Representatives of Golden State Foods (GSF), based in Henrietta, and other vendors associated with Rochester Operators McDonalds Association Corporation (ROMAC) recently presented gifts totaling to $11,500 to the Monroe Community College Foundation. The gifts were made in memory of former MCC Board of Trustees Chair Richard Guon, an entrepreneur who owned several McDonalds stores in Greater Rochester before his passing in 2009. The gifts support an endowed scholarship established by ROMAC earlier this year and reinforce ROMAC’s partnership with MCC and the MCC Foundation.
At the Richard M. Guon Child Care Center Re-dedication in June, ROMAC President John Buono announced a gift of $25,000 to create an endowed scholarship in Guon’s honor. ROMAC gave an additional $3,750 to enable the MCC Foundation and MCC to award two $1,250 scholarships as early as September 2011.
At a ROMAC meeting on November, 10, GSF announced a $5,000 gift toward the fund; McCain Foods, Gorton’s, Dean Foods, S&D Coffee, Noco Electric and Coca-Cola followed GSF’s lead by giving an additional $6,550 gift to the fund.
McDonald’s operators will help spread the news about the new scholarship opportunity and encourage their employees to consider MCC. The scholarship will support one or more students enrolled in MCC’s Hospitality Program.
Pictured below left to right (row 1): John Buono, Jennifer Clark, Diane Shoger, Louis Buono Jr, Sharon Potter, Nancy Wilkes; (row 2) Ray Santos, Elmer Potter; (row 3) Justin MacCarthy, Hector Urena Jr, Joe Sirianni, Mary Ellen Guon, Glen Jeter, Domenick Buono; (row 4) Tim Potter, Joe Booden and Tom Ledgerwood. Missing from photo: Louis Buono, Joseph Ferrino, Ren Weichbrodt and Robert Weichbrodt.
Diane L. Shoger
MCC Foundation
11/29/2010 |