Acceptance Speech

Dr. Simmons accepting the 'Best Medical Spa 2008' award given by Skin Inc. Magazine in San Francisco, CA August 17th. This is a national award and a large honor for Body Perfect. Here is an exerpt from the speech. "Success doesn't happen in a vaccuum. It requires visionaries, like Melinda, Annette, Abby and Mary from Skin Inc. Magazine, who work hard to bring education and prestige to the spa industry. It requires support from vendors, like IRIDEX-my LASER company-who supported me by exhibiting at this show. And most of all it requires a dedicated and loyal staff who is willing to go the extra mile to be the 'Best of the Best'! I thank you all for this beautiful award."

UCP GROUND BREAKING

Pictured from left to right: Judge Pete Cavanaugh, Mayor Tim Davlin with his nephew Tyler, State Representative Rich Brauer, State Representative Raymond Poe, Attorney Saul Morse, Judge Leo Zappa, MaryAnne Holloway, Dr. Sherry Simmons and Director of UCP, Dr. Brenda Yarnell.

Dr. Simmons is a board member at United Cerebral Palsy and took part in the ground breaking ceremony August 11, 2008 for two new handicap accessible group homes. The Body Perfect staff will be at the new Super Walmart on 6th Street September 13th from 10am-2pm to collect donations to help furnish these homes. A wish list will be generated and anyone who would like to donate can purchase from articles from the list or you may donate cash, check or charge at that time or by calling Body Perfect at 217-698-8607.

Skin Inc. Magazine Awards Best of the Best in the Spa Industry To Body Perfect

Skin Inc. magazine recently announced the winners for its third annual Best of the Best Awards program, and Body Perfect LLC was named the winner in the category Best Medical Spa.Winners will be recognized and awarded with their Best of the Best statuettes on Sunday, August 17 at the 2008 Face & Body Spa & Healthy Aging Conference and Expo Networking Cocktail Reception in San Francisco, an event that will allow winning spa owners and managers to mingle with industry elite and also celebrate Skin Inc. magazine’s 20-year anniversary. Finalists receive handsome award certificates, along with industry recognition for their accomplishments. Response for this year’s Best of the Best Awards was overwhelming. More than 20,000 votes were received, showing the passion and dedication each of the winners and finalists offer. Plus, a significant portion of those people also lent their voices to nominating entries for the Supplier award categories.The Best of the Best nominations began in May with Skin Inc. magazine readers submitting spas for five industry categories: Best Spa Marketing Campaign, Most Employee-friendly Spa, Best Medical Spa, Best Green Spa, and Best New Spa. Favorite product lines also were suggested for the five supplier categories: Best Body Line, Best Cosmetics Line, Best Industry Equipment, Best Facial Line and Best Spa Tools & Accessories Line.While nominations were collected and counted as votes in the Supplier categories, the nominated spas in the Industry categories were each narrowed down to five by a neutral panel of industry experts. The top five spas in the industry categories were then posted online in June and voting commenced while nominations were still being collected for the Supplier categories.Voting for both the Industry and Supplier sides closed on July 13, 2008, and, after much tabulating, those companies with the most votes were named the winners. By using this reader-driven voting system, the Best of the Best Awards is the most unbiased, prestigious honor given in the industry today.For more information about Skin Inc. magazine’s Best of the Best Awards, as well as a full list of the 2008 Best of the Best Award winners and finalists, log on to www.SkinInc.com/awards, and for more information about Skin Inc. magazine, please visit www.SkinInc.com.