Awards

The Vernon Company, Newton, Iowa, announced it inducted 12 employees into the company's Anniversary Milestone Clubs in recognition for outstanding years of service. New club members were awarded an anniversary gift and recognized by Bill Vernon, chairman, and Chris Vernon, president, at the company’s annual employee recognition ceremony.

Philadelphia-based Bodek and Rhodes, a leading wholesaler of imprintable activewear, was recently honored in Promo Marketing's the annual Excellence Awards. In addition, the company was chosen as the Vendor of the Year by the EmbroidMe organization. 

Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., was proud to announce Connor Stearns, the oldest of Hub production manager Bob Stearns' five boys, pulled off a first place finish in the 5K Promotions East Fun Run.

Chester, New Jersey-based Promotions Unlimited won three awards for educational tools serving diabetics and other self-injecting patients in the recent 16th annual National Health Information Awards (NHIA), which honors the nation’s best health information programs and materials.

Philadelphia-based Promo Marketing magazine, the source of product and marketing information for distributor sales professionals, announced the winners of the 2009 Supplier Excellence Awards in its July issue.

Promo Marketing’s annual Supplier Excellence Awards have returned, once again showcasing the voice of thousands of distributors and their votes for the best suppliers in the industry. Ballots were cast in 30 categories, with the top three companies in each classification being granted a spot to feature one of their products.

The Irving, Texas, Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) announced the recipients of $100,000 awarded in college scholarships for 2009.

Largo, Florida-based Corvest, parent company of Adva-Lite, Toppers and It's All Greek To Me, announced the first grand prize winner for the company's Golden Ticket promotion.

Atlanta-based Boxercraft announced its founder, president and owner Jon Carroll, received the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award for

It’s easy to pigeonhole social responsibility into being about nothing more than driving a hybrid and saving old growth forests. The green movements power and celebrity, while valuable, can overshadow the other acts of human kindness that sustain societies as much as clean air, food and water.On both the supplier and distributor side of the…