April 8, 2009

Six Businesses Honoured for Their Excellence

Oakville Beaver

Six local businesses were honoured at the 14th annual Oakville Awards for Business Excellence last week.

The awards recognize local businesses for contributions they make to the community’s economic development.

This year’s winners were:

• Entrepreneur of the Year: Company of Women
• Large Company of the Year: Freeze Dry Foods
• Small Company of the Year: N2 Ingredients
• Professional and other Service Provider of the Year: Home Instead Senior Care
• Restaurateur of the Year: Oliver’s
• Environmental Leadership: Fifth Light Technology
• Runners-up were named in two categories this year:
• Runner Up for Small Company of the Year: Cameron’s Brewery
• Runner Up for Entrepreneur of the Year: Laser Networks

The Oakville Awards for Business Excellence is jointly presented by The Rotary Club of Oakville West and The Oakville Chamber of Commerce.

This annual event has always been a fundraiser, where all the proceeds go towards helping youth realize their dreams and be the best they can be.

The disbursement of OABE funds touches many Rotary and Oakville youth programs.

This year’s recipients will include: the Oakville Awards for Academic Excellence (scholarships and bursaries to graduating students of Oakville’s public and Catholic high schools); Kerr Street Ministries; Oakville Youth Development Centre; Grade Three Dictionary Program; Camp Enterprise; Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA); and Sheridan College (this year’s “new” scholarship will recognize a student who has demonstrated excellence in terms of volunteer work within the college)

To date, more than $350,000 in funding has been donated toward, and invested into the futures of, deserving Oakville youths.