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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS By Rocky Robinson

Middle Branch Meets in Nashville

The Middle Branch Meeting was held on Sept. 14 More than 40 members and
in Nashville at the historic Bridge Building located on guests met at the historic
the east bank of the Cumberland River. The luncheon Bridge Building located on the
was sponsored by Advanced Safety and Industrial east bank of the Cumberland
Supply and Vaga Sales. The meeting hosted more River.
than 40 members and guests from all around the
mid-state. Dan Vild with Advanced Safety
and Industrial Supply and
Middle Branch Director Cody Osborne led the Eric Lopez with Vaga Sales
meeting with several announcements about upcom- sponsored the Middle Branch
ing Chapter events. He then turned the meeting over meeting.
to Young Professional member JD Lane who gave an
encouraging message on Young Professional develop- Over 116 lbs. of non-perishable
ment within the association. Lane introduced our food was donated by TCAPWA
luncheon sponsor Dan Vild with Advanced Safety members and given to Second
and Industrial Supply. Harvest Food Bank of Middle
Tennessee.
Vild gave a brief presentation on one of his most
useful products, Stormzorb Absorbent, which has
become a very reliable resource for Metro Nashville
Public Works in regard to spill cleanups. This is a bio-
degradable product that is used on smaller roadway
spills that is made with a high quality blend of miner-
als designed for superior performance. Eric Lopez
with Vaga Sales, showed the members and guests new
personal protective equipment which included hi-vis
rain suits, collapsible traffic cones, and a new impen-
etrable light weight work boot commonly used in the
utility industry. During the presentations, the mem-
bers and guests enjoyed a terrific southern lunch,
provided by Monel’s catering, a Nashville favorite.

Attendees were encouraged to bring a canned food
item to help fight hunger in Middle Tennessee. As a
result of the donations made by members and guests
in attendance, the branch was able to provide over
116 lbs. of non-perishable food to Second Harvest
Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. As the meeting
came to a close, members and guests were able to
enjoy some quality networking time, and a chance
to admire the Nashville Skyline from the view of the
historic Bridge Building. The Middle Branch would
like to thank Vild with Advanced Safety and Indus-
trial Supply and Lopez with Vaga Sales for sponsoring
this meeting.

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