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REGIONAL ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: NEPPA
THIS ISSUE OF PPB’s spotlight on the
industry’s regional associations that support its
companies and professionals turns to the New
England Promotional Products Association
(NEPPA). NEPPA supports industry distrib-
utors and suppliers throughout New England
with information, professional development,
networking and other services.
Recently, NEPPA’s leadership has had
great success with its Spring and Fall Shows,
with both benefiting from the move to new
venues. For 2015, it moved its Season Opener
Expo to February and held it at Gillette
Stadium. Carol Boutwell, NEPPA executive
director, says, “We felt it would give our dis-
tributors who may have not gone to one of
the national shows, a chance to see new prod-
ucts and work closely on projects with their
suppliers.”
The association has new
programs in the works as well.
Its Supplier Event Exchange
(SEE) is a service that it offers
its supplier and multi-line repre-
sentative members that is
intended to bring exposure to
the “lunch & learn”-type events
among distributors.
It has also adopted a cause as
part of its NEPPA Cares initia-
tive. It is inviting NEPPA mem-
bers and their families to Angels
on Horseback in Ashaway,
Rhode Island, a therapeutic rid-
ing school, to help with chores
and see the positive benefits that
working with horses bring to dis-
abled children.
As part of the NEPPA Cares Initiative, members volun-
teered at Angels on Horseback, a therapeutic riding
center in Ashaway, Rhode Island.
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