December 2022 Chamber Connection Newsletter

Chamber Connection

The Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to be celebrating its 100th Anniversary starting this December! Since 1923, our members have made it possible for us to serve, advocate and lead our business community. Over the course of 12 months, the Hanover Chamber will be celebrating that history through storytelling, events, and programs reflecting on our community’s business history while preparing for the next 100 years.

Blast from the past! Each month we will be featuring a blast from the past in our monthly newsletters. This will feature key milestones and successes. Follow along to celebrate all year with us!

To help us celebrate 100 years, we are inviting members to share their story with us. Your story could be an inspiring or interesting moment in your company history,

an overview of your company history, a person or place that impacted your company, a story about your connection to the Chamber or to the greater community – and so much more! You can find the submission form on our website at hanoverchamber.com/100-years.

Join the Hanover Chamber in celebration by sponsoring our 100th anniversary at different sponsorship levels that include benefits through December 2023. If you are interested in sponsorship, please contact Sarah Messer, Director of Operations, at smesser@hanoverchamber.com to discuss your options.

Join the chamber on Friday, December 9, to kick off 100 years at our Annual Holiday Luncheon. Registration is required by December 2nd. Keep an eye out for a full list of upcoming 2023 events!

Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce

Chair of the Board

Brandon J. Smith, AAMS, Edward Jones

Secretary/Treasurer

Ashley Hershey, BSSF CPAs

Vice Chairs

Victoria Csuri, KLK Welding

Jeremy Frey, Barley Snyder

Sarah Gebhart, WellSpan Julia Groft, Manpower

Past Chair

Mike Kelly, Traditions Bank

Board of Directors

Dr. Jay Burkhart, South Western School District

Jon Harris, M&T Bank

Nikki Hoffman, Stambaugh-Ness

Liz Johnides, The Markets at Hanover Jess Kelley, Campbell's Snacks

Drew Little, Conewago Valley School District

Rebecca Prehoda, Member's 1st FCU Dr. Susan Seiple, Hanover Public Schools

Jody Shaffer, YWCA Hanover Cynthia Simpson, Utz Quality Foods Loni Smith, Hanover Auto Team Lesley Zinn, UPMC

Chamber

Chamber Connection is a monthly publication of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce. For deadline information, please contact our Marketing & PR Manager at cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com.

2022 Annual Business Awards

On Monday, November 7th, we held our Annual Business Awards Ceremony. We honored the winners of our Positive Action Award, Entrepreneur of the Year, Women’s Enrichment Award, Small Business of the Year, Educators of the Year, and membership anniversaries. Thank you to our Presenting Sponsors, APPI Energy and Smith & Company, CPAs.

The 2022 Positive Action Award recipient is Jordan Ilyes, Ilyes Holdings LLC. This award is sponsored by WellSpan Health. The Positive Action Award is given to an organization or business that positively contributes to meeting the needs of the Hanover region and works together with community members toward a cooperative vision that suggests ways to manage growth.

The 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year recipient is Craig Aiello, Leonhardt Manufacturing Co., Inc. This award is sponsored by Barley Snyder. The Entrepreneur of the Year is awarded to a member of the Hanover Chamber whose business has been locally established for at least two years. The nominee’s business must be reputable, visible and show the effects of entrepreneurial skill in exemplary management and growth, and the nominee must be the individual responsible for the reputation that distinguishes the business among its competitors.

The 2022 Her Traditions Women’s Enrichment Award goes to Tammy Crouse. This award is sponsored by Her Traditions. The Hanover area is home to women in a variety of philanthropic, entrepreneurial, and leadership roles. The chamber supports these women and acknowledges the unique challenges they face in everyday life, both in the workplace and in the community.

The 2022 Small Business of the Year is Riggle Wealth Group. This award is sponsored by Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz (BSSF), CPAs. We recognize the Small Business of the Year, awarded to the business that best exemplifies sound principles of business success, personnel management, and community leadership and service. Riggle Wealth Group was also honored as a 15-year member of the Chamber.

The 2022 Educators of the Year was sponsored by The Glatfelter Agency. These educators have made exemplary contributions to quality education in their districts. Nominations were made based on school-related voluntary commitments beyond position responsibilities, adaptability, initiatives regarding institutional policies, regulations and changes, and interpersonal relations and exchanges.

2022 Awardees:

South Western School District: Karl Gatz

Hanover Public School District: David Harnish

Delone Catholic High School: Derf Maitland

Spring Grove Area School District: Jennifer Dugan

Conewago Valley School District: Laura Hartlaub

Congratulations to all the awardees, thank you to all the members who are celebrating membership anniversaries, and thank you to everyone who was able to join us!

Thank you to the The Markets at Hanover for hosting us at the Ballroom on Broadway. Thank you to table sponsors: Riggle Wealth Group, Everoak Insurance, and Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz (BSSF), CPAs.

2022 Holiday Luncheon

Join us for the Hanover Chamber's Annual Holiday Luncheon presented by DOCEO on Friday, December 9th, at the Hanover Country Club. The Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce looks forward to celebrating the holiday season with the Hanover Area business community each December. This year, we are pleased to host Pennsylvania State Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill as the representative for the newly redistricted Hanover area. PA State Representative Kate Klunk, 169th Legislative District, will also provide an update and help us recognize Stan Saylor for his many years of service and dedication to the business community.

Luke Bernstein, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry will attend to help us kick off the chamber's 100th year.

Seating is limited. Please register by Friday, December 2, or to reserve a table for your company, please contact Sarah Messer at smesser@hanoverchamber.com.

November Legislative Roundtable

On Friday, November 4, the chamber hosted our quarterly Legislative Roundtable at the Bare Center at Guthrie Memorial Library. We were joined by Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill, Mayor SueAnn Whitman, Representative Kate Klunk, Representative Dan Moul, and County Commissioners Doug Hoke and Julie Wheeler. Thank you to the Guthrie Memorial Library for hosting.

November's Membership Mixer Hosted by OSS Health

On Thursday, November 10th, OSS Health hosted a Membership Mixer at Zeichen Des Pferdes Bierhaus. Thank you to all our members who were able to join us for this networking opportunity.

If you are interested in hosting a membership mixer in the future, please contact Sarah Messer, Director of Operations at smesser@ hanoverchamber.com for more information.

Annual Meeting

On October 20th, we were joined by our Board of Directors and chamber members at our Annual Meeting presented by APPI Energy and Smith & Company CPA's. Thank you to the Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover's Public Library for hosting and Jersey Mike's Subs for lunch.

Thank you to Chamber member, Fuhrman Creative, LLC, for taking new board and staff photos at the meeting.

New Chamber Member Spotlights

Shining Stars

Shining Stars’ mission is to provide therapeutic horsemanship programs to children, adults, and families with special needs in order to improve physical, mental, emotional, and social areas of their lives. We exist to embrace our community with hope and unconditional love by serving individuals with special needs in order to develop strength, build confidence, and achieve goals. At Shining Stars, families get the therapy they need from the horses they love.

Tree of Life Personal Care Home

Join the staff on January 12, 2023, to tour the facilities at the ribbon cutting and open house. The mission of Tree of Life Personal Care Home is to serve and encourage those around us who need care, senior or otherwise. We will aid our residents in living gracefully by providing Christ-like care and compassion. Our Vision is that Tree of Life Personal Care Home would be a place of joy and contentment for our residents, team, and families. We would like to work with local leaders, churches, communities, and businesses to grow in our mission.

DAVID M. WALKER, ESQUIRE, JOINS THE

FIRM

Stock and Leader, Attorneys at Law, is pleased to announce that David M. Walker has joined the firm as Counsel in the School law group. David will assist clients with general solicitor, labor and employment issues, school business, construction, contracts, and pupil services matters.

David’s decade-long experience representing public school entities, intermediate units, and career and technology centers broadens our ability to serve the firm’s education clients within Central Pennsylvania. Notably, David’s significant experience handling complex school business and labor matters adds to the firm’s unparalleled breadth and depth of services supporting our public education clients. With a degree in special education and previous teaching experience, David has a unique understanding of student issues, labor and employment obstacles, and the day-to-day challenges facing our administrators and boards of school directors.

David regularly presents at conferences, including the National School Boards Association, the Council of School of Attorneys, and the LRP’s National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities. David also routinely presents on new and emerging issues to school administrators, including school business officials, human resources directors and special education faculty. For three consecutive years, David has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Pennsylvania Rising Star®, an honor awarded to only 2.5% of all Pennsylvania attorneys in the selection process.

David shares the firm’s commitment to community service. He currently serves on the board of directors of Leadership Lancaster and Court Appointed Special

Advocates of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.

David earned his undergraduate degree from West Chester University and his Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law. In his spare time, David enjoys skiing, hiking, running, baseball, soccer and golf.

SEK WINS TWO CATEGORIES IN TRI-STATE’S BEST AWARDS

numerous undergraduate and graduate-level business classes at Shenandoah University and Shepherd University. In addition to his client responsibilities, Bill serves as a member of the firm’s Management Committee and Tax Committee.

Thank you to all who nominated and voted for SEK and Bill Fritts!

JEFF KILE PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF THE GLATFELTER AGENCY

SEK, CPAs & Advisors won two categories in Herald Mail Media’s Tri-State’s Best Awards for 2022: SEK was voted Best Accounting Firm and William F. Fritts, CPA, CVA, Member of the Firm, was voted Best Accountant

In the newspaper’s annual Tri-State’s Best Awards, readers nominate and vote for their favorite businesses and business professionals.

This is Bill’s fourth time receiving the Best Accountant title, previously winning this award in 2017, 2019, and 2020. In 2021, Manager Hillary M. Grove, CPA, was voted Best Accountant. SEK has held the Best Accountant category for four consecutive years.

Bill joined SEK in 1996 and was admitted as a Member of the Firm in 2001. He serves a Member-in-Charge of the firm’s Hagerstown office and leads the Accounting Services and Tax Department. He provides accounting and tax services to a wide spectrum of businesses and individuals, as well as valuation services primarily for estates and buy-sell agreements. Bill has been a guest speaker on various tax topics and an instructor of

The Glatfelter Agency (TGA), the local retail division of Glatfelter Insurance Group, recently named Jeff Kile as President of their Downtown York, PA office. In his new role, Jeff will focus on driving growth across all TGA lines of business, managing carrier relationships and upholding the outstanding reputation of the agency.

Jeff has been with TGA for more than 19 years, beginning as an intern in 2003, and has earned distinguished industry designations to broaden his education and better serve clients—consistently growing his book of business each year and serving as a top-producing agent.

Outside of his professional achievements, Jeff has personally supported numerous local organizations and has served on a variety of fundraising committees within the community.

Kile has extensive experience in building real, meaningful partnerships with clients and local organizations, and, as the new president of the retail agency, he will leverage this experience to continue supporting TGA’s success and growth in the market.

Member businesses are invited to send company news, personnel updates, and special interest stories for consideration in the Chamber Connection newsletter.

Please send all news to Caitlin Johnson, Marketing and PR Manager, via email at cjohnson@hanoverchamber.com.

BARLEY SNYDER ATTORNEY

KATELYN ROHRBAUGH JOINS TRUENORTH WELLNESS SERVICES

BOARD

Barley Snyder attorney Katelyn E. Rohrbaugh has recently been appointed to the board of directors of TrueNorth Wellness Services.

TrueNorth Wellness Services is a nonprofit, trauma-informed care agency that has been providing communities in Central Pennsylvania with a variety of resources for more than four decades including counseling, residential, emergency crisis and autism services as well as education and prevention programs, according to its website.

“I am really excited to get started and make a difference in an area that has always been a passion of mine,” said Rohrbaugh. “It is rewarding to work with a trauma-informed agency which gives support to the community in a way that is proactive instead of reactive and will hopefully continue to support change in our community.”

As a board member, Rohrbaugh will be responsible for fundraising efforts, supporting the organization through financial contribution, and devoting time to the organization through meetings, committees, and attendance at events. The firm has a longstanding commitment of having an attorney serve on the TrueNorth board. Barley Snyder attorney Jennifer McKendrick Stetter served on the board for six years prior to Rohrbaugh’s appointment and recommended her for the role when her service ended.

“Katelyn will truly make a difference with her devotion to humanitarian work,” said Stetter. “I am excited to see her grow on the board while representing Barley Snyder.”

Rohrbaugh is an attorney in Barley Snyder’s Litigation and Real Estate practice groups. A West York native, she is

very active in her community, previously working closely with the Homeless Advocacy Project, Pennsylvania Innocence Project, and recently joining the board of directors of The Advantage Program of York.

ACNB BANK CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF NEW UPPER ADAMS OFFICE

ACNB Bank celebrated the opening of the Upper Adams Office with a ribbon cutting ceremony held on Thursday, October 20, 2022. This new, full-service community banking office, located at 3425 Biglerville Road, Biglerville, PA, opened for business on Monday, October 17, 2022.

“After years of planning and nine months of construction, ACNB Bank’s staff members were truly excited to officially open the doors and welcome customers and friends to the new Upper Adams Office on Monday morning! This new location was designed with the customer in mind from the layout of the lobby and the drive-up to the deployment of the technology---all with the intent to streamline and enhance the customer experience,” said James P. Helt, ACNB Corporation and ACNB Bank President & Chief Executive Officer.

“We are proud of this modern, full-service office to serve the entire Upper Adams community. Throughout its 165-year history, ACNB Bank has engaged in a variety of similar construction projects whenever it saw the opportunity and merit to invest in local communities. This project, with costs exceeding $2 million, represents a continuation of that longstanding commitment to local investment,” he added.

The new Upper Adams Office offers enhanced services and conveniences including ample parking, multiple drive-up teller lanes and drive-up ATM. Further, commercial, residential mortgage and consumer loans, as well as wealth management services, are accessible through this new office location.

In conjunction with the ribbon cutting

ceremony, ACNB Bank presented a check to the Upper Adams Food Pantry to commemorate the occasion and, more importantly, to support this valuable community organization. Additionally, ACNB Bank is hosting a prize drawing featuring gift cards to local businesses and providing refreshments and gift items for customers and guests visiting the office during the first two weeks. A Grand Opening Community Celebration is planned for Saturday, October 22, 2022, to welcome young savers with a pumpkin decorating activity and seasonal treats.

Ashley L. Cooley, Community Banking Manager, is responsible for the overall management of ACNB Bank’s Upper Adams Office. She is joined by Melissa A. Pritt, Community Banking Supervisor, who is responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the community banking staff at the office. Other staff members at the new location include Community Banking Specialists Melissa S. Dick and Stacy G. Dunlap, as well as Community Banking Associates Linda R. Asper, Carol F. Lua, Courtenay A. Lesniak, Mikaela K. Scott and Kelly M. Starner.

OX INDUSTRIES ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE TWO MIDWEST URB MILLS

Ox Industries is excited to announce they have entered into a definitive agreement to purchase two URB locations in Aurora, IL and Eaton, IN from WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK). With this acquisition, Ox will onboard an estimated 150 employees between two URB locations with 85,000 tons of capacity and converting capabilities adding to the company’s optimized assets. The transaction is expected to close before 2022 year’s end.

“We are excited to work with the Aurora and Eaton teams and welcome them to OX. These facilities will add to our mill system and increase our niche business of vertically integrated converted paper products in the Midwest,” said Ox Industries CEO Kevin Hayward.

2022 Events & Programs

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us throughout the past year for our events that range from Legislative Roundtables, Membership Mixers, and Eye Opener Breakfasts to Snack Town Brewfest, Snack Town Street Fair, and Discover Hanover Night! Thank you to all our event and program sponsors.

Upcoming Events

Event Investment

December 9

Annual Holiday Luncheon, 11:30am - 1:30pm

Hanover Country Club, 200 E. Water St., Abbottstown, PA

NEW DATE! January 12, 2023

Tree of Life Open House and Ribbon Cutting, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

236 N. Railroad Street, Hanover, PA

January 18

Eye Opener Breakfast sponsored by The Glatfelter Agency, 7:30am - 8:30am Bare Center, Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover's Public Library

February 3

Legislative Roundtable, 7:30am - 9:00am Bare Center, Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover's Public Library

March 16

Membership Mixer hosted by iNet Technology, 4:00pm - 6:00pm 1000 Carlisle St., Suite 1350, Hanover, PA

$50/person, member rate $60/person, community rate

Complimentary for members

$15/person, member rate $30/person, community rate

$15/person, member rate $30/person, community rate

Complimentary for members