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Rebekah Mathis with City of Orange Beach wins Island Spirit Award

OBA Staff • September 12, 2022

Orange Beach, Ala. - (OBA) - Congratulations to our own Rebekah Mathis for being nominated and winning the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber September 2022 Island Spirit Award! Rebecca was surprised by the Island Spirit Committee this morning at Orange Beach City Hall, where she works at the front desk as an administrative assistant.


Island Spirit Award - Rebekah Mathis - September 2022


Quotes from the nomination letter stated:

“I have had the pleasure of working with Rebekah and I am amazed by her customer service skills and graceful manner in which she handles people. She has a passion for problem solving and helping people, this unteachable gift that can only come from someone's heart and soul. Rebekah is honest, professional, dedicated, a team player and an invaluable asset to the City of Orange Beach. She has an uncanny ability to make you want to do better. She embodies every characteristic of the Island Spirit and I could not think of a better person to nominate than Rebekah for the Island Spirit Award!!”

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The Island Spirit Award is given monthly to an individual who works on the Island and displays an attitude of concern, warmth, & hospitality to those they serve. Nominees most often have direct contact with customers & visitors to the Island. They have consisted of waiters, waitresses, service station attendants, bank tellers, receptionists, police officers, grocery clerks, and so forth.


Rebekah Mathis the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber September 2022 Island Spirit Award

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