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A networking breakfast sponsored by the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce will be held from 7:30 to 9:15 a.m. July 8 at Eggspectation, 923 Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring. The officer of the quarter will be announced at the event. Cost is $20 for members, $40 for nonmembers; cost goes up $10 at the door. RSVP by Monday by calling 301-565-3777.

A business after-hours will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. July 22 at Long & Foster Realtors, 8701 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. The event is free for members, $40 for nonmembers. RSVP by July 20 by calling 301-565-3777.

Nonprofit seeks businesses

to help with school supply drive

The Housing Opportunities Community Partners, a nonprofit affiliated with the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, is looking for local businesses willing to place collection boxes for school supply donations in their stores or offices for six weeks this summer, as the organization launches a supply drive.

The supplies collected during the drive, which will begin on July 6 and continue through Aug. 14, will help children and teens living in subsidized housing return to school well prepared, supplied with notebooks, backpacks, pens and other supplies.

Last year, the organization was able to send nearly 2,000 Montgomery County students back to school well prepared, many with new backpacks full of supplies.

For more information, call Stephanie Semones, special events coordinator, at 301-355-7399, or visit www.hocommunitypartners.org/

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Real estate group donates $16,000 to Children's Hospital

The John Burgess Real Estate Group with Realty Executives Premier of Burtonsville donated $16,000 to Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., recently at its eighth-annual Family Fun Night at the Ballpark out at Bowie Baysox stadium

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