Holiday recruiting event for young professional network

Looking to increase membership, the Fairfield County Young Professionals Network (YPN) is hosting a holiday happy hour at the Stamford Innovation Center 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 17.

The event will feature a BevMax wine tasting and Half Full Brewery beer garden. The event will also host a toy drive to support Hurricane Sandy victims.

The YPN has been on hiatus for the past several months. But with a change in leadership, the group is looking to re-energize and boost its list of active participants.

“To compete for top talent, Fairfield County must actively attract and retain the best and brightest generation of workers,” Keith Reynolds, who is helping the network take off, previously told the Fairfield County Business Journal. “While young professionals do leave our region ”¦ they also arrive in large numbers. The broader objective is to achieve a better balance between those arriving and those departing.”

For more information on the event, visit businessfairfield.com/YPN_Dec_17.htm.