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Fairfax County,
Virginia, June 11-13, 2004 – For the
third year in a row, CIDI joined hundreds of exhibitors
and thousands of visitors at the Fairfax County Government Center
their annual "Celebrate Fairfax" Festival – Virginia’s only music,
entertainment and tech festival. This unique festival is the most
anticipated annual event in Fairfax County, a community of more
than one million residents. It was quite aptly advertised as
"The Best Ticket in Town!"
More than 80,000 attendees came to the Festival for three days of
music, food, fun and educational programs as diverse as the
populations they represented. The Business Expo was centrally
located and visitors passed through en route to other events.
The mix of multi-cultural vendors, educational exhibitors and
displays easily captured their attention. For example, visitors
to the Caribbean foods booth, stopped at CIDI’s presentation to
discuss and learn about appropriate disaster response for the
hurricane season. Many visitors signed up for volunteer training.
Also, recent events in Haiti and the Dominican Republic were
subjects of interest to the visitors.
Attendees will go back to their families, communities, workplaces
and places of worship to share what they have learned about how
individuals, groups and corporations can provide the best assistance
to victims of disaster around the globe.
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