Welcome To The Greater Philadelphia Locksmiths Association
The Greater Philadelphia Locksmiths Association is proud to have reached another milestone in our storied history: our 75th Anniversary!
Next GPLA Membership is Monday, March 17th, 2025
Location:
Tiffany’s Diner On The Boulevard
9010 Roosevelt Blvd
Philadelphia PA 19115
Time: 7:00 PM for Dinner, 7:30 PM for Meeting Only
Cost: $25.00 per guest
Program: TBA
NOTE: Tiffany’s requires a minimum of 20 people, so we would love to see members there. But if you absolutely cannot attend, please look for a Zoom connection in your email.
Please, all newly voted officers and board of directors, attend this meeting dressed appropriately to take a group photo for the website!!!
Thank you to all of the many VIP’s, students, exhibitors, instructors and sponsors for making the GPLA 75th Anniversary Convention a great success! We couldn’t have done it without you!
Congratulations to our 75th Anniversary Convention Award Recipients:
Distinguished Distributor Award – Fried Brothers
Lee Rogan Award – Edward Fitzgerald
Gerald J. Connelly Jr. Award – Yankee Security Convention
Hermann C Henssler Jr. Memorial Award – Judy Fitzgerald and Carol Williams
The Philadelphia Award – John Truempy
Please visit our Facebook page to see photos of this year’s convention and to share any of your photos and memories from the convention (or from past conventions).
GPLA wishes to thank our 75th Anniversary Convention Sponsors:
Platinum Sponsors:
Gold Sponsors:
Refreshment Sponsors:
The association provides support for its members through continuing industry education classes and an annual conference. We also offer The Connelly-Singer Scholarship Fund for deserving locksmiths.
Meet Our Website Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors for helping the Greater Philadelphia Locksmith Association make its Mission a reality as well as sponsoring our trade show events.
Our Newly Elected Officers and Directors for 2025-2027
President; Paul Kline RL
Vice President; Mike Nimmo
Treasurer; Marty Arnold
Corresponding Secretary; Jim Handschuh Sr.
Recording Secretary; Kevin Donaghy
Sergeant At Arms; Jim Handschuh Jr.
Board of Director – Chairman; Sven K. Hellwig Sr., CRL
Board of Director; John Williams RL
Board of Director; Barry Wilensky
Board of Director; Tony Buenaflor
Board of Director; Maurice Onraet
Board of Director; Randy Carpenter
Board of Director; Ken Kramer
Anyone interested in seeing the professional photos from the banquet, just go to GPLA.org and there is a link at the top of the page. An email also went out a couple weeks ago to all members with a link in there as well. ... See MoreSee Less
Welcome To The Greater Philadelphia Locksmiths Association The Greater Philadelphia Locksmiths Association is proud to have reached another milestone in our storied history: our 75th Anniversary! The ...