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Celebrating NEPA Community Leaders and Organizations
500 of our area’s community leaders came together for the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Dinner on November 14th at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
The Annual Dinner is the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber’s largest event of the year and features highlights of what’s new at the Chamber and in our area, provides outstanding networking and marketing opportunities, and is an occasion for the Chamber to recognize the amazing businesses and individuals that strive every day to move our region forward and create impactful change.
This year, the event also featured a celebration of the organization’s 140th anniversary and recognized some historic highlights with an interactive timeline walkthrough of the organization’s history displayed.
Honoring Excellence in Leadership
During the Annual Dinner awards program, businesses, community organizations, and outstanding individuals in the Greater Wyoming Valley were celebrated. The 2024 honorees included:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Tony Brooks
- ATHENA® Leadership Award: Tracey Selingo
- Legacy Business of the Year Award: Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, LLP
- Charitable Organization of the Year Award: Dress for Success Luzerne County
- Emerging Business of the Year Award: Center City Print
- Diversity Champion Business of the Year Award: The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education
- Pride of Place Awards: Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Building Blocks Learning Center South Main Street Facility, and Clubhouse315
- Healthy Workplace of the Year Awards: Tobyhanna Army Depot and King’s College
- Regional Collaboration and Progress Awards: Abide Coffeehouse, Lewith & Freeman Real Estate, Inc. and Keystone Mission
Historic Anniversaries
Additionally, organizations that are recognizing a historic anniversary this year were also celebrated with a special community recognition, including:
- First Keystone Community Bank, celebrating 160 years
- Greater Wyoming Valley Area YMCA, celebrating 160 years
- Misericordia University, celebrating 100 years
- Wyoming Valley Children’s Association, celebrating 100 years
- Scranton Area Community Foundation, celebrating 70 years
- Grasshopper Lawns, celebrating 60 years
- Luzerne County Head Start, celebrating 60 years
- Coccia Ford, celebrating 40 years
- Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame, celebrating 40 years
- Earth Conservancy, celebrating 30 years
- Metz Culinary Management and Environmental Services, LLC, celebrating 30 years
- Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza, celebrating 25 years
Lifetimes of Service
Additionally, special recognitions were also given to Lynn Evans Biga in recognition of the work she has done for the past 46 years at Head Start and, in the community, as well as Carl Witkowski, to recognize the conclusion of his term as Board Chair of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business & Industry and his work with the organization.
The Chamber would like to congratulate all of the 2024 Annual Dinner award recipients, and all of the sponsors, attendees, and supporters who made the event so special, as well as all those who contributed so significantly to the organization’s history to get to the place that it is today. The organization looks forward to 140 more years of dedication to our community!
To see all of the night’s sponsors, you can visit the Chamber on social media.
To stay connected with any upcoming Chamber events like this one, visit our calendar!
Featured image (top) courtesy of Sister North.
