Better Business Bureau Serving Delaware last month hosted more than 225 business and community leaders to help honor five local businesses for their commitment to ethics and integrity and three recipients of the BBB Education Foundation’s Student Ethics Scholarship and Video Scholarship. [Not a valid template]
The scholarships are given by BBB’s Education Foundation. The Education Foundation serves as the consumer educational vehicle of the BBB of Delaware and surrounding communities.
The BBB Education Foundation is in the ninth year of its scholarship program and has awarded more than $45,000 in scholarships to Delaware students. Judges selected the scholarship recipients based on their leadership, contributions to their communities and schools, personal integrity, academic accomplishments, and a written essay.
The essay topic, “What Should BBB of Delaware be doing to Compete in Today’s Online World to Advance Our Mission?” presents the students with the challenge of applying their real-world experiences to the foundation and mission of the Better Business Bureau, while helping identify ways that BBB can be relevant to the next generation of consumers and business leaders.
The 2017-2018 winners wrote passionately about BBB, their view of BBB, and gave clever ideas about what the future might look like. The Scholarships were sponsored by M&T Bank and Sallie Mae.
The 2017-2018 Winners are:
- Jack Gallagher – Charter School of Wilmington
- Nicole Kennedy – Conrad Schools of Science
The Education Foundation also awarded the first ever Video Scholarship. This non-traditional, non-essay format, and appealed to students that can express themselves through video and graphic production. Students were asked to create a 30-second spot that told the BBB story, or conveyed BBB’s mission, while incorporating the theme of “Trust” and BBB logo and tagline. This year’s winner is Shreyas Parab from Archmere Academy.
In addition, BBB recognized four businesses with the Torch Award for Ethics. The “Torch Awards” illuminate the importance of corporate conscience and the responsibility to conduct business fairly and honestly. Recipients of this award are leaders in integrity and ethics in not just their industries but also their communities. The 2018 Winners do an outstanding job of showcasing their Best Practices for how they carry out the mission of the BBB to Advance Trust in the Marketplace.
The 2018 Winners are:
- Moore Seal
- MIKEN Builders
- Regal Builders LLC/Nobles Pond
- Sallie Mae
The evening was highlighted by the presentation of the Edward M. Rush Sr. Memorial Award that honors a company known for setting high standards for family-owned businesses. The award is given annually to an outstanding family-owned and operated BBB Accredited Business that exemplifies the ideals of community and civic services.
This year, BBB honored Delaware Supermarkets – and the Kenny Family. Delaware Supermarkets operates Shoprite stores in New Castle County.
