Columbia Industries recognizes partners, volunteers, clients

Columbia Industries recently held its 52nd annual meeting at the Canyon Lakes Golf Course to recognize business and agency partners, thank corporate and individual supporters, and present awards to several deserving clients.

▪ Business Partners of the Year: Benton County and Mission Support Alliance.

▪ Employer of the Year: Rite Aid.

▪ Volunteer of the Year: Kathleen Lawrence.

This year, special recognition was given to state Rep. Maureen Walsh for her advocacy.

Companies and individuals receiving plaques for their financial support included Banner Bank, Cascade Natural Gas, PayneWest Insurance, Three Rivers Community Foundation, URS/WTP-AECOM, Apollo Mechanical Contractors, Bill Gay, the Columbia Industries Board of Directors, CO-Energy, Columbia Center Rotary, Community First Bank, Frank & Beverly Aiello, Richard Cummins, Eric and Laurie Martuscelli, CH2M Hill, CTC Construction, Gary and Pat Franz, Northwest CPA Group, Rich Foeppel and Washington Closure Hanford.

Client of the Year awards went to Arthur with CI Solutions, Joshua with CI Employment Services, and Brandon with CI Federal Building.

This story was originally published July 23, 2016 at 4:56 PM with the headline "Columbia Industries recognizes partners, volunteers, clients."