HMG+ President Karen DiPeri was awarded a Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management Directors’ Award! Each year, the SHFM Directors’ Awards recognize special honorees that have gone “above and beyond” to serve the association and better our industry. The Spirit Award is presented to an individual who consistently demonstrates the qualities of loyalty, dedication and enthusiasm for the Society. Congratulations to our very own Karen DiPeri, for securing this extraordinary award!

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New York, NY – August 15, 2017 — HMG+  has been selected for the 2017 New York Small Business Excellence Award in the Employment Agencies classification by the New York Small Business Excellence Award Program.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2017 New York Small Business Excellence Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the New York Small Business Excellence Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About the New York Small Business Excellence Awards Program

The New York Small Business Excellence Awards recognizes outstanding small businesses that serve the New York area. Each year, our selection committee identifies businesses that we believe have achieved outstanding marketing success in their local community and business classification.

Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value. These are small businesses that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the New York area a vibrant and vital place to live.

The New York Small Business Excellence Awards was established to reward the best of small businesses in New York. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to award the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.\

SOURCE: New York Small Business Excellence Award Program

CONTACT: PublicRelations@SmallBusinessExcellence.email

URL: http://www.SmallBusinessExcellence.org 

Every year, Wellness in the Schools (WITS) hosts a gala featuring top chefs, restaurants, and beverage purveyors in NYC. The event features tastings from over 30 of NYC’s top restaurants, chefs, and beverage providers, live entertainment, and an auction. This year’s hosts and VIP celebrity guests include Nancy Easton, Bill Telepan, Jenna Wolfe, Lewis Black, Michael Anthony, Josh Capon, Charles Chen, Melissa Clark, Rocco DiSpirito, Amanda Freitag, Alex Guarnaschelli, Seamus Mullen, Dean Sheremet, Gail Simmons, and Bill Yosses.

HMG+ President, Karen DiPeri had the wonderful opportunity of absorbing the title of Event Planner for this year’s Wellness in the Schools Gala. Check out photos from the WITS Gala 2017 below!

ABOUT WITS:

Wellness in the Schools is a national non-profit that inspires healthy eating and fitness for kids in public schools. Through public-private partnerships, we work with schools to provide healthy, scratch-cooked meals, active recess periods, and fitness and nutrition education. Trained culinary graduates partner with cafeteria staff to feed kids real food, and fitness coaches encourage schools to let kids play. Our partnership approach drives systemic, long-term change, shifting the entire culture of schools and ultimately fighting the childhood obesity epidemic. Our programs serve more than 50,000 children in 100 schools nationwide.

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Photo credit: Ken Goodman Photography

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We would like to recognize HMG+ President, Karen DiPeri on being selected as winner of the SmartCEO Brava Awards!

The Brava Awards program celebrates high-impact female business leaders in three categories: CEOs, Executive Directors of Nonprofits, and C-suite executives. Brava award winners combine their irrepressible entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for giving back to the community, and are exemplary leaders of both their companies and their communities. They encourage local philanthropy, mentor up-and-coming leaders and set their companies on the path to tremendous growth. Each year, an independent committee of local business leaders selects winners based on company growth, community impact and mentoring. SmartCEO shares their inspiring stories in SmartCEO magazine and celebrates their success at a high-energy awards gala.

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Foodservice & Hospitality 2017:

HMG+ President Karen DiPeri

Its #GivingTuesday! As you may know, Giving Tuesday starts the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season, which is the perfect time to focus on end-of-year giving. Since 2012, Giving Tuesday has become a movement that celebrates and supports giving and philanthropy with events throughout the year. This year, HMG+ proudly donated to the following organizations: Rescuing Leftover Cuisine and Violence Intervention Program, Inc.

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine is a national non-profit food rescue organization, operating in 12 cities and headquartered in New York City, that provides solutions to prevent excess wholesome cuisine from being wasted.

Violence Intervention Program fills a gap in domestic violence services for Latinas and their children. Their mission is to lead victims of domestic abuse to safety, to empower them to live violence-free lives, and to reach and sustain their full potential.

Nothing beats the feeling you get from giving back and helping others. Donate today for Giving Tuesday!

The American Staffing Association announced that HMG Plus service professional Wendy Hobbie is the 2017 National Staffing Employee of the Year.

HMG Plus is a New York City based hospitality staffing firm that specializes in exceptional front of house staff. Help us congratulate HMG Plus service professional Wendy Hobbie on receiving this prestigious honor!

Wendy Hobbie has been a valued employee of HMG Plus since 2014. She works on assignment as a hospitality captain, waiter, and bartender. The flexibility that staffing offers allows her to audition and teach dance to blind and deaf children. She currently volunteers at The Lexington School and Center for the Deaf, teaching hip-hop dance to students aged three to 12. Between gigs as a professional dancer, Hobbie also has taught Sunday school to underprivileged students in low-income neighborhoods through Metro World Child, a religious organization committed to providing services to children living in adverse conditions in metropolitan areas around the world.

“I am honored to be the National Staffing Employee of Year, and hope that my personal story is inspiring to others considering work as a temporary or contract employee,” Hobbie said. “Being a temporary employee is perfect for me at this time in my life. Staffing lets me support myself financially while pursuing my professional dreams and s+ing my passion for dance with visually and hearing impaired children, which means the world to me.”

HMG Plus is extremely proud of Wendy and her accomplishments, in and outside of HMG Plus. She will be formally honored and celebrated by staffing industry professionals from around the country on Oct. 26 at a recognition ceremony during Staffing World^® 2016, in San Diego, California.

Catch Wendy’s featured cover story in the January/February issue of Staffing Success Magazine!

Photos by Eric Vitale Photography