Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics
The Torch Award was created to recognize businesses and charities that insist on exceptionally high standards of behavior in dealing with customers, vendors and employees.
Customer Service Excellence Award
Your BBB Foundation’s Customer Service Excellence Award recognizes employees who go above and beyond in their customer service activities.
Student Ethics Scholarship
Your BBB Foundation recognizes college-bound students who personify high ethics as demonstrated through leadership, community service, overall personal integrity and academic history. Three local high school students in each of your BBB's three districts will receive a $1,000 scholarship to the accredited college or university of their choice.
Winners of all three awards will be recognized as a series of luncheons to be held throughout your BBB's service area.
District I (Escambia & Santa Rosa counties) Click here for results from the District I luncheon
Wednesday, May 6
New World Landing
600 S. Palafox St.
Pensacola, FL 32501
District II (Okaloosa & Walton counties) Click here for results from the District II luncheon
Thursday, May 14
SunDestin
1040 Highway 98 East
Destin, FL 32541
District III (Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla & Washington counties) Click here for results from the District III luncheon
Tuesday, May 12
Black Angus Restaurant
4500 W. Highway 98
Panama City, FL 32401
Silent Auction
To help fund the Student Ethics Scholarships, attendees at the 2009 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics and Student Ethics Scholarship luncheons will have the opportunity to bid on a variety of local goods and services in a silent auction. Funds raised benefit your
BBB Foundation of Northwest Florida, which supports your BBB’s vision of an ethical marketplace through community education and recognition programs.
If you are able to donate an item, product or service for the event(s), please contact Mary Gallaher at 850.429.0026, 800.729.9226 or mgallaher@nwfl.bbb.org. Donations are a great way to promote your business to businesses and consumers who value ethics in the marketplace.
Current donations include:
District I
Wine accessory gift box, Award Masters
Gift Basket, Beaches Tanning Salon and Cronin Construction
Music CDs and hat, Cat Country 98.7 FM
$55 gift certificate, Edible Arrangements
1922 Peace dollar, Emerald Coast Coins
Pest control service inside and outside (two certificates), Fireman Termite & Pest Control
Two, 60-minute massages, Fulton & Rabinowitz Chiropractic
Family Beach Portraits, Forever I Do Weddings
Gift Basket, Iveys Pet Center
Gift Box, J.W. Renfroe Pecan Co.
$50 gift certificate to Zea's Restaurant, KMS Business Products Corp.
Three, $25 gift certificates, Modern Cleaners/Avalon Cleaners
Gift Basket, Sandy's Candle Scent-Sations
Ceiling Fan, United Lighting & Supply Co.
2 sage (4x6) green rugs and runner, Keith's Custom Rugs
Two night stay at a deluxe condominium, ResortQuest Vacation Rentals
5 car washes, Simoniz Car Wash
10 A/C check up gift certificates, Southern Breeze One Hour Air Conditioning and Heating
Four wheel alignment, (three certificates), Vannoy's Tires Inc.
Rotate and balance, (three certificates), Vannoy's Tires Inc.
District II
Gift certificate, Accent Signs
Aromatherapy bath set, Avantgarde Salon & Day Spa
Two gift baskets, Custom Office Cleaning
Family Beach Portraits, Forever I Do Weddings
Pressure washing service, Precision Pressure Washing
Clock, The Clock Corner
Ceiling fan, United Lighting & Supply Co.
Bronze mirror, Double D Glass & Mirror
Two night stay at a deluxe condominium, ResortQuest Vacation Rentals
District III
Gift certificate, Color Press Printing
Carpet cleaning, up to 300 square feet, Daystar Cleaning
Family Beach Portraits, Forever I Do Weddings
Two night stay at a deluxe condominium, ResortQuest Vacation Rentals
Massage Gift Certificate, Shades of Blue
Designer Portrait Session, Tim Allen & Associates Photography, Inc.
6 Greeting cards, Valle Vistas
2 (5x7) paintings, Valle Vistas
2 (8x10) paintings, Valle Vistas
2 (11x14) paintings, Valle Vistas
Ceiling Fan, United Lighting & Supply Co.
Auctioned at all three locations:
Three night stay at Southern Comfort Creekside Cabin in North Georgia, 1-2-1 Vacation Rentals
Emerald & diamond 14k rold ring, Coin & Bullion Reserves
Ladies watch, MLR Fine Jewelry & Gifts
Two night stay at Sugar Sands Beach Resort, Sugar Sands Motel
Sponsorship Opportunities
We depend on the support of community-minded, ethical businesses such as yours to continue these programs.
In return for your support as a Torch Award sponsor, you will receive an enhanced package of benefits and recognition. Please review our sponsorship levels to see if you are able to support our Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, Customer Service Excellence Awards and Student Ethics Scholarship. If you need any additional information, please feel free to contact Norman Wright, President/CEO at 850.429.0026.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Silver ($1,000)
Cox Communications (Ft. Walton Beach)
Cox Communications (Pensacola)
Gulf Power Company
Landrum Companies Inc.
Studer Group
Bronze ($500)
All Pro Sound
Allied Waste Management, Inc.
Jim & Lila Cox
Hixardt Technologies, Inc.
Peaden Air Conditioning, Heating & Plumbing
Pen Air Federal Credit Union
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