Wednesday, June 22, 2011  10:00am

The Dept of Agriculture (USDA) conducts the annual Small Business and Ability One Award Program to recognize the outstanding work achieved by our own community. We salute all the small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone, service disabled veteran-owned and Ability One businesses that have provided exemplary services to the Department. We also recognize and pay tribute to the USDA employees who have excelled in their work with these businesses.

The companies and individuals honored today represent thousands of others who work hard to support the Department, the community and our country. They were selected as winners to represent their agencies as the best of an elite group. We congratulate them all.

We wish to thank everyone who is being honored today and want to express our appreciation to all who assisted in the preparations for this event.

Challenge Unlimited, Inc. won in the category of “USDA Agency Ability One Award” winner category nominated by: Rural Development Agency.

USDA contract is located at the Melvin Price facility in Granite City, IL. The Project Manager of the site is Mike Whitehead, Warehouse workers: Dewey Moore, Gavin Ballow and Mike Nicholson.

Attending the ceremony at the USDA, Jaime L. Whitten building, Washington DC was Dewey Moore and Challenge VP of Operations, Deborah Snyder.