The co-winner of the Northern Corridor Chamber of Commerce lifetime business achievement award delivered a very personal acceptance speech at Saturday’s awards gala.
Trevor and Sylvie Russell were honoured for more than 30 years in business at Trevor’s Computer Centre.
Trevor said there are good and not so good years in business and good and not so good clients.
“There are long hours, short vacations and the support from family is fundamental to success,” he said. “I am forever grateful to Sylvie for her unwavering support, her understanding and over these last four-plus years, her hard work as my fulltime partner.”
Russell also expressed great pride to his two sons and the men they’ve become.
Later in his speech, he noted with the threat from online businesses, there is real value in spending money locally.
“Correct me if I’m wrong here, but no one from Amazon has donated to the Sensenbrenner Hospital Foundation; no one from Temu has given a cold child a coat and no one from Best Buy has given a computer to a student in need.”
That statement was followed by long, loud applause.
You can hear Trevor Russell’s speech below.
