Gwendolyn's Cafe and Catering Company Wins 21st Annual Southwest Florida Blue Chip Award

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Nov. 5, 2015 - PRLog -- Gwendolyn’s Café and Catering Company is announced as the 21st annual Blue Chip Community Business Award winner. After overcoming many personal and professional challenges, owner Gwendolyn Howard-Powell has fostered a successful restaurant in downtown Fort Myers that provides aid to the homeless and other local, non-profit organizations. Gwendolyn’s Café and Catering Company was recognized at the annual luncheon ceremony that took place at Harborside Convention Center on Nov. 5. The event was coordinated and sponsored by BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company and BB&T Bank.

“Ms. Howard-Powell’s mission to help better our community is inspiring to all,” said Scott Gregory, CIC, CRM, BB&T-Oswald-Trippe and Company vice president. “Hard work and the belief that everyone deserves a second chance in life is a humbling lesson.”

The Blue Chip Community Business Award is given to for-profit businesses in Southwest Florida who have overcome adversity to achieve success. The finalists are determined through an application process that is reviewed by an impartial panel of judges. This year the five finalists were; Gwendolyn’s Café and Catering Company, Jennifer’s, A Touch of Class Pet Grooming, Inc., Rumours Hair Design and Accounting for Profitability, LLC.

The 2015 Southwest Florida Blue Chip Community Business Award is endorsed by the Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce, Business Observer, Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte County Economic Development Office, Christian Chamber of Southwest Florida, City of Cape Coral Economic Development Office, Englewood-Cape Haze Area Chamber of Commerce, Estero Chamber of Commerce, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Southwestern State College, Florida Weekly, Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, Greater Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce, Gulfshore Business, Hodges University, Lee County Economic Development Office/Horizon Council, Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce, Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Florida Business Today, Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Fort Myers Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce.

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