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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BONUS Building Care Named among Nation’s Top 500 Diverse Owned Businesses and Oklahoma’s Top Ten Diverse Owned Businesses

McAlester, Oklahoma, 11/5/04 In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural B2B online portal, recently named BONUS Building Care as one of the top 500 diversity-owned businesses in the United States.

The Div500 is the 5th annual listing of the Nation’s top 500 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $12 million to over $1.8 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant.

The Power of Diversity Business
It is no longer just “the right thing” to do business with diversity suppliers. Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, corporations throughout the country are realizing that diversity in suppliers positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

“Diversity businesses are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. “It’s no longer only about the Fortune 5000, or the Fortune 5000. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs and valuable products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders of American business.”

“BONUS is honored to be awarded as one of the nations top diversified businesses. BONUS was founded on the premise that all people regardless of race, gender or background would have the chance to start and succeed in their own business if given the right opportunity,” said Arleen Cavanaugh, CEO of Bonus of America, Inc.

The Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 5th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place March 30 – April 2, 2005 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
“The Div500 companies are the heroes of diversity-owned business in America,” said Kenton Clarke. “While Fortune magazine lists the best companies for minorities to work for, we list the top businesses owned by minorities. These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing jobs and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.”

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit:
www.diversitybusiness.com

BONUS of America, Inc.
BONUS of America, Inc. is a national Commercial Cleaning Franchiser founded by Arleen Cavanaugh in 1997. Bonus currently has fifteen (15) offices throughout the United States and provides commercial cleaning services through its network of over nine hundred (900) authorized franchise owners.

About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, with over 25,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.


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Email: marketing@bonusbuildingcare.com