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Networking Mixer. Hosted by the Mount Vernon Health & Racquet Club, 7950 Audubon Ave., Alexandria. 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30. Refreshments, door prizes, networking and a sampling of the racquet club's activities. For more information, call the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce at 703-360-6925.
Tribute to the Alexandria Small Business Development Center. Wines, food and art to celebrate the accomplishments and future of Alexandria's small business community. 5:30-7:30 p.m., on Oct. 6, at Gadsby's Tavern Ballroom, 134 N. Royal St. Tickets $100 per person. For more information, call the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce at 703-549-1000.
The Alexandria Business and Professional Women Meeting. Tuesday, Oct. 12, featuring a panel of women's speakers share how they dealt with the glass ceilings in their lives in honor of National Business Women's Week. The event will be held at the Eisenhower Avenue Holiday Inn at 6:30 p.m. For information and reservations, call 703-765-1965.
The Bush Administration recently announced a $3 million dollar national campaign to educate consumers on how to avoid becoming victims of predatory lending when purchasing HUD homes. North American Management, a diversified service firm based in Alexandria, was awarded the one-year contract. The bilingual advertising campaign is slated for 20 cities where HUD has a significant number of homes and where the department knows predatory lending tactics are used. HUD expects the first newspaper ads to start appearing this fall.
Fishbowl, a full-service marketing company for the hospitality industry, based in Alexandria, is rolling out its new Membership Enrollment Kiosk throughout the 64-unit Steak and Ale Restaurant chain. Fishbowl's enrollment kiosk enables Steak and Ale to enroll diners in its Preferred Guest List using an easy-to-use kiosk. Guests join the list by entering their contact information into data collection touch screen. For more information on Fishbowl, e-mail info@fishbowl.com, visit www.fishbowl.com or call 703-836-3421 ext. 104.
The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) has moved its headquarters from 1555 King St. to 400 N. Columbus St., Suite 202, Alexandria, VA 22314. All contact information remains the same: Telephone, 703-706-4600; Fax, 703-706-4663; and e-mail address, staff@aafcs.org. AAFCS plans to occupy the new space for two years, until it relocates permanently to Knoxville, Tenn., in August 2006. The contemplated move away from the greater-D.C. region is the first in the organization’s 95-year history. Originally founded in 1909 as the American Home Economics Association (AHEA), the organization was located in Washington, D.C., until its 1989 purchase of the building on King Street in Alexandria, where it was headquartered until now.
The Alexandria-based American Geological Institute has announced that the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography was unanimously approved by the AGI Member Society Council, as the federation’s 43rd member society. Since 1948, ASLO has been a premier organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science. For more information about AGI, visit http://www.agiweb.org.
Manor Care Alexandria recently became one of only 108 long-term care facilities to win a National Quality Award given by the American Health Care Association for demonstrating strong commitment to quality improvement. The facility is owned and operated by HCR Manor Care.
Alexandria Business and Professional Women, working to achieve equity for women in the professional workplace, meets on the second Tuesday of the month from September to May at 7 p.m., at the Eisenhower Ave. Holiday Inn. For more information, call 703-765-1965.