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Tis the season to give. Does your company?

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The holiday season is firmly upon us, and shortly, people will be heading off to visit, hang out and enjoy some time off with friends and family. A lot of the holiday “spirit” is dressed up as the season to give, and, by nature, get. When I hear this, I usually think of gifts, what to get so-and-so, the madhouse rush to find that perfect gift, etc. But, what about where you work? What is your company’s “giving” really like? Here are a few examples of companies that give back to their employees, community or the environment.  Hopefully, these examples can spark an idea for you and your company in the coming new year.

  • Patagonia: Created an internship program that pays employees to work up to a month for the non-profit environmental group of their choice, ranging from sea turtle research in Kenya to bio-fuel research to land conservation throughout the American West.
  • Printingforless.com: Every year, PFL works with their local, Livingston Food Pantry to collect non-perishable food items. Last year, PFL employees collected more than 1,900 items, or five palettes, of food for the Livingston Food Pantry, http://lfp.cfsites.org/.
  • Keen: Primarily known for the their footwear, Keen created the Hybrid.Care initiative to give time and money to many partners, including Medicines Global, which has travelers provide basic first aid supplies to remote communities in need.

Counterpoint – helping out PFL every step of the way

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Recently here at Printingforless, we revamped all three of our sample packs in which many of the printed pieces were either replaced or the design completely changed.  With so many pieces that make up our sample packs (roughly 25 printed pieces per sample pack) communication was key.  Not only did marketing need to communicate with the Technical Service Assistants who manage the sample packs, the Technical Service Assistants in turn had to communicate with Counterpoint who collate our sample packs.

Counterpoint is a private, nonprofit corporation that provides residential, vocational and transportation to adults with disabilities here in Livingston, MT.  Counterpoint has served the community since 1976 and currently helps approximately 30 adults with disabilities throughout Park County.

Our theme this quarter is building on our strengths through people, customers and technology in order to create even more remarkable interactions.  Thanks to great communication, Counterpoint was able to provide collated sample packs in record time, creating a remarkable interaction for everyone involved.

PFL thanked those at Counterpoint who helped in this smooth transition with PFL “Be Remarkable” shirts.  The shirts were delivered yesterday to an excited group who immediately put the shirts on and took a picture: