Boynton Beach veteran gets grant from non-profit to boost his business

Boynton Beach veteran gets grant from non-profit to boost his business
June 12, 2012
By Dennis Glade
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Taylor Jones Grant award recipient Fred Pollino, of Boynton Beach, center. Pathway to Business Success, the nonprofit helping vets who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan succeed in business. The group's first grant goes to Fred Pollino, of Boynton Beach, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot who owns Better Escalator Cleaning Company.

BOCA RATON — Fred Pollino of Boynton Beach just needed a little help getting his business off the ground.

Pollino, a former Army Chief Warrant Officer and Chinook helicopter pilot accepted a $40,000 grant from non-profit, Pathway to Business Success, Inc. to grow his Better Escalator Cleaning Company.

As a member of the 101st Airborne Division, Pollino was one of first to be sent over to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. After his helicopter crashed in a mission in Afghanistan, he was wounded and later medically discharged in 2003.
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