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CONNECT JANUARY 2015 • PPB • 93
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PPAI staff load some of the food collected during the
Thanksgiving food drive for delivery to local food pantry
Irving Cares.
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PPAI Staff Help 30-40 Local
Families At Thanksgiving
PPAI staff, organized through the Association’s Community
Services Committee, turned out in November to help feed
local families this Thanksgiving. Staff collected more than
600 pounds of food and ingredients for traditional
Thanksgiving meals, as well as $170 in cash and $300 in gift
cards. PPAI worked with Irving Cares, a local food pantry,
for the holiday food drive. The Association has supported
Irving Cares since 2003 and in that time has donated more
than 26,000 pounds of goods to benefit hungry families in
the community.
In October, PPAI Product Responsibility Manager Tim Brown,
MAS, traveled to Pewaukee and Green Bay, Wisconsin, to
speak with members of PPAW on product safety and help their
companies achieve Product Safety Aware status.
PPAI Staff Join Regional
Associations For Product Safety
Education
PPAI staff have been on the road, delivering the Association’s
Product Safety Awareness (PSA) program to industry regional
associations, and updating and educating their members on
the latest product safety and regulatory news. In October, PPAI
Product Responsibility Manager Tim Brown, MAS, joined the
Promotional Products Association of Wisconsin (PPAW) for
lunch-and-learn sessions on the PSA program in Pewaukee and
Green Bay. Afterwards, he headed west and met with the
Promotional Marketing Association of Northern California
(PMANC) and the Specialty Advertising Association of
California (SAAC) in October.
Brown joined SAAC and its members in October to deliver the
education necessary for their companies to achieve Product
Safety Aware status.