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Achieva Employee Honored For Outstanding Job Performance

Alonzo Russell (striped shirt) and comedian Ryan Niemiller at the UniqueSource® Achievement Awards

Achieva Employee Honored For Outstanding Job Performance

Alonzo Russell was honored among 32 dedicated awardees for demonstrating capability, dependability, and employability at the 2022 UniqueSource® Achievement Awards. Awardees were recognized at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center during an evening of food, music, and laughs on May 9, 2022.

Mr. Russell is an employee of Achieva’s Cleaning and Janitorial (C&J) service, which partners with UniqueSource® to advance and grow employment for Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Alonzo is employed as a Lead Custodian and is recognized as a team player who finds value in supporting others to succeed. “Alonzo works diligently on contracts and has shown leadership qualities with his fellow peers,” said Cleaning & Janitorial Manager Josh Rizzo, who nominated Alonzo for the award. Rizzo recognized Alonzo for his 5+ years of outstanding job performance through his contracted work at PennDot.

UniqueSource® Products and Services, established in 1956, pursues business opportunities, primarily in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on behalf of their member network of affirmative employers, like Achieva. Together through employment, they help people with disabilities on their personal journeys to prove their abilities and to realize their goals of fulfillment and economic independence.

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