Former Maytag worker wins entrepreneur award
Special to the Daily News
A displaced Maytag worker who turned her life around by going to Des Moines Area Community College, completing DMACC’s Management program and then starting her own business, has been honored by the International DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi organization for making a significant impact on society through outstanding entrepreneurship. Patti Peery of Monroe competed in the 2006 Delta Epsilon Chi International Career Development Conference in Dallas, Texas, and won first place after winning first place at the state competition. She entered into the entrepreneurship category with her business plan for the corporation she opened June 1, 2006. Peery’s new business, Fireside Camper Rental, LLC, is one-of-a-kind in central Iowa. Peery’s business rents campers to people who would not otherwise be able to go camping. Peery, her husband and her son, haul the campers to the customer-reserved campsites and prepare them for the client. They back the camper into the site, level it, fill it with water, set up the awning and hook up the electricity to have the camper ready when the customer arrives. The business services campers staying within a 20-mile radius of Monroe. Her business was so successful last summer that she is expanding for the 2007 season. Peery was one of 10 entrepreneurs to receive the DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi award during Entrepreneurship Week, held Feb. 24 through March 3.
