Firm Collects 7,000 Food Items for Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s Architects and Engineers Can Challenge invites local architectural and engineering firms to compete by gathering donations of nonperishable food items and cash for Salvation Army food support services. The number of items divided by the number of employees determines the winner. Consulting Engineering Services of Middletown collected more than 7,000 food items for this year’s challenge with an average donation of 135 items per employee. CES holds the record for the largest monetary and food donation of the industry participants and has won the challenge the past four years. Pictured, from left, are: Nicholas Fair, electrical engineering designer, CES; Robert Drechsler, plumbing/fire protection designer, CES; Andy Dotter, senior electrical engineering designer, CES; George Keithan, president/CEO, CES; Steven Martyszczyk, associate, CES; Luke Ricker, mechanical engineer, CES; Captain Rick Starkey, corps officer/pastor, Salvation Army; Loren Grabinsky, senior associate, CES; Shawn Poulin, mechanical engineer, CES; Joseph Gargiulo, senior plumbing/fire protection engineer, CES; Hector Fernandez, technician, CES; and Allen Cummings, mechanical designer, CES.