BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200902T123000Z DTEND:20200902T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:12th Annual Anchor Awards DESCRIPTION:The 12th Annual Anchor Awards Finalists have been chosen through a public online voting process. There were nearly two dozen businesses nominated for four different awards. The Grit Award for non-profits\, the Thrive I Award for businesses with up to 50 employees\, the Thrive II Award for businesses with 51-200 employees\, and the Pioneer Award for businesses in operation between one and three years. Each award was narrowed down to three finalists after hundreds of votes poured in on social media.\n\nNew to this year's awards will be two additional honors. One will be the President's Award\, chosen by our President and CEO Paige Roberts for outstanding support in the community. The other is the Champion Award\, that will go to a business nominated by the public and judged by a panel of qualified professionals. The Champion Award received more than 150 nominations. Those nominations were narrowed down to three finalists by a panel of judges. They judged the finalists on criteria including pandemic relevance\, effort above and beyond usual business practices\, and community impact.\n\nEach of the other awards were judged by a separate panel of judges on criteria that includes keys to success\, impact and involvement\, human resources\, and reasons for applying.\n\nDue to COVID-19 restrictions\, attendance at this year's awards ceremony will be limited to finalists and their supporters. The ceremony will be streamed on Facebook LIVE on September 2nd.\n\nWe want to give a big thanks to our sponsors for this year's Anchor Awards. Gold sponsors are Chevron\, Ingalls Shipbuilding\, Jackson County Board of Supervisors\, Merchants and Marine Bank\, Mississippi Power\, and Navigator Credit Union. Silver sponsors are Geiger Promotional Products\, Mississippi Security Police\, Singing River Electric Cooperative\, and Sparklight. The finalists are listed below.\n\nCONGRATULATIONS to our 12TH Annual Anchor Awards Finalists!\n\nGRIT AWARD (non-profit)\n\n\n FabLab Jackson County\n Habitat For Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast\n Junior Auxiliary of Pascagoula-Moss Point\, MS /li \n\n\nPIONEER AWARD (in business 1-3 years)\n\n\n Amerson One Stop Pest Shop\n CK Creations LLC\n Pascagoula Nutrition\n\n\nTHRIVE I AWARD (up to 50 employees)\n\n\n Dixie Glass MS Gulf Coast\n Gibson Electric Motor Sales &\; Service\, Inc.\n Pugh's Floral Shop\n\n\nTHRIVE II AWARD (51-200 employees)\n\n\n Bozo's Too\n First Federal Savings &\; Loan Association of Pascagoula-Moss Point\n Gulf Breeze Landscaping\, LLC\n\n\nCHAMPION AWARD (Outstanding performance during the pandemic)\n\n\n FabLab Jackson County\n Just For You Embroidery\n Navigator Credit Union\n\n\nTune in to our Facebook LIVE on August 26th for the awards ceremony! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 12th Annual Anchor Awards Finalists have been chosen through a public online voting process. There were nearly two dozen businesses nominated for four different awards. The Grit Award for non-profits\, the Thrive I Award for businesses with up to 50 employees\, the Thrive II Award for businesses with 51-200 employees\, and the Pioneer Award for businesses in operation between one and three years. Each award was narrowed down to three finalists after hundreds of votes poured in on social media.

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New to this year&rsquo\;s awards will be two additional honors. One will be the President&rsquo\;s Award\, chosen by our President and CEO Paige Roberts for outstanding support in the community. The other is the Champion Award\, that will go to a business nominated by the public and judged by a panel of qualified professionals. The Champion Award received more than 150 nominations. Those nominations were narrowed down to three finalists by a panel of judges. They judged the finalists on criteria including pandemic relevance\, effort above and beyond usual business practices\, and community impact.

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Each of the other awards were judged by a separate panel of judges on criteria that includes keys to success\, impact and involvement\, human resources\, and reasons for applying.

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Due to COVID-19 restrictions\, attendance at this year&rsquo\;s awards ceremony will be limited to finalists and their supporters. The ceremony will be streamed on Facebook LIVE on September 2nd.

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We want to give a big thanks to our sponsors for this year&rsquo\;s Anchor Awards. Gold sponsors are Chevron\, Ingalls Shipbuilding\, Jackson County Board of Supervisors\, \;Merchants and Marine Bank\, Mississippi Power\, \;and \;Navigator Credit Union. Silver sponsors are Geiger Promotional Products\, Mississippi Security Police\, \;Singing River Electric Cooperative\, and Sparklight. The finalists are listed below.

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CONGRATULATIONS to our 12TH Annual Anchor Awards Finalists!

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GRIT AWARD (non-profit)

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PIONEER AWARD (in business 1-3 years)

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THRIVE I AWARD (up to 50 employees)

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THRIVE II AWARD (51-200 employees)

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CHAMPION AWARD (Outstanding performance during the pandemic)

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Tune in to our Facebook LIVE on August 26th for the awards ceremony!

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