Don Brighenti has been named director of development for Project Rebuild Inc. Project Rebuild works with out-of-school, unemployed and under-employed youth, helping them to complete their high school diploma while learning marketable skills in the construction trades. Brighenti has more than 20 years experience in nonprofit fundraising, marketing and public relations working for agencies such as United Way, YWCA and Planned Parenthood during his career.
Hall, Kistler & Company LLP, the Certified Public Accounting and management-consulting firm based in downtown Canton, is proud to announce that supervisor Mary Beth Rinehart, CPA, and bookkeepers Rebecca Alessandro and Kelley Auvil have completed comprehensive QuickBooks training courses and exams and are now certified as QuickBooks ProAdvisors. They will work with small businesses to get them started on QuickBooks set-up, training, troubleshooting and assisting in the move from whatever current accounting method is being used to QuickBooks.
The law firm of Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that Matthew R. Hunt has joined the firm as an associate. His practice is focused in the areas of professional and general corporate law, federal and state income taxation and commercial litigation. The Alliance native attended John Carroll University where he earned a BS/BA with degrees in Finance and Economics. After College, Mr. Hunt attended Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate. He was the American Bar Association Moot Court Managing Director, a member of the dean’s list, and was actively involved with the law school newspaper. He is a member of the Ohio and Stark County Bar Associations and resides in Cuyahoga Falls.
The Aultman Foundation has announced 19 area non-profit organizations will receive the organization’s third round of grant funding totaling $125,000 to help further the Aultman Health Foundation mission with their own services in Stark, Wayne, Holmes, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties. The organizations – whose services focus on health, education and human services for the underserved, especially the poor, elderly and children – are receiving grants. Visit www.aultmanfoundation.org for a full list of grant recipients.
Portage Lakes Career Center has been honored for excellence in brochure design by the Learning Resources Network (LERN), an international association in lifelong learning. LERN members offer hundreds of exemplary educational programs annually that are promoted through their brochures. Portage Lakes Career Center’s professional development brochure was chosen for “Best Brochure” in the current issue of the LERN Magazine. The Portage Lakes Career Center brochure cover was selected for its professional design of corporate training and business courses. For more information visit www.plcc.k12.oh.us.
The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank has achieved a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for its ability to efficiently manage and grow its finances. Only one quarter of the charities evaluated earn this highest honor. The rating indicates the Foodbank executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way, and outperforms most other charities in America. To view the rating, click on the Charity Navigator link on the Foodbank website at www.akroncantonfoodbank.org.
Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA is pleased to announce that Jacquelyn N. McCloud has joined the firm as an associate. McCloud focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration and elder law. A graduate of The University of Akron School of Law, she was an assistant editor of the Akron Law Review and received the CALI Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy I. McCloud worked as a summer associate with Black McCuskey in 2007. She is a member of the Stark County and Ohio State Bar Associations. McCloud received her Juris Doctorate degree from The University of Akron School of Law graduating cum laude and earned a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University, graduating magna cum laude. She is based in the firm’s Canton office.
Mercy Medical Center is the first hospital in a five-county area to offer total ankle replacement surgery, an innovative procedure that can help qualified patients with advanced ankle arthritis regain more natural ankle movement. Much like a total knee replacement, this surgery involves implanting a device designed to replicate the ankle’s normal range of motion. Those who may benefit most from ankle replacement surgery include individuals with damaged ankles from rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative arthritis or a severe injury. Daniel A. Charlick, M.D., board-certified orthopaedic surgeon at Omni Orthopaedics in Canton, who specializes in foot and ankle surgery, performed this groundbreaking procedure at Mercy. Visit www.cantonmercy.com for details about the surgery.
Stark State College announces record fall enrollment for the eighth consecutive year. The college will experience an increase of 10.3% over last year’s fall semester. The college expects to continue these enrollment increases in the future as a result of their dedication to workforce development. In addition, the college will open a new 43,000-square-foot, $9 million Health Sciences building in 2009 in order to keep pace with growing enrollment and the high demand for health care programs and graduates. The building is made possible through generous organizations and individuals – Stark State raised $1.9 million in private support for the building, equipment and scholarships.
Goodwill’s Canton Industrial Services Facility, a non-profit industrial subcontractor specializing in packaging and light assembly, has recently achieved its third recertification in ISO 9001:2000 without design, with no major or minor nonconformities. Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio Inc. was only the seventh Goodwill in the world to receive ISO certification during its initial quality assessment in 2004. The certification allows Goodwill to be recognized as an ISO-approved business in more than 130 countries.
