Commerce Chenango honors CWS, Leadership facilitator
GREENE – Commerce Chenango’s 53rd annual dinner featured the presentation of two of the Chamber’s highest honors – the Distinguished Business of the Year and the Commitment to Community Award.
The 2012 Distinguished Business of the Year award went to CWS of Norwich, which has provided the community with 46 years of quality initiatives, product-line flexibility and consumer reliability. Chartered in 1964, CWS was originally established in Oxford, with a staff of one and a consumer roster of two. It is currently one of the largest contract packaging companies in the northeast, with over 275 employees serving the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, retail and organic markets. CWS customers include Coty, Bausch and Lomb, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, Norwich Pharmaceuticals and the Raymond Corporation. The organization currently has five buildings with over 150,000 square feet of production space in and around Norwich.
In 1998, the CWS Charitable Foundation was established for the purpose of providing services to the Chenango County ARC to help people who are developmentally disabled, and emotionally and/or physically challenged. In 2001, the Foundation presented the first Wilson Harrison Scholarship to two graduating seniors in Chenango County who pursued a course of study in the human services field. This scholarship is awarded in memory of Wilson Harrison, who was a longtime board member of the Chenango County ARC.
In accepting the accolade last night, CWS Executive Director John McHale said while his organization “typically flies under the radar locally,” it was “really quite an honor and we’re deeply touched that we would be considered for this award.” McHale said one of his own staff summed up the company’s mission best when he said: “It’s really not work when you can help someone. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
This year’s Commitment to Community recipient, Judie Wright of Norwich, has inspired legions of the county’s movers and shakers through her mentorship in directing the Leadership Chenango program. “She leads by example in everything she does and is energetic, engaging, goal oriented, organized, and self-motivated,” said Commerce Chenango’s communications director Audrey Robinson. “Her passion and commitment is evident in the many lives that she has touched, and she is the epitome of integrity and trustworthiness.”
Wright’s extensive local resume in business and volunteerism includes roles as consultant, guest speaker, lecturer, program leader and volunteer for many organizations, including Procter & Gamble, MeadWestvaco, Delhi College of Technology, Commerce Chenango, DCMO BOCES, Binghamton University Technical Leadership Program, Leadership Chenango, Hospice, Agricultural Leadership Enhancement Program, The Place and a host of others.
An emotional Wright said she was humbled by the recognition. “I love where I live, and I love the people I live with,” she said, detailing a long career in local industry and non-profits. Speaking directly to the many Leadership Chenango alumni in the audience, Wright said, “I want you to know I’ve learned more from you than you have from me. I’m grateful for the opportunity to pay it forward and touch other people’s lives. If I’ve been just a small part in your development, I will have truly been a success.”
The dinner was held at Baron’s Inn in Greene Wednesday night, in a program sponsored by NBT Bank and Frontier.
The 2012 Distinguished Business of the Year award went to CWS of Norwich, which has provided the community with 46 years of quality initiatives, product-line flexibility and consumer reliability. Chartered in 1964, CWS was originally established in Oxford, with a staff of one and a consumer roster of two. It is currently one of the largest contract packaging companies in the northeast, with over 275 employees serving the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, retail and organic markets. CWS customers include Coty, Bausch and Lomb, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, Norwich Pharmaceuticals and the Raymond Corporation. The organization currently has five buildings with over 150,000 square feet of production space in and around Norwich.
In 1998, the CWS Charitable Foundation was established for the purpose of providing services to the Chenango County ARC to help people who are developmentally disabled, and emotionally and/or physically challenged. In 2001, the Foundation presented the first Wilson Harrison Scholarship to two graduating seniors in Chenango County who pursued a course of study in the human services field. This scholarship is awarded in memory of Wilson Harrison, who was a longtime board member of the Chenango County ARC.
In accepting the accolade last night, CWS Executive Director John McHale said while his organization “typically flies under the radar locally,” it was “really quite an honor and we’re deeply touched that we would be considered for this award.” McHale said one of his own staff summed up the company’s mission best when he said: “It’s really not work when you can help someone. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
This year’s Commitment to Community recipient, Judie Wright of Norwich, has inspired legions of the county’s movers and shakers through her mentorship in directing the Leadership Chenango program. “She leads by example in everything she does and is energetic, engaging, goal oriented, organized, and self-motivated,” said Commerce Chenango’s communications director Audrey Robinson. “Her passion and commitment is evident in the many lives that she has touched, and she is the epitome of integrity and trustworthiness.”
Wright’s extensive local resume in business and volunteerism includes roles as consultant, guest speaker, lecturer, program leader and volunteer for many organizations, including Procter & Gamble, MeadWestvaco, Delhi College of Technology, Commerce Chenango, DCMO BOCES, Binghamton University Technical Leadership Program, Leadership Chenango, Hospice, Agricultural Leadership Enhancement Program, The Place and a host of others.
An emotional Wright said she was humbled by the recognition. “I love where I live, and I love the people I live with,” she said, detailing a long career in local industry and non-profits. Speaking directly to the many Leadership Chenango alumni in the audience, Wright said, “I want you to know I’ve learned more from you than you have from me. I’m grateful for the opportunity to pay it forward and touch other people’s lives. If I’ve been just a small part in your development, I will have truly been a success.”
The dinner was held at Baron’s Inn in Greene Wednesday night, in a program sponsored by NBT Bank and Frontier.
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