The International Association of Administrative Professionals, a nonprofit professional association, will celebrate Administrative Professionals Week through Saturday and Administrative Professionals Day on Wednesday.

The Girardot Chapter of IAAP, organized in 1946, will celebrate this annual event along with 40,000 other IAAP members throughout the world. The IAAP's objectives are to elevate the standards of all administrative professionals and to promote their working relationship through continuing education, authorized programs and publications.

The Girardot chapter meets the third Tuesday of every month. For more information, call Sherri Jenkins at 651-2112. The next meeting is Tuesday at Dexter B-B-Q. The program will be presented by Cathi Schlosser of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce.