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Sharon Aupperle, realtor for ERA Advantage in Port Charlotte, has returned from Haiti where she worked as a volunteer in medical clinics serving impoverished people.

Dr. Barrett Ross Ginsberg of Eye Centers of Florida has completed the American Board of Ophthalmology Certification Process and is now a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Bonnie Clark, manager of Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, has been elected to the board of directors of Collier County's American Cancer Society unit.

Rodney Barreto, of the Barreto Group real estate investment firm, has been re-elected as chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for this year.

The Christian Chamber of Southwest Florida has elected the following as 2007 officers: president, Mona Hilton, Genesis Global Technologies; vice president, John Harness, ProSource Wholesale Floor Coverings; secretary, Betty Lauffer, healthcare consultant; and treas-

urer, Mitch Gogerty, Miller, Helms & Folk, P.A. Phil Rice, from Rice Insulation & Glass, is past president.

With the help of 3,000 participants, the American Heart Association Lee County Heart Walk in December raised more than $325,000.

Southwest Florida Addiction Services has elected the following as 2007 officers: president, Andrea Fraser of the Lee County attorney's office; vice president, Dena Geraghty of Auricular Therapy Center Inc. and court administration; secretary, Bill Keyes, attorney; and treas-

urer, Geoffrey Roepstorff of Edison National Bank.

Embarq has created a technology and innovation center in the Boys and Girls Club of Lee County Shady Oaks unit, featuring new computer equipment, educational software and Embarq products and services including high-speed Internet.

DSD Homes has donated $7,500 worth of athletic equipment to the Lehigh Senior High School cheerleaders to help them compete in a national championship and future competitions.