Nominations for business awards completed
Annual gala award dinner attendees get to vote for winners
The South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) nominations for the 21st Annual Business Excellence Awards are now closed and the top 4 in each category have been chosen.
“We are doing the voting a little differently this year … the top 4 nominees for each category will actually be voted on at the 21st Annual Business Excellence Awards Dinner,” says Chamber executive director Shelly Morton.”
Family Friendly Business Award
Top 4: Tim Hortons, Dairy Queen, One Another. A Coffee House and Save-On-Foods.
Other nominations: Sunrise Ford, 108 Mile Supermarket, Jean’s Place, Snacks 4U Vending-Chuck Douglas, Donex Pharmacy and Department Store and Nuthatch Books.
Greatest Improvement in 2014 Award
Top 4: Sunrise Ford, Country 840/The Goat, Dairy Queen and West Fraser.
Other nominations: Andre’s Electronics and 108 Mile Supermarket.
Rising Star Award
Top 4: Focused Fitness, Borgos’ Sport Shack, Our Kitchen Corner and One Another. A Coffee House
Other nominations: Century Hardware, RE/MAX Country Lakes Realty, 70 Mile General Store, Gold Trail Recycling, Sean Watson Safeway, Dairy Queen and Caribooradio.com.
Tourism/Recreation Award
Top 4: Cariboo Challenge – Family Fun Night, Caribooradio.com, Mount Timothy and Canlan Ice Sports.
Other nominations: South Cariboo Visitor Centre, Watch Lake North Green Lake Business Association, Spring Lake Ranch, 108 Resort and The Hills Health Ranch.
Best Marketing Award
Top 4: Caribooradio.com, Andre’s Electronics, 100 Mile House Wranglers and Country 840/The Goat.
Other nominations: Canlan Ice Sports, Meridian RV, The Hills Health Ranch, Invis-The Guimond Group, Green Sisters and Lac la Hache Garlic Festival.
Community Inclusion Award
Top 4: Safeway, 100 Mile House Wranglers. Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre and Focused Fitness.
Other nominations: Cedar Crest Society for Community Living, Royal Bank, One Another. A Coffee House, Mill Site Lodge and Canlan Ice Sports.
Best Home Based Award
Top 4: High Tech Computers, Justin Guimond-Jayco Plumbing Ltd., Creating Joy in Art and Green Sisters.
Other nominations: Rainer’s Health House, Ingrid’s Foot Care, My Spare Time, Snacks 4U Vending, First Stop Auto and Ridgeview Therapy.
Best New Business Award
Top 4: Our Kitchen Corner, Cariboo Country Mobile Veterinary Services, Borgos’ Sport Shack and Pita Jacks.
Other nominations: Lone Rock Café, One Another. A Coffee House and Always and Forever Weddings.
Non Profit Award
Top 4: Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy, Cedar Crest Society for Community Living, South Cariboo Search and Rescue and Whisker Kisses.
Other nominations: Mount Timothy Ski Society, 100 Mile and District Soccer Association, Psalm 23 Transition Society, 100 Mile Festival of the Arts and 100 Mile House Special Olympics.
Community Based Award
Top 4: Country 840/The Goat, 108 Mile Supermarket, Save-On-Foods and Century Hardware.
Other nominations: Mount Timothy Ski Society, Shaver Comfort Solutions, Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre, Horton Ventures, TIMBER MART, Cariboo Country Mobile Veterinary Services, Snack 4U Vending, The Outlaw Urban Clothing Co., Canlan Ice Sports, 70 Mile General Store and 59 Mile Business Centre.
Resource Based Award
Top 4: Findlay Meats, Sitka Log Homes, Ainsworth Engineered Canada LP and C.E.E.D.S.
Other nominations: McNeil and Sons Logging and 3M Simmental Ranch.
Customer Service Award
Top 4: Tim Hortons, Gold Trail Recycling, United Carpet and Village Hair Studio.
Other nominees: Work n Play Clothing, Findlay Meats, Our Kitchen Corner, Century Hardware, Safeway, 7-eleven, Happy Landing Restaurant, Top Line Printers, Donex Pharmacy and Department Store, Ace Hardware, Old School Grill, Save-On –Foods, fascination street, New Attitude Hair Design, Exeter Forest and Marine Sales and Higher Ground Natural Foods.
People’s Choice Award
Top 4: Borgos’ Sport Shack, One Another. A Coffee House, Regency Chrysler and Chartreuse Moose.
Other nominations: Andre’s Electronics, Donex Pharmacy and Department Store, Cariboo Country Mobile Veterinary Services, Century Hardware, Safeway, fascination street, Smitty’s, Old School Grill, Fire House Diner and Gold Trail recycling.
The South Cariboo Chamber Of Commerce is hosting its 21st Annual Business Excellence Awards Dinner at the 100 Mile Community Hall on April 11.
Folks can get them here at the Chamber office, Andre’s Electronics, Donex or TIMBER MART.
Morton strongly encourages folks to bring a non-perishable food item when they buy their tickets, which will give them $5 off the price.
Otherwise, tickets are $45, or purchase a table of eight for $300.
