PHOTOS: Winter Park Chamber of Commerce’s Cheers to You! Awards Celebration

 The city of Winter Park’s leading businesses and community members were celebrated at the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce’s “Cheers to You!” awards ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 24. Winter Park community figures and businesses representatives gathered at the Mead Botanical Garden’s newly-renovated clubhouse for a night of drinks, food and recognition. Retired Winter Park Fire-Rescue chief Jim White was named the 2018 Lydia Gardner Citizen of the Year. 

"Cheers to You!" Award Recipients

LYDIA GARDNER CITIZEN OF THE YEAR - Chief Jim White, City of Winter Park Fire-Rescue

2018 AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR, Patrick Brazil, NAI Realvest

2018 CHAIRMAN OF THE YEAR - Joanne McMahon, 310 Restaurants

2018 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - Dawn Braddy, Orange County Clerk of Courts

2018 EMERGING LEADER - Zak Sultan, Seacoast Bank

2018 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR - Florida Distributing Company

2018 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR - The Glass Knife

2018 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR - Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation

2018 CHAMBER HERO - Scott McCallum

2018 WINTER PARK CHAMPION OF THE YEAR - Albert Manero, Limbitless Solutions

2018 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Saundra Hester

2018 DEBRA HENDRICKSON LEADERSHIP VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - Shari Hodgson, University of Central Florida