Delco Chamber of Commerce announces Small Business award recipients
SPRINGFIELD » The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce announced the
2020 Small Business Awards honorees. The annual event celebrates small business excellence in Delaware County.
The awards dinner will be hosted at the Drexelbrook Catering & Corporate Events Center on Thursday, March 19. The evening will begin with a cocktail hour at
5:30 p.m. and the dinner and awards portion to the follow beginning at 6:15 p.m.
The following 2020 Small Business Award honoree will include Small Business of the Year: Kibow Biotech; Small Business Person of the Year: In Memoriam of Joseph A.M. Talluto, President & CEO Of Talluto’s; Family Business of the Year: A&E Construction Company; Entrepreneur of the Year: Josh Irons, CEO of River Avenue Digital; and SCORE Business of the Year: Julie Sebastian, Softball and Fitness Instructions.
Tickets and sponsorship sell out rapidly and can be purchased online at https://web.delcochamber.org/events/2020Small%20Business%20Awards-56395/details.
Havertown man named 2020 DelVal Young Engineer of Year
The Engineers Club of Philadelphia announced that Jesse Gormley, P.E., ENV SP, a project engineer at Pennoni, has been selected as the 2020 Delaware Valley Young Engineer of the Year. The annual award recognizes an outstanding engineer who is age 35 or under, has demonstrated leadership capabilities, and has made a recognized contribution to the engineering profession within the Greater Philadelphia region. Beyond the field of engineering, the recipient must also have contributed to and participated in charitable, civic, and technical affairs.
Gormley, a resident of Havertown, will be honored during Delaware Valley Engineers Week, Feb. 1322, 2020, which is part of a national engineering observance.
Gormley started his career at Pennoni 11 years ago as an engineering co-op intern in the transportation division. Now, he is a project engineer specializing in the design of transportation structures, particularly bridges. Recently, he has been given a lead role in one of Pennoni’s largest current projects, the I-95 CAP (Central Access Philadelphia) project. Gormley’s focus is on the design of the bridge substructure.
To supplement his work experience, Gormley also serves as president of the Younger Member Forum of the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Additionally, he is a former member of the ASCE National Committee on Younger Members and served three years as Pennoni’s campaign lead with the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
Gormley holds both a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Drexel University. Apart from his career, the young engineer enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and spending time with his wife Christina, and daughter Sadie.
PA Resources Council announces kick-off of 2020 ‘Lens on Litter’ photo contest
The Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter Contest is an annual statewide photo contest rewarding hobbyist photographers who snap striking images of litter across the commonwealth. The purpose is not to glorify litter, but to bring awareness to how litter threatens public health and safety, scenic beauty, property values, the environment and wildlife.
Lens on Litter, a 36th year program of the Pennsylvania Resources Council, offers a top prize of $500 in each of two categories: adult and student, for youth through Grade 12. Four additional prizes will be awarded with second place winners receiving $250 and third place $100 in each group. The contest is open to amateur photographers only. Entries will be judged on six criteria; anti-litter message, originality, photographic technique, quality of photo, originality of title and severity of the litter.
Deadline to enter submission is Oct. 31. The photos, limited to five per person, must be taken in Pennsylvania. Entries, which must be no smaller than 4x6 and no bigger than 8x10, can be mailed to the Pennsylvania Resources Council, 3606 Providence Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073. High resolution digital submissions may be sent to lensonlitter@prc.org. All entries must include photographer’s name, address, email address, phone number, title of photo, location of litter site, and how person learned of the contest. For student submissions, age, grade and school name must also be provided. Photos submitted without all the above will be disqualified. Photos will not be returned and may be used by PRC at their discretion. More information, an online entry form as well as previous winners, can be found at www.prc.org/lens-litter.
Emmy Award winning producer Donny Jackson visits Widener
Donny Jackson, an Emmy Award-winning executive producer and director, will visit Widener University, 1 University Place, Chester, 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, as part of the university’s Black History Month activities. The public is welcome.
Jackson’s presentation, “The Reality of Documentary Television,” will be at 5 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
A former clinical professor at Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology and a staple of the television and poetry communities for nearly two decades, Jackson also holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, and is the multiple Emmy-winning executive producer and director of CNN’s documentary series, “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell.”
As a spoken-word artist, Jackson was featured at dozens of venues throughout the United States and in Canada. He also appears in multiple spoken-word videos for Da Poetry Lounge, All Def Digital, Commoners & Kings, and Word of Art. His one-man, multi-character spoken word play, One Man Shown, which debuted in 2013, will return to Los Angeles in the spring of 2020. Jackson will celebrate the release of his debut poetry collection, “boy” on Feb. 22.
For questions, contact Jessica Reyes at 610-499-4244 or jmreyes@widener.edu.
Schoolhouse hosts program on Jewish immigrants
The Jewish History Museum will present “Becoming American” 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 19, at Schoolhouse Center, 600 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom. Charlie Hersh of the Jewish History Museum will provide a presentation that will be interactive storytelling with hands-on artifacts to help the audience understand the Jewish immigrant experience, exploring the stages common to many immigrants. Experiences like crossing borders, finding a place to live, making a living, learning a new language and adjusting to new food, customs and traditions.
Pre-registration is requested because there is limited space. This program is open to the community. For information or registration, call Schoolhouse at 610 237-8100.