Dsa 2013 Rising Star Award

And now please welcome, DSA President, Joe Mariano. Well earlier in the program we talked about our rising stars and identified them and our Rising Star Award recognizes, well, up-and-coming direct selling companies All of these companies have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to excellence in all of their business operations To assist us in giving the Rising Star Award this year, please welcome Meredith Berkich, from last years award winner, Viridian Energy. Meredith [applause and music] To be eligible for the Rising Star Award, companies must have initiated their direct selling operation less then five years ago and they must have been active DSA members for at least one year In addition, companies must demonstrate the following: A sound business strategy, a consistent pattern of growth, excellent prospects for continued success, a strong commitment to the DSA code of ethics and an equally strong support of charitable giving, as well as humanitarian and environmental initiatives This year our judges selected three finalists for the 2013 Rising Star Award They are, Jeunesse Global Rendi, Ltd and SoZo Global And the winner of the 2013 Rising Star Award is... Jeunesse Global [applause and music] What a tremendous honor to be standing here in front of all of you You know, it's not often that we as companies get to be recognized We're usually doing the recognizing so it's a tremendous honor to be up here I accept this award on behalf of our founders, Wendy Lewis and Randy Ray who are en route to Hong Kong right now, as well as our entire corporate family around the world, throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America all of our independent distributors around the world and field leaders that are out there making it happen every single day for Jeunesse It's been a long journey for this company over the past three-and-a-half years It's amazing how time flies, but they've been some of the most incredible years of my life And we've had the honor of blessing so many and impacting so many distributors' lives around the world And we've had an amazing time doing it, become so passionate about the Jeunesse Kids Foundation that we've partnered with Global Village Champions and have now raised enough funds to feed over 2 million children around the world in just eight months' time So we're extremely passionate about Jeunesse Kids, our partnership with Muhammad Ali and Global Village Champions I wanna thank the DSA for everything you stand for, all of our peers here in the room today and we'll continue to make all of you proud I just wanna thank all of you once again We are Jeunesse. We are Generation Young. Thank you. [music]