BBB announces Torch Award winners

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Better Business Bureau serving Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties has announced the winners of the Torch Awards for Marketplace Trust.

Hickey Metal Fabrication of Salem, MS Consultants Inc. of Youngstown, M7 Technologies of Youngstown and Jensen Lock & Alarm of Youngstown will all receive a Torch Award for Marketplace Trust.

The Butler Institute of American Art will receive the Torch Award for Nonprofit Excellence.

The recipient of the Torch Award for Civic Leadership is Youngstown State University President James P. Tressel.

The recipients are BBB- accredited businesses and leaders that exemplify BBB standards for trust.

The Torch Awards are made possible through the support of the BBB TrustBuilders.

TrustBuilders is a group of banking institutions in the Mahoning Valley with long-term commitments to earn and keep the public’s trust. These banks make the loans that help small businesses and individuals achieve economic success and financial security. BBB TrustBuilders are Farmers National Bank, Talmer Bank and Trust, Huntington Bank, Home Savings & Loan Co., PNC Bank and Cortland Banks.

The Torch Awards will take place at 11:30 a.m. June 8 at The Lake Club in Poland.

BBB also will award area high-school students with the Ethics & Integrity Scholarships.

For table or ticket information, contact the BBB at 330-744-7151 or melissa@youngstown.bbb.org.