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“ As our business turns 50, we are now seeing the second and third generations working here. It is not uncommon to see people who started out in our daycare, later earning engineering degrees or pursuing trades as fabricators or assemblers in our facility. In fact, many people’ s first exposure to our company was through our daycare center, which we truly cherish. There is nothing like stepping outside after a meeting to see the kids playing and bubbles floating past the office windows, it is such a joy. The idea for our daycare center originated with Sheila Harshman, the wife of our original president, and we have cultivated it ever since,” Deacon elaborates.
Shifting the focus to the event on everyone’ s mind at Agri-Fab, Deacon is eager to describe how the company will celebrate its 50th anniversary.“ Each month, we host a specific event with a different theme and gifts for our Agri-Fab family to mark this milestone. We plan to continue this throughout the
year; we have already celebrated a couple of months with brunches, lawn bag chairs, and more. One of our most significant celebrations will take place in October when we commemorate our 50 years with our community through a large event featuring activities like games and a bouncy house. Additionally, baseball is big in Sullivan, so we always host an opening day cookout each year. Not only were we able to do that again this year, but we were also able to incorporate some anniversary festivities into that event. Essentially, we intend to make this a grand celebration, as it is an amazing milestone. Maintaining our success for five decades would not have been possible without our employees and the decisions they make every day while working with and for this great company. It truly has always been about the people for us at Agri-Fab,” he concludes. ■
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