Awards & recognition

A record of work.
Recognition from others.

Order of the Tiger. Business Member of the Year. Hometown Pride. Top 20 Under 40. Honors recognizing Saif’s business leadership and community contribution.

Community service honor

Order of the Tiger

Illinois School for the Deaf · 2015

Presented to Saif Mouilish for outstanding community service to the deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens of Illinois.

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Business awards & community honors

Recognition with context.

Some honors recognize Saif personally; others recognize the businesses he developed and operated.

Sam’s Club

2012 Business Member of the Year

Presented to SafeCo / Saif Mouilish.

Village of South Jacksonville

2011 Hometown Pride

Recognition of Saif’s contribution to quality of life and community involvement through SafeCo and Village Market. Presented September 10, 2011.

Jacksonville Journal-Courier

2012 Top 20 Under 40

Named one of the Jacksonville Journal-Courier’s Top 20 Under 40 honorees on August 31, 2012.

South Jacksonville, Illinois

2011 Parade Marshal

Honored as Parade Marshal in South Jacksonville, Illinois, in 2011.

Journal-Courier

Readers’ Choice: Best Bakery

SafeCo Bakery received Readers’ Choice recognition for Best Bakery in the Jacksonville area in 2020 and in five prior years. The 2020 certificate is from the Journal-Courier’s 24th Annual Readers’ Choice Contest, November 2020.

Community appreciation · 2014–2015

Student work experience.

Three separate Certificates of Appreciation from the Illinois School for the Deaf recognize participation in its Student Work Experience Program.

SafeCo Bakery and Donuts

Escape Salon and Day Spa

SafeCo Coffee Shop

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Leadership development

Cracker Barrel

Training achievements, presented separately from business and community awards.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

2008 Certificate of Achievement: LEAP

Successful completion of the Leadership Excellence Achievement Program (LEAP). Presented to Saif Abumouilish on August 22, 2008.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

2009 Certificate of Achievement

Successful completion of Senior Associate Manager Leadership Week through Training and Management Development.

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