GET READY for a jungle boogie with some real funky monkeys at the second FONZ Young Professional Event of the summer, next Thursday, August 21st, from 6:00-9:00pm!

Spend a funk-adelic evening at the Great Ape exhibit jiving to the sounds of a live band and enjoying fabulous food catered by Equinox. Zookeepers will also be on hand to provide information about some of the grooviest primates at the zoo. Don't miss it!

Click here to buy tickets ($5 in advance for FONZ YP members [$8 for non-members] and $8 at the door for FONZ YP members [$10 at the door for non-members]).

FONZ membership and participation in Friends of the National Zoo events helps support the education, conservation and research projects of the Smithsonian National Zoo. 2003 proceeds are helping to fund a National Zoo project to conserve the rare cats of Thailand, including the clouded leopard, the tiger, the fishing cat, the golden cat, and the marbled cat.

Click here for a recent Washington Post review of FONZ.

Stay tuned for details about the "I Get A Kick Out of Shrew" happy hour, the final FONZ YP event of the summer, scheduled for September 18th.
 
 

PLACE YOUR BETS! On Friday, October 17th, 2003, the Greater DC Cares Social Circle will host the fourth annual White and Blackjack Ball—a spectacular night of food, drink, music, dancing, and casino games in the atrium of the International Monetary Fund in downtown Washington.

Social Circle guests, most of whom are young professionals between the ages 25-45, will spend the evening coaxing Lady Luck to smile upon them at the gaming tables, later using their winnings to bid for fabulous prizes at the live and silent auctions.

Previous auction packages have included a Mercedes lease, premier skybox sports packages and dinner with celebrities. To up the ante for your entertainment, you'll find VIP and celebrity dealers from the international community, local businesses and organizations, and the media.

Everyone is a winner because the White and Blackjack Ball supports Greater DC Cares volunteer programs that strengthen our entire community. Over 500 guests will attend this year's Ball for a night of dining, dancing and revelry, all to support the work of Greater DC Cares!

Contact Michael Leurdijk for more information.
 
 

STAY TUNED here for information about upcoming SCP events or ask one of our past event committee hosts. Plans are underway now for Fall and Winter 2003 and will be announced soon. If you have feedback or ideas for us to consider about New Year's Eve or other events, please send an e-mail to John Fedewa.
 
 

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Past New Year's Eve parties have been held at the Willard Inter-Continental Washington, the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City, Union Station, the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Hotel Washington Rooftop Terrace and Ballroom, and the McLean Gardens Ballroom. Other SCP events have been held at the University Club, Carpool, Rock Bottom Ballston, Mike Baker’s, Gaffney's, Hotel Washington, Starboard (Dewey Beach), Thompsons Boat House, Gordon Biersch, Rhodeside Grill, Music City Roadhouse, King Pepper, Tortilla Coast, Head's, Clarendon Grill, Sequoia, the Dubliner, Ozio, and the Center Cafe at Union Station. The SCP is a 501(c)(7) non-profit, non-stock Virginia corporation and SCP event proceeds benefit charity. For further information, click here.

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