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East Ridge hotel wins recognition

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photo Bob Dollinger is director of operations for 3H Group Hotels

An East Ridge Marriott hotel won a companywide award for its community service initiatives, beating out hundreds of others across the country.

Staff at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Chattanooga South/East Ridge helped build a home for a disabled woman through Habitat for Humanity, raised breast cancer research money in the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure and took part in a worldwide soap recycling project throughout 2011.

Their efforts earned them Marriott’s Bruce Reed Rally to Serve award.

“Anyone can write a check” said Bob Dollinger, vice president of operations at 3H Group Hotels, which owns the hotel. “But volunteering is much more rewarding.”

The hotel received the award March 15.