Grand Island Chamber says thanks to Citizen of the Year sponsors

The Planning Committee for the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year Awards Banquet met with Mark Raepple, owner of John's Pizza & Subs, as he presented a bronze sponsorship for the Citizen of the Year event. The chamber thanks John's Pizza & Subs and all of the other local businesses that have stepped up this year to help with this community event.

Pictured from left, are Zaccaria, Wilbert, Raepple and McMahon.

Tickets and Sponsors

Tickets to the Citizen of the Year Awards Ceremony are $45, a children's ticket is $18, and available for purchase at the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce Office, located at 2257 Grand Island Blvd., or by calling in a reservation to 716-773-3651. A cash bar will be open at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m.

The chamber thanked the following businesses for supporting the event: platinum sponsors the Holiday Inn Grand Island, Niagara Frontier Publications (consisting the Island Dispatch, Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune, Lewiston-Porter Sentinel, the Grand Island PennySaver and www.wnypapers.com); Fuccillo's Hyundai, Toyota, Scion and Chevy dealerships; gold sponsor Life Technologies; silver sponsors Toshiba Business Solutions and KeyBank; bronze sponsors Aceti's Wine and Spirits; Sam Long Landscaping and Excavating; Liz Wilbert of Realty USA; Creative Leather Concepts and Island Ship Center; McMahon's Family Restaurant; Mr. Best Wrench; Riverside Federal Credit Union; Citizens Bank; SNAP Fitness; First Niagara Bank; Grand Island Optical and Four Points by Sheraton Hotel; Elderwood Health Care at Riverwood; Tops Markets and Certified AutoBrokers.

If a business would like to join these businesses in supporting the Citizen of the Year Awards Ceremony with a platinum sponsorship of $2,000, gold sponsorship of $1,000, silver sponsorship of $500 or a bronze sponsorship of $300, it can contact the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce at 716-773-3651.