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GoTimeTraining, which opened in 2012, plans an open house on Saturday.

Owners Kalene Smith and Shannon Dykman said they would be offering promotional deals and visiting with potential customers about what their business can offer. Dykman said GoTimeTraining offers personal training to help clients meet their weight loss and fitness goals.

The event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at 11110 E. 26th St. North, Suite 600. That’s in the Greenwich Business Park, near the intersection of K-96 and Greenwich.

More information about the business can be found at www.gotimetraining.com

Value Place, which is based in Wichita, said Monday that it has begun work on its sixth Louisiana project – a 124-room building in Lake Charles.

According to a news release from the company, the extended-stay hotel will be completed by October and will include enhancements that improve customer appeal and cost efficiency.

The 181-unit lodging chain said it was focusing on southwest Louisiana in part because of economic activity there. That includes development of liquefied natural gas plants and a casino that is under construction.

Keisha Humphries, a nurse for Via Christi on St. Francis, was awarded the St. Catherine of Siena honor at a reception Sunday.

The award and others are given annually by Via Christi Hospitals in Wichita to recognize the hospital’s nurses, their values and the work they do.

Humphries is a service line administrator for oncology.

Other awards made at the reception Sunday included:

• New-To-Nursing Award (for nurses practicing two years or less) – Polycarp Mochama, Via Christi Village on McLean;
• Human Dignity – Elizabeth Hedges, Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis;
• Stewardship – Michele Hemberger, Via Christi Hospital on Harry;
• Excellence – Kalen Dusek, trauma/surgical ICU, Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis.

Winners were nominated for the annual awards by their peers, co-workers and patients.

A seminar about how nonprofit groups can use social media to bolster their marketing efforts is being offered by the Nonprofit Chamber of Service on Wednesday.

“Social Media Strategy and Facebook: Enhancing Nonprofit Marketing” will run from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at High Touch Technologies, 110 S. Main Street, Suite 600.

According to a news release, the session will include instruction on developing a social media strategy and ways that page managers can use Facebook more effectively for extending the reach of a nonprofit. There also will be a review of ways to improve visibility utilizing Facebook.

Mindy Tan, programs director for the Nonprofit Chamber of Service, will be the session presenter.

The cost is $20 for members and $70 for non-members. To register, call 316-440-6744

Even though this week’s weather seems intent on defying the calendar, we’re well into spring. That’s tree-planting time.

According to a news release from Associated Integrated Marketing, Wichita’s seventh annual Care-A-Ton tree giveaway will take place Friday morning, starting at 6:30 a.m.

Area residents who stop by will get a Brandywine maple, along with tips for the care of the tree.  The event is at Old Town Square, at Second and Mead, directly in front of the Warren Old Town Theatre.

Over the years, about 6,500 trees have been given away by Care-A-Ton, according to the release.

Care-A-Ton, an Arbor Day celebration, is a partnership of Associated Integrating Marketing, Westar Energy, Johnson’s Garden Centers, KFDI-FM Radio, Airbus Americas and Exhibit Arts.

David Koch has made a gift of $100 million to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, according to a news release from the hospital.

The donation is the first lead gift in a $2 billion capital campaign and will support the construction of its new ambulatory care center at the hospital’s Upper East Side location in New York City, on York Avenue between 68th and 69th Streets, according to the release.

Koch, executive vice president and board member of Wichita-based Koch Industries, has been a member of the hospital’s board of trustees since 1988. The new center, which will be called the David H. Koch Center, is to be a 450,000-square-foot facility that will open in 2018.