If this calendar is helpful or if you have ideas for ways that we can better provide this information, email the editors at magazine@ppai.org OCTOBER 4 NATIONAL TACO DAY 9 NATIONAL STOP BULLYING DAY 31 WORLD SAVINGS DAY NOVEMBER 1 NATIONAL CINNAMON DAY 15 AMERICA RECYCLES DAY 25 NATIONAL BRAND DAY DECEMBER 1 NATIONAL PEPPERMINT BARK DAY 15 UGLY SWEATER DAY 28 CARD PLAYING DAY Exceptional Promotions SPECIAL OBSERVANCES CALL FOR SAFE TOYS & GIFTS MONTH Product idea: Get your clients’ brand in their customers’ hands with custom playing cards. This Eco Deck is made with sustainable forest papers, recyclable paper, coating and ink and comes in a kraft box with a window to showcase the custom card design. Playing Cards on Demand / PPAI 113998, Silver playingcardsondemand.com Use these special occasions to ignite your imagination for relevant – and distinct – client promotions. Compiled by Rachel Zoch DENTAL HYGIENE MONTH Product idea: Banks and other businesses can help kids start saving with a branded Wheat Straw Piggy Bank, with a top slot for saving and a plug on the bottom to remove the money. Available in blue, green, pink and natural. WOWLine / PPAI 112440, Standard-Plus wowline.com NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH Product idea: Get decadent with Cinnamon Churro Toffees, crafted in small batches from a blend of sweet creamery butter and pure cane sugar, then covered with white chocolate and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. The white or black gift boxes are tied with a pewter ribbon and foil-stamped on the front with your client’s logo in silver. Maple Ridge Farms / PPAI 114165, Gold mapleridge.com PPAI • SEPTEMBER 2024 • 7
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