 17,000 new jobs, but New Hampshire Businesses for... - February 08, 2009 - New Hampshire Businesses for Transportation & Infrastructure
IMA President Paul Derstine Announces Retirement
Paul Derstine, president and chief executive officer of IMA World Health for 17 years, has announced his decision to retire late in 2009. During his tenure, IMA has grown from a small non-profit distributor of donated medical products to an internationally recognized leader in the global health... - February 08, 2009 - IMA World Health
The Moto-Angel Foundation to Exhibit at Chicago International Motorcycle Show
he Moto-Angel Foundation (TMAF), a non-profit organization focused upon providing assistance to rider, families and communities will be exhibiting at Booth #2348 at the Chicago International Motorcycle Show in Rosemont, IL on February 6-8th, 2009. Originally TMAF had arrangements to co-exhibit... - February 08, 2009 - The Moto-Angel Foundation
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Boosts Research Funding by $8 Million
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) increased its medical research funding commitments by $8.35 million in 2008. The grants consist of an additional $6 million to the PBTF Institute at Duke University; $1 million to the PBTF Institute at the University of California San Francisco and $1... - February 08, 2009 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
WCED Project Receives 2009 SPACE Economic Development Award for New Industry
Ken Atkins, executive director for Wake County Economic Development (WCED) (www.raleigh-wake.org), has announced that HCL America Inc. received the Triangle Business Journal’s SPACE Award for Economic Development in the New Industry category. This award honors a company that is locating new... - February 08, 2009 - Wake County Economic Development
New Members Selected for Business Club of the Triangle
Paladin and Associates, KeySource Commercial Bank, and Dupree & Webb added to organization’s membership. - February 08, 2009 - Business Clubs of the Triangle
NPSA Partners with J.J. Keller
The National Portable Storage Association is partnering with J.J. Keller to offer its members preferred pricing on online purchases of safety and regulatory compliance products. - February 08, 2009 - National Portable Storage Association
NCWRC Applauds Yadkin Riverkeeper for Calling Alcoa to Clean Up N.C. Pollution
The N.C. Water Rights Committee (www.ncwaterrights.org) is applauding a recent press release by the Yadkin Riverkeeper calling for Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (Alcoa) to take measures to clean up existing contamination at Badin Lake before the multinational firm receives another 50-year license to... - February 08, 2009 - N.C. Water Rights Committee
Hundreds of Bake Sales to be Held Nationwide the Week Before Mother’s Day Supporting Women with Breast Cancer
The Bake for Hope project is hosting the first ever national-wide, 100% volunteer run, series of hundreds of bake sales to run across the country.This event will run the week before Mother's Day in honor of mothers and women everywhere and 100% of the proceeds will go to local Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates. Bake for Hope makes it easy for everyone to participate. Volunteers can sign up as bakers and organizers and businesses can host sales at their locations, and anyone can attend. - February 07, 2009 - Cause Good
26 April is an International Web Focus Day for Churches
Internet Evangelism Day is an annual worldwide focus day for churches, to be held Sunday 26 April 2009. Their website provides free downloads to create a customized focus spot, and is also a year-round resource guide on all aspects of online evangelism. - February 07, 2009 - Internet Evangelism Day
NETSHARE Launches Regional Networking Meetings for Metro Washington DC Executives Interested in Career Advancement
Monthly Meetings Led by Area Career Experts Help Job Seekers Build Network of Contacts. - February 07, 2009 - NETSHARE
ARISE Foundation Provides Critical Life Skills Certification Training to Staff Members of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Life Skills Instructors learn how to conduct lively group discussions and activities with at-risk youth, creating a mentoring relationship between juvenile justice staff and the youth in their care. - February 07, 2009 - ARISE Foundation
Psychosocial Help for Traumatized Children is Urgent Priority for World Vision in Gaza
Child-friendly programs intervene to reach children and their mothers. - February 07, 2009 - World Vision US
Gold and Silver Circle Sponsors Announced for 2009 A Toast to the Triangle
Mary Freeman, president and CEO of the Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities, has announced the Gold and Silver Circle level sponsors for the 24th annual A Toast to the Triangle™. The Toast, the Center’s largest fundraising event, offers guests samples from more than 40 of... - February 07, 2009 - A Toast To The Triangle
Kids on Broadway Holds Super Bowl Pledge Drive to Fund Acting Scholarships
Help needy children from ages 7-18 in the theatre arts pay their tuition for annual musical productions. - February 06, 2009 - Kids On Broadway
Live Social Media Marketing Event - Experts to Provide Training to Small Business Owners
The worldwide recession has changed the rules of marketing forcing companies to use Web 2.0 strategies to connect with friends, fans and followers to get more sales. Social Media Marketing is emerging as the low cost, high ROI alternative to traditional marketing. - February 06, 2009 - Street Smart Sales and Marketing
Jenny Buccos Made Honorary Bedouin Man
Jenny M Buccos founded ProjectExplorer.org to foster a new generation of global citizens and found herself meeting Middle Eastern Royalty, having tea with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and even being made an honorary Bedouin Man in the Jordanian desert. - February 06, 2009 - ProjectExplorer
James J. Moloney, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to Speak at KC’s Event on Smaller Reporting Company on 2/24/2009
The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused webinars announced today that James J. Moloney, Partner and Co-Chair, Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webinar entitled:... - February 06, 2009 - The Knowledge Group
Tristar Assets Launches New Business Model Skip the Career Fair, Just Win an Executive Job
TriStar Assets announced today the launch of its new business model. Beginning immediately, TriStar Assets will offer an Executive level position as an option in its asset promotion by way of its website, http://www.TriStarAssets.com/. TriStar Assets is the only online Financial Social Network that... - February 06, 2009 - TriStar Assets
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education Receives OSV Grant
Andrew Seeley, Ph.D., executive director of The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, today announced the reception of a generous grant from the Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) Foundation to help offset the cost of the Institute’s third annual Academic Retreat for Teachers. This year’s... - February 06, 2009 - Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
Paws on the Plaza
A Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue together with Fetch! Pet Care will celebrate the first pet related event in the City of Lake Worth, on February 7, 2009. Paws on the Plaza promoting pet adoption and responsible pet ownership. - February 06, 2009 - A Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue
Goodwill Offers Secure Document Shredding Every Monday
"Secure Shred," a division of Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida offers its shredding for confidential or sensitive documents every Monday at Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida's North Fort Myers processing plant. Goodwill created Secure Shred in 2007 in order to provide employment opportunities for persons with severe disabilities. - February 06, 2009 - Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.
NETSHARE Launches Regional Networking Meetings for New York Metro Area Executives Interested in Career Advancement
Monthly Manhattan Meetings Led by Area Career Experts Help Job Seekers Build Network of Contacts. - February 06, 2009 - NETSHARE
Discovering... Abruzzo & Apulia, Italy
A mission of the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade to Canada promoting the agri-food and wine sector. - February 05, 2009 - ICE (Italian Institute for Foreign Trade)
National Wheelchair Basketball Association National Championships to be One of Colorado’s Largest Athletic Events in 2009
For the first time, the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) will host its national championships for six different divisions all in one location, creating a huge single wheelchair basketball athletic event, and one of the largest athletic events in Colorado in 2009, with more than 1,000 male and female athletes with physical disabilities competing. - February 05, 2009 - Gold Crown Foundation
Area Training for Disaster Relief Inspectors for FEMA
ASHI Georgia, a chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors, and PaRR, Partnership for Response and Recovery, a FEMA Disaster Housing Contractor, are pleased to announce a training session for Atlanta area home inspectors. PaRR is committed to serving disaster victims, FEMA’s ultimate... - February 05, 2009 - ASHI Georgia
Preachit.org Hits Over 3000 Sermons with 225 Ministers Contributing
Preachit.org has been helping pastors come up with sermon outlines since 2002 now hosts over 3000 sermons online with 225 ministers contributing. - February 05, 2009 - preachit ministires
Plano Area Mothers of Multiples (PAMOM) Annual Gala and Fundraiser
PAMOM has opened their online auction and has tickets available to attend the organization's annual gala, both available to the public. - February 05, 2009 - Plano Area Mothers of Multiples
Hundreds of Arizonans to Gather Feb. 14th, Circling State Capitol in Symbolic Hug
After greetings, prayers, songs, and music are heard, all gathered participants will form a circle around the entire Capitol building – to place a collective embrace around the state capitol and to envision the year 2009 as one of peace, prosperity, transpartisanship, and cooperation for all elected officials, constituents, and all Arizonans. - February 05, 2009 - Arizona Dept. of Peace Campaign
Liberty States Fiction Writers Announces Writing Challenge
Liberty States Fiction Writers Mayke It Happen Challenge Begins February 1, 2009. (No, that’s not a typo in Mayke. The deadline for completion is May 31.) Write your personal “Great American Novel” in the LFS Writers Mayke it Happen Challenge. - February 05, 2009 - Liberty States Fiction Writers
National Chicken Soup Contest 2009
NJOP launches "Better Than Your Bubby's Chicken Soup Challenge." - February 05, 2009 - National Jewish Outreach Program
South Coast Bayern U10 Girls Take Championship at 2009 Rich Bailey Girls Friendship Tournament
Offensive Onslaught and Tough Defense Propel SC Bayern U10 Girls Soccer Team the Title. - February 05, 2009 - South Coast Bayern Futbol Club
NOW Urges Nomination of Sen. Debbie Stabenow as Secretary of Health and Human Services
With the withdrawal of Sen. Tom Daschle from consideration, the National Organization for Women urges President Barack Obama to nominate another strong and consistent advocate for universal health care to the position of Health and Human Services Secretary. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) has long... - February 05, 2009 - National Organization for Women
Properly Researching a Prospective Employer - Next Topic for Experts Connection Executive Career Teleseminar
Career Guru Ross Macpherson Shares Secrets to Uncovering Essential Information about Hiring Companies, and How to Apply It - February 05, 2009 - NETSHARE
Council for Entrepreneurial Development Releases Podcast on 18th Annual Biotech 2009 Conference
Joan Siefert Rose, president of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) (www.cednc.org), a private, nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurial efforts in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced the release of a podcast discussing CED’s Biotech 2009 conference... - February 05, 2009 - CED
NPSA Releases Preliminary Results of Industry Study
Industry-wide survey determines size and strength of portable storage industry. - February 05, 2009 - National Portable Storage Association
Feb and March at Shirat Shalom in Elgin
Some of Feb and March activities at Shirat Shalom in Elgin. New families welcome to visit. - February 05, 2009 - Congregation Shirat Shalom
PMRESTA is Pleased to Announce CPAP Training and Certification
Pennsylvania Department of Health EMS Information Bulletin - #060 reads in part, ". . . .The Statewide BLS Protocols are written to allow EMS practitioners who have the appropriate training to administer CPAP in accordance with BLS Protocols or medical command orders." - February 05, 2009 - Pocono Mountains Regional Emergency Services Training Academy
Ward Burton, NASCAR Great and “Full Throttle Conservationist,” to Appear at the 2009 Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show®
Avid Conservationist to meet fans and Discuss Environmental Issues. - February 05, 2009 - Ward Burton Enterprises
Diabetes Breakthrough May Lead to New Treatment for Children and Adults
A team of researchers from CureDM, Inc, in collaboration with the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) reported a ground breaking discovery with the potential to reverse type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In a paper published in Endocrine Practice, the leading peer-reviewed journal for... - February 05, 2009 - Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
N.C. Water Rights Committee Announces Raleigh City Councilor Nancy McFarlane as New President
The N.C. Water Rights Committee (www.ncwaterrights.org) has announced that Raleigh City Councilor Nancy McFarlane has been chosen as the new president of the organization. McFarlane replaces Keith Crisco, who has been named N.C. Secretary of Commerce by Gov. Beverly Perdue. McFarlane was elected... - February 05, 2009 - N.C. Water Rights Committee