ʻO Burt Cabañas, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻomalu o Benchmark, kahi hui hoʻokipa honua, hoʻolaha ʻo Alex Gillan, kahi mea lawelawe malihini kipa ma The Heldrich ma New Brunswick, New Jersey, ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i ka Luna Hoʻohanohano Award of Excellence.
Hoʻomaopopo ka makana makahiki i kahi limahana Benchmark nāna i hōʻike i ka lawelawe kūikawā i ka makahiki i hala, e hōʻike ikaika ana i ka moʻomeheu "Be the Difference" o ka hui. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Mr. Gillan no ka Award of Excellence e Stacy Martin, he luna hoʻokō Benchmark ʻo ia ka luna nui o The Heldrich i kēlā manawa. Ua hōʻike ʻo Benchmark CEO Alex Cabañas i ka makana hanohano i kēia manawa i kahi hanana kūikawā ma ka Home Office o ka hui kokoke i Houston.
"ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana o Alex i kā mākou mau malihini, kāna mau hoa hui a me ke kaiāulu e hōʻike ana i ke aloha a me ka wiwo ʻole," wahi a Mr. Cabañas. "ʻO kāna hana manawaleʻa me ka American Red Cross ma mua o 10 mau makahiki a me nā pōʻino he nui i hōʻea iā New Jersey. Ua komo pū kēia me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hale a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana i ka poʻe i haʻalele ʻole ʻia e ke ahi, a me ka pane ʻana i ka pōʻino i waiho ʻia e Hurricane Sandy, kekahi o nā ʻino ʻino loa i pā i ka mokuʻāina.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā hana a Alex Gillan ma ke ʻano he pūʻulu o nā mea manawaleʻa i ka wā Hurricane Sandy me ka Disaster Response Exemplary Service Award ma kahi hanana kūikawā i hele ʻia e ke kiaʻāina o New Jersey ʻo Chris Christie. Hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo Mr. Gillan ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo i nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe, e kōkua ana iā lākou ma ke kulanui a me nā noi hana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mākau nīnauele.
ʻO kāna lawelawe maikaʻi loa a mālama ʻana i nā malihini o The Heldrich i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia a me ka makana o ka limahana o ka hōkele ʻo ia ka Best of the Best. Ua kākau kekahi malihini e pili ana i ka lohe ʻana o Mr. Gillian i kāna kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke kelepona e pili ana i ka hoʻokipa koke ʻana o kona makuakāne, e pule no ia a me kona ʻohana. Ua ʻōlelo ka malihini, he mea nui kēia ʻano iā ia i ka manawa hoʻāʻo.
"He kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi ʻo Alex no ka moʻomeheu lawelawe 'Be the Difference' o Benchmark i ka hana," wahi a Alex Cabañas. "Ua hana koʻu makuakāne, ʻo Burt, i mea waiwai nui o ka ʻoihana, e hoʻoikaika ana i kā mākou limahana e hana i nā hoʻoholo e hoʻololi i ke ola o nā kānaka."
ʻAe ʻo Alex Gillan. "ʻO ka Be the Difference philosophy he mea hoʻololi pāʻani maoli iaʻu. Mahalo wau i ka hāʻawi ʻana o Benchmark iā mākou i kahi manawa e hoʻololi ai i kēlā me kēia lā, e lawe i nā mea liʻiliʻi a hana i kahi mea nani.
