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4 | April 18, 2019 | The winnetka Current NEWS<br />
winnetkacurrent.com<br />
Chamber awards 11 locals during Annual Recognition Lunch<br />
Hilary Anderson<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
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Winnetka has many reasons<br />
to be proud.<br />
Among them are the<br />
residents who make the<br />
community great by giving<br />
back in service and voluteerism<br />
to others.<br />
Eleven selfless individuals<br />
received recognition at<br />
the Winnetka-Northfield<br />
Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
43rd Annual Recognition<br />
Luncheon held last April<br />
10 at the Winnetka Community<br />
House.<br />
One awardee was Jennifer<br />
Hoffman, who was<br />
named Business Leader of<br />
the Year for her work with<br />
the Winnetka Thrift Shop,<br />
started in 1910, and benefiting<br />
the Counseling Center<br />
of the North Shore.<br />
In a short period of time<br />
under Hoffman’s direction,<br />
business has increased by<br />
34 percent.<br />
Hoffman thanked her<br />
staff for the thrift shop’s<br />
continuing success.<br />
“Always surround yourself<br />
with people who inspire<br />
you and emulate those<br />
who have helped make a<br />
through Friday<br />
Closed Sunday & Monday<br />
Froggys<br />
French Cafe<br />
difference in life,” Hoffman<br />
said.<br />
Next was New Trier<br />
senior Marzuk Rashid,<br />
president of BinaryHeart, a<br />
school club started in 2016<br />
that collects, repairs and restores<br />
old computers, lapstops<br />
and other electronic<br />
equipment.<br />
“We donate them to<br />
places like Northwest Settlement<br />
and underserved<br />
schools where students<br />
do not have computers<br />
with which to work,” said<br />
Please see Award, 6<br />
Jim (left) and Carol Hansen were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the<br />
chamber’s Annual Recognition Luncheon April 10 at the Community House. Photos<br />
by efg image<br />
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Captain Tom Hutchison, of the Winnetka Fire Department, was the Public Safety<br />
honoree at the program.
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