2021 SAGE Award Winners

Posted on April 7, 2021 by The Dunmorean

A large number of Dunmore businesses were winners when The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce hosted its Chamber Gala in March presenting the 2021 SAGE Awards – the Scranton Awards for Growth and Excellence.

Borough businesses who came up winners included Fidelity Bank, Business of the Year winner; DePietro’s Pharmacy, Impact: Community Outreach winner; Space Time Mead & Cider Works, New and Emerging Business of the Year winner; Hematology & Oncology Associates of NEPA, People’s Choice winner, and United Sports Academy, Small Business of the Year.

This year’s event was a hybrid celebration with SAGE finalists and award sponsors attending at the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center, while other guests enjoyed viewing parties from home via Zoom.

Chamber president, Bob Durkin, and Chamber board chair, Patrick Fricchione, opened the ceremony thanking all finalists, award sponsors, and Gala sponsors for their dedication to the NEPA community. Emcee for the evening was Thom Welby, with musical entertainment provided by Lexington Entertainment.

The SAGE Awards honor outstanding local businesses for their talent, creativity, and innovation. This year, the awards were enhanced to honor and recognize the innovation our local businesses employed due to COVID-19.

Dunmore Groups Nominated for SAGE Awards

Posted on March 3, 2021 by The Dunmorean

The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 2021 SAGE Awards, the Scranton Awards for Growth and Excellence, which honor outstanding local businesses for their talent, creativity, and innovation.

Among the finalists from Dunmore are Fidelity Bank, FNCB Bank, DePietro’s Pharmacy, Dearly Departed Players at Dunmore Cemetery, and Space Time Mead & Cider Works.

The winners will be announced on Friday, March 19, at the Chamber Gala, a hybrid event held at the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center and live via Zoom.

This year’s SAGE Awards have been enhanced to honor and recognize the innovation our local businesses employed due to COVID-19. In addition, the new IMPACT Award for 2021 iincludes three categories: Community Outreach, People and Culture, and Products and Services.

Close to 100 applications were received for this year’s awards and nearly 40 community leaders and professionals volunteered to review applications and select finalists. The finalists, in each category, are: Best Practices in Community Involvement, Coal Creative, Scranton Area Community Foundation, Valhalla Veterans Services; Best Practices in Customer Service, Center City Print, Maternal and Family Health Services, Tech42 LLC.

Best Practices in Marketing and Communications,m Horizon Dental Care, Inspired Studio, Posture Interactive; Business of the Year, Benco Dental, Fidelity Bank, Horizon Dental Care; Hometown Star, Dearly Departed Players at Dunmore Cemetery, Scranton Memorial Park at Scranton High School; Food for All Campaign at The Settlers Inn.

Impact: Community Outreach, Center City Print, DePietro’s Pharmacy, FNCB Bank; Impact: People and Culture, DePietro’s Pharmacy, Golden Technologies, Penn Foster, Impact: Products and Services, DePietro’s Pharmacy, Hemotology & Oncology Associates of NEPA, Woodloch Resort.

New and Emerging Business of the Year: Birdhouse Outdoor, Scholars in Training Preschool, Space Time Mead & Cider Works; Non-Profit Organization of the Year, Camp Freedom, Inc., Keystone Mission, Maternal & Family Health Services; Small Business of the Year, Center City Print, PennWood Financial Group, United Sports Academy.

In addition, all award finalists can also win the People’s Choice Award, where the winner will be chosen by a community wide online vote, available on www.scrantonchamber.com from Monday, March 1 through Friday, March 5.

DePietro’s Pharmacy Helps Community During COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on May 6, 2020 by The Dunmorean

DePietros Pharmacy Contributes 10K to Heart of Scranton Virtual Fundraiser

DePietros Pharmacy recenrtly contributed $10,000 to Heart of Scranton Virtual Fundraiser. Shown from left are: Karissa Hausman, Michele Pusateri, JJ Gaughan, Kaitlyn McAfee, LeaAnn Spitz and Tom DePietro.

DePietro’s Pharmacy recently contributed $10,000 to the Heart of Scranton: A Virtual Fundraiser to Help our Neighbors.

The fundraiser, led by Scranton’s Mayor Paige Cognetti in partnership with the NEPA COVID-19 Response Fund at the Scranton Area Community Foundation, started on Thursday, April 30 at 12pm. This fundraiser focuses on food insecurity and will benefit CEO/Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank, Friends of the Poor and Meals on Wheels of NEPA. Generous community partners will match funds totaling $100,000.

Tom DePietro, owner of DePietro’s Pharmacy stated, “Our commitment to the community extends well beyond the pharmacy counter. In the wake of the current pandemic, food insecurity is a growing challenge for so many families here in NEPA. Contributing to this fundraiser was an impactful way for DePietro’s Pharmacy to pitch in and help right now. Our team is actively encouraging our families, friends and customers to contribute as well if they are able.”

“This is an incredibly generous donation which will have an extraordinary impact on food insecurity in our communities, and in combination with the match provided through this fundraiser, will generate $20,000 in philanthropic support for this very important cause,” added Laura Ducceschi, Scranton Area Community Foundation’s President and CEO.

Donations will be accepted by check made payable to the Scranton Area Foundation indicating “Heart of Scranton” in the memo and mailed to the Scranton Area Community Foundation, 615 Jefferson Ave., Suite 102, Scranton, PA 18510. Donations will be accepted online at safdn.org/heart-of-scranton until 7pm on Friday, May 1.