New Daycare Center in Manlius Announcing Shining Star’s $2.7 million daycare center in Manlius, New York, which spans 15,000 square feet and includes a full-size gym. The new facility opened in 2018.
Shining Star of Child Care: Stella Barbuto Penizotto, ’90 Onondaga Community College recognized co-owner of Shining Stars, Stella Penizotto, as an Alumni Face. She graduated from OCC in 1990, SUNY Oswego in 1992, and later started a daycare business that now employs 70 people and serves 330 families. OCC Alumni Profile of Stella Barbuto Penizotto, ’90 OCC recognized co-owner of Shining Stars, Stella Penizotto, as an Alumni Face. Shining Stars Co-Owner Stella Penizotto Visits the White House Stella Penizotto was recognized as New York State’s Small Business Person of the Year. She traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Obama in the Rose Garden alongside other small business owners around the country. Small Business Development Center Honors Shining Stars Shining Stars Daycare was inducted into the New York State Small Business Development Center Hall of Fame. Stella and John Penizotto were recognized by the SBDC as Entrepreneurs of the Year in 2001. Stella Penizotto Wins NY Small Business Person of the Year Award Stella Penizotto was recognized by New York State as Small Business Person of the Year for her ownership and continued leadership of Shining Stars Daycare. New York State Senate Honors Stella Penizotto The New York State Senate sponsored a legislative resolution, J4328, honoring Stella Penizotto for receiving the 2009 Small Business Person of the Year Award from the New York State Small Business Development Center.