Are You a Cultural Creative? Check this List:

• love of nature and deep caring about its preservation, and its natural balance.
• strong awareness of the planet-wide issues (i.e. climate change, poverty etc.) and a desire to see more action on them
• being active themselves as well (e.g. cradle2cradle principle)
• willingness to pay higher taxes or spend more money for goods if that money went to improving the environment
• heavy emphasis on the importance of developing and maintaining relationships
• heavy emphasis on the importance of helping others and developing their unique gifts
• volunteer with one or more good causes
• intense interest in spiritual and psychological development

• see spirituality as an important aspect of life, but worry about religious fundamentalism
• desire equality for women/men in business, life and politics
• concern and support of the wellbeing of all women and children
• want politics and government to spend more money on education, community programs and the support of a more ecologically sustainable future
• are unhappy with the left and right in politics
• optimism towards the future
• want to be involved in creating a new and better way of life
• are concerned with big business and the means they use to generate profits, including destroying the environment and exploiting poorer countries
• unlikely to overspend or be in heavy debt
• dislike the emphasis of modern cultures on “making it” and “success”, on consuming and making money
• like people, places and things that are different or exotic

Dining Cards are a great way to Reward Your Loyal Customers

Learn more about Restaurant.com Dinner of the Month Club, available in 3, 6, and 12-month options!

Purchase “Aging with Pride” T-Shirt

This shirt is being offered to fans of Sage Metro St. Louis through June.  Questions?  Call Peg or Diane at Get Promoted LLC, 636-688-6240

Sage Pride Shirt Sizes and Prices

S-XL $8.50 2XL $11.00 3XL $11.50 4XL $12.00

Think Pink….Think Men! Great Promotional Products for October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Reprinted from Blog by Tim Andrews in ASI Central, which is the promotional industry association.   Sept  20, 2010

The promotional products industry is following the lead of the NFL, MLB and NHL to help raise money for cancer research – using unique, sports-themed items targeted at men. Pink boxing gloves, hockey pucks, baseball bats and beyond are joining the ubiquitous pink ribbons adorning women’s fashion to raise money and awareness.

Anyone trying to raise money for this cause should consider broadening their scope to include men – and what better way to do that than with stuff you can hit, throw, whack and wear? The professional sports community jumped on the cancer awareness bandwagon with campaigns like NFL’s A Crucial Catch. In partnership with the American Cancer Society, the NFL is auctioning off pink game apparel worn during October. Major League Baseball auctions off pink Louisville Sluggers during games played on Mother’s Day and the National Hockey League raises money through its Hockey Fights Cancer initiative.

Numerous promotional products companies are also donating a portion of profits from pink items to the cause, including Alumicolor, of Fort Collins, Colorado, which donates 10% of the list price of aluminum pink rulers to breast cancer research, and Kingport Industries, of Northbrook, Illinois, which donates a portion of profits from its “pink ribbon” collection to the American Cancer Society and other affiliated organizations.

Diana Haake, owner of Promotional Product Partners, created several hundred shirts for a breast cancer awareness event last year. “It brought in students from several local high schools for an all-day event, and they received the shirt for participating,” she says. “It was very well received.”

Another distributor, Win Oppel, president of Ad-Merica (asi/107275), recently created breast cancer awareness umbrellas for a client. He’s also worked with St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation in Connecticut on developing a set of ornaments, featuring a logo designed by a volunteer at the foundation and her niece. And

Ash City USA (asi/37127) launched a “We’re Thinking Pink” campaign to help fund research for the American Breast Cancer Foundation. ASI reviewed some of the products available throughout the industry and devised a Top 10 “think pink” list of sports-themed products that can be used for breast cancer awareness promotions and fundraising drives:

Pink foam hockey pucks, from Foamworx (asi/54886). Hockey clubs from pros to minors to colleges and high schools can give out pink foam hockey pucks with information on breast cancer awareness.

Pink mini replica baseball bat, from Hillerach-Bradsby Co. (asi/60835). Bats can be sold at games or online. Neat fundraising product for baseball teams to raise money and call attention to the cause.

Pink aluminum sports bottle, from Direct Link Promos Inc. (asi/49813). A PBA-free water bottle is perfect for 5k fundraising runs and walks.

Pink boxing gloves, from Online Fitness (asi/75093). Boxing promoters can use these gloves in a promotion to “punch out” a cure for breast cancer.

Pink polo shirt, from Perry Ellis Int’l (asi/77715). Real men wear pink. Polo shirts are ideal gifts for October golf tournaments.

Pink tie, from Wolfmark (asi/98085). Corporations big and small can provide pink ties to male employees to wear every Tuesday during October.

* Golf balls with pink ribbon, from Norwood Tee Off (asi/90740). A great tee gift giveaway at golf tournaments.

Pink mini football, from Diamond Imprint (asi/49641). Pro, college, high school and club teams can raise awareness by either selling logoed footballs or by tossing them in to the crowd during halftime.

Sports car shaped stress reliever, from Jetline (asi/63344). Ties into men’s love for their cars, and racing. * Auto racing kit

Ready 4 Kits (asi/80882). Includes sunscreen, pain reliever, antacid, wet naps and earplugs, all in a pink pouch. Hospitals, doctors and breast cancer awareness activists can hand the pouches out at race tracks during October races.

Let me know what charitable organizations you’re helping by posting a comment or emailing me here.

Poker Players Promotional Products Please People!

If you are trying to catch the attention of the high rollers in Vegas, Here are some great products that will keep you “in the Game..”  the Visibility Game, that is!  Perhaps you are preparing for a corporate event or non profit fundraiser.  Poker nights can be exciting and profitable….for some.

Enjoy a glimpse at some of the products available in this poker themed feature:

Two items are tops are far as cost and cleverness.  Custom poker chips that advertise your business  are very inexpensive and sturdy.  There are hundreds of styles.  You can use text, photos, clip art, and lights and audio to tell your story.

Custom Playing cards can be bought in ten packs through one supplier that specializes in manufacturing playing cards.  There are all sorts of styles and sizes.  Here is the link to their site.  It is not  the only place available, but the variety in one place is worth seeing.  They are a very reputable supplier that will get a quality product out to you in a reasonable time span.    http://www.gemacocards.com/category/10-deck-minimum/digideck

Speaking of playing cards, check out the squishy stress reliever that is on sale right now.  You can totally design the front and back of the surface.

Got a sweet tooth?  Indulge in chocolate poker coins in bags or boxes.  There are even bags that contain pretzels that have a poker chip header.  Want to make sure that last drink doesn’t knock someone over?  There is a cute dice mint box to distribute to a hundred of your closest friends.

There are stuffed toys, darling trinket boxes, and whatever your mind can imagine…..

Did this get your mind thinking about a great poker game?  Would one of these items keep your name in the customer’s mind for a longer period?  Maybe enough time to make a buying decision.  Is there a poker player that deserves a thank you for supporting you?

I think all of these products are winners!

Great ideas for a Party that needs a Logo Party Favor

Will fill this in later.

Diane

636-688-6240

http://www.GetPromotedLLC.com

Custom Screen-printing and Promotional Products

“Let us keep YOUR NAME in the game”

Peg Higgins &  Diane Hawn

636-688-6240

getpromoted@charter.net

Support the MDA Lockup in St. Charles, Mo

The staff of Get Promoted LLC is GOING TO JAIL FOR GOOD!!

Peg and Diane will be arrested on Thursday, August 26th and transported by limo to Ameristar Casino where they will be fingerprinted and take mug shots along with many other community leaders.   The reason for the arrest is good.  The girls are raising fund for the local MDA Lock-UP.

$2010.00 is the goal for them to raise.  It will take a miracle to do that.  You are part of that miracle.  Plesae give today.  We are giving Pizza Street coupons for any contribution over $13.00.  That entitles you to 10 FREE Buffets between now and Christmas and is worth @49.50.

The girls are tentatively combining with a couple more jailbirds to put on a community Pancake Breakfast the morning of the their arrest.  You are invited and all your friends!  If you know you are coming, let us know so we will have enough food.   We will start serving about 9:30 until noon when we get picked up.  There will be business networking friends, the community neighbors that meet for Neighborhood Watch, First Christian church members, Episcopal church members…and even a few Presbyterians!  Come enjoy the party!

The 40 diseases that fall under the heading of Muscular Dystrophy affect over 2000 families in the St. Louis metro area.  The funds we raise will help to provide support groups for these families and free clinics for medical services.  Funds will also cover research that is happening at Wash U, one of only 5 Centers of Excellence for Duchenne Musular Disease in the world.  The monies also cover costs for local kids to attend camp at Babler State Park.  It takes about 800.00 to send one child.

We have limited time to raise this money and hope that you will contribute.  Enjoy our slide show.

Call us at 636-688-6240, email at getpromoted@charter.net (contact us on this site) , go to our official website

Local Labyrinth is a Labor of Love for Get Promoted Staff

Peg and Diane from Get Promoted were familiar with the calming and spiritual effects of labyrinths.  Now they are finding a different kind of joy by adopting and tending a beautiful labyrinth  in their neighborhood.

“We need to take walks for our health,”explained Peg Higgins.  “The labyrinth behind the Trinity Episcopal church was just close enough to be an easy walk, but more interesting than just a spin around on the street.  Here you could find a place to meditate…it was quiet and nature was all around you.”

Last fall, the labyrinth was falling into disrepair and it was hard to walk the path.  Peg asked the rector, Tamsen Whistler, is we could do some lawn care around it.  She readily agreed and even came out a couple days to help us locate parts of the path that were over grown.  Peg spent many a day with the edger and weed wacker.  Today, the bricks of the labyrinth are easy to see.  The pastor says she has noticed more people using it.

Here is a slide show of the site at 318 S Duchesne Drive in  the back of the church.

Here is a Google satellite Map from an ariel view. View Larger Map

May need to adjust before you can view it! Also, it is three dimensional so you will have to play with the dials.  It will take a little time for the focus to happen.  Be patient, it is worth it!!

Use Full Color Sublimation Printing for Apparel and Gifts

People appreciate the time and effort it takes to design and produce a custom personalized gift. Get Promoted can made it a simple process. Bring us your picture and your idea. Tell us about the event and leave the rest to us. We will suggest items that would be well suited for your event. You will find the prices are reasonable and the rewards are great!

Our personalized gifts can overshadow the largest holiday present! People love seeing their names and pictures in print. Using our services at Get Promoted will definitely make you the gift giving star.  Here is a catalog that you can browse that will give you some great personalized ideas:  Click here so see our products.

We can take pictures by mail or in person. They can be scanned and returned to you. The best results come from transferring the pictures to us electronically. We can do some touchup work on them and resize them easily.

Sublimation can not be done on navy and black.  Photo gifts should be done on white or grey for best results.  The ink is rather transparent and whatever color is on the shirt becomes part of the design.  If you are using text,  you are less limited.

This year, we have two new kinds of shirts:

Insect repellent shirts from Zorrel.  This picture shows a jacquard training tee in safety green.  It is also available in navy, white, and black.  Polos are also available in the insect repellent shirt.  T-shirts come in several colors, but can not be sublimated.

Another shirt that is catching some attention is the all over sublimation t-shirts.    Imagine that the whole shirt is your palette.  Great for special events, business marketing, and sports teams.

Contact us for info on these two new items.  Both are capable of dye sublimation printing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A sublimation transfer is usually done on 100% poplyester for the best quality.  If you get a sublimation print done on cotton, you will lose color quickly.  The sublimation dye is extremely durable and will keep a rich color for many, many washings.  We always say that the shirt will wear out before the colors lose their vibrancy under normal washing conditions.

To Purchase:

Insect repellent shirts

All Over Sublimation are available at Shopping cart, Website, or call 636-688-6240 for other options.  We have several way to serve you.

Bring Birdieball into Your Schools and Youth Programs

BirdieBall is a product that allows all levels of students to practice at home between lessons. Use BirdieBall as the first step to instill confidence in beginners. Use it as a supplement for intermediate students to learn “feel”, and use it with experts to hone their already excellent game.

Golf can be a difficult game to learn, particularly for kids. In a lot of sports, modified equipment is used to help kids learn in a positive and enjoyable way. Unfortunately this often is not the case with golf; the first experience a kid usually has is with a full-size, heavy adult club in a attempt to hit a golf ball right off the ground, and we all know that hitting that golf ball is still hard after years of trying, so what hope has the kid got?

It is crucial that young players use appropriate equipment and today thankfully there are plenty of junior specific clubs available. But having correctly fitted clubs still doesn’t address the difficulty of hitting a normal golf ball, getting it airborne, and receiving meaningful and enjoyable feedback from the experience. Enter the BirdieBall …

With a slightly higher center of gravity, the BirdieBall is easier to hit into the air than a normal golf ball, so is very rewarding for beginning golfers. When used in conjunction with the StrikePad, the effect is even more pronounced and the junior just starting out will have a very enjoyable and meaningful introduction to the game of golf and the golf swing.

The other great benefit of BirdieBall is its limited flight of about 35-40yards This means that school golf is a real possiblity and junior golf clinics can be conducted in local parks.  BirdieBall is safe and enjoyable way to learn about and improve at golf.

School golf programs are now available for every school from primary through to secondary. With the BirdieBall, you can safely conduct meaningful golf lessons for your students on the oval, soccer pitch, tennis courts, and even indoors.

Choose One of These Three National Birdieball Sets.  This is for Schools and Youth Programs Only.  Click the highlighted area for a printable price sheet.  You will need to hit the BACK button, otherwise, you will leave the website.

  

 

Accessories that can be packaged with the Birdieball can make this an ideal backyard game.  With each set, an instruction booklet is issued with many creative ways to use the equipment.  Get Promoted has additional game information available on their website.

Strikepad:  Allows a lift to the Birdieball that allows a divot to be taken behind the ball, has a golf head fac on the mat to show proper club alignment during the swing, enables player to use the equipment on hard surfaces like parking lots and streets.

Portable Targets:  Collapsible targets can simulate golf holes and add a game element.  The portability, again, makes golf an activity for your backyard, the school yard, the neighborhood park, or the city street

A three or six hole set can fit into one duffel bag for easy storage.  An entire nine hole golf course can fit in a duffel with rollers for ease in use.

Velocity tees can be used to improve your golf swing when using woods.  Tee Markers are used during a game for placement.  Tape measures can be used for competitive game and skill improvement.  Nets can be used for target practice with the balls.

For added entertainment, a giant inflatable ball target can be used.  Kids really enjoy the added entertainment value of the giant target.  Inventor John Breaker did a YMCA teaching event and said that the target was a definite piece to keeping the kids involved and eager to play.  Rental right now is $200.00 for your event.  Purchase for $1299.00.

Get Promoted is very willing to help you fund raise for the Birdieball Sets, so if you need to use the Giant Inflatable to help you raise the money, we will work with you to facilitate that.
We love Birdieball.  We think it can bring a lot to a child.  We like the idea of families playing together and think this little white “napkin ring” can make that happen.  We love the idea of playing Birdieball in the subdivision with a hole in every yard.  We like the creativity of street golf and making it up as you go….
Birdieball anytime, anywhere, any age, any ability…

Sample list of Colleges and Universities Using BirdieBalls

  

US Military Academy (West Point) NY	University of Rhode Island RI
Notre Dame University IN	University of Findlay OH
Louisiana State University, LA	Abilene Christian University TX
West Virginia University WI	Mid Pacific Institute HI
San Diego State University CA	Ohio Wesleyan University OH
University of Central Oklahoma OK	Southern Adventist University TN
York College of Pennsylvania PA	Youngstown State University OH
North Dakota State University ND	Upper Iowa University, IA
University of Memphis TN	Mesa State College, CO
York College, NE	Farleigh Dickenson University, NJ
Butler University IN	Kettering College Medical Arts OH

 

Sample list of High Schools, Middle Schools, Elementary Schools and Academies Using BirdieBalls

 

Chicago Public Schools IL	St. Peter Public Schools MN
National High School Golf Coaches Association, KS	Independent School District 709 MN
College Station Independent School District, TX	Overland High School CO
Galena Independent School District, TX	Southern Wayne High School NC
Cherry Creek High School CO	Durham High School CA
Woodlands High School TX	Kamehameha Schools HI
East High School, CO	Silver State Charter High School NV
North High School, CO	Academy of the Sacred Heart LA
Beaver Dam Unified School WI	Capital Hill Day School DC
Montrose High School, CO	Good Shepard Episcopal School TX
Rangeview High School, CO	Anne Arundel Co Schools MD
Legacy High School, CO	Morgan County School District CO
St Thomas Aquinas HS, FL	St. Stanislaus School CA
Lanier HS, TX	Great Salt Bay School ME
Waupin High School WI	Foothills Academy CO
Grimes School IL	Corner Lake Middle School FL
Harbor Heights HS,  TX	Fulmer Middle School SC
Marshfield Sr. High School WI	Bell Middle School CO
Shoemaker HS, TX	Oldham Middle School KY
Trinity Episcopal School LA	Myers Middle School KY
Sacred Heart Prep CA	Miller Middle School, CO
South Aiken High School SC	White Plains Middle School NY
Williamette School OR	Cherry Creek Middle School, CO
Bismark High School ND	Oakdale Elementary NE
Greenville High School TX	Libby Elementary WY
Glenwood High School CO	Westmound Elementary School OH
Bellmore Merrick Central High School NY	Pine Grove Elementary AL
Sangaree Intermediate School SC	Eagleview Elementary, CO
Comsewogue High School NY	Cole Elementary, CO
Evanston Tounship High School IL	Ryan Elementary, CO

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