Alumni Award Winner Announced

Alumni Award Winners Announced
Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Over the first weekend in October we all traveled to West Virginia where Allison was awarded the West Virginia Wesleyan College Young Alumni Achievement Award. Below is the write up about Allison that was published in the Sundial, the College's magazine.

From the West Virginia Weslyan Web Site "As part of the annual Homecoming celebration October 1-3, West Virginia Wesleyan will bestow awards upon six deserving recipients. Three alumni will receive awards for their achievement, while two alumni will be honored for service to the College. In addition, one college employee will receive the Friend of the College/Extra Mile Award.

The honor of the Young Alumni Achievement Award will be bestowed upon Allison Quinn Guido '02 this year. Named one of Cape & Plymouth Business Magazine's 40 under 40, Guido serves as General Manager/Partner of Almar Building and Remodeling Co. in Hanover, MA.

After graduating from Wesleyan in 2002 with a B.A. in Arts Management, Guido earned her Massachusetts Construction Supervisors License in 2003, and was named 2004 Rookie of the Year by the Builders Association of Greater Boston.

As an owner of Almar, Guido joined her father, Terry Quinn and her husband, Craig Guido '00 in accepting Remodeling Magazine's Big 50 Award in 2005. South Shore Living Magazine has featured Guido in their "Women in Business" features, and she is currently working with Better Homes & Gardens online as one of their "Ask the Pros" contributors. As a student at Wesleyan, Guido was active in the community through Zeta Tau Alpha and the Theatre Department. Her service to her community continues today. Through her roles as Secretary for the Baystate Alumnae Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha, and President of the Alumnae Association for Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Mass., Guido has worked with both of those organizations to adopt two families for Christmas and gather gifts for them. She has volunteered at the Survivors Tent at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Boston, and is on the Survivors Tent planning committee for the 2010 event. Since 2004, Guido has coordinated a team for the American Lung Association's annual Asthma Walk.

Guido is also active in the local business community, serving as a member of the South Shore Business Roundtable, South Shore Young Professionals, and South Shore Women's Business Network. In her free time, Guido enjoys the two book clubs in which she takes part, and traveling with her husband."