PPB February 2020

MiPPA Joins Junior Achievement Journey To Jobs ProgramEvent The Michigan Promotional Professionals Association (MiPPA) participated in the Junior Achievement Journey to Jobs Program in Pontiac, Michigan, this past November to educate attendees on the promotional products industry and the job opportunities within it. Participating in the event were (from left) MiPPA Past President Dave DeWitt, who explained the overall scope of the industry; President Sarah Merrill, who spoke on her career path; former MiPPA Board Member Sue Kinch, who shared the six types of jobs that her business provides and the earning capabilities of various positions, and Vice President Sandra Kelley, who described the creative outlet the industry offers. SAAC Foundation Raises MoreThan $15,000 At Annual Golf Tournament In November, the Specialty Advertising Association of California’s (SAAC) SAAC Foundation held its annual Jim Buescher Memorial Golf Tournament at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena. The SAAC Foundation’s mission is to grant scholarships to the family of SAAC members to promote professional, academic or artistic achievement in post-secondary education. The SAAC Foundation’s golf tournament raised more than $15,000 for children’s scholarships benefiting family members of SAAC, including the Jim Buescher Scholarship. GAPPP Sponsors, Participates In Fairy Tale Dash Charity Run The Georgia Association Of Promotional Products Professionals (GAPPP) sponsored and participated in The Fairy Tale Dash in November in Suwannee, Georgia. The 5K and 10K fun run, held at Chattahoochee Pointe Park, benefits Jesse’s House, an emergency shelter for at-risk girls, ages 7-17, that was originally known as the Forsyth County Youth Shelter and founded in 1998. Jesse’s House has served more than 900 female youth from over 21 counties in Georgia. Not only did GAPPP have runners at the event, it was a platinum sponsor and donated GAPPP-branded pens, bag tags and note pads for the runners’ grab bags to be collected at the finish line. Among GAPPP’s participants were Lake Tankersley, incoming GAPPP president (right), who finished 10th in the 5K overall results, and Amy Rabideau, MAS, GAPPP past president and RAC Delegate, donned her best Minnie Mouse ears and tutu for the costume contest. | FEBRUARY 2020 | 85 CONNECT