2 - Southpoint Sun
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Chamber’s annual Business Excellence Awards:
By Mark Ribble LEAMINGTON — Mother Nature attempted to put a damper on the 26th Annual Business Excellence Awards produced by the Leamington District Chamber of Commerce, but some ingenuity and hard work helped make the evening enjoyable for about 80 vehicles in attendance. Normally held as a large gala-style banquet, this year’s Business Excellence Awards were set up with a drive-in style atmosphere to adhere to
COVID-19 restrictions. “We really had to think outside the box,” said Wendy Parsons, general manager of the Chamber. A 40-foot inflatable drive-in style screen was erected but after thunderstorms rolled through, it was deflated and the promotional videos and live-stream featuring emcee Jay Marchillo, were projected onto the side of a party tent. Inside the tent, the musical talents of Kari Lynn and Roger Hewett entertained the attend-
ees as their sound was piped through the FM radios of the cars in attendance. As the awards got underway, a light rain began to fall, but that didn’t stop the winners from coming forward to accept their awards. Videos of the winners were also displayed on the side of the tent. All-in-all, the night was deemed a success, as it brought businesses from the community together for a common purpose, which was to recognize
Cars get into place in anticipation of the 26th Annual Business Excellence Awards put on by the Leamington District Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, September 30. The event, usually held indoors was held outdoors this year at the Roma Club soccer field. About 80 vehicles attended and watched the awards from lawn chairs or from the comfort of their vehicle. Sun photo
excellence among them. The winners and finalists are listed below. Photos of all the winners will will appear in next week’s paper. Young Entrepreneur/ Professional Award Sponsored by Cogeco Connexion. Finalists: Nicole Anderson from Ricci, Enns, Rollier & Setterington LLP, Curtis Labutte from BDC and Faith Monaco from Impact Health and Fitness Centre. Recipient: Faith Monaco, Impact Health and Fitness. When Faith Monaco began her career in the fitness industry almost four years ago, she likely didn’t imagine that it would come full circle in such a short amount of time. The Leamington native and certified fitness trainer, opened her own business, Impact Fitness on June 1, 2018 at a small location on Talbot Street East. Exactly one year later, she was able to purchase the equipment at Leamington Fitness and opened up there at 88 Talbot Street East. The gym offers personal training, group fitness classes, fully equipped gym and separate women’s room. The Youth Excellence Award Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Leamington. Finalists: Hannah Iacobelli, Hima Patel and Anouk Weber.
Recipient: Hannah Iacobelli. Hannah Iacobelli is a fourth year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Toronto. The Cardinal Carter grad was very involved in the robotics team at CC and is part of the Robo-Gals at the U of T. While home during COVID, Hannah developed medical devices for third world countries. Her community spirit shows in everything she does. Small Business Excellence for 1-9 Employees Sponsored by WFCU. Finalists: Burgess Refreshments, Dutch Boys Chocolate and Green Heart Catering. Recipient: Green Heart Catering. The Green Heart Lunch Club has been supplying nutritious meals to elementary school students in Windsor and Essex County since 2012. Green Heart started with the breakfast program at Kingsville Public School and now has 30 elementary schools across the county that take advantage of their nutritional programs. The Kingsville based business is owned by Dennis Rogers, who started Green Heart Catering eight years ago in Leamington. After moving to Windsor for six years, the Green Heart Lunch Club now operates out of their Main St. building in Kingsville.
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