Butler County Chamber of Commerce Community Champion Award Butler County Family YMCA Sandra Ihlenfeld (left) Vice President of Organizational Advancement at YMCA and Karen Brackett with Nextier bank presented the award at the luncheon at Diamond Park in Butler on Wednesday July 11, 2018.

The Butler County Family YMCA won this year's Community Champion Award during a downtown picnic luncheon Wednesday.

Every year, the Butler County Chamber of Commerce awards a nonprofit for its involvement in and its betterment of the community.

Chamber board members nominate nonprofits, officers whittle the list down to a few options and then a group of about 30 former chamber presidents select the year's winner.

Sandra Ihlenfeld, vice president of organizational advancement of the Butler YMCA, accepted the award on behalf of the organization.

“We've been here 130 years,” Ihlenfeld said. “We're not leaving. We're planning to keep doing what we do as well as we can do it.”

Karen Brackett of NexTier Bank and the chamber's board of directors presented the award.

“For communities to be successful, everyone should have the opportunity to be healthy, confident, connected and secure,” Brackett said.

Stan Kosciuszko, the chamber's president, said the chamber has been giving the award for over 10 years.

The ceremony took place under a large tent in Diamond Park and had about 50 attendees.

A full story will appear in the Butler Eagle.