Delta Energy employees get charged up to assist community causes

Medical Mutual 2011 Pillar Award for Community Service — Columbus There were a lot of happy students at Livingston Avenue Elementary School last fall, and they had Delta Energy LLC to thank for their good spirits. The company coordinated a school supply drive for students in the financially challenged Columbus neighborhood and came through in […]

Community service is central to the mission at Amethyst Inc.

Medical Mutual 2011 Pillar Award for Community Service — Columbus Executive Director of the Year Amethyst Inc. has made it its mission to serve women and children in the Central Ohio community who are most in need of a helping hand. In October 2009, Amethyst ― led by co-founder and CEO Virginia O’Keeffe ― became […]

Elford shows how we can ill afford to ignore our fellow man

Medical Mutual 2011 Pillar Award for Community Service — Columbus The values that Edward “Pop” Elford instilled in Elford Inc. when he founded the construction company back in 1910 are still quite evident today. He believed honest service and integrity were keys to being a success at anything and made those values a cornerstone of […]

Colleen Buzza brought success to Community Shelter Board’s first mass fundraising campaign

Medical Mutual 2011 Pillar Award for Community Service — Columbus Nonprofit Board Executive of the Year Colleen Buzza, like other members of the Community Shelter Board, was deeply concerned about the alarming increase in the number of homeless families and individuals who sought shelter in Columbus and Franklin County. The agency had never before appealed […]

Kelly Borth: How a trademark can build product differentiation

Trademarks (™ or ®), trade names (Band-Aid or Kleenex), service marks (SM) and the like can be valuable brand assets of an organization or its CEO for that matter. They are not unlike patents that protect an inventor from someone duplicating an innovative process or product. The difference is that although you have to file […]

Roush Honda’s community service touches many organizations in the region

Medical Mutual 2011 Pillar Award for Community Service — Columbus Roush Honda owes its very existence to the people of Central Ohio. The company began when Edwin “Dubbs” Roush began selling Honda motorcycles out of the back of his Westerville, Ohio, hardware store in 1965, moving into the motorcycle outfit into its own location, next […]