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BB Industries Supports and Celebrates Industry Partnerships
The first annual BB Industries Partner Appreciation party at Beer Park in Las Vegas during TISE drew hundreds of guests! The company plans on an even bigger party when the show repeats in early February 2022.
The unique venue offered all kinds of games such as lawn chess, table hockey, bean bag toss, basketball shooting and more, plus great food and drinks. Several attendees re- marked that the indoor venue was a great respite from the oppressive Las Vegas heat.
Several awards were pre- sented to valued BBI partners for 2020:
•Lark / RDS (La Mirada) earned The Pinnacle Award.
• Atlanta Kitchens (Construction Resources) won Rookie of the Year Award.
•Leonard’s Services re- ceived the Presidential Diamond Award.
• The Countertop Factory Midwest earned the Outstanding Growth Award.
• 2Sum Production Inc. received the Partners in Excellence Award.
Attendees had a great time relaxing and getting to know the BBI team even better.
Ken Bloom of Leonard’s Services commented, “The award was amazing, and makes us feel appreciated as a cus- tomer. The Party was amazing too, and in 15 years, no other vendors have done this. All the people at BBI were great!”
Geoffrey Gran of The Countertop Factory Midwest added, “The TISE show was smaller than previous years
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Geoffrey Gran accepts the Outstanding Growth Award for The Countertop Factory Midwest.
BB Industry welcomed 300+ friends for a fun evening after hours at the TISE show in Las Vegas.
but it was so amazing to see our industry get back to- gether. And one of the high- lights for me was attending BBI’s first annual Customer appreciation party. The entire BBI team has really worked tirelessly over the past years to become one of the most trusted vendors and their passion never waivers. The
party was electric, the BBI team was in full party mode and the attendees were hav- ing a blast – it was the best night of the week!”
BB Industries plans to make this an annual event.
For more information visit BBIndustriesLLC.com.
all read and hear about victims
of cancer, then continue on with our day. But when cancer hits you or a close family member, it’s like a punch in the gut. Get ready for the fight of your life. Get ready for everyone’s life to be turned upside down while you’re trying to come to grips with what’s vitally important and
what’s not, day after day.
Beginning in September 2019 these are just a few of the complexities the Hirt family faced and continue to face after son Colton began showing strange phys- ical signs, recalled Tyson Hirt. “Colton was a very active young man. He then be- gan waking up with swollen eye lids and cheeks which then went away during the school day. A primary care physician di- agnosed it as allergies, and put him on a treatment. However, the swelling just kept getting worse.”
Tyson and wife Jennifer were now getting suspicious that something ominous was happening. After a second doctor exam- ination, a CT scan was ordered and things got serious, continued Tyson. “We took him in for a CT Scan that was supposed to
Raising Awareness for Colin Hurt and the Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society
Colton Hirt and his big brother, Hayden. Hayden is leading a fundraising team on behalf of LLS for their Students of the Year Campaign in Colton’s honor.
take five minutes and be no big deal. After Jennifer and I waited close to an hour, we began looking at each other like we knew something was wrong.”
Tyson and Jennifer’s feelings were cor- rect. A mass of fluid surrounding Colton’s heart was discovered, and he was imme- diately admitted into a pediatric intensive care unit. After further examination, it was determined that the fluid was compress- ing Colton’s heart, and he was airlifted to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Tyson continued.
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