DAYTON — The local Better Business Bureau announced Wednesday that Wright-Patt Credit Union Inc. will receive the BBB’s third annual Torch Award at the BBB’s Eclipse Integrity Awards May 8 at the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center at Sinclair Community College.

The local Torch Award is dedicated to the legacy of Miami Valley business pioneers, such as John Patterson, Wilbur and Orville Wright, Charles Kettering, Colonel Edward Deeds and most recently, Clay Mathile, the BBB said.

Wright-Patt Credit Union will receive the award “because the organization strives to be the best financial institution its member-owners have ever experienced and the best place its partner-employees have ever worked,” the BBB said.

“The company sees its role in the Dayton area as a force for economic development, creating high-value jobs and helping people make healthy financial decisions,” the BBB added.

The Eclipse Integrity Awards are open to the public. A table for eight at the event costs $975. Individual tickets sell for $95. To make a reservation, visit www.dayton.bbb.org or call (937) 222-5825 or (800) 776-5301.

Cox Media Group Ohio is a sponsor of the event.