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A networking breakfast sponsored by the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce will be held 7:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. today at Eggspectation, 923 Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring. Members pay $30 at the door; nonmembers pay $50 at the door. Call 301-565-3777.
A business after-hours sponsored the Silver Spring chamber will be held 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Maryland Chiropractic & Rehabilitation, 8505 Fenton St., Suite 204, Silver Spring. Chamber members admitted free; nonmembers pay $40. Call 301-565-3777 to register by Oct. 20.
Nomination sought
for awards
The Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County is seeking nominations for its Mary C. Jackson "Good Works, Done Well" Award that is given to an employee or volunteer at a nonprofit agency who is committed to helping the disadvantaged. An additional award will be given this year to an agency or organization that has sought to improve the lives and health care of low-income, uninsured county residents.
The awards will be presented Dec. 3 at the coalition's annual meeting.
Nominations should be no longer than one page and must be submitted by Nov. 19. Elected officials are not eligible and self-nominations will not be considered.
E-mail nominations to Marilyn_wetterhahn@primarycarecoalition.org, fax to 301-608-2384 or mail to Primary Care Coalition, attention Marilyn Wetterhahn, 8757 Georgia Ave., 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For more information, call Wetterhahn at 301-628-3416.
DB Consulting scores
IT deal from HUD
DB Consulting Group of Silver Spring has won a five-year contract to support the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Neighborhood Networks Initiative. The contract is worth up to $36 million.
Created in 1995, Neighborhood Networks, with 1,500 program centers, promotes self-sufficiency and providing technology access to residents in Federal Housing Administration-insured and -assisted communities.
DB consulting, with subcontractor and team member Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, will provide IT services, including maintaining and developing the program's Web site and databases.
Columbia Lighthouse
to train visually impaired, blind veterans
Workforce One Maryland, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division of Workforce Development awarded Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind $100, 000 to support its new initiative, "Workforce Development Program for Visually Impaired and Blind Veterans in BRAC-Impacted Regions in Maryland."
The effort will address the needs of all returning soldiers and veterans who are or have become visually impaired or blind in the Washington, D.C., area and at the BRAC-impacted military installations, including Walter Reed, NNMC, Andrews, Pax River and Ft. Belvoir.
Currently, the estimated number of veterans who are visually impaired and blind in Baltimore, Washington and Martinsburg is 4,600. The $100,000 will be spent to provide assistance to the veterans who are visually impaired and blind seeking employment. Columbia Lighthouse will work with each veteran to provide workforce development training to ensure that they are job-ready for either military positions or positions outside of the military.
Commission on women hosts events
The Montgomery County Commission on Women, Counseling and Career Center will hold a series of seminars for women this month at the center, 401 N. Washington St., Suite 100, Rockville. Call 240-777-8300 for more information.
Silver Spring man named Fellow of Marine Technology Society
Silver Spring resident Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, assistant administrator for research at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, was honored with the title of Fellow of the Marine Technology Society during the society's annual awards luncheon in September.
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