There are times that take away your breath and make you feel proud to know a particular person or to be associated with an organization because of the things they do or say to further that organizations cause. This world is filled with many selfless people who do things that often go unrecognized. And since it is our job to recognize achievements, I figured it was only right to bring this cause to your attention. Steve Kendra is the head of The Childrens Tumor Foundation , a non-profit 501(c)(3) medical foundation, dedicated to improving the health and well being of individuals and families affected by the neurofibromatoses (NF). Steve is dedicated to this cause because he has seen the debilitating effects of the disease firsthand. Steve is so dedicated that he and a group of his friends is participating in the Race Across America, a hard core endurance bicycle race across America to raise awareness and funds to go towards research for the Childrens Tumor Foundation. He is a tru

There are certain aspects of being in the Montgomery county that remind me of my home in Bucks County, and one of those is the beautiful golf courses and the abundance of them. Lederach Golf Course is one of them. A beautiful place to play and a pristine course that is well managed. Challenging but fun. Its my unde rstanding that the course is owned by Lower Salford Township , and how lucky they must be to own such a beautiful piece of property. We were supposed to have a golf course built in my hometown of East Rockhill Bucks County , but it never materialized. Maybe one day, and if so I hope it's as nice and well run as the Lederach Golf Course . A gem for the county indeed. They have a tournament coming up in September, and if you get a hole in one then you get bragging rights and your name on a plaque in the club house. Great course, great golf!

If you are anything like me, and I know in this area that there are thousands of us, you are an avid follower of professional sports and our Philadelphia teams. You are also well aware of the heartache we as Philadelphia sports fans have had to endure in recent years, and some of your kids are growing up not knowing what it's like to get Playoff Fever or know what it's like even going to the finals. This is really unfortunate, especially because we are such a passionate bunch and want nothing more than a winner in this town. We are an area full of winners, rich traditions, and also great heartache. Being in the awards and recognition business, knowing what goes into championships, and the sacrifice and blood sweat and tears involved, I know it's not as easy as it looks to build a winner. It often seems, though, that things never work out even remotely close to as planned, as evidence with the Freddy Garcia debacle that is currently surrounding the Philadelphia Phillies

an article written for Harleysville Soccer Clubs newsletter, by club president Chris Ryan. Quite articulate and well put! I understand why people don’t volunteer. It’s easy to do, there’s no sign-up required and you don’t have to worry about embarrassing yourself doing something wrong. Not that long ago, I felt the same way you probably do now (heck, I still find it hard to volunteer for some things, like painting one of the rooms in our house.) I remember being at soccer signups five years ago when the man behind the table asked me if I’d like to coach my son’s team. I thought, “What, are you kidding, me coach? I haven’t played since high school. I wasn’t even that good.” But it only took the plaintive plea from my then six year old son, “Please Dad, you’d be great” to get me to even consider the idea. Hesitantly, I printed my name on the volunteer portion of the registration form. My last thought was, “Great, now how do I get out of this?” Nothing fills one’s heart with dread

So we are continuing to settle into our new digs over at the second store . Slowly, more samples are arriving, more and more customers are starting to trickle in, and we are starting to become a part of the community; all important factors in opening our second store. We are even learning new things, as if that never happens. For example, in the course of reading up on the area and its thriving community in hopes of learning more about the people who use our products, I stumbled upon a neat, well written newsletter and learned quite a bit about our local soccer organization, Harleysville Soccer . The club, run by all volunteers, fields 110 intramural teams a year in addition to its travel and TOPS programs, and they also run a soccer day to showcase the skills of the players in the organization. The soccer day has become so popular it has grown to two days this year. Amazing considering it is all done with volunteer support. These people devote countless hours to all kinds

Heard this on NPR today, and thought it was pretty interesting, or at least interesting enough to share with you. It was about our, or my generations need for praise, not just in the workplace, but for life in general. Maybe it's just because I sell products that help people recognize achievement, but I do not see this as a bad thing. One caller said that we should blame Mr. Rogers, but again I can't see why we need to blame anyone. People need recognition . It doesn't need to be over the top recognition, but a pat on the back goes a long way for most all people. Even adults like getting recognized for a job well done. We are a society that thrives on motivation and in this day and age, we need to do whatever we can to get the most out of our human resources. These are the biggest asset of any company and should be watched closely. People make and sell the things. People make relations and believe in the products they are buying and paying the prices they

We are finally open!! hooray. The hours of the Harleysville store are as follows: Monday: 12:00 - 6:00 Tuesday: CLOSED Wednesday: 12:00 - 6:00 Thursday: 8:30 - 7:00 Friday: 8:30 - 7:00 Saturday: 9:00 - 1:00 Please come check out our showroom, it is very big and contains the latest and greatest in not only awards and recognition items but also any of a number of promotional products to help your business or organization promote yourself. We are constantly looking for ways to improve add value to our products for you, and to do this we are constantly looking for opportunities to utilize technology. We recently started a website that enables you to build your own trophies online that has been well received by you, and we are constantly training our staff on the many new technologies we employ here to better serve you.