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PBS Contractors of Naples wins Business Ethics Award from Uncommon Friends Foundation

PBS Contractors of Naples won the Business Ethics Award from the Uncommon Friends Foundation at its annual Uncommon Evening gala Thursday evening at the Burroughs Home & Gardens in Fort Myers.

PBS was founded by CEO Russell Budd in 1986. Brian Rist, president and CEO of title sponsor Storm Smart, presented the award to Budd before an audience of business, education and community leaders and student scholarship winners. 

Russell Budd, CEO and owner of PBS Contractors

Other finalists in attendance were Chris-Tel Construction of Fort Myers, represented by President Howard L. Wheeler II, and Priority Marketing of Fort Myers, represented by President and Creative Director Teri Hansen, APR.

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Rachel Mas, a Spanish and intensive reading teacher at Cypress Lake Middle School.

PBS Contractors is a luxury residential and commercial builder and remodeling company serving south Lee and Collier counties.

Rachel Mas, a Spanish and intensive-reading teacher at Cypress Lake Middle School, was named this year’s Character Education Champion Teacher.

Uncommon Evening is an annual fundraiser hosted by Uncommon Friends Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to lifelong character building among today’s youth and business leaders. The foundation supports the values of 20th-century Fort Myers businessman Jim Newton and his friends Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Dr. Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh.

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