Lori Joyner, executive director of the Harvest House, has been selected as the Destin Chamber’s Business Person of the Quarter.
Joyner was presented the award at the Destin Chamber’s July 15 Great American Cookout. The award is presented directly from the chamber’s board of directors to a Destin area businessperson showing vision for his or her business and leadership in the community.
“I have always admired Lori and the work she does. She’s a special person. People forget about the work that the nonprofits in the community do,” said Destin Chamber CCE Shane Moody in a news release.
“All you have to do is look at how many families Harvest House has assisted during the years and the amount of food they’ve provided to those families. It truly is one of those organizations that is vital to our community. And it’s all due to Lori and the amazing skill level and heart with which she does her work,” Moody said.
Since its founding, Harvest House has distributed more than 400,000 bags of groceries to more than 115,000 working families and individuals in the Destin area. A vast majority of that work was accomplished during Joyner’s 15 years as executive director.
Harvest House is the oldest, continuously operating community nonprofit in the Destin area, and, recently, Joyner’s leadership was on full display as Harvest House faced its greatest threat in its 37 years of existence.
With the closing of its longtime facility housing its thrift store and food pantry, Joyner was able to distribute more than $200,000 of donated store items and another $20,000 in shelving, refrigerators, freezers and other hardware to other community service organizations. She then secured and moved the food pantry operations to a new location at 114 Palmetto St., in Destin.
For more information, visit HarvestHouseDestin.org, DestinChamber.com, call 850- 837-6241 or email mail@DestinChamber.com
This information was provided by the Destin Chamber of Commerce.
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