“Fuel for NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins” received the front page of the Lifestyle section here.  Read more on how nutritious menus are created for the team with natural ingredients that build strength, sustain energy and overall enhance Penguins top-notch performance on the ice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry Township, PA.

Featured in McKnight’s Senior Living, a national media brand providing news and perspective for leaders in senior housing!  When construction issues created move-in delays for residents of Aberdeen Ridge, the culinary team managed by Cura devised a way to stay connected with those residents while increasing their engagement with their soon-to-be home!  Read more here.

Food is one of the key amenities that helps administrators sell continuing-care retirement communities to prospective residents and their families.  Grace promoted Providence Point, a foodservice operation of the month with FSD Magazine.

Featured in FoodService Equipment and Supplies Magazine, K-12 by Elior improves breakfast participation with a new mobile cart at the 1,800-student Oak Lawn Community High School in Chicago’s south suburbs. Read more about breakfast innovation here!

Featured in McKnight’s Senior Living, the senior living industry has its first known WELL-certified building globally, a facility recognized for its commitment to improving the health and well-being of residents, staff, and visitors. Cura supports its well-focused dining experience!  Read full coverage here!

Promoted and facilitated for Cura Hospitality at Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) Westminster Woods at Huntingdon in PA!  Their culinary team received the 2022 Food Management Magazine’s Best Customer Service Concept – westwoodsdining.com. – online order app!   Read more here!

Aladdin Campus Dining’s Fairmont State University talks to UB on cashless markets and flex hours to help keep students on campus.  Dining is always looking for ways to increase foot traffic and revenues. Learn more here. 

Grace Zarnas-Hoyer, public relations for Cura, which runs the restaurant, called Fresh Harvest “a very cool space, with a new menu and trendy culinary demonstrations. “Fresh Harvest is an example of what she called “the trend in senior living” – moving from traditional cafeteria-style dining toward bistro-like restaurants where guests can enjoy, in her words, “a food experience.”​

Grace worked with dining managers and students to promote the successful transition of meal delivery to senior living residents and hospital patients during COVID-19.  In this community, over 1,000 meals are delivered to apartments daily by dining team members, including student workers who are sending messages, providing hope, smiles, and love! Read more here

Gordon State College has partnered with Aladdin Campus Dining here!  According to Grace Hoyer, Aladdin’s public relations manager. “Rotating global fare will inspire students to explore cultural flavors from dining stations like the Mongolian Grill that features foods that are full of variety prepared with fresh proteins and crispy vegetables.”

Grace Zarnas-Hoyer, the spokesperson for Eat’n Park Hospitality Group’s Parkhurst Dining Services, said “Bada Basil, a retail concept designed for higher education, emulates Italian street food, featuring made-to-order wraps and pasta bowls!”  Read more here.

Pub-style dining trends elevate the senior dining experience…because as these baby boomers age, they expect a new worldliness and desire for food, beverage, and service options beyond the traditional dining room. Read more here on WFMZ-TV.

Sherwood Oaks, a 400-residential community received extensive media attention, including coverage on KDKA-TV CBS Pittsburgh for this large-scale farmer’s market featuring fresh produce from local farms and food partners. Residents enjoy live cooking demonstrations and baked goods that are prepared fresh onsite!

Quality food and varied dining venues are always top priorities, but they are no longer enough. Grace promotes the new norm of retirement living which requires flexible dining options that align with the varied lifestyles of today’s residents.  Read more here!

Working with NFL Communications was exciting in promoting this Pittsburgh Steelers chef, who was responsible for mid-season meals for players, staff and coaches! Read more here. 

With over 500 competitive swimmers, swim lesson students and triathletes, Emmaus Aquatic Club (EMAC) transforms pool for year-round swimming with the new ClearSpan structure.   Read more here!

Grace captures the Southern Lehigh Girls Volleyball WINNING SEASON – 2024 Colonial League Champions and 2024 District XI AAU Champions!

An exceptional dining experience, BOX’D Chef simplifies meal time at home for independent residents, healthcare staff and guests at senior living communities and hospitals. This exciting 30-minute recipe meal kit includes fresh quality ingredients packed by your onsite chefs daily.

This piece focused on wellness as an integral component of senior living dining programs. Grace routinely contributes articles to senior living publications to promote her senior living and healthcare clientele.

Masks have become as commonplace as having a cell phone! So, why not personalize or have a mask created that is reflective of you! That’s what Shelia Shepherd, a full-time cook for St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh has been “stitching” in her spare time! Sheila, who is from Castle Shannon, PA, is donating her time by sewing hundreds of one-of-a-kind masks with materials of her customers’ choice. Read more here!

Culture change continues to inspire today’s leaders to transform the way older adults live in long-term care communities. Homestead Village, a non-profit retirement community in the heart of Lancaster, Pa., is in its fourth year of the culture change journey.

Grace routinely contributed to the BOMA Philadelphia monthly newsletter as a resident expert on specialty services including specialty coatings, commercial painting, fireproofing, concrete and masonry, and lead abatement.  Learn from G.C. Zarnas & Co. on how their specialty services enhance safety, wellness, and profitability for property owners and project managers. Read more here.

Tel Hai selects a dining partner that meets its therapeutic and clinical parameters with innovative meal programs.  Read more on page 11!

School may be out for summer, but it’s back to school for commercial painting contractors!  According to Grace Zarnas-Hoyer, marketing for G.C. Zarnas & Co., Inc., school projects ramp up in the summer, keeping painters extremely busy with everything from maintenance painting to new construction.  Now’s the time to conduct your interior and exterior maintenance painting projects.  Partner with a contractor who provides solutions to protect your investments!  Visit G.C. Zarnas, a website created by Hoyer & Associates.

Grace supported the Allegheny Health Network in crafting new partnership communications.  Nine hospitals within the network required individualized opening communications about new patient, clinical, and cafe services.  Grace continues to support the network with communications that promote culinary launches, wellness initiatives, and patient and guests experiences.  Read more in Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News!

As comprehensive healthcare reforms significant challenges in healthcare delivery, hospital administrators rely more heavily on the expertise of their food service providers to deliver the highest patient satisfaction ratings!

Grace promotes how easy it is to replace processed food with real food – decreasing the cost of medical visits, copays, prescription medications, and other health services. Learn how culinary creates a healthier dining experience for residents and patients!

The trend for food knowledge just keeps growing and has many older adults viewing food as a source of entertainment, comfort and camaraderie.  In “Activity Matters” Grace covers a taste of the competition in this Iron Chef America spinoff!  

With creative attention, research, and testing, Cura operators developed Connections.  This memory support dining program is designed specifically for use in
the hospitality setting.  Read more on how Connections stimulates memories for residents with Alzheimer’s during mealtime.

When it comes to the swimming world, Alexa Kutch, says it best. “The friendships, socialization and camaraderie are what the sport is all about.” Now headed to the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska for the June 4th meet where she will compete in the 100 backstroke, Alexa reflects on her swim career and the time spent training for this opportunity of a lifetime—challenging at times due to COVID. But in the end, this Easton, PA native is ready to set her mark!

Grace produced this 20-page Light Up Limeport Commemorative Program. She acted as the copy editor and provided consultation on layout and design. Light Up Limeport is a fundraiser for organizations that support pediatric cancer. More than $40,000 in event proceeds were donated to Sassy Massey Smiles, Adopt a Pig and Angel 34 non-profit organizations.