Better Business Bureau: The Better Business Bureau Serving Southern Arizona has named the winners of the 2024 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics and BBB Spark Award for Entrepreneurship. The awards recognize organizations and entrepreneurs who exemplify a commitment to honesty, transparency and integrity.
Torch Awards for Ethics winners:
Business Ethics category I: Desert Diamond Home Inspections
Business Ethics category II: Anchor Wave Digital Marketing Agency
Business Ethics category III: OOROO Auto Care
Nonprofit Ethics below $1.5 in revenue category: Benβs Bells
Nonprofit Ethics above $1.5 in revenue category: Junior Achievement of Arizona
The BBB Spark Award recipient was Azucan Bravo with Mini Poderosas.
BBB also honored 11 finalists for their commitment to ethical practices:
Sonoran Stitch Factory
Goalsetters Career & Workforce Development
Jade Star Acupuncture & Wellness
Done Rite Services
Kaiser Garage Doors & Gates
Tucson Appliance Company
Southern Arizona Book Heroes
We Care Tucson
Angel Charity for Children
Javier Castillo of 510 South Marketing
Ralph Robles of Douglas Business Networking
Three Desert View High School students were named the winners of BBBβs Student Ethics Video Contest. Ivan Angulo clinched the $2,000 top prize. Lucy Pacheco scored second place and $1,000. Farah Alghaithi secured third place and $500.
South32: The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona announced that the South32 Hermosa Community Fund has awarded $120,000 to 15 nonprofit organizations in Santa Cruz County.
0S3 Movement
Child and Family Resources Inc. (Healthy Families Program)
Child Health and Resilience Mastery
Construyendo Circulos de Paz
East Santa Cruz County Community Food Bank, Inc.
Family Health Care Amigos
Friends of the Library /Library Fans
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
Mexicayotl Academy of Excellence
Nogales Community Development Corporation
Patagonia Creative Arts Association
Patagonia Regional Aquatics Center
Rotary Club of Nogales Foundation Inc.
Santa Cruz Elementary School District
The South32 Hermosa Community Fund supports nonprofit organizations based in Santa Cruz County. Supported areas include arts, culture and history, environment, health and welfare, recreation, and civic enhancement.
US payrolls rose in March by the most in nearly a year and the unemployment rate dropped, pointing to a strong labor market that's powering the economy. But the Black jobless rate climbed sharply in March, with Black women seeing the biggest losses. "We're keeping a very, very close eye on that and we'll continue to work on closing that gap between Black-White unemployment,"Β Julie Su, acting US Labor Secretary, said on "Bloomberg The Open."
