From jazzy Jives to tantalizing Tangos six Rutland County professionals paired with six area dance professionals danced to raise over $13,500 for Kids on the Move Pediatric Rehabilitation program and Children and Family services of the Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice.
The Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility is pleased to announce the hiring of Becky Cohen as their new Internship Program & Special Projects Manager. Knowledge of marketing, customer support and business will make her a valuable asset to the VBSR team.
Local performers Jamie Polli, Tim Kavanagh, and Bill Moller have created Game Shows VT, marketing live game shows as a team-building tool for local companies and organizations. Polli hosted the game show "Survey Says!" for over nine years on public access Channel 15. Kavanagh hosted 100 episodes of the Champlain College collaborative "Late Night Saturday with Tim Kavanagh" on WCAX-TV Channel 3. The trio now takes their game shows on the road to perform "spoofs" tailored to suit the needs of any client, including using industry-specific content.
Michael T. Norris has recently joined Holden Financial Services Inc. as an account executive to work out of their Middlebury and Rutland offices. Prior to Holden, Mike worked at a Burlington agency for several years and traveled the country on a 14,000 mile motorcycle tour before coming aboard.
Projects designed for local businesses have received awards in the Creativity 41 Print and Packaging competition.
The inaugural issue of the VBSR [Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility] Local First VT "Buy Local Resource Guide and Coupon Book", designed by Mark Sylvester, received a Silver Award. The 2010 Holiday Gift Card and Tote Bag, and company business cards designed by Lisa Sylvester for Essex, VT based Autumn Harp received Honorable Mention Awards.
The Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation held its 34th Annual Meeting recently at the Capitol Plaza. Approximately 120 local business leaders heard from four of the administration’s key economic development professionals.
Sonja Molyneux, RN clinical manager for Bayada Hospice in Burlington, VT, has been appointed by the Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association (HPNA) Board of Directors as the State Ambassador to the national HPNA Public Policy Committee. The HPNA is the nation’s oldest and largest professional nursing organization dedicated to promoting excellence in hospice and palliative nursing care.
The law firm of Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC, with offices in Burlington, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, Vermont and Littleton, New Hampshire has announced that the following attorneys from the firm have been selected as 2011 New England Super Lawyers:
Leo Bisson- Professional Liability: Defense
Gregory Clayton - Business Litigation
Anne Cramer – Health Care
Jon Eggleston – Tax
Gary Franklin - Business Litigation
Neil Wheelwright – Real Estate
Douglas Wolinsky – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
