Business roundup: Weight Watchers events

Weight Watchers is holding two open houses this week at the South Rowan YMCA, 950 Kimball Road in China Grove.

The events will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The “beach party” themed open house will feature a Zumba demonstration, product samples, door prizes and a contest for the best flip-flops. Healthy refreshments will be served.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Eileen Hanson-Kelly at 704-855-8353.

Conversano new account executive at Miller Davis

Jane Conversano recently joined Miller Davis, Inc. as an account executive. She has more than 20 years of advertising and marketing experience in markets such as Atlanta, Charlotte, the Triad region and Concord.

She has served in the role of account manager, creative director, art director and graphic designer with ad agencies, TV stations and corporate communication departments.

She and her husband, Mark, owned an agency in Atlanta for four years. She also worked as a senior art director at Luquire George Andrews in Charlotte for 10 years and Barnhardt Day & Hines in Concord, working on accounts such as National Gypsum, Monsanto, the Charlotte Convention Center, the Arts and Science Council and Niblock Homes.

She is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a major in commercial design and communications. She lives in Concord with her husband and their two sons.

Sixth Philanthropy Conference set for Aug. 12

The sixth annual North Carolina Philanthropy Conference will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Embassy Suites Hotel Resort & Conference Center in Concord

Nonprofit executive directors, development officers, marketing and communication managers, support staff and volunteer leaders who raise money can expand their fundraising knowledge and learn new skills while networking with peers and industry leaders at the event presented by First Citizens.

Shannon Hinson is chair of the Philanthropy Conference. Simone Joyaux will present “Tough Talk About You and Your Board” and Tom Ahern will present “Love Thy Reader: The Science & Secrets of Effective Fundraising Communications.”

Visit www.ncphilanthropyconference to register. Cost is $129 for AFP members and $150 for nonmembers. Prices increase after July 31.

AFP Charlotte is a member-focused professional organization that advances philanthropy through education and training, promoting credentialing, providing resources, networking, mentoring, advocacy and recognition. For more information, contact Armen Boyajian, director of leadership giving for the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, at asboyajian@charlottediocese.org or call 704-370-3371.

Have Scissors Will Travel offering hair care

Joyce Orphanoudakis, who formerly ran Joyce’s Whistle Stop Salon in Spencer, is offering precision haircuts at the customer’s location through Have Scissors Will Travel.

She said customers such as doctors, lawyers, truckers, nursing home residents and shut-ins could benefit from her services — and she won’t have to pay high prices to rent a salon.

Orphanoudakis, 69, ran her shop in Spencer for five years and said even though the economy forced her to shut it down she’s still optimistic.

“I feel it was a success anyway,” she said.

For more information about Have Scissors Will Travel, call

704-239-4606.

Delhaize to sell seafood from sustainable sources

Delhaize America recently announced its banners — Hannaford, Sweetbay, Bottom Dollar Food, Food Lion, Bloom, Harveys and Reid’s — will operate under a new sustainable seafood sourcing program. The supermarkets will move to selling seafood from sources that are managed to sustain the availability of seafood for current and future generations.

The new seafood policy requires suppliers to verify that seafood is coming from sources managed for sustainability and encourages sourcing locally. The requirement applies to all seafood in the stores, including fresh, frozen and packaged fish and shellfish. All suppliers are required to be compliant with the program by March 31, 2011.

“We want our shoppers to have confidence that seafood they buy from us is from fisheries that are viable and maintained for the future,” said George Parmenter, a corporate responsibility manager for Delhaize America. “The health of fisheries is important to us as a retailer, both for the long-term product supply and for reducing the environmental impacts of products we sell. Our company is committed to operating responsibly, and our new program reinforces this commitment.”

The new sustainable seafood sourcing program was developed in partnership with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a nonprofit marine science center.

Professional designation for Edward Jones employee

Michael J. Hanzlik of the financial services firm Edward Jones in China Grove has achieved the professional designation of Accredited Asset Management Specialist.

Hanzlik successfully completed the Accredited Asset Management Specialist, or AAMS, Professional Education Program from the Denver-based College for Financial Planning.

Board’s survey finds financial concerns are greater now

A recent public opinion survey from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. found that Americans in search of answers about whether the economy will get worse before it gets better are turning to financial planners for help.

The CFP Board, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this past week, found from the survey that nearly two out of three Americans (65 percent) have financial concerns that are now much or somewhat greater than at the start of the financial crisis two years ago. The CFP Board has promoted efforts to have a fiduciary standard for all who provide investment advice included as part of the important financial regulatory reform.

Jason M. Shell, a certified financial planner with Raymond James in Salisbury, provided the survey results. He can be reached at 704-633-2714.

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