Performance Unlimited’s Norton winds up tenure as networking group’s president with another Shop With A Cop success
Denny Norton, the owner of Performance Unlimited , the premier auto repair shop at 5415 Austin Court, Ringwood, is coming to the end of a two-year term as president of the MC3 McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce business networking group. He was vice president for the two years prior to that and is stepping down from the prior position next month. During his tenure, the group has twice hosted Shop With A Cop benefit parties to support the program sponsored by McHenry County Police Charities. The second of the annual installments of the party was held just last week. The group is reported to have raised close to $14,000 which will be used so that area police officers can take children, from families having a hard time with the economy, Christmas shopping. Each child receives a winter coat, hat, gloves and boots, as well as $150 to spend as they please at Walmart on Route 31 in Johnsburg. “This is a really great event,” Norton said. “Not only does it benefit a great cause, it’s also a grea...