From the Detroit Free Press "The Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce honored several local businessmen and a nonprofit organization at its Fifth Annual Awards Dinner at Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield. John and Joe Barbat, founders of Wireless Toyz, were named Chaldean American Businesspersons of the Year for building their communications empire into one of the nation's largest wireless phone retailers and franchisors. Also honored were the Chaldean Federation of America's leadership team of Michael J. George, chairman, Joe Kassab, executive director, and Basil Bakal, program chair, as Humanitarians of the Year for the CFA's Adopt-A-Refugee Program."
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