Chester County Briefly: July 11

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Volunteer English Program

The Chester County Commissioners recently presented a check for $7,500 to representatives from VEP. The funds are part of the county’s annual appropriations to organizations and nonprofits and will be used by VEP to help fund its volunteer tutor training program, which supports English language and cultural instruction for new and long-term residents.

VEP board member and tutor Fred Crotchfelt said that the 300 volunteer tutors and approximately 300 immigrant students who are currently registered with VEP truly appreciate the funding that sustains the program and “genuinely changes their lives for the better.”

For more than 32 years, VEP has helped thousands of Chester County’s most vulnerable newcomers learn English and achieve U.S. citizenship through community-based, non-classroom instruction that is available morning through evening, seven days a week.

Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Staff members of Chester County’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (CYF) have earned statewide recognition for their efforts to place children eligible for adoption into permanent, loving homes.

Shadell Quinones, Manager of the CYF Adoption Unit, was awarded Permanency Professional of the Year for her commitment to finding permanent homes for children through adoption. Quinones has been a part of the CYF team for 18 years.

CYF Supervisor Kristin Terrell and Caseworker Briana Stinson were part of a group that was awarded the Permanency Teamwork recognition for their collaborative effort to promote permanent homes for children with special needs. The team’s efforts to find a “forever family” for a local 16-year-old, who had been in foster care in many different locations for many years, were noted as exceptional.

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CertainTeed

The Malvern-based corporation has agreed to purchase Hunter Douglas’ North American ceilings business.

Hunter Douglas is the world leader in window coverings and is also a major manufacturer of architectural products. Its North American ceilings business manufactures architectural ceilings and soffit systems with operations in Norcross, Ga., and Denver, Co., and has 100 employees.

“The acquisition of Hunter Douglas’ North American ceilings business demonstrates our continued commitment to invest in the growth of our ceilings business,” said Mark Rayfield, President and CEO of CertainTeed. “Over the past 60 years, Hunter Douglas has earned the trust of its customers and is well respected in the ceiling industry. We have a high level of confidence in the Hunter Douglas team and want to preserve its innovative, entrepreneurial culture and close customer relationships.”

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