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Two women help dodge diabetes, in an eco-friendly way PEOPLE & PL ACES AGNES BLUM
Back in 2005, Anna Tiedeman Irwin and Elizabeth Kramer Dugan of Bethesda, both of
whom have brothers with type 1 diabetes, were looking for ways to raise money to help fight the disease. It was shortly after the 2004 Ben Stiller comedy “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” had come out and the film sparked an idea. “We thought, ‘Who really plays dodgeball?’” Irwin said. It turns out a lot of people. Fast forward eight years. Dodging Diabetes, the nonprofit the two women founded, raised $25,000 in its Dodging Diabetes Charity Dodgeball Tournament in Rockville in March. Thirty teams and 500 people participated and all proceeds went to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Joslin Diabetes Center. “We wanted to come up with an activity that was really inclusive and required no athletic ability,” Irwin said. But the event did more than raise money: It achieved silver certification from the Council for Responsible Sport, a nonprofit dedicated to independently verifying the sustainability of events. Dodging Diabetes shows how a small, charity fundraiser can reduce its environmental footprint and increase its social impact, while involving other small, local groups in the process, said Keith Peters, the council’s executive director. Here are some of the ways Dodging Diabetes earned its certification: • More than 90 percent of the waste generated from the event was diverted from landfills, and composting stations were used. • The trophies were made from recycled trophies. • The food was supplied by Peter’s Carryout of Bethesda using local ingredients.
Finalists named in Trawick art contest The Bethesda Urban Partnership has announced the finalists for the Trawick Prize, a contemporary art contest that is held annually at Gallery B at 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. The eight finalists’ work will be displayed in the studio from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 to 28. The annual juried competi-
Economic Development Inc. The entrepreneurs are vying for more than $23,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. Winners are expected to be announced Aug. 29. The public may vote for its favorite business pitches at capbiz.biz.
tion awards $14,000 in prizes to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition. Winners will be announced Sept. 6. The prize is named in honor of Bethesda philanthropist Carol Trawick. The public opening reception is from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 13 in conjunction with the monthly Bethesda Art Walk. The finalists are all artists from the Washington-Baltimore area, including one from Colesville and three from Washington.
Forums planned on insurance exchange
Croissants and watercress coming to Bethesda The gaping hole across from the Barnes & Noble store in downtown Bethesda, also known as Lot 31, is slated to host two new eateries: Paul Bakery and Chop’t Creative Salad Co. The shops will be among the retailers on the ground floor of the mixed-use development, which is scheduled to open in 2015. Paul is a family-owned French bakery chain that is popular throughout France and has seven locations in the U.S. Chop’t Creative Salad is a fast-food salad chain, similar to Fresh Greens, just up Bethesda Avenue. This will be the second Chop’t location in Bethesda, with the other in the Wildwood Shopping Center.
Motor vehicle office to be in Chevy Chase The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s mobile office will be at Friendship Heights Village from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. The mobile office, which will be at 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, provides all the services that are available at the agency’s express offices, such as driver’s license renewals, vehicle registrations, Maryland photo identifications, obtaining disability placards and returning tags. For more information, call 410-768-7000.
Councilman conducts night life survey Montgomery County Councilman Hans Riemer wants to know what county residents do at night — at least when they’re out and about in the county. On his blog, Riemer (DAt large) of Silver Spring has launched a survey to try to figure out what Montgomery County’s night-life needs are. He says it’s part of his effort, along with the county’s Night-
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Players compete in the eighth annual Dodging Diabetes Charity Dodgeball Tournament in March in Rockville. time Economy Task Force, to establish attractive, fun and safe options for nightlife in the county. The task force comprises members of the business, public safety, arts and entertainment communities, plus local and state officials. For more information on the task force, visit montgomerycountymd. gov/nighttimeeconomy/who. html. The survey can be found at http://ow.ly/nIeQZ
fifth in the U.S.; others are in Boston, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and New York City, with more than 40 locations in Australia, Israel, the Philippines and Singapore.
Blasting for project starts Wednesday
Sovereign Bank of Boston is changing its name on Oct. 17 to Santander Bank, to take on the name of its parent company. The change applies to all the 721 Sovereign Bank branches in the U.S., including the ones at 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda; 481 N. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg; and 17920 Georgia Ave., Olney.
Weather permitting, blasting at 8300 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, will start Wednesday. Blasting will occur only during the mid-day. The property, near Battery Lane, was once home to a Clarion Hotel, but in 2006 Houston developer Patrinely Group unveiled plans for a three-building luxury condominium complex to be called Trillium. Funding fell through and the site was then sold to StonebridgeCarras in March 2011 for $29 million. Now the property is slated to be a mixed-use building with retail on the first floor and apartments above.
Chocolate bar opens in Bethesda Row
Celebrate library’s 120th by reading 120 books
Max Brenner Chocolate Bar opened this month on Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda Row, and Montgomery County’s chocolate fanciers lined up to experience the renowned chocolatier’s dark, milk and white confections. The shop aims to provide a place where chocolate lovers can smell, see, taste and touch chocolate, according to a news release. It offers treats such as hot chocolate, syringes filled with a dripping chocolate potion that can be squirted directly into the mouth and a Chocolate Chunks Pizza slathered in melting milk and white chocolate and toasted marshmallows. This shop will be Brenner’s
All readers and “read-tome’ers” are invited to join in honoring the 120th birthday of one of the Washington area’s oldest public libraries, the Noyes Children’s Library in Kensington, by joining the library’s 120th Birthday Reading Club. Children can pick up a reading booklet to list the books they have read during 2013 at the library, at 10237 Carroll Place; or at one of several Kensington businesses, including Catch Can, The Growing Years, Hardware City, JennyCakes Bakery, Johnson’s Florist and Garden Center, Old Town Market, sub*urban trading co and Two Coconuts.
Sovereign Bank becomes Santander Bank
There will be an awards ceremony to celebrate the birthday and festivities Oct. 12 at the library and at Kensington Town Hall. Everyone is invited to participate. Readers may include any books read in 2013 in the reading log and, yes, it is fine to count books read multiple times. Siblings also may participate as a group, with each child adding books read to the family list. The birthday reading program is sponsored by the Noyes Children’s Library Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1991 to support the historic library, one of only a handful of public libraries just for children in the U.S. For more information or to download a 120th Birthday Reading Club log, visit www. noyeslibraryfoundation.org.
StartRight! competition semifinalists The top 10 semifinalists in this year’s StartRight! Women’s Business Plan competition include five Montgomery County entrepreneurs or teams: • Mona Hall McKenzie of Silver Spring, founder and CEO of Capital City Sweets and Treats. • Charyl Kollin of Bethesda, founder and CEO of Full Plate Ventures, dba Farm to Freezer. • Dana McFadden of Germantown, founder of Jai’s Dreams. • Kellee James of Silver Spring, founder and CEO of Mercaris. • Elizabeth Schwinn and Amy Byers of Bethesda, co-founders of ReaderRap. The women submitted business plans to the annual competition, which is run by the Maryland Women’s Business Center and Rockville
Montgomery County’s regional service centers and Department of Health and Human Services will hold a series of free community forums on the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Speakers will discuss the law’s impact on residents ages 18 to 64, including information about insurance coverage, preparing to enroll in the new insurance exchange starting Oct. 1 and potential financial assistance available through the Maryland Health Connection. All the forums will be 7-8:30 p.m. The schedule: • Monday, Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Plaza. • Aug. 21, East County Regional Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring. • Aug. 22, Upcounty Regional Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown. • Sept. 3, Mid-County Community Recreation Center, 2004 Queensguard Road, Silver Spring. • Sept. 5, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda Registration is not required.
New shop in Friendship Heights Nina McLemore Inc. has opened a store at the Shops at Wisconsin Place in Friendship Heights in Chevy Chase. McLemore, of Washington, D.C., designs clothing for professional women that are known for their bright colors and use of natural fabrics from Switzerland, Italy and England, according to a news release. This is the chain’s 12th store. Others in Maryland are in Easton and Chestertown. For more information, visit: www.ninamclemore.com.
DEATHS Mary Christine Colbert Mary Christine Colbert, 73, of North Bethesda, died Aug. 8, 2013. Thornton Funeral Home, P.A. of Indian Head handled the arrangements.
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