Special Recogniton Awards Update

We are currently in the process of revising the Special Recognition Awards Program. It is our goal to make this entirely an electronic process by Mid-September.

Note: Any points previously earned will still be issued for credit.

• Air Force Recruiting Salute Award (Secondary and Associate chapters only): awarded to a chapter annually for outstanding citizenship
• American Red Cross Award:  awarded to chapters for volunteer service or fund-raising for the American Red Cross
• 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
• 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
• The Professional Cup:  awarded to state associations annually for the greatest participation in Special Recognition and Torch awards in their division.