July 13, 2011
January 22, 2014
Vol 13 No 28
Chamber of Commerce Awards
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Pictured from left to right is Bob Huneke, Community News; Adam Hopper, Chairman of the Board; Kelly Nation, Krey Distributing; Jeff Boraz, Firestone Complete Auto Care; Cindy Elking, Quintessential Catering; Jim Brown and Tim DeGhelder, St. Charles City/County Library District; Greg Kinder, Autotech Auto Center. Photo courtesy of Thaemert Photography.
The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce bestows multiple awards to local businesses, institutions and individuals who make a difference in the community. The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce is proud to recognize some of the outstanding businesses and leaders in our community. For several months, chamber members were asked to submit nominations for the awardees. In November 2013 a panel of members discussed each of the nominees and bestowed the awards at the Dec. 17, 2013 Awards Luncheon of the O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce held at the Christy Banquet Center. The Sue Proost O’Fallon Chamber Person of the Year was awarded to an O’Fallon Chamber member who has given back to the O’Fallon Community and the Chamber of Commerce through their leadership, dedication and volunteerism. Cindy Elking, owner of Quintessential Catering, was honored with this prestigious award at the December luncheon. Elking serves on the O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Board. She is a dedicated Board member for the St. Charles Community College Foundation. Elking volunteers her time and talent for many local organizations including Habitat for Humanity and Vision St. Charles County Leadership. Community News was honored as the 2013 Small Business of the Year. Community News has a long standing relationship with the O’Fallon community and the Chamber of Commerce. Community News staff members are known as huge supporters of local businesses and non-profits, volunteering
their time, talent and offering free and reduced rate advertising to support the business community and community as a whole. “It is an honor to receive this award, especially as a small business because I believe that small businesses are the backbone of the local economy,” said Bob Huneke, publisher of Community News. “I think small business owners everywhere who work hard to keep their business going and hopefully growing, no matter what level of success they achieve, deserve an award just for trying.” Krey Distributing was honored as the O’Fallon Chamber Business of the Year. Krey was nominated for their long term support of the Chamber and the community including their financial support of BackStoppers and their Waves of Honor program. The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce was proud to recognize Firestone as the 2013 Large Business of the Year. Firestone has over 400 employees in the St. Louis and St. Charles County area. While offering service to their customers that has earned them an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, they are also involved with over 100 local nonprofit organizations, offering free and discounted products and service to benefit the organizations. The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce was proud to recognize the St. Charles City-County Library District as its Community Servant of the Year.
The library district, one of the great gems of our community, continues to provide resources for all areas of our community serving nonprofits in their Non-Profit Center, businesses in their Business Management Center, and of course, residents. They continue to innovate to engage the entire community, across all demographics. Being honored as the Ambassador of the Year was Greg Kinder. As the first line of contact with the membership of the O’Fallon Chamber the Ambassadors strengthen the membership and programming of the Chamber allowing See AWARDS page 2
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