The 17 year-old, who was selected as Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve, said he does not want to be anyone except himself. “It is always better to be an original than to be a copy,” Davontre said. The Bud Rogers Youth of the Year contest, a program sponsored by Covelli Enterprises, recently sent Cohen to Troy, Mich. to compete against nine other Youth of the Year winners from Boys & Girls Clubs throughout Ohio.

In February, I received the Whitney M. Young Award from the Laurel Highlands Council, Scoutreach Division of the Boy Scouts of America. I am thrilled by the honor, but it has also prompted me to think about the social role and responsibility of businesses.

I have a new reason for going to work every day. She’s not very big and she doesn’t eat a lot. But as long as our Panera baguettes are her favorite food, I’m going to make sure that Lily Von Glahn has as many baguettes...

People learn in many different ways. I believe that I learn best by studying others. I was fortunate to have learned from my parents and countless role models throughout my life. And I am still learning – every day. I learned a lot and gained amazing inspiration from dozens of Pittsburgh youth who entered Covelli Enterprises’ Fourth Annual Martin Luther King Writing Contest and Leadership Award.

We are in the service business. We pride ourselves on treating our customers with courtesy and respect. That’s what my late father, Albert Covelli, always taught me about operating restaurants and that’s one of the main lessons we’ve stressed to our associates. So, it’s thrilling for me to walk into one of our Panera Bread restaurants and see our staff members practicing what we’ve taught them.

Javon Collins, who won first place in the 2015 Covelli Enterprises Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest, said he has been thinking a lot about his future. He said he would like to play professional football, but he’s realistic enough to recognize that he might...

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