Health e-Lunch Kids Receives National Certification as a Women's Business Enterprise
June 19th, 2008
Health e-Lunch Kids, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by Washington DC’s Women President’s Educational Organization (WPEO), a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
WBENC’s National standard of certification implemented by the WPEO is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.
By including women-owned businesses among their vendors, corporations and government agencies demonstrate their commitment to fostering diversity in their supplier/vendor programs.
For more information about Health e-Lunch Kids, contact Monica Tomasso at 703.402.9064 or visit: www.healthelunchkids.com.
About Health e-Lunch Kids: Health e-Lunch Kids is an online ordering and delivery service that provides fast, fun healthy lunches to over 4,500 users in the Washington DC Metro Area. Kids and parents plan lunches together, choosing from an extensive online menu of healthy items. Health e-Lunch Kids prepares lunches fresh daily and delivers them to schools and camps in an entertaining, educational lunch box. Health e-Lunch Kids launched in the Washington, DC metro area in October 2005 and now serves over 9,000 lunches each month in more than 45 schools and 35 summer camps in the region. Schools and camps receive a share of the proceeds for each lunch delivered. Health e-Lunch Kids will be expanding to additional markets beginning in the fall of 2008.
About WBENC: The Women’s Business Enterprise Council is the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses and owned and operated by women in the United Sates. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on the WBENC’s certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.
