July 17, 2024, Saratoga Springs, NY – Leonard Bus Sales is pleased to announce that it has received IC Bus’s prestigious Pursuit of Excellence Award, marking the eighth time since 2012 that Leonard Bus Sales has been recognized for their excellence in customer satisfaction, community service, and improving market share
“We are honored to again be recognized by IC Bus for our continuing dedication to our school transportation partners and communities,” said Leonard Bus Sales President, Jon Leonard. “The Pursuit of Excellence Award reflects our team’s commitment to working with our school transportation partners to ensure they have the support they need to do their job to the best of their ability each day.
The Pursuit of Excellence Award is particularly meaningful to Leonard Bus Sales as it not only considers the excellence of its team, but also the company’s commitment to helping students and families in need through its child nutrition initiatives and scholarship programs.
Each year, Leonard Bus Sales redirects all funds related to trade show promotional materials toward school-based feeding initiatives to help provide children the nutrition needed to properly learn and develop. Since the start of this program, Leonard Bus Sales has contributed nearly $140,000 in direct donations to school-based nutrition programs and spent more than $25,000 in advertising and collateral to raise awareness of the growing food insecurity facing children across the state. These donations benefit 7 regional food banks each year serving students in 57 counties.
In addition to fighting food insecurity, Leonard Bus Sales provides scholarships to students for their continuing education. Every year Leonard Bus Sales holds an art competition for high school juniors and seniors called A Day in the Life of a School Bus in which contestants depict what they believe a school bus encounters throughout the year in its faithful journey of delivering students safely to school and home each day. Their winning artwork is reproduced into full-sized professional quality prints that are shared with school districts and school bus enthusiasts throughout New York State.
Leonard Bus Sales is also proud to offer Leonard Family Scholarships each year. Two $2,500 scholarships are awarded annually with one available to children of New York Association of Pupil Transportation members and the other two children of New York School Bus Contractors Association member company employees. These scholarships are awarded to students who will be attending a two or four-year college or trade school, with consideration given to those students pursuing a career in diesel or automotive mechanics.
“The Pursuit of Excellence award is but one metric by which the Leonard Bus Family measures our performance. The most important metric by far is the safety and success of the students we serve,” concluded Jon Leonard.
In addition to this year’s award, IC Bus has recognized Leonard Bus Sales with the Pursuit of Excellence Award 7 times previously – in 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2012; as well as naming Leonard Bus Sales as IC Bus’s North American Dealer of the Year in 2016 and 2007.
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