Albert Scaglione, Founder of Park West Gallery, Hailed at 18th Annual Quality People, Quality County (Q2) Breakfast

    PONTIAC, MI, September 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Albert Scaglione, founder and CEO of Park West Gallery, was honored today by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson at the 18th Annual Quality People, Quality County (Q2) Breakfast at the Centerpoint Marriot in Pontiac. The Q2 Award is given each year to members of the community who have made a positive, continuous impact on the residents of Oakland County and Southeast Michigan.

Albert Scaglione was recognized specifically for his unbridled generosity and passionate community involvement through the Park West Foundation and Park West CARES. The Park West Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded to provide aid to underprivileged youth aging out of the foster care system in southeast Michigan. Park West CARES is a philanthropic initiative of Park West Gallery through which over $1.5 million worth of brand new clothing will be donated to local charitable organizations as well as gifts of art made to schools, libraries, hospitals and many other organizations.

"Albert Scaglione is most deserving of this recognition because of his tireless efforts toward enhancing the quality of life for others as well as his deep caring, compassion and concern for those facing extreme hardship. He has been at the vanguard in promoting the arts, philanthropy and volunteerism for over forty years," said Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson. "It is with the deepest respect, admiration and appreciation that I recognize Albert Scaglione with the 2010 Q2 Award."

Other recipients of this year's Q2 Award include: Ron Kagan, executive director and chief executive officer of the Detroit Zoological Society; and together, Oakland University President Dr. Gary Russi and retired Beaumont Hospitals President and CEO Ken Matzick.

About Park West Gallery
Founded in 1969, Park West Gallery sells works of art through its galleries in Michigan and Florida, at art auction events across the country, and at cruise art auctions internationally, and has enriched the lives of over 1.3 million customers.

For more information, please visit www.parkwestgallery.com. For media inquiries only, please contact Cara Huffman, Director of Media Relations, at [email protected] or (248) 225-6244.

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