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We're a Winner!

4C for Children Receives 2010 BBB Torch Award

CINCINNATI (October 26, 2010)--4C for children is a winner in the nonprofit category for the 2010 Better Business Bureau Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics. The announcement was made Oct. 20, at a dinner at the Duke Energy Center. The Torch Awards recognize those businesses and nonprofit organizations who fully commit to ethical practices in all aspects of their dealings--both internally and externally.

Pam and Sallie with award
4C Board chair Pam Page (left) and Sallie Westheimer with the 2010 Torch Award.
"We were so proud just to be named a finalist for this award last
month," says Sallie Westheimer, 4C president/CEO. "In fact, that is the story we headlined in our Circle of Friends newsletter already in the mail by the time we found out we actually won!"

Torch Award recipients were selected by a panel of independent judges."We make integrity a guiding principle in all we do," says Westheimer. "I am truly proud of the specific examples of ethical decision-making we submitted as part of the award-application process regarding our clients, our employees and our donors," Westheimer continues. "Winning this award is a wonderful confirmation of the agency's commitment to our core values."

See and hear what Sallie had to say right after learning that 4C had won a 2010 Torch Award for Ethics in the Marketplace

For more information on the Torch Awards

4C for Children, the pioneering leader, advocate and resource for early childhood education and care, serves 23 counties from offices in Cincinnati, Dayton (Ohio) and Newport (Kentucky). Each year this not-for-profit assists over 8,000 families of all income levels in finding and choosing quality child care; educates over 10,000 child care providers in its workshops and trainings; works to increase the supply of high-quality early education and care; and advocates for children and families at the local, state and federal levels. For more information, http://www.4cforchildren.org/.

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