Chamber To Honor Awards Recipients on Thursday, April 25
ONEONTA—Later this month, the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce will hold its Spring Dinner and Awards Ceremony at The Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown.
This year’s award winners include a community leader, a fledgling enterprise and an established business familiar to all.
The chamber event on Thursday, April 25 will kick off with cocktails and networking from 5:30-6:15 p.m., followed by a sit-down dinner beginning 6:30 p.m. and the awards ceremony. For more information, visit otsegocc.com.
2024 Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen Award
Julie Dostal
Award to be presented by Bassett Healthcare Network
From the Chamber:
Julie Dostal is an example of what one individual, armed with courage and conviction, can do to affect the world around her. She believes that addiction is a 100 percent preventable disease from which people can, and do, recover. Julie promotes a stigma-free, open-armed, recovery-friendly community throughout the region. Her work is hard, but this is often the case when a person is dedicated to doing the right thing for her fellow human beings.
Everyone knows Julie as the force behind LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions. She has personally provided care and counsel to hundreds, if not thousands, of people in recovery. And while her impact on Otsego County and this region of Upstate New York is substantial, Julie has a lifelong list of accomplishments that bear witness to her stellar career.