2015 Awards of Excellence - Business category winner is Advisors Excel.

Advisors Excel partners with independent insurance producers and financial advisors across the country to improve services and the customer experience.  Advisors Excel is not only generous with their monetary giving for various philanthropic events in our community; they have created a culture in which employees are encouraged to regularly volunteer their time for charitable agencies and events throughout the year.  This year Advisors Excel partnered with numerous organizations in order to give back to the community.

2015 Awards of Excellence - Government Agency category winner is Topeka Municipal Court.

  The mission of the alternative sentencing court is to create an environment in which defendants with mental health needs are matched with appropriate services to enhance the defendant's success while simultaneously reducing recidivism and creating a safer community. This specialized program was designed to address the unique needs of defendants who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness and are charged with  violations of City of Topeka            criminal ordinances.

 

The Villages, formed by Dr. Karl Menninger, provides stable, emotionally supportive homes for children and youth in need; these homes function as a family-style setting rather than an institution or orphanage. At any given time about 70 young people reside in one of the Villages Homes in either Topeka or Lawrence. For over 50 years, The Villages have provided young people throughout Kansas and the Midwest with the same opportunities every child deserves.

 

* This is a special, one time, category celebrates CRC's 90 years by recognizing an organization who has been making a difference in our community for 50 years or more.