Waldhoff Honored with Rotary Vocational Excellence Award

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Published on October 15 2014 10:37 am
Last Updated on October 15 2014 10:37 am
Written by Greg Sapp

(FROM LEFT, NOON ROTARY VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE BEV SOLTWEDEL, BARBARA WALDHOFF, LARRY WALDHOFF AND MATT WALDHOFF)

Larry Waldhoff was honored as the Effingham Noon Rotary Club's Vocational Excellence Award winner for 2014 during the club's annual Business Associates Luncheon October 15.

 Waldhoff was honored for 55 years in the musical instrument sales and marketing business, as general manager for Samuel Music Company and Midco International and in recent years as owner of Church Organ Network of Illinois with additional locations in Indiana and Kentucky, and of Piano Gallery of Peoria and Capital City Music of Springfield. He was also recognized for his service to various civic endeavors including Rotary and his life as a husband, father and grandfather. His wife Barb and son Matt, who partners with his father in business, were on hand for the award presentation.

(FROM LEFT, MATT UNKRAUT OF M-B-S COMMUNICATIONS AND ROTARY NOON CLUB PRESIDENT LOIS HOENE)

The Rotary weekly guest speaker was Matt Unkraut, general manager of MBS Communications in Altamont. The firm was founded 20 years ago and has grown to a 21-employee operation that markets greeting cards to dental and veterinary practices throughout the nation. Unkraut also discussed the company's marketing of Art-Abilities, cards featuring work by consumers at ARC Community Support Systems' art program. A portion of the sales of the cards helps fund the ARC art program.