HIGHLAND

Edward Jones office supports toy drive

Local Edward Jones financial adviser Perry Scalzitti is supporting the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program by using his office, 9515 Indianapolis Blvd. Suite 3, as a drop-off location for the this year's drive.

Local residents may bring a new, unwrapped toy to the office during regular business hours.

For more information, call (219) 922-0767.

HAMMOND

Lake County visitors bureau changes name

The Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors has changed its name to the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority.

The South Shore brand is reflective of the area from Chicago to New Buffalo, Mich., and is the geographic region the authority markets to visitors and meeting and event planners.

The label South Shore stands as a nationally recognized term reinforced by the South Shore Line Railroad that runs from South Bend to Chicago and the popular South Shore Line Poster Series; both have existed for nearly century. Many other organizations in Northwest Indiana have adopted the brand "South Shore" in their name or tag line

The Authority's website has changed to www.southshorecva.com. The SSCVA's executive offices are located at 7770 Corinne Drive, inside the Indiana Welcome Center.

HAMMOND

PUC entrepreneurship group hosts networking event

The Purdue University Calumet student entrepreneurship organization, Purdue CEO, is observing Global Entrepreneurship Week by hosting a networking event intended for aspiring entrepreneurs on campus.

The "E & E Event—Entrepreneurship & Everyone" is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Student Union & Library's Calumet Falls. It is designed to connect entrepreneurial students with local business professionals.

More information is available at www.purdueceo.com or by contacting organization president Brandon Griffin at blgriffi@calumet.purdue.edu.

Griffin, of Schererville, and two other Purdue CEO members, Roshanda Payne ,of Merrillville, and Steven Foreman, of Crown Point, also attended the recent National Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization's Annual Conference in Chicago.