Central Pasco chamber readying banquet
The Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce is recruiting sponsors for its upcoming awards and installation banquet, which will be June 26 at 6 p.m., at Harbor Terrace Restaurant at Heritage Harbor in Lutz.
Sponsorships range from a table placement at $200, to speaking opportunities and other amenities at $1,000.
Tickets for the event are $45 each.
For more information, visit ChamberLogin.com, or call (813) 909-0827.
Florida Hospital parent receives Gallup award
Employees at Adventist Health System — the parent company of facilities like Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel and Florida Hospital Zephyrhills — have been recognized by Gallup as one of the best-performing, most productive and engaged work forces in the world.
This is the fourth year in a row that the company and all of its hospital campuses have received the Gallup Great Workplace Award. The company was one of 36 chosen to receive the award.
Chamber quarterly meeting
The Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce will host a quarterly membership meeting June 11 at 9 a.m., at the chamber office, 38550 Fifth Ave., in Zephyrhills.
Speakers at the meeting include chamber president Carolyn Sentelik on the value of membership, and Vonnie Mikkelsen on matching expectations to results.
For information, call (813) 782-1913, or visit ZephyrhillsChamber.org.
Pasco’s Griswold location sold
Birdsong Ventures Inc., is adding to its Tampa office of Griswold Home Care by acquiring Griswold’s Pasco office.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Griswold is a non-medical private pay home care company that recruits, screens and refers caregivers who provide companion and personal care services to homebound people.
Founded in 1982, Griswold has 200 offices in 35 states. Its Pasco office was started 10 years ago in Central Pasco, and covers the entire county.
The new principals are Arthur and Frieda Moseley. Arthur is a certified senior advisor and is vice chair of the Hillsborough Seniors and Law Enforcement Together Council. Frieda is a registered nurse with more than 30 years experience.
Working in the office will be Alice Gilbert and Hilda Hellwig, who have a combined 30 years of experience in the caregiving field.
For information, visit GriswoldHomeCare.com.
USAA helps Florida win national award
The more than 1,200 new jobs affecting New Tampa’s USAA location didn’t go unnoticed by the company’s development peers at the national level, as the United Services Automobile Association has helped Florida win another Silver Shovel award for job creation.
The award, which is given by Area Development magazine, recognizes state economic development agencies that drive significant job creation through innovative policies, infrastructure improvements, processes and promotions that attract new employers and investments in new and expanded facilities, according to a release from Gov. Rick Scott’s office.
USAA is expanding its existing Bruce B. Downs Boulevard campus into Brandon, and will create an estimated 1,215 jobs through a capital investment of $164.3 million. Only Navy Federal Credit Union in Pensacola is bringing in more jobs — 2,200 after a capital investment of $206 million.
Store chain supports cancer research
HomeGoods in Lutz and New Tampa are supporting cancer care and research with its 13th annual “Helps Families Fight Cancer” campaign through June 29.
The program benefits Jimmy Fund, which supports pediatric and adult cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Customers can make a contribution through the store, or purchase a reusable shopping bag for 99 cents featuring artwork by Jimmy Fund Clinic pediatric patient Aleah Smith, 7, of Massachusetts. HomeGoods will contribute 50 cents for each bag purchased to the fund.
HomeGoods is located at 17641 N. Dale Mabry Highway in Lutz, and at 18061 Highwoods Preserve Parkway in New Tampa.
HART drivers honored for safety
The Tampa Area Safety Council has honored nine Hillsborough Area Regional Transit drivers with induction into the One Million Mile Club during its recent luncheon.
The drivers — Desmond Coulson, Demetra Jackson, Charles Evans, Rigoberto Oquendo, Luis Garcia, Thomas Palmore, David Gonzalez, Al Hughes and Antonio White — have careers with the bus system that date back to the late 1990s and early 2000s, and have completed an average of 14 consecutive years without a preventable accident.
The One Million Mile Club has been around since 1994, and now has 124 members. From that group, 24 of them are now inducted into the Two Million Mile Club, which requires 27 years of driving without a preventable accident.
Only one person, retired HART driver Samuel Baker, holds the title of a Three Million Mile Club member, a designation he earned in 2004 after driving 42 years without causing an accident.
Wesley Chapel chamber heading to Tuscany
The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce is planning a nine-day trip to Tuscany, Italy.
The trip is planned to begin Oct. 20, and space is limited.
