Deaf Awareness Week

This week is Deaf Awareness Week. This week is used to recognize the deaf for their accomplishments as well as their difficulties. Companies and agencies often mark the event, and schools, colleges, and universities hand out awareness bracelets at awareness events.

Whether it is the psychological impact of being deaf, or the new technology being used for deaf people, this week is a way to share thoughts and ideas with the outside world.

If you have any ideas on raising awareness let us know about it.

National Skin Care Awareness Month

September is National Skin Care Awareness Month, it is a time to reflect on the issues surrounding skin health. Educating yourself on how to protect your skin from the sun, how diet and lifestyle effect your skin, and developing good skin care habits are key focuses during this month.

Try holding a skin care awareness day with information for your employees and clients at your office, or sponsor a local seminar that focuses on skin care.

There are several different promotional products that you can use to promote skin care awareness within your company and in your community. Here are some examples of things you can focus your event on:

Protecting Your Skin From The Sun

To promote skin care protection try branded bottles of sunscreens and lotions with your company name and logo printed directly on every bottle.

Diet and Lifestyle

Drinking water is an important part of caring for your skin drinking lots of water cleanses the body and hydrates the skin. Promote your brand with custom bottled waters labeled with your company name and logo.

Developing Good Skin Care Habits

Try other skin care products like bath and body items.

If you have any skin care tips or ideas on how you celebrate National Skin Care Awareness Month let us know!

Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week

Today marks the start of Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week.

This group of individuals are the unsung heroes of grammar schools and high schools around the country. Picking up where absent teachers leave off, substitutes are challenged with connecting with a group of students they've never met before in a short period of time. Rapidly trying to connect with students, earn their respect , and teach can get very stressful, yet substitutes bear through it all in order to provide their temporary pupils with the best education possible.

To honor the substitute teachers in your life, there are a number of clever, promotional apple-shaped products that will show your appreciation and bring a smile to your recipient's face.

Hispanic Heritage

Tomorrow kick's off Hispanic Heritage Month. Over 35 million Americans identify themselves as hispanic. In seemingly no time at all, the group has become an extremely influential and important demogrpahic, with strong sway over economic buying trends.

Starting on September 15th of every year, the nation recognizes the heritage and acheivements of these hispanic individuals. There have been numerous prominent figures from this group who have made differences in all aspects of American life, including government, atheletics, and entertainment, to name a few.

There are a number of items that companies can use to commeorate their hispanic employees during this month, including promotionally branded maracas, tote bags, and towels.

If you have any suggestions for effective ways to celebrate this event, contact us.

A Day to Remember Always

Tomorrow marks the sixth anniversary of the most notorious day in American history. 9/11 forever changed the world and our place in it. You should spend tomorrow reflecting on the thousands of lives lost on that fateful morning. However, take time to also think of the bravery and indominatable spirits of the scores of rescue workers that gave their lives trying to save others, or those who toiled night and day to help clean up Ground Zero.

Many companies commeorate 9/11 by having periods of silence at 8:59am and 9:29am, the times when each of the towers fell. Some support employee attendance of memorial services while other hold their own. A good tactic to show your patriotism might be to gift the workers in your company with products branded with the American flag. This can promote pride and solidarity in any kind of situaion.

If you'd wish to share any 9/11 experiences, stories, or suggestions for remembering this important date, please contact us.

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month

Incidences of infant mortality remind us all to not take a single minute of life for granted, since it can be taken away from us at ANY moment.

September is dedicated raising awareness about infant mortality in order to help expecting mothers seek out the best pre-natal care as possible. There are some precautions that can help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which occurs where a typically healthy baby between the ages of one month and one year suddenly dies for no apparent reason. Quality pre-natal care and a healthy behavior during the gestation period can allow expecting parents to avoid any complications with their pregnancies and improve the survival odds for their offspring. After the births, parents should ensure that their children are well-monitored and live in a healthy environment.

To show your support to this cause, you can organize special programs in your company for workers who are expecting a child. You can extend maternity/paternity leaves and donate to charities concerned with infant mortality. There are alsoa numberof light-hearted infant toys that you can use a give-aways to reinforce your alignment with this cause.