Daily News | Gaytana M. Pino, entrepreneur, South Jersey community leader, and senior citizen advocate, has died at 72
Gaytana M. Pino, 72, of Cherry Hill, entrepreneur, social worker, award-winning South Jersey community leader, volunteer, and senior citizen advocate, died Thursday, Dec. 1, of septic shock at Virtua Voorhees Hospital.
Known for her energy, empathy, and oversized commitment to community service, Ms. Pino was the owner, president, and chief operating officer of Paper & Ribbon Supply Co. in Cherry Hill for more than three decades.
But Ms. Pino was most well-known for her countless actions as a volunteer business and community leader, and senior citizen advocate in South Jersey. “She was happiest when she was helping people,” said her niece Jennifer Cotellese. “That was the skill set she had to offer.” For nearly 30 years, Ms. Pino was president, chair, and former chair of a dozen civic, community, business, and education groups, and an active member in many more. She was a founder of the Cherry Hill Business Council, program coordinator for senior services in Cherry Hill Township, and chair of the Cherry Hill Arts Advisory Board and Wexford Leas Community Group.In 2011, the Camden County Board of Freeholders, now the Camden County Board of County Commissioners, declared Feb.
As chair of the Cherry Hill Arts Advisory Board, she told The Inquirer in 2008 how she got things done. “Our volunteer board members are the key to our success,” she said, referring to that year’s weeklong Art Blooms Festival. “Each one has an affinity to a particular art form, but all of us are dedicated to bringing top-notch talent to the community to be enjoyed right in our own backyard without the high costs of [Philadelphia.
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