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Southwest Florida Addiction Services received pledges from First Community Bank of Southwest Florida and Oswald, Trippe and Company of $25,000 and $20,000, respectively, to support construction of a new treatment facility in Fort Myers.

Dennis Gilkey, CEO of Gilkey Organization, was appointed to the CNLBank Southwest Florida board of directors and to the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizens Advisory Committee.

Susan Bennett, president of Susan Bennett Marketing & Media, compiled a study on strategic planning for the Florida Public Relations Association.

Jennifer Nackley, a partner in Quarles & Brady’s trusts & estates practice in Naples, was elected to the board of directors of Cancer Alliance of Naples.

The Federal Aviation Administration gave Southwest Florida International Airport an Airport Safety Mark of Distinction Award for its runway rehabilitation project.

MBA Airport Transportation was named Operator of the Year by the Airport Ground Transportation Association.

Publix Super Markets donated $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Lee County for a house in Lehigh Acres.

Oswald, Trippe and Company named Chuck Lindback, an account representative in its Port Charlotte office, its 2007 area Community Service Award winner.

Azure at Bonita Bay earned a Silver Award from the National Association of Home Builders’ Sales and Marketing Council.

Named to the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Advisory Council were David Schiering, a board member of Fifth Third Bank and board president of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida; Bradley Rigor, a member of the NCH Healthcare System’s bioethics committee; Mathew Ross, director of business development for Professional Building Systems; and Frank Macero, retired president of Paper Magic Group Inc.