CVBs are important parts of communities, and community members can be critical in persuading organizations where to hold meetings and events. The “Bring it Home Awards” from the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau are a formalized recognition that that sometimes the best salespeople of a destination are its residents. “Attendees to conventions and meetings generate millions of dollars in revenue annually for the region by staying at hotels, dining in restaurants, visiting leisure attractions, and shopping at retail establishments,” explained H. Scott Phelps, President of the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We place tremendous value on the initiative and support of area business and organizational leaders who contact their colleagues and association members within their industries, societies and professions to promote Hartford as a future meeting destination.” Pictured above (left to right) The Bring it Home 2008 honorees: June M. Wiehn, Bureau Chief of Adoption and Interstate Compact for the Connecticut Department of Children & Families, for bringing the North American Council on Adoptable Children, coming in 2010; Kevin Jones, Canon Presenter and Director of Music at Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Hartford,  and Ebert W. Landman, Jr. and Director of Music Ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford, for bringing the Association of Anglican Musicians,  coming in 2010; Vickie L. Shotland, Executive Director of Greater Hartford Transit District, for bringing the Northeast Passenger Transportation Association, coming in 2009 and The Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop of Hartford, for bringing the National Council of Catholic Women, coming in 2010.