2024 Luminary Pure Flats – Creating High-Quality Jobs for People with Disabilities
When Greg Sample and his business partner, Scott Corley, purchased Pure Flats in 2021, they faced a critical supply chain challenge. The detailed work required to finish manufacturing the company’s flagship fishing bait, the “Slick Lure,” created a bottleneck, slowing the production process and making it difficult for Pure Flats to scale their business. A […]
2024 Luminary Cheri Mitchell – The Advocate You Want in Your Corner
Irrepressible. Passionate. Dedicated. Focused. These are a few of the words coworkers and clients use to describe Cheri Mitchell. Cheri began her career in property management, where she encountered professionally what she already knew personally—that people with disabilities have few options when it comes to affordable, accessible housing. Eager to use her knowledge and experience […]
Partners with a Purpose: Pure Flats, LLC.
Our employer partners, or as we’ve coined them Partners with a Purpose, help us in our call to create opportunities for people with disabilities to work and thrive. We recently had the opportunity to chat with Pure Flats CEO Greg Sample about the organization’s work with BDI, their dedication to creating opportunities and the success […]
How J&B Medical is Partnering with BDI to Redefine Employment Opportunities for Veterans
In 2015, BDI began its partnership with J&B Medical to fulfill its call center activities with a focus on veteran hiring. Over the past six years, the partnership – which began with a modest four agents at BDI’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA – has evolved to include more than 80 representatives, a facility in College […]
Bobby Dodd Institute Partner, Looptworks, Among Honorees for this Year’s Breakfast with Champions
BDI honors the Portland-based upcycling company committed to powering the end of waste. On Thursday, March 24, Bobby Dodd Institute (BDI) will honor Looptworks at its 2022 Breakfast with Champions. Close to 300 guests are expected to safely gather together to shine a light on this year’s Luminary of the Year recipients, each unique in […]
Bobby Dodd Institute Honors J&B Medical for Its Commitment to Veteran Employment
BDI celebrates the family-owned company at its annual Breakfast with Champions event for creating opportunities for veterans and people of all abilities to work, thrive and achieve self-sufficiency Bobby Dodd Institute (BDI) will honor J&B Medical at its 2021 Breakfast with Champions event on March 18. More than 300 guests will gather virtually to celebrate […]
Luminary of the Year, Darden’s Delights
Family-owned pie shop, Darden’s Delights, was built on the premise of enhancing opportunities for people with disabilities. This is achieved through what the company calls “Dardenomics.” First there’s the pies, then there’s passion and finally there’s purpose. The family gives back “a slice” of their revenue to other organizations that create employment opportunities for individuals […]