The BBB Presents Woods Basement Systems With 5th Torch Award

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The Better Business Bureau presented the Torch Awards for Business Integrity at a reception held at the Gateway Building in Peoria, attended by nearly 100 area business leaders, on October 23, 2014.

“Reliable Carpet Cleaning, Woods Basement Systems, and CEFCU competed against other like sized businesses in three categories to be selected as the winners of the BBB’s 2014 Torch Award for Business Integrity,” said Jessica Tharp Vice President of the Central Illinois Better Business Bureau, which serves 36 counties in central Illinois. “The winning companies were deemed to exercise integrity and consistently meet very high standards in their relationships with customers, employees, vender/suppliers, industry peers and our community.”

Nick Bohannan of Custom Bath Solutions, was named recipient of the Jeff Bell Customer Service Award. Bob Stinson of Fritch Heating and Cooling was also named a recipient post-hamilius. This award is named for Jeff “Bubba” Bell, a longtime supporter of the BBB; he worked at Coleman Printing for 24 years. His dedication to his family, community and customer service was extraordinary.

BBB presented the Truth In Advertising Award to Alwan & Sons Meat Co. The award is presented to a company in central Illinois that best personifies the BBB’s mission of promoting honest and ethical advertising in the marketplace. Alwan’s was commended for upholding BBB standards and transparency in their advertising.

Adams Outdoor received BBB’s Partners In Trust Award for working with BBB as a media to spread the word of BBB’s mission. This year Adams worked hard in cooperation with BBB to develop an affordable co-op billboard campaign that BBB Accredited Business could be part of.

Ray Dennison, of Ray Dennison Chevrolet was presented with the BBB’s Patron of Integrity Award. Mr. Dennison has served as a Director on the BBB’s Board for over 20 years. “We wanted to recognize Ray for his longstanding commitment to the BBB’s mission, values and goals”, said Bonnie Bakin, BBB President, “Ray is not only committed to his community but also to self-regulation in business’.

About the BBB Torch Award:

The mission of the Better Business Bureau system is to promote and foster the highest ethical relationship between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation, consumer and business education and service excellence. The Central Illinois Better Business Bureau established an annual award program to gain public recognition for Central Illinois companies that maintain a solid commitment to conduct their business practices in an ethical fashion. The Torch Award is designed to promote not only the importance of ethical business practices, but also the willingness and efforts made by outstanding business to ensure that our marketplace remains fair and honorable for all Americans. Companies do not need to have a full-scale ethics program in operation in order to compete. They simply need to demonstrate that they meet the judging criteria.