Our new JaBLAM.com has a superhero spokesman, JaBLAM Man, and he made his JBLM debut today during the Flea Market on JBLM-North. He handed out balloons to the kiddies, introducing parents to our new website that offers over 200 local military discounts.
We have a great booth planned this weekend at the Armed Forces Day event on Joint Base Lewis-McChord-Main. To draw people to us and get the word out on our great clients, we'll have a balloon artist making shapes and animals for the kids. We did this at the Kids Fest event in early April and it was a big hit - kept a steady line in front of our booth.
Ever need a balloon artist, the folks at Balloon Birthdays (www.balloonbirthdays.com) do a great job. Clean cut college kids do the work - all quite professional - they represent our company well.
We will certainly round out the year with more events to support our clients and military personnel and their families. Next up is December 8th when we spend the morning welcoming new folks to Fort Lewis at the monthly Newcomer's Meeting. Then, that night, we help welcome Santa Claus as we co-sponsor the Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of Fort Lewis's Headquarter's building. We have another running race to sponsor on Fort Lewis, then we'll finish up by helping sponsor the annual holiday party at Fort Lewis's Fisher House (similar to a Ronald McDonald House).
The Gingerbread House building event went off without a hitch yesterday at Gilchrist Motors in Tacoma. Organized by the Fort Lewis Ranger and NW Airlifter newspapers and sponsored by the Children's Museum of Tacoma, Gilchrist and American Party Place, the event was spectacular. Overall 76 military families (roughly 300 bodies) packed into Gilchrist's showroom to have fun building gingerbread houses. It was great exposure for Gilchrist, as well as great for all of our clients as we sent each family home with coupons, free admissions and promotional materials from every Swarner PR client. It was also a great opportunity for us to partner with the Chilcren's Museum of Tacoma. They had the opportunity to introduce their services to these young military families. Already we are in talks with the Museum about doing more in 2010. A Story Before Bed also joined us Sunday at the event offering their Internet based reading program for free to the families as well.
Last night capped three nights of packing care packages to Fort Lewis soldiers mostly in Afghanistan. The Fort Lewis Ranger had a seat on the planning committee for Operation Make A Soldier Smile — and after 4 months of planning, we sent 1,300 care packages down range over three nights of packing parties. What a fabulous project to be a part of, thanks also to two of our great clients: The PMBA and AUSA. See the photos here:
This month, the Fort Lewis Ranger is involved in the Family Scavenger Hunt at Fort Lewis. We have a sign in one of our boxes on Fort Lewis for families to discover. National Furniture, DR Horton & Parkland Auto Center each have an ad on the flier.
On Nov. 21 we'll be at the Turkey Trot on Fort Lewis with our bags of goodies. Followed by the Gingerbread House event on the 29th featuring Gilchrist Motors and, of course, our clients' goody bags. Then, find us Dec. 8th at the Newcomer's morning.
Our Children's Deployment Fair at Fort Lewis was a huge success - over 475 care packages sent down-range. The morning was crazy - hundreds or bodies all in Evergreen Elementary receiving photos with Santa, coloring pictures, filling care packages and receiving our clients' great gift bags on the way out the door.
Swarner PR would like to thank the following organizations for their gracious support of the event:
Joint Base Financial Alliance Pierce Military Business Alliance AUSA - Fort Lewis Chapter Korum Motors CDS Truck Driver Services City of Puyallup Hawks Prairie Rotary Lobban Photography Clover Park School District Air Force Association Great American Casino American Lake Credit Union Pet Brigade USO
Talk about a crowd pleaser. The Fort Lewis Ranger newspaper helped sponsor the Wounded Warrior Battalion's Trunks and Treats event on Oct. 30th in their parking lot. The Ranger "loosely" decorated a newspaper box and handed out candy to the children of our wounded warriors. For the grown-ups, the Ranger handed out free car wash coupons from Shur-Kleen Car Wash. WOW!! Word spread quickly and soon we had more adults visiting our site than children (almost). Shur-Kleen made a HUGE impression on the crowd.
The Pet Brigade on Fort Lewis sponsored a Free Photos with Your Pet Day on October 30th in celebration of Halloween. They set up a tent with cute backdrop and gave away free photos to customers and others from the military community. What a great way to show support back to the community you serve!!
Riding shotgun with the Pet Brigade, Go Local of Tacoma joined the fun and brought treat bags and their Tacoma Live magazine to hand out to those taking the photos.
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