National News

BETHESDA, Md. /New York Netwire/ -- The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO), a national 501(c)3 non-profit, is now accepting applications for the I'm First Scholarship, a $2,000 four-year renewable scholarship for matriculating first-generation college students.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 29, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Adherents of the 'shop local' movement are becoming more discriminating. Cleveland's consumers are no exception, and they are driving demand for their local retailers to carry Vivesan(TM) and Vivebloom(TM) cleaning products. Waterstone Ventures LLP, the makers of the 100 percent carcinogen-free products, announced today that their cleaners will be sold in over 20 local grocery stores.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- Tickets are now available for the World Savvy Gala 2013 on April 11 at the Dogpatch WineWorks in San Francisco. With the mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, World Savvy is a nonprofit organization serving youth and educators nationally from offices in San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 28, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ProSource, the tri-state leader in office technology and business solutions, today announced the acquisition of Infitech, a managed network services provider for small and medium sized businesses. The acquisition of Infitech expands ProSource's office technology solutions to include a full-range of IT offerings.

HOUSTON, Texas, March 27, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Move For Hunger announces that from April 1-15, 2013, Victory Packaging is holding its First Annual Victory Cup Nationwide Food Drive. As the largest packaging material distributor in North America, Victory has offices in 24 states across the country. For two weeks, these offices will compete to see which can donate the largest amount of non-perishable food items to its local food bank.

BOONTON, N.J., March 27, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The $35 billion U.S. private line services market is expected to decline one percent annually over the next five years, as the shift to packet-based services offsets demand for higher bandwidth private lines, says a market analysis study from Insight Research.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 26, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, saw an unprecedented period of record month-over-month volume in 2012. In addition, the firm also experienced increased demand for its initial disclosure services.

ASPEN, Colo., March 25, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Cameron/Baxter Books announces the worldwide launch of the paradigm-shifting book 'THE TRUST FREQUENCY: 10 Assumptions for a New Paradigm' (ISBN: 978-0-988747-1-3) at Explore Booksellers in Aspen, Colorado, March 29 at 5:30 p.m. Sally A. Ranney, visionary environmental leader and author of the foreword to the book, will speak on the need for fundamental, whole-systems change to enable global-level collaboration for solving climate change.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 22, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- At Lakewood College we understand the importance of our students not only completing their program but then getting out into the real world and putting all their hard work into action. We want to bring to them the people that know how to help them get the career they want.

FAIRFAX, Va., March 21, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Preparations are underway for the third annual Run for the Children, hosted by Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Made possible through a generous partnership grant from the Verizon Foundation and other local corporations, the run takes place on May 4 in historic Fairfax City.

BOULDER, Colo. /New York Netwire/ -- TeamSnap, a fast growing sports management SaaS and mobile app, announces a list of local organizations using its Club and League Solution that now includes the Boulder Panthers Basketball Club of Boulder, Colo. TeamSnap climbed into iTunes' top 40 free sports apps list this month while the club continues to use it as a tool to help grow the sport of basketball.

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. /New York Netwire/ -- HVS Capital Corp has been exclusively appointed to sell the Lodge and Spa at Breckenridge in Colorado, a 45-room Lodge that has been lauded by Conde Nast, Expedia and Fodor's. The Lodge features one of the best views in Breckenridge and has convenient access to the historic downtown and ski resort.

ARDEN, N.C. /New York Netwire/ -- Aging in place shouldn't be a mystery. Ten years ago, dynamic female entrepreneur Lana Wilde started her business, Mountain Home Care, in the basement of the family home with one client, one caregiver, and a commitment to meet the needs of families who take care of their loved ones in times of extended illness.

MARSHALL, Mo. /New York Netwire/ -- Today, the Missouri Valley Community Action Agency (MVCAA) is pleased to announce the fourth MADE in Missouri State Entrepreneurship Competition. The 2013 competition encourages new and aspiring business through a competitive, educational and technical business development process. Grants are awarded to competition winners for startup costs or operating capital.

CINCINNATI, Ohio /New York Netwire/ -- ProSource, the tri-state leader in business solutions for copying, printing and document automation, announce the addition of Sean Sullins to its executive leadership team as VP of New Market Development.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /New York Netwire/ -- ElectionMall, Inc. CEO Ravi Singh is excited to speak at CPAC 2013. A first-time speaker at CPAC, Mr. Singh will serve on two panels. One of which is 'Back to the Future: High Tech-High Touch - Cool Tools.' This will focus on the abilities of campaigns and organizations to reach out to constituents, supporters and voters in a technology focused age.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /New York Netwire/ -- Today, Publishers Newswire (PNW), an online resource established in 2004 for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has announced its latest semi-annual 'Books to Bookmark' list. This is a round-up of 10 new and recent books from Q4/2012 and Q1/2013 which may have been missed due to not originating from major New York book publishing houses, or 'big name' writers.

PLANO, Texas /New York Netwire/ -- TACPA (The Texas Association of CPAs), supports effort to reduce burdensome regulations in the state. Texas Representative Phil Stephenson, CPA, recently filed two bills affecting CPAs and small businesses: The first bill, H.B. 1756, exempts from the state's mandatory peer review program, CPAs who only prepare financial statements for small businesses.

CINCINNATI, Ohio /New York Netwire/ -- ProSource, the tri-state leader in business solutions for copying, printing, automation and improving mission critical business processes, is pleased to announce the addition of Kathryn Kendell to its executive team as VP, Marketing.

KIRKLAND, Wash. /New York Netwire/ -- Tax time may be a good time to move your decision about long-term care insurance to the front burner, because the premiums of many policyholders may be subsidized by tax deductions or credits. So says Denise Gott, National Sales Manager of LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of America's most experienced long-term care insurance agencies.