Mahmud Jafri, CEO of Dover Rug & Home, has announced his company is the recipient of the 2014 Community Excellence Award, given by the Family Business Association (FBA) of Massachusetts. This annual award competition honors a family business with a strong commitment to philanthropy and passion for supporting worthy causes, the retailer stated. Dover Rug & Home was selected from a competitive pool of applicants.

“We are privileged to be a winner of this prestigious award. To be recognized for our positive impact on our community is truly humbling,” Jafri noted. Jafri is a recipient of the 2013 Immigrant Entrepreneur Award for “Outstanding Neighborhood Business” by the Immigrant Learning Center and is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), International Furnishing and Design Association (IFDA), and World Floor Covering Association (WFCA). Jafri serves on the governor's advisory council on Refugees and Immigrants (GACRI), is a member of public broadcasting station WGBH’s board of overseers and was the keynote speaker at the 2014 Naturalization Ceremony for new citizens in March of this year.

Dover Rug & Home is a full-service specialty flooring store with locations in Boston and Natick, Mass. For more information, visit doverrug.com.

Pictured: Hasan Jafri, Dover Rug & Home manager, with the FBA 2014 Community Excellence Award.