BBB seeks Torch Award applicants

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Foundation of Northwest Florida is currently accepting applications for the 2008 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics.

The Torch Award was created to recognize businesses and charities that insist on exceptionally high standards of behavior in dealing with customers, vendors and employees.

To be considered for the 2008 Torch Award, a company or 501 (c)(3) charity must have been in business for one year or more with the same ownership and may not hold an unsatisfactory record with the BBB. BBB accreditation is not required to enter, however, applicants must be physically located within the BBB of Northwest Florida's service area: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton or Washington counties. Past Torch Award recipients are eligible after a three-year waiting period.

The application deadline is April 4. Award recipients will be recognized at a series of luncheons to be held in May.