Cindy Helbling of Pittsburgh, PA is one very happy woman. She was recently awarded a check for $100,000 as the winner of the 2009 “Strike It Rich” VI Early Bird Sweepstakes. She first entered the sweepstakes in February of 2008 and she received entry information in the mail. National Magazine Exchange is a division of ThinkDirect Marketing Group.
The “Strike It Rich” sweepstakes is in its 14th year and it has awarded over $10,000,000 in prize money to lucky people!
ThinkDirect Marketing Group has just announced a donation of $1000 to Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA), a spouse abuse shelter located in St. Petersburg, Florida. This is the latest example of the ongoing support that ThinkDirect Marketing Group has offered to the Tampa Bay community.
CASA was first established in 1977 to provide a safe location for battered spouses and their children. At its inception, this important shelter was staffed by both volunteers and part-time workers, and was able to take up to eight residents.
Today, it offers emergency shelter for as many as 30 individuals at one time. In the last year alone, CASA provided a safe housing location for 242 adults and 107 children. It also facilitates support groups, and has 777 support groups each year. In addition, it has a legal advocacy program and an emergency response team.
In order to teach children from an early age about peacemaking skills, CASA also has a school-approved Peacemaker Program. This program helps children from pre-school through middle school to build core values and to encourage the development of peacemaking skills that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Harold Hale, Agora’s Chief Financial Officer, said “We are proud to support CASA in filling this crucial, and growing, need in the Tampa Bay community.”
If you love to travel, you should probably do a few things before you pack up and head out. Certainly, you’ll want to have good equipment. If you plan to hike a good deal, you’ll want to have the right shoes, a great backpack and camping materials. You’ll also want to make smart decisions about where you are heading to.
One great way to do this is to purchase books, travel guides, and magazine subscriptions from National Magazine Exchange that can help you to get ideas. Each of these resources will give you travel itinerary suggestions, hints for items to pack, locations to avoid and more.
Certainly, it’s fun to simply pack up and head into the wide open world. However, having a few resources and suggestions can make your experience that much more fun – and safe – for everyone involved. And, even if you don’t actually have the money or time to travel – you’ll love reading about travel with a monthly magazine subscription or with travel books. Get swept away and enjoy your leisure time more!
Certainly, there are brides who need a lot of things. You know the ones – with the huge registry from many stores and the millions of items begging to be bought. Some brides, however, seem to need very little. Other times, even if the bride has a long registry, it’s possible that you don’t want to purchase anything from the list. What should you do?
One great suggestion that almost any bride will enjoy is a magazine subscription. A magazine subscription from National Magazine Exchange, or another company, offers the bride a gift that keeps on giving. She will think of you each week or month as the magazine arrives, and will continue to enjoy the gift far longer than she would most other items.
Certainly, you can order her a magazine about brides and weddings. But, really, anything goes. If she loves sewing, get her a magazine about design or one about dress making. Should she enjoy food and cooking, purchase her a cooking magazine. The thought is what counts – and she’ll love the opportunity to read and enjoy for months to come.
Honestly – your magazine recycling can promote and enhance someone else’s literacy. How? Well, whether you’ve purchased your magazines through National Magazine Exchange or through another company, you’ll finish reading and enjoying them at some point. When you do, you can certainly throw them away or recycle them in the recycling bin.
Instead, however, you can promote literacy. Give your old magazines to schools and libraries or to early learning and after-school centers. While the writing level may be too high for these beginning readers, it’s possible that the teachers will pick out certain sentences that the students can succeed in reading. It’s also possible that they will use the pictures and images in your old National Magazine Exchange materials to have the children write stories, create collages and more.
It’s amazing how much one little magazine can give – and give back – with the right creativity.