Local Business Owners To Talk Philanthropy At Kickoff Event

Community Profits MontgomeryCommunity Profits Montgomery, an organization created by Bethesda Magazine and a local communications firm, will kickoff its effort to encourage philanthropy from area business owners at an event next week in Bethesda.

The panel discussion, called Dollars & Change, will look into how Montgomery County businesses are giving back and the state of need in the county today.

The event will take place on May 23 at the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce with Honest Tea founder and CEO Seth Goldman, Bethesda attorney Nancy Fax and Bethesda Magazine editor-in-chief and publisher Steve Hull, who helped found Community Profits Montgomery last year.

Silver Spring-based communications pro Carrie Fox and Hull put together the group with the goal to provide more positive recognition to local companies that give back, with the thinking those efforts would provide motivation for more philanthropy.

Members of the organization must contribute at least two percent (with a minimum of $5,000) of their operating income to charitable organizations supporting Montgomery County.

The event next week will offer examples of charity efforts and pro bono support that area companies are offering.

For more information on the group, visit its website.

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