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Media and Public Relations

Pittsburgh Penguins Chef Fuels Team, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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.

Food and Drink enable Colorado CCRC to Connect with Soon-To-Be Residents, McKnight's Senior Living

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.

FoodService Director Magazine Operation of the Month: Providence Point 2024

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.

How a Mobile Cart Transformed Breakfast at a Chicago High School, FES 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!

First Skilled Nursing Facility Awarded WELL Certification, McKnight's Senior Living

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!

FM Announced 2022 Best Concept Award Winners

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!

Five Strategies for Keeping Students on Campus For Meals, University Business Magazine

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. 

Fresh Harvest Restaurant Grand Opening, Tribune Democrat

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.”​

Students Serve Seniors During COVID-19, Reading Eagle News

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 Partners with Aladdin Campus Dining

 

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.”

 

 

Bada Basil Retail Brand Launch, FoodService Director Magazine

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 Trends Elevate Senior Dining Experience WFMZ-TV Allentown

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.

Farmers Market, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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!

Meal Plan Makeovers, Senior Living News

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!

The Art of Feeding Steelers, Food Management Magazine

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. 

Emmaus Aquatic Club to Transform Pool into Year-Round Swimming, WFMZ-TV Allentown

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!

 

Vegebond Launch, FoodService Director Magazine

Grace promoted campus dining “green” trends encouraging students to eat Aladdin Campus Dining’s Vegebond, a plant-based food program currently offered at Southern Oregon University, Georgia Gwinnett College, Savannah State University, and Roosevelt University in Chicago!  Read more here…

Connections Memory Support Dining

Grace prepared the editorial for the relaunch of Connections Memory Support Dining. This innovative program resets the table with the latest tools to help memory-impaired residents reclaim mealtime. Plus: How this food service company hits the ground running with a new partner and Connections in their memory support community. Read more here!

 

 

 

Living Life Wellness for Older Adults, The Harrisburg Sentinel

The homebrew club is part of a bigger movement. Culture change is creating more home-like environments and replicates what (residents) did in their homes,” Grace Zarnas-Hoyer says, adding that the movement can be seen through on-site gardening clubs where residents can cultivate their own food, as well as kitchen table-style meals, sans trays. ​

Menno Haven Design of the Month, FSE Magazine

DESIGN OF THE MONTH Here:  Menno Haven Rehabilitation Center, the first WELL Certified Gold senior living community in the world, receives extensive media attention for this project built to improve well being. The new dining operation was featured for its centralized kitchen where from-scratch food is consistently prepared to optimize health and nutrition, while efficient operating procedures and service levels enhance the overall dining experience.

A Chef's Perspective on Key Pieces of Equipment, FSE Magazine

Grace promotes what’s trending on the k-12 campuses.  Post-covid, food service operators are streamlining back of the house and investing in equipment that creates safer food handling, more menu variety, and meets volume demands with less labor!  Read more here.

PSU Switches up Food Service Provider, NBC-16 Kansas

Operations Support Manager Daniel Meyer discusses the trending brands and healthier options that Aladdin Campus Dining offers to college campuses across the country with NBC affiliate KSN 16!

2021 Story of the Year, Food Management Magazine

Selected as a 2021 story of the year – at Allegheny Health Network’s Wexford Hospital, the dining team is doing lots of nice things for new parents, including take-home meal boxes and special in-room meals.

BGE Commemorates 200th Anniversary with "Tank Linings and Mural Art" CBS Baltimore

Celebrating a 200th birthday!  Murals are now a feather in the cap for G.C. Zarnas whose painters performed tank linings for three Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) gas tanks that hold 12,000 gallons of chilled natural gas.  “We were also selected to brush paint the murals including blue crabs, racehorses, and fireworks bursting on the city skyline,” says G.C. Zanas Vice President Lee Zarnas.  Read more about tank farm trends in CBS Baltimore here. Watch Tank time-lapse paint production here:

 

Video Production

Southern Lehigh Volleyball 2024

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

Individual Sports Player Highlights

A 2019 Senior Baseball Highlights video was produced for Stephen Hoyer. This is a great keepsake for you and your senior athlete to enjoy for years to come!

BOX'D Chef Launch

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.

Southern Lehigh Girls Soccer 2021

Proud to provide the photography and video production of the 2021 Southern Lehigh Girls Soccer Season!

Southern Lehigh Volleyball 2023

Everything happens in a second!  Grace captures all the action in this video she produced of the 2023 Southern Lehigh Varsity Volleyball Season!

National Nutrition Month 2025

Celebrating National Nutrition Month with BeWell!  A healthy eating and wellness platform, BeWell’s interactive culinary events were held across the country where talented chefs and registered dietitians provided an education on a wide range of nutritional topics, shared tips on eating healthier, personal consults and delicious food!

Sports Team Highlights

Everything happens in a second!  Grace captures all the action in this video she produced of the 2019 Southern Lehigh Baseball season! 

Contributing Editor

Dining Well, Advance for Long-Term Care Management Magazine

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.

Masked Hero, Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News

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!

Fine Dining, Advance for Long-Term Care Management Magazine

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.

EXPERT CORNER: Starting off 2021 with COLOR: Enhancing Safety, Wellness and Profitability

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.

A New Dining Partner, Tel Hai Life Magazine

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

Higher Education Ramps up Painting Projects. Learn more about G.C. Zarnas Here!

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.

Cura Selected as Exclusive Food Service Management Provider for Allegheny Health Network

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!

Exceptional Food Service Increases Patient Satisfaction, 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!

Cura Helps Keeps Residents Healthy, Phoebe Messenger

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!

Spicing It Up, Long-Term Living Magazine

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!  

Dinner Conversations, Advance for Long-Term Care Management Magazine

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.

Headed to OLYMPIC TRIALS: Alexa Kutch, Decorated Swim Star from Easton High & Drexel University


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!

Farm to Plate Dining, College Services Magazine

Grace covered farm-to-plate dining that promoted sustainable chefs and how they applied farming trends to campus growing operations. Learn more about the Farming for the Future Conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture.

Cura Hospitality Enhances Partnership Engagement Team, Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News

Grace crafts impactful content for executive-level announcements published in Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News and McKnights Senior Living Magazine.

Connections, A Memory Support Dining Program, Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News

Grace routinely writes for Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News, the Pittsburgh region’s only online healthcare publication.  WP Healthcare News reports in-depth on the trends, issues and people that impact the area’s health care industry. Connections is a Cura Hospitality branded program for residents and patients with dementia, the first of its kind designed specifically for use in the hospitality setting.

Lehigh U Partners with Locals, FoodService Director Magazine

Grace was a contributing editor for Winsight Media’s FoodService Director Magazine, one of the largest national publications covering food service management solutions. Grace crafted several monthly articles covering healthcare and corporate dining operations across the country.

The New Face of Food, Advance for Long-Term Care Management Magazine

Today’s long-term care administrators are challenged to provide person-centered care that focuses on recreating residents’ home comforts and daily living routines.  Food services are no exceptions!  Read more here!

Marketing and Sales Collateral

Real Estate

Real estate professionals are competing to market their expertise to potential buyers and sellers. Grace will tell your story to give you the competitive edge in this highly demanding market.

Construction

Growing up in a family-owned construction business has provided Grace with the knowledge to market the heavy-duty construction and specialty services industry. G.C. Zarnas was founded by Grace’s grandfather. Today, her father is the president. G.C. Zarnas benefits from Grace’s expertise to develop promotional pieces that market the company’s services including industrial and commercial specialty coatings, fireproofing, concrete and masonry. 

Technology

Marketing traditional small businesses is Grace’s passion. Her expertise helps small and family-owned businesses compete in a global arena.

Sports and Entertainment

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.

Hospitality

Onsite and retail dining venues benefit from Grace Hoyer’s writing and promotional expertise to promote new restaurants, services or product launches.

Volleyball!

Consulted on design, crafted copy and contributing photographer for this senior program book. Dedicated to my daughter, Alexis, one of the top volleyball players in the state of Pennsylvania.  Onto to the next chapter – exciting college volleyball!