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Business and Products Awards |
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Nomination: 2013 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards Category: Corporate and Institutional Achievement |
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Nomination: 2013 Engineer of the Year - Houston Division Nominated by the Society of Women Engineers of Houston |
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Winner: Top 20 Latino Innovators of the Year NBC Latino |
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Winner: The Trailblazer in Business Award Atlanta, March 17, 2012 |
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Winner: 2010 Groundbreaking Latina Entrepreneur of the Year February 2011, Catalina Magazine |
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Finalist: "Creativeness in Ergonomics Practitioner of the Year Award", November 2010
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United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) "Thank YOU for having the courage, the resolve and the action to be a role model for the 20 million Latinas in this country. Its a honor for the USHCC to tell your story. Congratulations! Well deserved." |
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Creative Child Magazine Winners will be formally announced in the Nov-Dec. Holiday issue of the Creative Child Magazine |
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Winner: SCORE Success Star Pictured with Yamile Jackson are her SCORE Counselors Sam Dubinski and Bob Ashfield, and the inspiration of all: Zachary. |
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Winner: Blazing Star Award 2010 Annual Awards Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas April 22nd, 2010 |
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The SCORE Foundation: 2009 recipient of the first-ever SCORE National Award: "Outstanding Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year Award". "..In a year with many high quality entries, your submission – and business – showed superior qualities of entrepreneurship, integrity and community engagement"
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2009 Super Silver Award (Product Innovation Category) from The Baby Expo South Africa |
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Winner: "Outstanding Home-Based Small Business of the Year" May, 2008 - U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Houston District (nominated by the Houston SCORE Chapter). |
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Winner: 2008 Editor's Choice Award- Family Review Center |
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Winner: 2008 Top Gear of the Year Award - www.ShapeYou.com
Shape You's Review: Most exciting baby product we've seen in a long time. We love it because it's so simple and yet so effective. So many new mothers need a helping hand and now the zaky can do just that. |
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Winner: 2007 Best Products - iParenting Media Awards –. The Zaky® is an honored recipient of an iParenting Media Award. It competed with thousands of products through a rigorous award program, that is ISO 9001:2000 certified, and was selected as one of the 2007 Best Products in the Gifts category. “This is the perfect product to comfort a baby… it would be a great shower gift or present to give when the new baby arrives” |
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Winner: GOLD AWARD from the Family Review Center – “this award was issued to Zakeez, Inc, on the basis of a 5UP (perfect) review, and by the panels of judges determining out of all the products reviewed in the month of January, the Zaky stood out as one that deserved great admiration, for its distinct design, appeal, and purpose” Feb 2006 |
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Winner: The Toy Man Award of Excellence 2007-2011 - The Zaky by Zakeez, Inc. was an honored recipient of this award, given to a limited number of products annually, which rise to the very top intheir evaluation. They demonstrate quality in design, safety, and value, and in their evaluation results they receivea rating of“5” which is the highest level available. Reviewed by Rev. James Fisher, Product Evaluation Specialist. Nov. 1st, 2007. |
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Winner: The Toy Man Seal of Approval 2007-2011 was given to the Zaky by Zakeez, Inc. This seal is an emblem of recognition for products which meet the high standards set forth by the International Parenting institute™ (IPi™), standards represented through strict product evaluation guidelines which were created by IPi™ for adoption and use by The Toy Man™ Product Guide. This emblem is also modeled after the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval™", an emblem of recognition for products which meet the high standards set forth by the Good Housekeeping Institute™. Reviewed by Rev. James Fisher, Product Evaluation Specialist. Nov. 1st, 2007-2011 |
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Winner: "Motherhood: Lifetime Achievement Award" Recognition given to Yamile Jackson in May 2005 by the Texans Can! Academy in Houston, Texas and to The Honorable Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The women were selected for their commitment to community service, while keeping their privilege of being a mother as a priority. |
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Winner: 4titute Award from Mom 4 Life- Yamile Jackson was an honored recipient of this award, given to moms who have endured a trial, set back, or loss in their life that has spurred them on to create something of value out of their pain, USA, Sep. 2007. |
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March of Dimes, Houston Division - Dr Jackson is member of the Board of Directors (2011-present) |
| March of Dimes awarded a grant to provide Zakys to help improve the health of mothers and babies. The grant was awarded to to Coastal Area Health Center in Southern North Carolina. Feb. 2007. >>More |
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| Ambassadors of WalkAmerica – March of Dimes - Dr. Jackson and her family had the honor to be the Ambassadors at the WalkAmerica in Wilmington, NC (March 25th, 2006) |
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