Franchise Pioneer H&R Block Awards Local Franchisee National Honors
18 November 2017 - 7:07AM
A Mandeville, Louisiana franchisee stood out from nearly 1,500
franchisees and won recognition from H&R Block (NYSE:HRB), a
global consumer tax services provider that virtually created the
franchise model in 1956. Melissa Gourgues was one of four Featured
Franchisees of the Year.
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Winners were selected from among the top 100 franchisees who led
business results and qualitative factors, including community
involvement. In addition to leading top-performing franchises, a
demonstrated commitment to H&R Block’s core value to do the
right thing made up half the selection criteria.
“All of our Featured Franchisees of the Year exemplify H&R
Block’s ‘called to serve’ spirit,” said Kip Knight, senior vice
president of U.S. franchise operations at H&R Block. “Not only
do the winners operate tax offices that serve our clients well,
they also are active participants in their communities. They all
live by H&R Block’s pledge to support the communities we live,
work and play in.”
Melissa Gourgues, enrolled agent and master tax advisor from
Mandeville, Louisiana, was selected in the category of three to
seven offices. Gourgues, a second-generation franchisee, has been a
franchisee since 2015. She is the Monteleone Junior High PTA past
president and treasurer for the Mandeville Middle PTA. She believes
it is important to be the voice for children and advocate for their
needs. She is also a member of the Professional Women of St.
Tammany, a committee member of both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of
America and a sponsor of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation.
Gourgues was recognized with a commemorative crystal award,
monetary award, a letter signed by company co-founder Henry W.
Bloch and special accommodations at the National Franchise
Convention hotel.
More than six decades of franchise support
H&R Block opened its first franchise office in 1956, a year
after brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded the company,
virtually creating the franchise model. With 60 years of
franchising history, H&R Block has created a support system
franchisees use to market their business, serve their clients and
expand to new offices.
H&R Block franchisees now operate nearly 3,600 H&R Block
offices nationally. To learn more about H&R Block franchises,
visit www.hrblock.com/franchise or call
1-800-HRBLOCK.
About H&R Block H&R Block, Inc.
(NYSE:HRB) is a global consumer tax services provider. Tax return
preparation services are provided by professional tax preparers in
approximately 12,000 company-owned and franchise retail tax offices
worldwide, and through H&R Block tax software products for the
DIY consumer. H&R Block also offers adjacent Tax Plus products
and services. In fiscal 2017, H&R Block had annual revenues of
over $3 billion with 23 million tax returns prepared worldwide. For
more information, visit the H&R Block Newsroom.
For Further InformationLisa Patterson,
816-854-552, lisa.patterson@hrblock.com
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