GREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

ANNOUNCES NINTH ANNUAL NOVO AWARD FINALISTS

MIAMI, FL, March 31, 2010 -- The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Business Committee will present the ninth annual NOVO Awards on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Jungle Island during the Chamber’s monthly Trustee Luncheon.

The NOVO Awards honor nonprofit business innovative excellence in two categories – nonprofits with a budget of $2 million and above and those with a budget of less than $2 million.

In the $2 million and above budget category, the NOVO Award finalists are: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami, Inc. School to Work; Community Smiles Improving Smiles; and United HomeCare Services TeleHealth Monitoring Services.

In the under $2 million budget category, the NOVO Award finalists are: Human Services Coalition The Prosperity Campaign; Overtown Youth Center, Inc. Youth Development Program; and PanZOu Project, Inc. Gang Prevention and Intervention Program.

The 2010 NOVO Awards were made possible by Gold Sponsors: Compuquip Technologies, Inc. and Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company; Award Sponsors: Health Foundation of South Florida and Tropical Financial Credit Union; and Supporting Sponsor: Terremark Worldwide.

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About the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is an association of businesses and professions organized to create economic progress in Miami-Dade County. To carry out its mission, the Chamber serves as the voice of business enterprise and involves the private sector in community leadership. For more than 100 years, the Chamber is widely recognized and respected for its extraordinary record of economic development and community improvement.

The Greater Miami Chamber is an activist chamber. Its program of work is organized in five areas: Advocacy, Domestic Business Development, International Business Development, Leadership Programs and Marketing & Member Services. The Chamber has an award-winning website, www.MiamiChamber.com; holds the license to the Miami Free Trade Zone, Inc.; and is widely recognized as one of the Top 10 Executive Speaking Forums in America.