{"id":1168,"date":"2018-02-26T11:23:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mennosmartin.com\/blog\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:34:39","slug":"employee-engagement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mennosmartin.com\/blog\/employee-engagement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Engagement Award Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1171\" src=\"https:\/\/mennosmartin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/18-CHAMBERBUSINESSGALA-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"370\"><\/p>\n<p>This past December we found out that Menno S. Martin was nominated for the <a href=\"http:\/\/greaterkwchamber.com\/networking-events\/business-excellence-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greater KW Chamber of Commerce 2018 Business Excellence<\/a> Employee Engagement Award.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2017, as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/mennosmartin.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/year-giving-celebration-75th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">75th year in business celebrations<\/a>, we encouraged our staff to <a href=\"https:\/\/mennosmartin.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/noah-working-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">give back to their community<\/a>. During our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mennosmartin.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/huge-thanks-awesome-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">75 Days of Good<\/a>, Give Back and Donate programs, Team Menno truly embraced our \u2018Putting People First\u2019 philosophy, working together, helping members of the community. We are pleased to see their efforts recognized!<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>We didn&#8217;t win officially, but we feel like winners none-the-less!<\/h2>\n<p>On February 23, we attended the awards gala in Kitchener. It was a fun night had by all. We would like to send a great big congratulations to Overlap Associations on their win. What a great evening seeing old friends and meeting new ones!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1228\" src=\"https:\/\/mennosmartin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28059020_1900423203312919_5789156334279809855_n-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"493\"><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to send a huge thank you to those who nominated us and to the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce for the opportunity. We also want to send a great big thanks to our&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mennosmartin.com\/meet-the-team.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incredible team<\/a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;all they do for our clients, for our business, for each other and for the people in our Region!<\/p>\n<h2>We&#8217;re social<\/h2>\n<p>Want to hear more from our team? Follow us along on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/renosbymenno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/renosbymenno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoS.MartinContractor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> for regular updates, community happenings and renovation inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past December we found out that Menno S. 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