by Kim Kilpatrick
August 11, 2011 6:30 PM
Businesses typically do things that will increase their bottom line, and that is it. After all, that is the point of whatever it is they do, right? People on the other hand are a different. While there are some who act primarily to pad their personal bottom line, there are just as many who act out of a sense of loyalty or based on a set of core values.
No matter why a person or business does what they/he/she does, if it is for the greater good it deserves a little recognition.
Proguard Self Storage in Houston, Texas, recently received a little more recognition for an award they won back in May when the Self Storage News (the official magazine of the Texas Self Storage Association) printed a short piece on how they were named a Winner of Distinction and named a finalist for the 2011 Better Business Bureau Awards for Excellence.
“Our goal is to be as client-friendly as possible,” said facility manager Brenda Stapleton. She said the trick is in thinking of whatever it is a tenant may ask for and having it ready before they do.
Storage 105, a self storage facility in Conroe, Texas, was recently involved in providing some recognition and received some as well. The company was one of the sponsors of a banquet that honored three local athletes and scholarship winners. What was more interesting was the honor that was bestowed on the facility’s owner, Jack McClanahan. He was made an Admiral.
McClanahan was awarded an honorary commission as an Admiral in the Texas Navy for all the work he has done in support of veterans, especially programs like Lone Star Honor Flight which gives World War II veterans a chance to visit the WWII memorial in Washington D.C.
“These two [Montgomery county teacher Brenda Beaven was also honored) have done so much for all of us veterans,” said Navy veteran John Laws at the presentation. ”Just saying ‘thanks’ didn’t seem like enough—I wanted to do more.”
Laws wrote Texas Governor Rick Perry asking him for help in honoring McClanahan (and Beaven). Perry responded with certificates giving them an honorary commission in the Texas Navy.
“We can’t do enough for these vets,” Admiral McClanahan said.” They’ve done too much for us to ever repay.”
Sources Used:
“Storage 105’s McClanahan Honored.” Self Storage News; July/August 2011.
“Members Doing Good.” Self Storage News; July/August 2011.
Lone Star Honor Flights