Barry Helms
RENOVATIONS BY HELMS Renovations By Helms has always been a family affair. Father-and-son team Ray and Barry Helms founded the company in 1985. When Ray retired in 1993, Barry’s wife Camille Helms joined the company. The husband-and-wife duo continues to run the company today. The company tackles whole-house renovations, room additions, kitchen and bath remodeling, custom cabinetry, historical restoration, custom home building and much more. From design to final cleanup, Renovations By Helms offers customers a systematic approach to the remodeling and building process. Barry Helms has received Graduate Master Builder (GMB), Certified Graduate Remodeler (CGR), Certified Green Professional (CGP) and Certified Aging in Place (CAPS) designations. The company has been featured on the HGTV program “Restore America.”
SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL
17 East Dawes Avenue Bixby, OK 74008 (918) 369-5545 renovationsbyhelms.com
Barry Helms was named Remodeler of the Year and Spirit Award Winner by the Tulsa Home Builders Association, both in 2005 and 2015. He was also named National Remodeler of the Month by the National Association of Home Builders in April 2016. Perhaps more telling of the company’s reputation, however, is that 95 percent of the company’s annual customers are repeat and referral clients. “Many of our clients have become friends,” says Barry Helms. “Some even feel like family, when their grown children are now approaching us with home improvement projects of their own.” Helms credits his dedicated staff for maintaining the company’s A+ Better Business Bureau rating, and making possible the many honors the company has received over the past 31 years.
9110 S Toledo Ave Tulsa, OK 74137 (918) 622-1444 sweetadelines.com
Edna Mae Anderson founded Sweet Adelines International in 1945. Since then, it has grown into one of the world’s largest singing organizations for women, with nearly 23,000 members spread across five continents. Headquartered in Tulsa, a volunteer board governs the international organization. Sweet Adelines International is committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education, competition and performance. But the women who join find something much greater, too: sisterhood. “They join to sing but they develop a large and extended family,” says Kay Todd, CEO. “In addition to the music education and singing opportunities, they gain personal growth through service to their local chorus, charity fundraisers, mentorship and more.” Sweet Adelines continues to positively impact women’s lives and helps them find their voices, build confidence, enhance their vocal abilities, improve leadership and management qualities and create lifelong friendships.
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2016-17 International Board of Directors