C.FOX COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES IN 2012 IT AWARD
Silver Spring, MD – (February 1, 2012) – Starting today, C.Fox Communications is accepting applications for its third annual inspired thought Award (the it Award): up to $30,000 worth of pro bono public relations services for the most worthy applicant.

 

TRAVEL LIGHT, TRAVEL RIGHT WITH TRAVALO THIS SUMMER
Bethesda, MD – (May 25, 2011) – Jet setters and beauty mavens who lacked an easy way to take their favorite scent on the go will now be able to leave bulky fragrance bottles at home thanks to Travalo.  Travalo is a refillable perfume and cologne atomizer, and the perfect travel companion.

 

GREATER WASHINGTON D.C.'S TOP 'GREEN' NEIGHBORHOODS UNVEILED BY MRIS
Rockville, MD  – April 21, 2011 – As Americans widely embrace the “green revolution”, residents of the greater D.C. area interested in eco-friendly living should check out the newly released Top Green Neighborhood list published by MRIS, the nation’s largest multiple listings service (MLS) which offers nearly 75,000 local homes listings via its consumer website, Homesdatabase.com.

 

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AND C.FOX COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCH GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC – (March 23, 2011) – Graduate students currently enrolled in the American University School of Communication will gain access to a new level of experience starting this September, thanks to the university’s newest fellowship in Public Communications, developed in partnership with award-winning PR and Marketing agency C.Fox Communications.

THIS FEBRUARY, FIND RELIEF IN THE HEART-HEALTHY BENEFITS OF MASSAGE
Washington, DC – (February 10, 2011) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, which makes February the perfect time to focus not just on candy hearts, but also healthy hearts. The experts at Massage Envy DC-MD-NoVA are doing just that by explaining the healthy heart benefits of regular massage therapy.

 

2011 BEGINS WITH A JUMP IN PENDING SALES FOR WASHINGTON, DC METRO AREA
Rockville, MD – (February 10, 2011) – According to data released today by RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), an MRIS company, there was a pronounced increase of 31% in pending sales in the January 2011 Washington, DC metro area housing market. The RBI Pending Home Sales IndexTM [Washington, DC Metro Area], is a two-year moving window on the housing market using pending sales and median sold price. The results include pending sales through and including January 2011. The market area includes: Washington, DC, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Fairfax City, and Falls Church City.

 

AIDS UNITED ANNOUNCES 10 NEW ACCESS TO CARE (A2C) PROGRAMS
SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND
Washington, D.C. – February 4, 2011 – Thousands of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in low-income and/or rural areas will now receive local, high quality care, thanks to new grants awarded by AIDS United for its Access to Care (A2C) initiative. The awards, supported by a grant from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF), will help fund the development of 10 innovative community-based programs to improve the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS. Each grant represents a collaboration of multiple organizations in each community. 

 

AIDS UNITED LAUNCHES NEW ENDURANCE TRAINING PROGRAM TO
SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS
WASHINGTON, D.C.  February 1, 2011 – AIDS United has officially launched TEAM TO END AIDS, a new endurance training program for all levels of athletes that includes marathon and half marathon coaching. Beginners and experienced athletes can register today at: www.T2EA.com.

 

BELLA BETHESDA SALON NAMED A FASTEST-GROWING SALON BY SALON TODAY MAGAZINE
Bethesda, MD (January 18, 2011) — Bella Bethesda Salon was recently named to SALON TODAY 200 by SALON TODAY, a leading business magazine for salon and spa owners. This month’s issue marks the 14th annual SALON TODAY 200 which honors growth and best practices of 200 salons across North America. This was Bella Bethesda’s first year of eligibility.

 

RBI RELEASES NEW WASHINGTON, DC METRO AREA MARKET INDEX HIGHLIGHTING PENDING SALES
Rockville, MD - (January 13, 2011) – RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), an MRIS company, launched its inaugural RBI Pending Home Sales Index™ [Washington, DC Metro Area], a two-year moving window on the housing market tracking pending sales and average sales prices. The results include pending sales from December 2008 through and including December 2010 in order to provide a robust scope of the local market starting at the first major dip in the current cycle. 

 

C.FOX COMMUNICATIONS TO OFFER $30,000 IN PRO BONO PR AND MARKETING SERVICES THROUGH ANNUAL INSPIRED THOUGHT AWARD
SILVER SPRING, MD (January 4, 2011)– With the new year comes a renewed focus on being better. For businesses and organizations it’s a time to take a new look at old challenges and recommit to seizing opportunities with a fresh perspective – if only those opportunities came along with more time and a larger budget.

 

MRIS CEO NAMED ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL REAL ESTATE LEADERS OF 2010
Rockville, MD (December 20, 2010) – Some people play the game, while others change it. In real estate, one of those game-changers is David C. Charron, president and CEO of MRIS, who has been named to the Inman 100 by leading real estate industry publication Inman News. The Inman annual list of the most influential people in real estate recognizes power brokers, thought leaders, and visionaries who influence the real estate industry with their words, actions, insight, and innovations.

 

BALTIMORE WASHINGTON AREA HOUSING RETURNS TO SEASONAL NORM
Rockville, MD - (December 10, 2010) - RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), an MRIS company, released the latest market data on the Baltimore Washington metro housing market today showing an encouraging pattern of stability in pricing while a downward trend is emerging in sales activity. Specifically, the median home price in the MRIS market has remained constant over the last three months indicating overall strength in the regional housing market.

 

CHF INTERNATIONAL EARNS THIRD CONSECUTIVE FOUR STAR RATING FROM CHARITY NAVIGATOR
Silver Spring, MD – (December 8, 2010) – Based on transparency, accountability, and effectiveness, CHF International has been awarded Charity Navigator’s coveted Four Star rating, the highest ranking for nonprofits, for the third consecutive year. Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating each year the financial health of over 5,500 of America's largest charities.

 

MRIS RELEASES MAJOR UPGRADE TO ENHANCE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL’S TOOL KIT
Rockville, MD – December 6, 2010 – MRIS believes in providing tools that evolve with the rapidly changing real estate market. The company’s core service offering, Matrix, is an online portal designed for real estate agents as a one-stop shop for information and resources allowing agents to help customers more efficiently and effectively.

 

AGING IN PLACE MONITORING DEVICE - SONAMBA™ TO EXHIBIT AT LAS VEGAS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Durham, NC (December 1, 2010) – Sonamba, a wellbeing monitor system from pomdevices, LLC, is exhibiting at CES Unveiled on January 4, 2011 and at the 2011 International CES from January 6-9. Both Las Vegas based events are hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).

 

Leading National AIDS Organizations Merge to Form AIDS United
Washington, DC (November 22, 2010) - Today, the National AIDS Fund (NAF) and AIDS Action announced details of a merger that will create a stronger national organization in the fight against HIV/AIDS, called AIDS United. Mark Ishaug, current President and CEO of AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC), will assume the helm of AIDS United in early 2011, when the new organization officially launches.

 

Bella Bethesda Salon To Host “Hair & Now” Hair Show To Benefit D.C. Women’s Shelter
Bethesda, MD (November 9, 2010) — It is often said that ‘history repeats itself’ and on Thursday, November 11 Bella Bethesda Salon will showcase the stylings of its talented staff to prove just that. Hair & Now, a unique hair show, will feature the popular everyday styles of men, women and brides spanning the Roaring Twenties to the 21st century to demonstrate how throwbacks of the past influence the looks of today.

 

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurs in Liberia Awarded Opportunity to Further Business Development Skills
BATON ROUGE, LA, October 26 – Three budding businesswomen, all participants in the 10,000 Women Certificate Program for Entrepreneurs in Liberia, funded by Goldman Sachs and The Goldman Sachs Foundation and implemented by CHF International, were awarded the opportunity to travel to the United States for a six-week business training course at Southern University, in Louisiana. They arrived September 13 and concluded the program this past weekend, where they learned about the operations of successful American businesses and interacted with business owners via job shadowing and mentoring.

 

MRIS Launches $25,000 Real Estate Innovation Challenge To Improve Home Buying Process
Rockville, MD (October 19, 2010) – MRIS, a leading national real estate information and technology firm, has launched an incentive competition to find the next generation of applications that can help professional real estate agents better meet their client's needs. The goal of the $25,000 MRIS Real Estate Innovation Challenge is to inspire breakthrough technologies in the form of new desktop, mobile, or web applications that will measurably improve the way home buyers and sellers work with professional real estate agents.

 

Gelberg Signs Broadens Services; Rebrands as the Gelberg Companies
Washington, D.C. (October 18, 2010) — Gelberg Signs, one of the mid‐Atlantic region’s leading sign companies, today announced an expansion of its core business into four separate business units: Gelberg Signs, Gelberg Signs Express, GSI Specialties and Project Go Greenlight.  All business units will operate under a new umbrella name of: the Gelberg Companies.

 

Washington Metropolitan Housing Market May Show Signs of Recovery, Though Soft Pockets Remain
Rockville, MD (October 8, 2010) RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), an MRIS, Inc. company, today released its September 2010 housing market statistics, which show continued recovery when comparing home sales against this time last year, especially in large population centers such as Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, MD and Fairfax County, VA.

 

CHF International and Caterpillar Named Finalists in U.S. Chamber of Commerce Corporate Citizenship Award
Silver Spring, MD (October 5, 2010) CHF International, the Silver Spring-MD based international development and humanitarian assistance organization, with its private sector partner Caterpillar, today announced it has been selected as one of four finalists in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic and Leadership Center (BCLC) Corporate Citizenship Awards. The prestigious award, now in its 11th year, recognizes leading companies and their nonprofit partners. You can vote for them here.

 

Three Teams Awarded Share of $10 Million Purse in Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE for Super Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2010) The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, and Progressive Insurance, the country’s fourth largest auto insurance group, today, at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., awarded $10 million to three teams who successfully completed the rigorous Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. The winning teams—Edison2 of Lynchburg, Virginia; X-Tracer of Winterthur, Switzerland; and Li-ion Motors Corp. of Mooresville, North Carolina—emerged from an original field of 111 competing teams, representing 136 vehicle entries from around the world. The winning vehicles were showcased to an audience of auto industry, business and government leaders. Each of the winning teams was also presented with a towering bronze trophy designed by Harry Winston, Inc.

CEA Announces Finalists for i-stage Competition
One of our clients, pomdevices with their new product Sonamba, was selected as 1 of 9 finalists for i-stage. i-stage is a live event to unveil the next powerhouse technology products, services and apps - the winner will get over $40,000. It is a pre-event for the 2011 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow and CEA’s flagship event.

 

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Award up to $10 Million on September 16 in Washington, D.C. Ceremony
Washington, D.C. (September 4, 2010) Progressive Insurance, the country’s fourth largest auto insurance group, and The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, will announce the winners of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE at a special awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Up to $10 million will be awarded to as many as three teams that proved their entry vehicle could meet the competition’s strictest requirements, including the ability to achieve 100 miles per gallon or the energy equivalent (MPGe) and to survive grueling real-world safety, efficiency, emissions, durability and range tests.