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The Northern New Jersey Good Business Awards 2004
Fourteen area companies were recently honored for their volunteer efforts and corporate citizenship at the fifth Annual Good Business Awards reception, held at the Hilton Woodcliff Lake. Bea O'Rourke, long-time hunger relief activist, was the keynote
speaker, and guests brought over 500 pounds of non-perishable, kid-friendly food products to be donated to area organizations for summer food relief for families in our communities.
Good Business Awards are presented by the Northern New jersey Business Volunteer Council (BVC), a not-for-profit coalition of businesses sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Bergen County in partnership with the Bergen County's United Way. Since 2000, its members have collectively directed more than $435,000 in resources to children and families in need.
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Organon Pharmaceuticals received the Outstanding Employee Volunteer Corps award, for achieving significant employee participation in volunteer activities throughout the year. Organon's exemplary Volunteer Committee of 21 employees develops an annual calendar of off-site volunteer opportunities and promotes several in-house donation initiatives for their employees to participate in throughout the year.
Pictured are from left: Andrea Hartman, Carolyn Chiaravalloti, (holding award) and Annie DePasquale (far right) all of Organon Pharmaceuticals, being congratulated by JoAnn Dow of PSE&G (second from left), a member of the Good Business Awards Committee. The two finalists in this category were UPS Information Services and Wachovia.
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Wachovia received The Pinnacle Award for demonstrating the greatest overall commitment to employee involvement in the community. Wachovia actively encourages volunteerism by giving 87,000 employees four paid hours each month to volunteer in their communities. In 2003, Wachovia
Emplyee logged more than 500,000 hours of volunteer community service.
Pictured are (from left) Bill Jervis, Michele Calise, Ray Walter and Carol Coronato (far right) of
Wachovia being congratulated by JoAnn Dow (2nd from right) of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee. The three finalists in this category were The North Jersey Media Group, Rockland Electric Co. and Unilever Research.
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The Reader's Digest Association received the award for Outstanding Volunteer Project, for organizing and implementing Operation Desert Smile, which was an initiative to bring holiday gift bags to the troops in Iraq through the USO. Through this project, more than 5,000 members of the armed forces received gift bags in time for the holidays. They were also finalists in the Good Business Partnership and The Right Angle award categories.
Pictured is Norma Jean-Jacquees [right] being congratulated by JoAnn Dow of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee. The finalist in this category was UPS Information Services.
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Boiling Springs Bank of Rutherford received the Good Business Partnership award, for establishing an ongoing relationship with the non-profit organization Rebuilding Together Bergen County.
Pictured is Mary Ellen Doster [right] receiving the award from JoAnn Dow of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee. Finalists in this category were PSE&G and The Reader's Digest Association.
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Reader's Digest Association received a Good Business Award in a new category - Making Change - for the company that best utilized its resources to assist a community agency in meeting its fundraising goals. Pictured is Carolyn Malile [right] receiving the award from JoAnn Dow of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee.
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In the Spotlight, of Waldwick received a Good Business Award in a new category - Making Change - for the company that best utilized its resources to assist a community agency in meeting its fundraising goals. Pictured is Dan Karaty, of In the Spotlight, receiving the award from JoAnn Dow of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee.
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Cerami Automotive of Paramus received a Good Business Award in a new category - Making Change - for the company that best utilized its resources to assist a community agency in meeting its fundraising goals. Pictured is Sandy Cerami receiving the award from JoAnn Dow of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee.
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Citibank received The Right Angle for creating an exceptional campaign to promote the BVC-sponsored project Just My Bag, which provides backpacks containing personal care items, gifts and toys to children in foster care. Finalists were KPMG and The Reader's Digest Association.
Pictured is Brendan Duffy receiving the award from JoAnn Dow of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee.
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Main Street USA, an award to recognize the contributions of the small business that best utilized human, monetary and in-kind resources to assist community agencies went to
Flexi-Galvanic Printing & Plate Co. of Moonachie. Pictured is Frederick Moss receiving the award from JoAnn Dow of PSE&G, a member of the Good Business Awards Committee.
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