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22 Hartford Business Journal • November 16, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE WATERFORD HOTEL GROUP ASSOCIATES HONORED BY CT LODGING ASSOCIATION The Connecticut Lodging Association (CLA) recently recognized five hotel team members from Waterford Hotel Group with "Stars of the Industry" awards during the CLA's 111th annual meeting. The members include: Ron Wichowski, general manager, Hilton Hartford; Juan Gil, kitchen receiver, Hilton Hartford; Nelly Gonzalez, room attendant, Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley International Airport; Justin Tarr, night auditor, Residence Inn Mystic; and Leigh- Ann Wilson, banquet manager, Marriott Hartford Downtown. • • • HABITAT FOR HUMANITY'S MOODY TO BE HONORED AS TRINITY CLUB OF HARTFORD'S PERSON OF THE YEAR The Trinity Club of Hartford will honor Karraine Moody, executive director of the Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity and a 2001 graduate of Trinity College, as the club's person of the year. Moody was appointed executive director of Hartford's Habitat for Humanity in July 2014. Since then, she has successfully launched a comprehensive neighbor- hood revitalization initiative that includes a financial freedom center and orches- trated the grand opening of the first Habitat for Humanity ReStore in the region. She was honored earlier this year by the Hartford Business Journal as a 40 Under Forty award recipient. • • • CLEAN WATER ACTION AWARDS LEADERS IN ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH Dan Socci, CEO of EthicalChem in South Windsor, was recently pre- sented with Clean Water Action's Innovation Award. The award was designed to highlight the use of safer chemicals through green chem- istry innovation by a Connecticut company. EthicalChem was recong- nized for using high-performance, plant-based chemistry in a variety of applications effectively and without toxic chemicals. • • • BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD RECEIVES 2015 CAREERLAUNCH INNOVATION AWARD Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford was awarded the 2015 CareerLaunch Innovation Award from Boys & Girls Clubs of America in recognition of its high quality, successful and innovative implementa- tion of the CareerLaunch program, which helps local teens explore job and career opportunities. The Club is one of just five award recipients nationwide and will receive $5,000 along with this distinction. With the $5,000 award, the Club plans to improve resume-building work- shops, career goal setting and networking. 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. LEGO CO-HOSTS CHILDREN'S CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT ▶ ▶ LEGO Systems Inc. and the Travelers Championship recently partnered to host the fourth annual LEGO Children's Charity Golf Tournament at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. This year's tournament raised $92,000 for the two organizations. More than 100 golfers took part in the event to raise money for Connecticut Children's Medical Center and Hartford's Camp Courant. ▶ ▶ Wheeler's fifth annual Evening of Wonder at the Hartford Marriott Downtown raised approximately $100,000 to support Wheeler's continuum of coordinated, integrated primary and behavioral healthcare services. The event, attended by more than 300 business and community leaders, honored five outstanding individuals and organizations for their commitment to building health equity in underserved communities. Pictured (from left) are: Jake Biscoglio, event co-chair; Susan Walkama, president and CEO, Wheeler Clinic; Brad Witte, care management director, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield; Adam R. Silverman, vice president for ambulatory strategy and development, St. Francis Care; Gregory Scott, vice chairman and national sector leader, health plans, Deloitte LLP; Jose Ortiz, president and CEO, Hispanic Health Council; and Sharon D. Langer, advocacy director, Connecticut Voices for Children; and Wheeler Trustee, William D. Gombatz, event co-chair. WHEELER'S EVENING OF WONDER HONORS HEALTHCARE LEADERS ▶ ▶ United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut's volunteers helped students succeed in school during Jumpstart's 10th annual Read for the Record. The goal of the event was to help set another world record for the most people reading the same book in classrooms on the same day. On Oct. 22, nearly 110 volunteers read "Not Norman, A Goldfish Story," to 2,220 first-grade students in Hartford and New Britain. Jacquelynn Garofano (pictured above) of United Technologies Research Center reads to students at Breakthrough Magnet School in Hartford. UNITED WAY VOLUNTEERS READ TO STUDENTS Pictured (from left) are: Matthew MacLaren, Justin Tarr, Leigh-Ann Wilson, Juan Gil, Nelly Gonzalez, Ron Wichowski, Rob Winchester, and Farouk Rajab. Karraine Moody ACCOLADES & MORE