Get Involved with Special Recognition Awards, Now Online for This Year

Click here to download the Special Recognition Awards 2008-2009 Handbook

An active Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter is considered an involved chapter. Business Professionals of America recommends chapters become involved in one or more of the Special Recognition awards it offers. Through this program, Business Professionals of America offers “something for everyone.”

Participation in this program means that members are engaging in worthwhile projects while having the opportunity to receive recognition from the national organization. It is also a way to receive positive public relations for the chapter and school in the community.

The Special Recognition Awards process is now fully digital. Applications are submitted via e-mail. Please download the Special Recognition Awards handbook for all the details.

Special Recognition Awards Descriptions

• Air Force Recruiting Salute Award (Secondary and Associate chapters only): awarded to a chapter annually for outstanding citizenship
• Community Relief Service Award: to encourage BPA chapters to provide volunteer services, to assist with disaster services, to provide health and safety community education, to participate in blood drives, and/or to raise and donate monetary support for relief organizations.
• BPA Marketing and Public Relations:  awarded to chapters for recruitment, promotion, and public relations activities
• Chapter Activities Award of Excellence: awarded to chapters for outstanding annual program of activities
• Community Action:  awarded to chapters for community/school service activities
• Outstanding Service Award: to recognize those individuals who have dedicated time and effort to promote the objectives of career/technical student organizations/Business Professionals of America or provided outstanding service to the association at the national level.
• Entrepreneurship Exploration:  awarded to individual student members for outreach and research into local community free enterprise
• Hall of Fame and Outstanding Service Awards:  awarded to educators, administrators, and other professionals for exemplary service to BPA and business education
• Member Recruiter: awarded to individual members for recruiting five or more new chapter members during a school year
• Merit Scholar:  awarded to individual members for possessing exemplary Knowledge of Business Professionals of America
• National Center Capital Improvements Campaign:  Awarded to chapters, individual members, and state associations for monetary contributions for the capital improvement of the BPA National Center
• Safety Awareness (including Drug Awareness/Anti-Violence Awareness):  awarded to chapters for safety education activities
• Special Olympics (Business Professionals of America’s national service project):  awarded to chapters for volunteer service or fund-raising for Special Olympics
• Environmental Action Award: to promote the image of Business Professionals of America (BPA) as an organization that is aware of current environmental issues; to motivate all levels and divisions of BPA to participate in activities that prevent any further damage to our environment; and to encourage current chapters to implement plans of action to embrace the idea of a “Green” business.
• The Professional Cup:  awarded to state associations annually for the greatest participation in Special Recognition and Torch awards in their division.