Welcome to the Alvernia University alumni business directory. This space allows our alumni business owners to showcase their success to fellow Golden Wolves. If you would like to add your business to the list, please fill out this form.
Contact Alumni Office with any questions at 610-568-1530 or alumni@alvernia.edu.
Alumni: Dave Emkey '07
Address: 3502 Mohegan Drive, Sinking Spring PA 19608
Website: newcobrands.com
Email: demkey@newcobrands.com
Description: NewCo Brands is the U.S. distributor of Ellesse Footwear and apparel for tennis and golf.
Alumni: Samiyyah Hanible '08 MBA '20
Address: 897 Marcella St., Philadelphia PA 19124
Website: beginningmoments.online
Phone: 215-744-0753
Email: beginningmoments@yahoo.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: Beginning Moments is an early-learning childcare program. We service working and low income families. We are located in northeast Philadelphia.
Alumni: Jolene Stankiewicz '12
Address: 19 Vermont Road, Sinking Spring PA 19608
Website: www.berksareayouthrec.org
Phone: 610-678-6590
Email: BAYRCAMP@comcast.net
Description: BAYR CAMP provides licensed Preschool, School Age and Summer Camp (Day and Resident Camp) programs for community children. Programs are year round, curriculum is under the direction of PA Degreed/Certified Directorship.
Alvernia discount: 1/2 off registration fee.
Alumni: Kristy (Shaak) Huyett '98
Address: 3025 North Street, Morgantown PA 19543
Website: littlemates.com
Phone: 610-913-7137
Email: kristyLMCDC@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: Educational program for children ages 6 weeks through school age. Free Pre K Counts Program available for qualifying families. Three locations: Morgantown, Elverson, Honey Brook.
Alumni: Allison Blair Snyder '11 '19
Address: 406 Sunset Road, Reading PA 19611
Website: motherscholarvisionary.com
Phone: 610-914-9354
Email: motherscholarvisionary@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
Description: Mother Scholar Visionary is a grounded ethos for how we learn, lead, and create new life - offering public speaking engagements, opportunities for collaborative projects, research publications, and high-level personal development workshops.
Alvernia discount: I am thrilled to work with Alvernia alumni in a pro-bono or at a highly discounted rate.
Alumni: Danielle Rosenzweig DPT '18
Address: 421 Merwyn Road, Merion Station PA 19066 (Virtual business)
Phone: 610-331-8606
Email: passtheptboards@gmail.com
Social media: Calendly, Facebook, Instagram
Description: "Helping PT students launch their careers!" PTutor provides customized mentoring and tutoring services to help you prepare for the NPTE, new grad navigation and the NCS! Virtual services include customized one on one tutoring, small group and bootcamps!
Alumni: Lydia Rieger ‘92
Address: 211 Ben Franklin Highway West Birdsboro, PA 19508
Website: tanglewoodtnt.com
Phone: 610-639-1439
Email: timeattanglewood@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn
Description: Tanglewood Tutoring and Transformation empowers people to unlock their goals and dreams and live a life they love. Services include academic tutoring, strategy sessions, workshops, life coaching programs and TranscenDance classes. TranscenDance is a mindful free-form dance practice for all ages and abilities.
Alumni: Joshua Smith '09 MBA '10
Address: 1779 West Trindle Road, Building 200, Suites F&G, Carlisle, PA 17015
Website: yourspeakingvoice.biz
Phone: 717-422-6724
Email: contact@yourspeakingvoice.biz
Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn
Description: This business is founded on one core value: to find your "speaking voice." We specialize in providing a wide-ranging set of coaching services (life, business, professional development, public speaking), alongside interview coaching, resume writing/review and social media branding services. No matter what stage of life you are at, whether it is personal, professional, or to expand your growing skillsets, you are a valuable person who deserves to be at their very best.
Alumni: Maureen Challenger '87 M.Ed. '02
Address: 118 North Centre Street, Pottsville PA 17901
Website: thecrimsonhouse.net
Phone: 570-728-2512
Email: maureen.crimson.house@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: Indulgent appetizers. Savory Entrees. Tantalizing cocktails! Plus, a sports bar next door. Moonshine tasting lounge upstairs. And, an arcade for the kids!
Alvernia discount: 5% for students, alumni and faculty with ID from Monday through Thursday.
Alumni: Conor Delaney ‘07 (Four Under Forty Achievement Award recipient: 2021)
Address: 2395 Lancaster Pike, Reading PA 19607
Website: goodlifeorganickitchen.com
Phone: 610-628-2082
Email: conor.delaney@goodlifeco.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: The journey to starting Good Life Organic Kitchen was similar to the other businesses we’ve launched; a vision and the desire to disrupt our community with a positive influence, challenge the status quo, and to help those around us be better than they were before they met us.
Alumni: Amy Richenaker '00
Address: 85 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401
Website: hettaglogg.com
Phone: 201-390-8421
Email: kevin@hettaglogg.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: We are a family owned and operated business. We make a traditional Norwegian mulled wine called Hetta. It is delicious warmed up for the holiday season, cold weather activities, or just cuddling up by the fire. There are many ways to enjoy Hetta all year, but the heart of season is now.
Alumni: Michele Brutto '16 MBA '18
Address: 290 Morgantown Road, Reading PA 19611
Website: mimmos.org
Phone: 610-373-2800
Email: mimmos1997@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: Since 1997, Mimmo's has been family owned & operated while serving Berks County authentic Italian cuisine. Located just a few blocks from Alvernia University.
Alumni: Massimo Grande '07
Address: 701 Penn Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611
Website: nonnoalbyswoodfire.com
Phone: 610-376-1011
Email: info@nonnoalbyswoodfire.com
Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Instagram
Description: West Reading's first wood-oven Neapolitan restaurant has become a popular eatery known for its gourmet-style dishes —personal pizzas, burgers and wood-oven-fired wings — that incorporate high-quality ingredients like fresh mozzarella made on-site, prosciutto, sopressata and imported olives and cheeses.
Alvernia discount: 10%.
Alumni: Emil Notarfrancesco '05
Address: 2535 S. 13th St. Philadelphia, PA 19148
Website: southhousephilly.com
Phone: 717-350-1846
Email: southhousephilly@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: SouthHouse is South Philadelphia’s neighborhood sports bar for food, drinks, and entertainment. A place where friends come to share good times and great food! We specialize in new American cuisine, complimented by a diverse selection of craft beers and spirits, all in a friendly and comfortable pub environment. We have delicious food, along with the largest gluten-free menu in the city, as well as vegetarian and vegan options.
Alumni: Kathleen Frick '00
Phone: 484-794-0717
Email: wingmansjk@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: Based in Reading, we are a unique food truck that specializes in traditional bone-in chicken wings with more than 20 rotating flavors. Other unique menu items added seasonally, but our Fried Chicken & Waffle Sandwich has become a fan favorite!
Alumni: Samantha Murray '21
Address: Reading, Allentown and Morris County N.J. areas, Reading PA 19607
Website: activebodyclearmind.net
Phone: 973-955-7267
Email: sammurrayfit@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok
Description: I offer personal training, strength and conditioning, and mobility programs both online and in person. I train all ages whether this is your first time training or you have been training for years.
Alvernia discount: $10.
Alumni: Annmarie Dallao '95
Address: 2208 Quarry Drive, Suite 207 Reading PA 19609Reading, Allentown and Morris County N.J. areas, Reading PA 19607
Website: arcpointlabs.com/reading
Phone: 484-926-2505
Email: asdallao@arcpointlabs.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: Accurate, Reliable & Confidential testing solutions in Berks County & Beyond. ARCpoint Labs of Reading is a full-service national third-party provider/administrator offering Drug, Alcohol & DNA Testing & Background Screenings.
Alvernia discount: Discount for students as well as nonprofit organizations.
Alumni: Laural Miller '14
Address: 7 Bristol Court, Wyomissing PA 19565
Phone: 484-824-5268
Email: laural@lauralmillercoaching.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: Coherence Connection, LLC is a Human Development Company. It focuses on the development and enhancement of individual & corporate well-being. This is done in a multitude of services such as one on one coaching, training & development and consulting. The areas of focus are on life and well-being coaching, workplace stress management and resiliency building and leadership development. There are 3 pillars of transformation and that is awareness, empowerment and authentic. All types of training are hosted in person or virtually.
Alvernia discount: Determined upon request.
Alumni: Roger Lavine '04 MBA '08
Address: 697 Reading Ave., West Reading PA 19611
Website: myiriewellness.com
Phone: 484-938-8682
Email: roger@myiriewellness.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: Private practice specializing in Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorders, Life Coaching, and LPC Licensure Supervision. We serve individuals and couples by providing therapy, guidance, and support in a caring non-judgmental environment.
Alumni: Mia Elliott '20
Address: Douglassville PA 19518 (Virtual Business)
Website: psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/mia-elliott-douglassville-pa/1132041
Phone: 610-810-3984
Email: thehealinglotus2023@outlook.com
Description: I am a private pay therapist who specializes in substance use disorders and the family dynamics. While I specialize in SUD, I am versed in anxiety, depression and those that have been through the criminal justice system.
Alvernia discount: $10 off any private session
Alumni: Amanda Basek ‘00
Website: amandabasek.com
Address: 27 E. Main St. Rockaway, NJ 07866
Phone: 973-490-4321
Email: amanda@amandabasek.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: Our online nutrition program helps clients achieve sustainable weight loss through simple disciplines and healthy habits. We teach lasting mindset changes while encouraging self-love and respect.
Alvernia discount: 10%
Alumni: Heather Allmendinger ’04 ‘06
Address: PO Box 702, Boyertown PA 19512
Website: vivydus.com
Phone: 484-648-0252
Email: Heather@vivydus.com
Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn
Description: Vivydus, LLC empowers individuals to take control of their menstrual health and overall wellbeing using guidance and holistic solutions to improve menstrual difficulties such as PMS, irregular periods, and hormonal imbalances. It also opens the educational door for others to understand that menstrual cycles are an important step towards creating a more inclusive, equitable, and empathetic workplace culture that benefits everyone.
Alvernia discount: 10% off Vivydus-branded products and services for alumni and current students.
Alumni: Max Horn '21 MBA '23
Website: www.mentalhealth-movement.com
Phone: 954-687-5254
Email: info@mentalhealth-movement.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok
Description: The movement aims to break mental health stigmas, focusing on college-aged students through education, resources, and community. Mental Health affects all of us, but the numbers of support for consoling services for college students have grown tremendously over the years. Creating a movement that will provide them with peer-to-peer connections, resources, and a community that will bring them together to show that they are not alone.
Alumni: Kathleen Dixon '15 MBA '17
Address: 2001 W. Lehigh Ave. Philadelphia PA 19132
Website: amew.org
Phone: 215-226-7600
Email: amewinc@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: Our program is helping people to adjust & maintain their lives as they re-enter society. We provide rehabilitation, counseling, group therapy & housing opportunities.
Alumni: Jerri von den Bosch '17
Address: PO Box 250270, Milwaukee WI 53225
Website: awakemilwaukee.org
Phone: 414-501-3884
Email: connect@awakemilwaukee.org
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter
Description: Our mission is to awaken our community to the full reality of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and work for transformation and healing in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and beyond.
Alumni: Paula Beltran ‘14
Address: Greater Reading, Berks County, Reading, PA 19601
Website: readinggrip.org
Email: readinggrip@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: We are a volunteer-led community organization that educates the public on immigration reform. We created the GRIP Scholarship Fund to provide undocumented students with scholarships to help them achieve higher education. We make a difference, one person and student at a time. Check out our website for upcoming events!
Alumni: Heidi Edwards '99
Website: sistershopefoundation.org
Phone: 717-202-9103
Email: heidi@sistershopefoundation.org
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok
Description: Sisters’ Hope Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on supporting, connecting, and empowering people impacted by adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP). We are working to make a positive difference by building a broader awareness of ALSP, connecting patients and families and working with industry partners to support research that can lead to new treatments for ALSP.
Alumni: Lucinda Schaeffer M.Ed. '05
Address: PO Box 2362 Sinking Spring, PA 19608
Website: unendingpromise.org
Phone: 484-955-2747
Email: LSchaeffer@unendingpromise.org
Social media: Facebook
Description: We support individuals with autism and the people who love them. Our primary age range is 14 and older. We provide social activities, information, and learning opportunities in the Berks County area for little to no cost to our members.
Alumni: Vance Cooper Ph.D. '22
Address: 1500 Chestnut St., Suite 2 (Box 1853), Philadelphia PA 19102
Website: accesspurpose.com
Phone: 267-315-8155
Email: v.cooper@accesspurpose.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: We provide marketing, branding and personal development services. Our mission is to help clients self-assess to execute on their goals without compromising on their natural strengths and preferences.
Alumni: Denise Allen '79
Website: allenconsultantmichigan.com
Phone: 586-506-4082
Email: dssa357@sbcglobal.net
Social media: Instagram
Description: We work with criminal justice organizations, faith-based groups, and public and private sector programs to help create positive outcomes for justice-involved men, women, and youth.
Alumni: Bill Engler '97
Address: 1122 Meade St., Reading PA 19611
Website: billenglerpainting.com
Phone: 484-256-8645
Email: engler_b@yahoo.com
Description: Professional painting contractor.
Alumni: Tim Walters '09
Address: 87 Arbor Road, Churchville PA 18966
Website: boomcloudllc.com
Phone: 215-714-9970
Email: twalters@boomcloudllc.com
Description: BloomCloud Consulting provides outsourced sales services including activities and deliverables that typically align with a director of sales, sales manager, channel/partner manager, as well as salesperson activities. Giving their clients a cost-effective option to grow the sales functions of their business without sacrificing the benefits of a full-time sales team.
Alvernia discount: 10%.
Alumni: Kyle Savidge '23
Address: 18 Nutt Road, Phoenixville PA 19518
Website: norrisvalleyforge.c21.com
Phone: 484-794-5236
Email: kyle.savidge@century21.com
Description: As an experienced real estate agent, I bring a comprehensive understanding of the market, a keen eye for property potential, and a commitment to personalized service. My goal is to guide clients through their real estate journey, ensuring they find their dream home or sell their property at the best possible price. Trust me to turn your real estate aspirations into reality.
Alumni: Elliot Towles '10
Address: PO Box 367, Gilbertsville PA 19525
Website: emtlawnpatrol.com
Phone: 610-451-2455
Email: emt_lawnpatrol_ll@yahoo.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: Fully insured landscaping company providing services which include landscape design, mowing, mulching, planting, cleanups, land clearing, snow removal, ice management, and more!
Alvernia discount: 10% off first service.
Alumni: Frank Klopp '16
Address: 215 W. Lancaster Ave., Shillington PA 19607
Website: klopp.law
Phone: 215-872-7789
Email: frank@klopp.law
Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn
Description: Frank J. Klopp, PLLC is a law firm serving Berks, Philadelphia and surrounding counties.
Alvernia discount: Lower rates and fees available for Alvernia students and alumni.
Alumni: Conor Delaney ‘07 (Four Under Forty Achievement Award recipient: 2021)
Address: 2395 Lancaster Pike, Reading PA 19607
Website: goodlifefa.com
Phone: 610-628-2082
Email: conor.delaney@goodlifefa.com
Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn
Description: Good Life Financial Advisors started in 2012 as a means to provide financial planning tools, products, and resources to families and individuals throughout middle America. Founder Conor Delaney then took this idea nationally, seeking advisors who approached their marketplaces with the mindset of servant leadership.
Alumni: Nancy (Nina) Bohn MBA '13
Address: Schuylkill Haven PA 17972 (Virtual business)
Website: illuminatestrategies.com
Phone: 610-914-9292
Email: nbohn@illuminatestrategies.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: Nina Bohn delivers executive level knowledge and experience for small to mid-sized companies in the foundational areas of a business, such as finance, accounting, human resources, and banking. Nina is a part-time CFO for hire.
Alumni: James Kuter '79
Address: 1275 8461 Lake Worth Rd., Suite 241 Lake Worth FL 33467
Phone: 561-839-1908
Email: kuterlaw@gmail.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: General practice law firm.
Alvernia discount: 25%
Alumni: Raymond Melcher ‘78
Address: 2240 Ridgewood Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610
Website: vrmarathon.com
Phone: 610-898-8086
Email: Rmelcher@vrmarathon.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: Marathon Business Advisory Services LLC and its sister company, Marathon Business Group, LLC provides M & A Advisory, Business Sales, Executive Coaching, Strategic Planning, Loan Origination, Succession Planning, Interim Part time, transitional CEO/COO services, and Executive Recruiting. In business since 2006, Marathon has worked with more than 1,000 business owners with their business strategy and execution especially with regard with business succession, M&A strategy and Interim CEO/COO service.
Alvernia discount: 25% reduction in business valuation fee.
Alumni: Paul Amenta '80
Address: 3390 Saw Mill Drive, Macungie PA 18062
Website: midatlantic.cpa
Phone: 484-339-2950
Email: pamenta@midatlantic.cpa
Social media: Instagram
Description: Perform valuation and forensic accounting analyses on asset valuation and litigation support engagements. Review and summarize client legal documents. Provide accounting, bookkeeping, business advisory, and tax services to small business start-ups, reorganizations and terminations.
Alvernia discount: 10%.
Alumni: Victor Mota-Gil '16 MA '20
Website: motagilmobilenotary.com
Phone: 484-706-9336
Email: vicmo_25@hotmail.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: "Instead of customers having to go out of their way to go to a notaries office and having to wait until they are attended, a notary comes to them. Customers can arrange to have me meet them at their home, work, restaurant, public parking lot, etc., I can meet them anywhere at a time of their choosing to get their documents notarized. I also speak Spanish."
Alvernia discount: 15%.
Alumni: Robert McCormack '82 '05
Address: 115 Farley, Suite 308, Lewisburg PA 17837
Website: murphymccormack.com
Phone: 570-412-4260
Email: bmccormack@murphymccormack.com
Description: Investment Banking, Merger and Acquisition Advisory, Business Valuations.
Alumni: Kyle Savidge '23
Address: PO Box 464, Douglassville PA 19518
Website: parconfloorcare.com
Phone: 484-955-8425
Email: info@parconfloorcare.com
Description: Parcon Floor Care is a locally owned, fully licensed, and insured enterprise providing exceptional commercial floor cleaning services since 2009. Offering a range of services to fit your needs, Parcon uses eco-friendly products to deliver impressive results while demonstrating a commitment to environmental sustainability. With a dedicated and professional staff, Parcon prioritizes customer satisfaction and offers flexible scheduling, educational resources, and dedicated solutions to meet each client's unique needs.
Alvernia discount: 10% off services.
Alumni: Paul Wersant '89
Address: 3245 Peachtree Parkway, Suite D 245, Suwanee GA 30024
Website: barexamtutor.net
Phone: 678-894-5876
Email: pwersant@gmail.com
Description: Legal industry handing nearly any matters aside from felony criminal matters and divorces.
Alvernia discount: $50 off my hourly rate.
Alumni: Charles Broad '78 '06
Address: 306 Emerald Lane, Reading PA 19610-4001
Website: policeconsultantsinc.com
Phone: 610-587-1871
Email: chuck.broad@papoliceconsultants.com
Description: Providing public safety personnel testing and evaluation services to Pennsylvania’s municipalities and agencies.
Alumni: Tessa Logullo ‘21
Website: comeandseetravel.com/tessalogullo
Email: info.rootsknitting@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: I’m Tessa and I’m a travel agent with Come & See Travel! I can take the stress off of planning your next trip and help plan it for you for free! Whether you want to explore an island, relax on a cruise, enjoy the rides at Disney, or backpack through Europe, I can help you plan your perfect trip. I handle all the details so you can have a stress free vacation!
Alumni: Krysta Sensbach-Gassert '06 M.Ed. '08
Address: 1075 Detwiler Drive, York PA 17404
Website: linktr.ee/ksensbach
Phone: 609-284-4172
Email: krystatravels@gmail.com
Social media: Instagram
Description: Smart moms travel agent ready to make your travel dreams come true. I am a platinum earmarked authorized vacation planner through Disney but can plan travel almost anywhere you want to go! My services are free to you because the destination pays me!
Alumni: Brianna Whitton '15
Website: rootsknitting.com
Phone: 586-506-4082
Email: info.rootsknitting@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: Our mission at Roots Knitting Academy is to provide a curriculum-based approach to knitting and crochet instruction for every skill-level and style of learner to ensure that you meet your individual goals. Women-owned and operated, Roots Knitting Academy founders, Brianna & Natalie, met at age 8 while attending a children’s knitting event at their local knitting shop! 17 years of friendship and 10 years of teaching experience later, they decided to take their knitting journey to the next step! Seeing a need in the fiber arts community for more accessible and effective learning of knit and crochet in the midst a global pandemic, two life-long friends came together to spread their knowledge of their craft.
Alumni: Tammy Hughes '06 MSN '12
Address: 409 Main St., Oley PA 19547
Phone: 484-335-0909
Email: aturnbackintime@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Description: Escape to the warmth, hospitality and good cheer of A Turn Back in Time Bed and Breakfast. Our 1861 Federal style house is your home away from home, without all the fuss. Sit back and relax. We stand behind the quality of our accommodation and will do everything we can to make your stay a satisfying experience.
Discount: 5% with Alvernia alumni card.
Alumni: Jessica Morrow (Stewart) '07
Address: 28-15 Calabash Boom, Coral Bay St. John 00830
Website: www.vrbo.com
Phone: 610-413-9494
Email: tuckedawaystjvi@yahoo.com
Social media: Facebook
Description: “Tucked Away” is a secluded Villa owned and operated by Jessica Morrow and her husband Jason. “TA”is located in the hills of Calabash Boom, St. John, USVI, with amazing views of Coral Harbor, Hurricane Hole and the BVI’s, visible from the deck and any room in the home. Jessica and her husband welcome you to their “home” in the Virgin Islands with hope you enjoy your stay and love “Tucked Away” as much as they do!
Alumni: Tara Simmons '16 MA '18
Address: Alvernia University, Physical Education Center, 920 Laverna Drive, Reading, PA 19607
Website: allabilitiesfitnesscenter.com
Phone: 484-769-6967
Email: allabilitiesfitnesscenter@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Industry: Inclusive Fitness
Description: The Mission of All Abilities Fitness Center, LLC is to provide a safe and inclusive environment for those with any disability to feel comfortable and empowered to improve physical fitness, social bonds, and fulfill sensory needs in a non-judgmental secure setting. 
Alumni: Carey Manzolillo '06 M '07
Address: 266 Oak Lane, Bernville PA 19506
Website: aquariumservicesprofessionals.com
Phone: 610-777-8516
Email: carey.manz@gmail.com
Industry: Services
Description: We install, stock and maintain freshwater and marine aquariums in businesses and residences in Berks and surrounding counties.
Alumni: April Cunningham '04
Address: 1006 Eddystone Court, Reading PA 19605
Website: aprilcunninghamphotos.com
Phone: 610-780-1100
Email: aprilcphotos@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Industry: Photography
Description: I own a full-service, professional portrait photography studio in Reading, PA. I specialize in maternity, newborn, milestone, and family portraiture.
Alumni: Jason Hugg '12
Address: 237 Court Street #312, Reading PA 19601
Website: berksweekly.com
Phone: 484-525-0703
Email: news@berksweekly.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok
Industry: News
Description: Berks Weekly is a digital newspaper covering the latest regional news and headlines in the City of Reading and Berks County, PA.
Alumni: Theresa Lee Jackson '91
Address: 116 S. Waverley St., Staunton VA 24401
Phone: 804-241-6357
Email: ccoveantiques@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram
Industry: Retail
Description: Buy and sell antique items specializing pre-1860 glass, ceramics and stoneware. We sell primarily at shows in the Mid-Atlantic and New England.
Alvernia discount: 10%.
Alumni: Christopher deGruchy '93 MBA '05
Address: 101 Fairview Chapel Road, Birdsboro PA 19508
Website: castritemetal.com
Phone: 610-582-1300
Email: chris@castritemetal.com
Industry: Manufacturing
Description: An Aluminum sand casting foundry that makes custom products for a variety of OEM customers.
Alumni: Alissa Welgo Kominsky '16
Address: 248 Naftzingertown Road, Mohrsville PA 19541
Website: cherishedcottage.com
Phone: 610-406-2288
Email: cherishedcottage98@gmail.com
Social media: Etsy, Facebook, Instagram
Industry: Handmade gifts & home decor
Description: Cherished Cottage offers a personalized experience for our customers. We make handmade gifts & home decor but we also specialize in custom apparel. We can custom make your logo or design on any t-shirt, tote bag, hat, mug, and so much more.
Alvernia discount: Use code AUWOLVES for 25% off your entire order.
Alumni: Matthew Tunis '13
Address: 700 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook IL 60523
Website: chicagoempirefc.com
Phone: 732-278-9703
Email: mtunis@chicagoempirefc.com
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Industry: Sports/Facility Management
Description: Chicago Empire FC is a competitive youth soccer club made up of over 750 full-year soccer players from ages 3 through 19. We have a full-time coaching staff and a full office onsite at our 21 acre all grass facility called the polo fields. Empire also hosts one of Illinois largest tournaments called the Puma Generations Cup, which hosts 300 teams from all over the country.
Alvernia discount: Yes.
Alumni: Eleanor Reiter '03
Address: 1275 Glenlivet Drive, Suite 100-524, Allentown PA 18106
Website: empoweredlifeandwellnessllc.com
Phone: 610-944-4327
Email: info@empoweredlifeandwellnessllc.com
Social media: Facebook
Industry: Counseling/Therapy
Description: Empowered Life and Wellness, LLC is dedicated to working with couples, families, and individuals striving to live a life of hope, resiliency, strength, and empowerment.
Alumni: Shiena Powelson '01
Address: 1184 St. Peters Road, Pottstown PA 19465
Phone: 610-970-7079
Email: Shienap@comcast.net
Social media: Facebook
Industry: Pet Sitting Service
Description: 20+ year established pet sitting business servicing the Pottstown area. We take care of all animals & offer a variety of services including daily visits, vacations and overnights.
Alumni: Erika Boone '11
Address: 2310 Colston Drive, Silver Spring MD 20910
Website: k9connection.xyz
Phone: 610-970-7079
Email: erika@k9connection.xyz
Industry: Pet care and training
Description: Pet sitting, dog walking and training business serving northwest Washington, D.C., and southern Montgomery County.
Alvernia discount: 10%.
Alumni: Dennis Swartz '17
Address: 1641 Alleghenyville Road, Mohnton PA 19540
Website: swartzroadsidestand.com
Phone: 610-790-5339
Email: swartzsroadsidestand@gmail.com
Social media: Instagram
Industry: Agriculture
Description: Swartzs Roadside Stand is a local farm in Mohnton that provides fresh non-GMO eggs and produce. We do a lot of agritourism events: Baby Goat Yoga, sheep walks, rent a chick, farm tours and more.