Submitted by Maureen Sullivan, Executive Director
Each year the Bedford Chamber of Commerce names a Business Person of the Year, Business of the Year, Diversity, and Ray of Hope Award. Bedford citizens, business owners and community leaders are invited to submit nominations to the Chamber for several prestigious awards to be given in February to honor local business representatives.
- Business Person of the Year: Conducts their business and themselves with regard to their business dealings in a highly ethical and exemplary manner. Is a good citizen within the community, taking time and effort to serve the community in productive and volunteer efforts.
- Business of the Year: The business is conducted in a highly ethical and exemplary manner. The business is a good citizen to the town by financial and/or resource support to community activities and operations.
- Diversity Award: Has significantly contributed to the diversity awareness in the town. Demonstrates an attentiveness and a willingness to continually improve the atmosphere to work, shop and live in Bedford.
- Ray of Hope Award: A young person who have performed outstanding service to the Bedford community and/or who by their actions are excellent role models for their peers. Separate application for this can be downloaded from the Y&[email protected] website.
Anyone wishing to make a nomination for any of these awards is encouraged to send the name, address and a brief one page description of the nominee to the Chamber. Deadline for all nominations is February 10. Awards will be presented at the Chambers’ Dinner on Wednesday, February 19, 2014
SAVE THE DATE: BEDFORD CHAMBER CELEBRATION DINNER on FEBRUARY 19, 2014
If you have never attended here’s what you have been missing….
“A fun night had by all. What other chamber combines a fun night with community service?”
Bryan McKay- Middlesex Savings Bank
“I don’t know what a “typical chamber dinner” is but I sure enjoy our Bedford Chamber of Commerce annual dinners! We get to reconnect with or meet the folks who run the local businesses and corporations, have fun and eat. I think that because the annual dinner is so well attended and the speeches are short, the dynamics of the event and interactions are really fruitful.”
Jean Marc Slak- Slak Chiropractics
“Entertaining and worth attending, Great food, Great desserts & Fun”
Maria Porto – Hanscom Federal Credit Union
The guest speaker at the Chamber’s Annual Celebration dinner will be Hank Phillippi Ryan, the on- air investigative reporter for Boston’s NBC affiliate. She’s won 30 EMMYs, 12 Edward R. Murrow awards and dozens of other honors for her ground breaking journalism.
Ryan is also a bestselling author of six mystery novels who has won multiple prestigious awards for her crime fiction: the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and most recently, the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. National reviews have called her a “master at crafting suspenseful mysteries” and “a superb and gifted storyteller.” Her newest thriller, THE WRONG GIRL, is a Boston Globe bestseller and was dubbed “Another winner” in a Booklist starred review. She’s on the national board of Mystery Writers of America and 2013 president of national Sisters in Crime.
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