Sponsor opportunities for 2012
Your BBB and BBB|Foundation spend a lot of time investigating scams, exposing unethical behavior and helping businesses and consumers come to a resolution in their disputes. The annual recognition program — Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, Customer Service Excellence Award and Student Ethics Scholarship — is our chance to celebrate those who incorporate excellence and ethics into every aspect of their roles in the marketplace.
Please review our
sponsorship levels and see where you fit. We need the support of community-minded businesses like yours to continue these programs. Your BBB Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that is the education and community outreach arm of your BBB® of Northwest Florida. We support your BBB’s vision of an ethical marketplace through community education and recognition programs.
As a business leader, you benefit from an ethical marketplace. Consumers who don’t lose money to scams and unethical businesses have more to spend with businesses they can trust — businesses like yours! As you’ll see when you review the sponsorship levels, we offer a number of opportunities to deliver favorable impressesions of our sponsors to other business leaders, consumers and the media in our community. We appreciate our sponsors and want to recognize you wherever possible!
Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors!
Bronze sponsors
WalMart, Creighton Road
Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics
Your BBB Foundation’s Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics was created to publicly recognize businesses and charities that maintain a solid commitment to conducting their business practices in an ethical manner.
BBB Accreditation is not required to enter, however, applicants must be physically located within BBB|Northwest Florida’s service area and charities must have participated in BBB|Northwest Florida’s Charity Review Program within the last two years. Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics applications and nominations (and yes, we LOVE self-nominations) must be returned no later than March 16, 2012. If you're nominating another business or charity, nominations are preferred earlier to allow time to schedule on-site interviews with the nominees.
Customer Service Excellence Award
Your BBB Foundation’s Customer Service Excellence Award recognizes individuals who go above and beyond in their customer service activities. To nominate an individual for the Customer Service Excellence Award, submit a nomination no later than March 16, 2012.
Student Ethics Scholarship
Your BBB Foundation’s Student Ethics Scholarship recognizes nine high school students for their commitment to ethical behavior and personal integrity. Each student selected receives a $1,000 scholarship payable to the college or university of their choice.Student Ethics Scholarship applications must be postmarked by March 16, 2012 or delivered to our office by 2 p.m. on March 16, 2012.
Congratulations 2011 Winners!
District I Winners:
- Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics:
Small Business: Medi-Weightloss Clinics
Mid-sized Business: Sea Gallery Stores
Charity: Gulf Coast Kid's House
- Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics Honorable Mentions:
Island Realty of Pensacola Beach
Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce
- Customer Service Excellence Award
Gretchen Shield, Granny Nannies
Amber Wright, BBB|Northwest Florida
- Student Ethics Scholarships:
Amber Briana Cotten, Pace High School
Sarah Renee Green, Pace High School
Sarah Malinda Killam, Northview High School
District II Winners:
- Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics:
Cooling Services
- Customer Service Excellence Award
Denise Wright, Dune Allen Realty
- Student Ethics Scholarships
Jenna Leigh Hyde, Niceville High School
Kevin Alexander Pabst, Collegiate High School at Northwest Florida State College
Warren Paul Wilson, Fort Walton Beach High School
District III Winners:
- Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics:
M D Billing Solutions
- Torch Award for Customer Service Excellence
Diana Whitmire, Gulf Coast Workforce Center
- Student Ethics Scholarships
Kali Lynne DeBerry, J.R. Arnold High School
Sahara Rayne Peters, Bay High School
Lacee L. Rudd, Deane Bozeman High School
Congratulations to all the businesses, organizations, individual employees, and students that received awards!
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