MARCH 9, 2011
More Birthdays = Relay for Life of Doral
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elay for life is the American Cancer Society’s annual fundraiser. It is an overnight, community event where enterprises, small businesses, associations, and others, form teams to raise money. Each team camps out and walks throughout the night, enjoying live entertainment, food, fun and camaraderie. Cancer survivors are the shining stars of Relay for Life. The event is a tribute to these brave survivors during which we celebrate their courage in the fight! Relay For Life events are held in over 5,000 communities throughout the country. Last year it raised more than $160 million for research, education, advocacy and patient services to help find a cure for cancer. This is the 9th year the City of Doral participates in Relay for Life. Last year, the Doral teams raised estimated $120,000, making Doral one of the top fund-raising events in Miami-Dade County. This year, the City of Doral’s honorary Chairman is Vice-Mayor Mike DiPietro. The Doral Business Council (DBC) has been participating in
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DBC Signature Breakfasts With A Twist
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pril and May will give Doral Business Council (DBC) members and all who attend the DBC Signature breakfasts something to talk about around the water cooler, at home, and in the community. At the April Signature breakfast, which will be held on Tuesday, April 12, attendees will get to see our upcoming professionals in action. For the 4th year in a row, the Education Committee will work with students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools to host, MC, and run the breakfast giving them an opportunity to showcase their abilities as future leaders. Who better than Dr. Eduardo Padron to deliver the keynote address? Arlene Martinez - DBC Education Committee Chair Andres Garganta - DBC International Business Chair Dr. Padron will provide the audience with engaging information about the role today’s business leaders play in viewed through the unique perspective complementary of the WorldCity Trade Numbers guide, a $99.00 value. education and how to get involved with of South Florida experts. Andres Garganta of AXA Advisors our youths. The panel discussion will feature The education committee is as panelist the top logistical minds in is at the helm of the International chaired by Arlene Martinez of Miami- the research, political, and private sec- Committee and together with Jim Dade County Public Schools. Arlene tors. The breakfast will be co-hosted Giustini and the other members of and her committee have been instru- by WorldCity a media based com- the committee; they are working hard mental in helping to develop programs pany focused on the globalization of developing programs to attract and for DBC members to work with Miami- local economies. Leading the discus- engage international, import/export, Dade Public School students and is sion as moderator will be Ken Roberts, logistics, and other like businesses. Both DBC Signature Breakfasts will the creator of the “Education“ April President and CEO of WorldCity. The Signature Breakfast. discussion will be a special edition of the be held at the Intercontinental at Doral The following month, the May 10th, DBC Signature Breakfast and Miami, starting at 7:30 a.m. for netInternational Committee will host a it will be an extended session conclud- working. Sponsorship opportunities are panel discussion that will focus on criti- ing at 9:30 a.m. There will be a $20.00 available. Space is limited, so RSVPs are cally examining Doral’s role as logisti- registration fee for members and $40.00 required. For more information or to cal center for international trade in for non-members. As an added value, register for these events, please call the comparison to global counterparts, as attendees will receive, hot off the press, a DBC office at 305-470-9795.