The 2012 Pillar Award for Community Service

The Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service, presented by Smart Business, honors businesses of all types and sizes that make outstanding contribution to their community. Its purpose is to encourage a charitable enviroment, recognize creative efforts that make a difference and demonstrate the ties between the for-profit and nonprofit worlds.
This year’s winners will be honored at a special banquet on December 5 at LaCentre Conference & Banquet Facility in Westlake, OH.
Take a look at how these kind and selfless individuals and companies do what they do:
An introductory letter from Rick Chiricosta, President and CEO, Medical Mutual
Pillar Award for Community Service finalists:
AkzoNobel
ArcelorMittal Cleveland
BlueBridge Networks
Brand Muscle, Inc.
Enzoco Homes dba Handyman and a Hammer for Our Troops
GE Capital Retail Bank
Home Instead Senior Care
Huntington National Bank
Improve Consulting & Training Group, LLC
InfoCision Management Corporation
Majestic Steel USA
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Olympic Steel, Inc.
PartsSource, LLC
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Sequoia Financial Group, LLC
Smith Medical Transportation Systems, Inc.
SS&G, Inc.
University Hospitals
Nonprofit Board Executives Of The Year:
Debby Zanglin, Guidestone
Tom Laird, Jr., ACE Mentor Program of Cleveland
Doug Weintraub, Jump Start
Mike Crislip, New Directions, Inc. & Crossroads
Rea & Associates Nonprofit Executive Directors Of The Year:
Mary Alice Frank, American Red Cross
Kathleen Crowther, Cleveland Restoration Society
Steve Friedman, Ph.D., Cleveland Sight Center
Elizabeth Fowler, Cleveland Zoological Society
Kathryn Kazol, Emerald Development Economic Network & Eden, Inc.
Dennis Allen, Hattie Larlham
Youth Supporter Of Philanthropy:
Cal DiJulius & Taylor Banc, All Kids Relay for Life Team
Tara Coury, The Safe House
 
A list of our fine sponsors