2018 Torch Award winners announced
November 15, 2018
Recipients of the BBB Business of the Year Torch Awards were named at a ceremony held on Thursday, November 08, 2018 at the Capital City Club. The Torch Award was created to recognize local businesses that exemplify BBB’s high standards of Trust and Ethics.
Please join us in congratulating the following businesses on being named the 2018 BBB Business of the Year Torch Award Recipients:
Small Business: Floor Pro
Medium Business: Fit Columbia
Large Business: Galeana Chrysler Jeep
“This is always an inspiring event”, said Chris Hadley, President and CEO of the BBB Serving Central SC and Charleston. “BBB is committed to its principles of Trust and Ethics in the marketplace. We appreciate the ongoing support from all our Accredited Businesses. BBB is especially pleased to highlight the outstanding work of our Business of the Year Torch Award Recipients.”
More than 100 business owners, employees and community leaders attended the ceremony. The Featured Speaker for the Awards Dinner was the newly re-elected SC Attorney General, Alan Wilson, who discussed creating a healthy business and consumer environment in our community.
BBB Serving Central SC and Charleston presents the Business of the Year Torch Award each year to companies who exemplify ethical behavior and display integrity in all aspects of their operations. The Torch Awards are open to all for-profit businesses located within the Midlands and Lowcountry regions. Nominees are offered the opportunity to submit an entry to the BBB, where a panel of independent volunteer businesses and community leaders review the entries and choose the winners.
Photography was provided by Travis Bell Photography and may be viewed at http://bbb.org/h/jx55 (password: bbb18)
The evening also featured the election of new Board Members for 2019. The newly elected Director was Harris Eckstrom of Carolina Business Equipment. Mr. Eckstrom will join the following Board of Directors for BBB Serving Central SC and Charleston in 2019:
Brandon Crutchfield, Chairman of Marine 360
Stuart Burgin, Vice-Chairman of Burgin Roofing Services
Anne Shivers, Secretary of Caro-Smart Financial Solutions
Karan Sorensen, Treasurer of Sorensen Strategies
Jordan Stallings, Legal Counsel of Blair Cato Pickren Casterline
John Anderson, Past Chairman of Shred360
Chris Hadley, BBB President & CEO, BBB Serving Central SC & Charleston
David Clark of Clark’s Termite & Pest Control
Harris Eckstrom of Carolina Business Equipment
Gavin Green of Mungo Homes
Marlo Kanipe of Deserved Comfort Housekeeping
Todd Kaminer of Kaminer Heating & Cooling
Chris Morrison of Terratec
Michael Young of Palmetto Commercial Services
Sponsors for the event were: Burgin Roofing Services, All American Heating & Air, Caro-Smart Financial Solutions, Clark’s Termite & Pest Control, Kaminer Heating & Cooling, Marine 360, Mungo Homes, Shred360, Palmetto Commercial Services, Dazzle Events by Andrea and Bullseye Visuals.
ABOUT BBB: The Better Business Bureau (BBB), founded in 1912, is a nonprofit organization focused on advancing marketplace trust, helping people find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. There are more than 100 local independent BBBs with more than 160 offices across North America, including BBB Serving Central SC and Charleston, which was founded in 19XX and serves Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter Counties.
BBB’s Mission:
It is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. We do this by:
- Setting standards for marketplace trust
- Encouraging and supporting best practices by engaging with and educating
consumers and Businesses
- Celebrating marketplace role models
- Calling out and addressing substandard marketplace behavior
- Creating a community of trustworthy businesses and charities
The BBB sees trust as a function of two primary factors – integrity and performance. Integrity
includes respect, ethics and intent. Performance speaks to a business’s track record of delivering results
in accordance with BBB standards and/or addressing customer concerns in a timely, satisfactory
manner.
