We are very pleased to announce a new addition to our staff. Please help us in welcoming Victoria “Tori” Wong to ACE!

Tori will be interning with us this summer.

She has completed one year at the University of Mary Washington and will be

Two things today:

1) It's ACE's birthday! Eight years ago, the Alliance for Consumer Education was organized and has been doing great things ever since.

2) ACE was featured last week in Philly.com's article, "Surface Tension". Colleen Creighton was interviewed and provided information about germs in the home. Information about how to keep your home germ-free as well as products that can aid in eliminating pests were mentioned as well.

ACE's soon-to-be-launched Second Life house received publicity in last month's issue of Spray Technology & Marketing magazine. It can be found on the last page in the 'Spray Patterns' section.

The article reads:

For the second year in a row, ACE was invited to present at the Southern Aerosol Technical Association (SATA) spring meeting. The meeting was held in late March at the Marriott Perimeter Center in Atlanta, GA. This opportunity allowed ACE to share with those in attendance the latest activities going on in its Inhalant and Disease Prevention programs.

A new Poster Contest Co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the DEET Education Program in collaboration with The Weekly Reader.

The contest is open to 5th and 6th graders and asks the children to create a poster showing people how to fight the bite of mosquitoes and ticks. Mike Berenstain, co-author of the popular “Berenstain Bears” book series, will be among the judges for the contest. Deadline for submissions is April 4, 2008.

Congratulations to Queshia Bradley, ACE's Education Programs Coordinator, for graduating from the Project LEAP (Leaders Emerging through Ability and Potential) program last week.

ACE recently exhibited a booth at CADCA's 18th Annual National Leadership Forum at the Convention Center in Washington D.C. CADCA stands for Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America, and this was the largest training conference for community coalition activists and substance abuse professionals.

WJZ Channel 13 in Baltimore featured ACE in one of their news stories last night about the dangers of inhalants on the 11:00 PM news. It will air at several other times during this week, as well as being available on their web site for those not in the Baltimore area. This is great exposure for ACE and we hope to see more opportunities like this in the future.

Welcome to The Alliance for Consumer Education! This is just a test post, but hopefully we will be adding more content soon. Thanks for stopping by!

The CSPA Cleaning Products Division is helping to separate fact from fiction about what looks clean and what is clean with the launch of its new consumer website AboutCleaningProducts.com.