Torch Award Ceremonies Reservation
Please join us to celebrate local business at the Annual Torch Award for Market place Ethics to be held November 19th at Hardin-Simmons University in the Johnson Building beginning at 11:30. This award will honor honesty & integrity in businesses that always go above and beyond the normal in building trust in the marketplace. Dr. Jon Weidanz, founder and President of Receptor Logic Inc., a Biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Abilene, will be our key-note speaker. He is a Professor with the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Abilene. Dr. Weidanz was recently appointed Chairman of the new Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology. Please help the BBB recognize local businesses that are worthy of your trust.
Torch Award Invitation Please R.S.V.P. no later than November 12, 2012
Corporate Patron Table of 6 for $500 ________ Includes table sign, program recognition, Newsletter, and Better Business Book recognition.
Corporate Table of 6 for $300 _______ Includes table sign and program recognition.
_______ Seat(s) at $20.00 per ticket
Name of Guest(s)___________________________________
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Company Name_____________________________________
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Copy and email to Operations@abilene.bbb.org or Call 691-1533
NOMINATIONS: The BBB seeks nominations for the Torch Award year round. Nominations can come from customers, vendors and employees of the business. The nominations must be a for-profit business located in the surrounding 13-county area. Nominations closed September 17, for 2012.
2012 COMPETITION: Businesses compete with like size companies. This year 32 companies were invited to compete. They are asked to demonstrate their commitment to high ethical standards of behavior in the areas of management practices, customer/vendor relations, marketing/sales practices, and their reputation in the community with documentation.
PREVIOUS WINNERS: Last year the Torch Award winners were: Procter Automotive and Condley & Company. Previous winners include: Team Chip Tae Kwon Do Centers, Xstream Auto Clean, Precision Unlimited, Pest Patrol, Raydon Inc, Nichols Battery, Hall Air Conditioning, John Beall Companies, Quality Cooling and Heating, Battles Home Improvement, Reeders Auto Supply, Cary Services Inc., Bible Hardware, Family Vision Associates, First American Bank, Hanner Chevrolet, Pontiac, GMC, Abilene Dental Lab, Harris Acoustics, TeleCom Unlimited, Pittman’s Garage, Beal Appliance, The Muffler Shoppe, Berry’s Discount Warehouse, Area-Wide Phone Books, Laura’s Boutique.
