Local business owners honored at chamber’s annual award dinner
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — The Butler County Chamber of Commerce honored local businesses and community leaders Wednesday, Sept. 3, during its Celebrate Business Dinner event, celebrating innovation, service and economic impact across the region.
Hundreds of chamber members, community leaders and local legislators packed Slippery Rock University's Robert M. Smith Student Center for the event, which served as a chance to present three awards to individuals and organizations for their efforts in serving Butler County during the past year: the Stan Kosciuszko Leadership Excellence Award, the David L. Lloyd Chamber Champion Award and the William A. Morgan Jr. Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
It also served as a graduation ceremony for the Chamber’s 2025 Leadership Butler County class.
Chamber of Commerce president Jordan Grady thanked everyone in the room and beyond who have helped get Butler County where it is today.
“We all seem to be growing in the same direction,” Grady said as he addressed the crowd. “I feel blessed to work for you all, and I will continue to work hard, speak up and do whatever it takes to deliver results for this community.”
The Stan Kosciuszko Leadership Excellence Award was presented to Tom Graham, owner of video production company Frames & Pixels in Butler, who has been involved with the chamber since 1996 and is a 1998 graduate of Leadership Butler County.
Graham said the honor is a little outside his comfort zone because he is normally the guy working behind the scenes, but he is thankful for the award.
“We have a great cooperative spirit of people here in Butler County,” Graham said. “We just work to get things done.”
Chris Camp, who owns Fun Fore All in Cranberry Township, two Dairy Queen locations and a car wash was presented the William A. Morgan Jr. Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his commitment to helping make Fun Fore All a family destination for everyone after purchasing the business in 1996.
“I am extremely blessed to have been modeled to serve others around you through my dad,” Camp said. “My dad started in the supermarket business, and I grew up watching him serve people in our community.”
Lastly, the David L. Lloyd Chamber Champion Award was presented jointly to the Alliance for Nonprofit Resources and the Nonprofit Development Corporation, both led by executive director Chris Lunn.
“I would like to thank you all on behalf of ANR and NDR,” Lunn said as he addressed the crowd. “Butler County is awesome, and I think we all know it; this room would not be filled tonight if that wasn’t the case.”
There were 26 people in this year's Leadership Butler County graduating class with individuals in a variety of trades and backgrounds from across the county.
Each Leadership Butler County class is defined by its class project. This year, the group decided to take on two projects.
The first was to enhance the playground at St. Wendelin Catholic School and the second was establishing a Butler County Community College scholarship fund with the goal to provide a $500 scholarship per year.
“Over the past year, we got to see Butler County for what it truly is,” Amy Smith, with Cranberry Township and a 2025 Leadership Butler County graduate, said. “It’s not only where we live and work, but a vibrant hub of innovative manufacturers, thriving small businesses, a strong agricultural community and above all, extraordinary people.”
