By Maria Athanasopoulos

This year’s shattered economy canceled most, if not all, holiday parties both in corporate America and for several community based organizations. Many employees received emails simply stating that their companies can’t justify the expense since their budgets, not to mention personnel, have been drastically cut. Fortunately, the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals didn’t share this common problem and proceeded to have a very successful and well attended Christmas party. The two year old business networking organization dedicated to young professionals of Greek descent, never charges an admission fee and so was not responsible for financially funding their annual Christmas party which is why it went on with no avail.

The HACC Young Professionals group held their annual event on Thursday, December 18th at The World Bar located inside the exclusive Trump World Tower which overlooks the United Nations. According to the group’s President, Anastasios Pardalis, over 200 young professionals attended the Christmas party making this their largest networking event thus far. However this is not their best accomplishment, the strength and noble reputation they gained nearly overnight is what makes them noteworthy. The chamber’s young professionals consist of well educated scholars, media producers, lawyers, doctors, financial advisers, designers etc… All of which have come together to make this is a multifaceted organization that not only has popular networking events, but also has helped many young Greek-Americans with their careers.

For more information on becoming a member of the HACC Young Professionals and/or attending their upcoming monthly networking events, feel free to reach out to Anastasios Pardalis at mplawfirm@gmail.com.