Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County honored businesses, nonprofits and individuals at its annual Awards Luncheon last week at the Chase Center on the Riverfront.
Recipients included:
Advocacy Award – Chris Quintanilla. He is the chairman of the board of directors of Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County.
Business Partner – SSD Technology Partners, Wilmington. SSD has partnered with Goodwill to help businesses offload their unwanted electronics.
Community Partner of the Year – United Way of Delaware.
Employer of the Year -Chimes Delaware. Chimes is an organization that provides services and support for families and individuals with intellectual development disabilities.
Rev. J.H. Beauchamp Volunteer of the Year Award – Kim Krzanowoski, teacher at Delaware Technical Community College.
Employee of the Year – Anwar James.
Sen. William V. Roth, Jr. Achievement Award – Neil Maslin
Personal Achievement Award – Ann Little
Graduate of the Year – Alyssa Cowin.
Perdue volunteers beautify area
Perdue volunteers harvested 57,000 pounds of trash and debris from 46 sites in Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including the Chesapeake Bay and coastal bays watersheds on the Delmarva Peninsula. Their bounty included such items as bicycles, tires, toys, mattresses, bottles, televisions and more.
“Our associates’ participation says a lot about the culture at Perdue,” said Jeff Smith, director of environmental services at Perdue and Project Clean Stream coordinator. “They put a great deal of time and energy into their work and are still willing to come out on a Saturday morning and participate in a project that benefits their community and helps protect the environment.”
In Delaware, associates at Perdue’s Georgetown and Milford operations removed more than 10,000 pounds of trash and debris from waterways.
Project Clean Stream was launched in 2004 by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland as a grass-roots effort to clean up waterways and shorelines in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Perdue joined the volunteer project in 2008 with 30 volunteers. Perdue has supported the Alliance and Project Clean since 2008 through funding provided by the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue.
“What the Alliance is really trying to build is environmental stewards,” said Al Todd, executive director of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. “Business has been a big part of that and there’s nobody better than Perdue, who’s been our partner for more than five years through the volunteer efforts of their associates and through financial support.”
In 2011, Perdue expanded the Project Clean Stream concept across the company to encourage associates to organize similar clean-up efforts in their communities. Since 2008, associates have harvested more than 80 tons of trash and debris from local ponds, streams, roadways and parks.
Perdue Farms is the parent company of Perdue Foods and Perdue Agribusiness, and represents the Perdue family ownership.
Austism Delaware gets office space
Autism Delaware announced that Dover Downs Hotel & Casino and Dover international Speedway nave donated new office pace to the nonprofit autism agency.
The Dover office is now one of three statewide,including offices in Newark and Milton, to help meet the needs of the entire autism community in Delaware.
Dover Downs and the speedway are long-time supporters of Autism Delaware and its mission to create better lives tor people with autism spectrum disorders Dover Downs and the speedway train and employ adults with ASDs who are looking for the opportunity to apply their skills and become valued members of the community.
“We are proud to partner with Autism Delaware, which is an outstanding organization that is dedicated to advocacy and comprehensive services for those individual and families affected by autism in Delaware.” says Pete Bradley, vice president and general manager of Dover Downs Hotel & Casino.
“We are so fortunate,” adds Autism Delaware Executive Director Teresa Avery, “to have the support of Dover Downs Hotel & Casino and Dover International Speedway. This wonderful office space is just one more example of the many ways they are committed to supporting Delaware families.”
The Autism Delaware Dover office will provide adult services, clinical service,and family support. Office hours are by appointment.
To make an appointment. call the Autism Delaware Newark office at (302) 224-6020 or the Milton office at (302) 644-3410.
