Canton Regional/  Greater WV 

BBB Life Lessons is a theme-based essay scholarship contest that challenges students to reflect on living a life of ethics and integrity. This contest is available to any high school senior in the Canton BBB's 64 county service area. 

Scholarships are awarded to the top six submitted essays ranging from $500 up to $2,500. 

BBB Wise Giving Alliance produces evaluative reports on charities based on 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability that address four charity areas: governance, results reporting, finances, and truthful and transparent communications.

There is no charge to charities for the accountability assessment and resulting reports are freely accessible on Give.org.

BBB Charitable & Educational Fund, Inc. dedicates resources toward public education through media alerts, interviews, newsletters and other communication resources. We provide advice for consumers on a wide range of topics, scam alerts and other marketplace issues with the goal of helping to avoid them. 

The BBB Charitable & Educational fund currently receives funding from grants, direct, mail, donations, shred day events.

We help military service members, veterans and their families protect their assets, plan for the future, and prosper in a trusted marketplace.

Also known as "shred day" these events are dedicated to helping consumers and businesses avoid becoming victims of identity theft by safely shredding documents contianing personal information and properly disposing of electronics.