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30 Hartford Business Journal • September 28, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com ▶ ▶ More than 150 backpacks full of supplies were collected and distributed to several schools in Windsor through the generous donations of Windsor businesses and the coordination of the Windsor Chamber of Commerce Education Committee. The Education Committee organizes such projects as the Windsor High School internship program, mini grants, school-to-business partnership, and more. Pictured (from left) are Melissa McCarthy, Valassis; Sharon Selig Bennett, Windsor Chamber of Commerce Education Committee; and Paul Cavaliere, principal of Sage Park School. ▶ ▶ Glastonbury marketing/communications firm Cronin and Company LLC recently held its third annual "Cronin Cares" week. During the weeklong initiative volunteer groups (shown above) visited: Hartford's Elizabeth Park to weed and deadhead flowers in America's oldest public rose garden; My Sisters' Place to organize and sort donations and assist in the children's playroom; Connecticut Children's Medical Center to help sort and organize toy donations; and Riverfront Recapture to weed, mulch and clean-up riverfront parks. FIRST GAME AT NEWLY NAMED PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD LOCAL BUSINESSES DONATE BACKPACKS FULL OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO WINDSOR SCHOOLS CRONIN AND COMPANY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY ▶ ▶ To commemorate Pratt & Whitney's 90th anniversary and the first game at the newly named Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, a UConn Huskies football jersey was presented to the company during the first quarter of the home opener. Accepting the jersey on behalf of Pratt & Whitney was UConn alum Tom Prete, vice president of P&W Engineering. Pictured (from left) are Larry McHugh, UConn chairman of the board of trustees; Susan Herbst, UConn president; Prete; and Mun Choi, UConn provost and executive vice president of academic affairs. OF NOTE SOUTH WINDSOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR The South Windsor Chamber of Commerce has announced that this year's Business Person the Year is Bruce Maneeley of Maneeley's Banquet Facility and Catering. Maneeley, an East Hartford native, start- ed working at the age of 10 for Creative Catering, a local catering company. In 1998, Maneeley decided to merge his catering and banquet services into a sin- gle location, resulting in the ground breaking for the facility on Rye Street in South Windsor, known today as Maneeley's Banquets and Catering. • • • STATEWIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION RECEIVES PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION FOR MARKETING The Connecticut Economic Resource Center has been recognized for excellence in economic development marketing by the Northeastern Economic Developers Association (NEDA). CERC received three awards at the recent NEDA annual conference in Syracuse, N.Y. During the annual conference, NEDA recognized the following CERC initiatives: Best in Show Award, for its 2015 Connecticut Economic Review; Outstanding Branding or Promotion of Economic Development Organization, for its city of Meriden Billboard Campaign; and the Outstanding Content on Economic Development Topics, for its CERC Eye on Economics. • • • ANTHEM TOPS NCQA RANKINGS Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has again taken the top spot among Connecticut commercial health plans in a frequently cited industry ranking. The nonprofit National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which provides accreditation and other services to plans, last week issued its annual ranking of HMO, PPO and Medicare Advantage plans across the country. On NCQA's five-point rating scale, Anthem received a 4.5 in both consumer satisfaction and prevention, and a 4.0 for treatment. Aetna received the second-best rating in Connecticut, with scores of 3.5, 3.5 and 3.0 NCQA scores plans based on consumer experience surveys, which are validated by federal health regulators; prevention measures, such as the proportion of members who received recommended prenatal care and immunizations; and treatment, a category mea- suring the proportion of members who received recommended care for diabetes, heart disease and other conditions. Measures related to outcomes, such as controlling blood pressure for various health conditions, receive the highest weight in the ranking. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to accolades@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. Bruce Maneeley ACCOLADES & MORE