InfoCision's Huntington call center is having an open house job fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13. The teleservices company is looking to hire 50 salary positions to provide calling service for Verizon Wireless and the National Rifle Association, offering full benefits.

There will be open interviews, tours of the facility, snacks and beverages. For more information, contact Nicole Conley or Tracy Angle at 304-529-6800.

InfoCision is located on Hal Greer Boulevard, just off the entrance/exit ramp of Interstate 64. The Akron, Ohio, based business is the second largest privately held teleservice company, providing customer care services, commercial sales and marketing for a variety of Fortune 100 companies, smaller businesses and nonprofit, religious and political organizations. It operates 33 call centers at 13 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

BENNY'S CHEESESTEAK: With locations based in Huntington and the area of Columbus, Ohio, Benny's Cheesesteak is hosting a little friendly competition for the Marshall-Ohio State game on Thursday, Sept. 2, and donating some of the proceeds from sales that day to charity.

Both the Huntington and Dublin, Ohio, locations will give 20 percent of their proceeds from that day to a charity of choice, and the employees in the city of the team that loses that game will have to wear jerseys of the winning team the following day.

The Huntington store's proceeds will go to the Huntington City Mission, said local owner Marry Harris. Harris is a 1983 Marshall University graduate, and her restaurant is located in Pullman Square.

GARY ALLEN DESIGNS: Gary Allen Designs LLC hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at 1601 Winchester Ave. in Ashland. The business specializes in custom floral arrangements, gifts and accessories for the home, interior design work and event planning.

For more information about Gary Allen Designs, contact them at 606-325-0027.

McDONALD'S: McDonald's has announced its donations to schools throughout the Ohio Valley region during the 2009-10 school year. In total, McDonald's owner/operators of the Tri-State area donated $35,526 to local schools and students.

Schools that participated in McTeacher's Night fundraisers earned a total of $17,526 through their partnership with local restaurants. For that event, teachers and staff worked in the restaurants for a couple hours. Twenty schools in the Tri-State area were awarded Balanced, Active Lifestyles Grants for health and physical education programming. And individual honors were given to eight McDonald's employees in the form of $1,000 scholarships. Among the winners were: Meghan Hackney of Huntington and Cody Spears of Ashland, Ky.

Also, 41 schools in the region participated in the new Go Active with Ronald McDonald Walking Program. Students were encouraged to walk a minimum of a mile per week for six weeks. When students reached their goals, they were awarded with medals and certificates of achievement.

TECH CRAWL EAST: It would require a road trip, but area business people who want a chance to launch or expand a technology business, or who want to just hear 60-second pitches from other technology businesses on the East Coast, can drive to Baltimore for Tech Crawl East. The event is planned for 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, on the first floor of the new Morgan Stanley building in Fells Point, overlooking Baltimore Harbor. The event is pitched as a great way to reach potential investors and stay tuned into which tech companies are developing new and exciting products.

According to the Tech Crawl website, this year's crawl is the result of the MD Tech Crawl held in 2009, where more than 20 early stage tech companies presented 60-second pitches to close to 200 attendees. Investors, media and members of the technology community reported having enjoyed their chance to learn about all of the companies present in just a few hours. For more information or to register, go to http://techcrawleast.com.

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