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Special Recognition Awards Program

2010 Special Recognition Award details and handbooks will appear in this space soon.

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.

The following is a list of description of BPA's Special Recognition Awards.
  • Environmental Action and Awareness Award: awarded to chapters for raising awareness of and doing something about environmental issues.
  • 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
  • Entrepreneurship Exploration: awarded to individual student members for outreach and research into local community free enterprise
  • 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 is awarded each year to one State Association in each division that has the highest weighted percentage of chapters involved in the Special Recognition Awards program.