DANVILLE, PA. A Dempsey Uniform & Linen Supply manager was attending a community association dinner at The Meadows restaurant when a woman started choking.

Kenny Altenbach noticed the woman was unable to breath and performed the Heimlich Maneuver. After a few thrusts, a large piece of food came loose from the woman's throat and she began to breath normally.

"I always wondered how I would react to something like that. It was strictly instinct," Altenbach said in a local press interview. Altenbach credits the lifesaving training he received as a 17-year old ambulance volunteer in New Jersey.

Altenbach, plant manager for Dempsey Uniform & Linen Supply in Sunbury, PA has a history of serving his community including volunteer work for the Danville Area Community Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Susquehanna Valley. Altenbach was honored by the Montour County commissioners for saving the woman's life.

Dempsey was recognized by the United Way with a Spirit of Caring Chairman's Award on April 21st, 2016 at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in Scranton, PA. The award, issued by the United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne counties, allows the United Way to acknowledge those corporations who have demonstrated exemplary commitment above and beyond the normal campaign. Dempsey humbly received the award and thanked the United Way for its important work delivering programs and services that target community needs and provide the essential building blocks for a good life. To join Dempsey in supporting the United Way, Visit:

United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties Campaign (link)

Mark Lewis, Corporate Sales Manager for Dempsey Uniform & Linen Supply Inc. teamed up with TRSA consultant and George Washington University instructor David Goldsmith, PhD. to discuss the Hygienically Clean Food Service certification program at the March 10th 2016 ARTA Conference in Orlando, FL. Goldsmith and Lewis outlined the advantages of the Hygienically Clean program for rental textiles such as napkins, tablecloths, aprons and towels used in restaurants and other eating places.

They noted that Hygienically Clean certification, which recognizes commercial laundries that commit to cleanliness through third-party, quantified biological testing and inspection, has advantages over a rival program sponsored by NSF International. Advantages to laundry customers include fully independent, third-party testing and inspection of each plant that is certified. To learn more about TRSA's Hygienically Clean certification Click Here (link).