August 31, 2020
Facilisgroup Partners Give Back
Promotional products distributors have been generous with their time and money during the coronavirus pandemic.
Facilisgroup partners have made it their mission to give back during the coronavirus pandemic, donating tens of thousands of dollars and countless items to community organizations and charities across the country.
“Our partners have displayed not only resiliency and determination in business during this challenging time, but have truly shown how much they value helping others and contributing to their communities,” said Ashley McCune, president of the St. Louis-based software-as-a-service company and partnering community for promotional products firms.
Here's a sampling of the initiatives Facilisgroup partners launched over the last few months:
- DG3 (asi/179938) donated more than $30,000 from qualified orders in May and June to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey and Food Bank for New York City through its DG3 Cares initiative. The donations provided over 150,000 meals for those in need.
- Artina Promotional Products provided 90 meals to Family Promise of Delaware County.
- Jeckil Promotions (asi/234315) donated a portion of all April sales to the Giving Kitchen, an organization that provides emergency assistance to workers in the food service industry. A total of $7,500 was donated. Jeckil also donated to the ACLU to help in the fight for racial equality. The distributor dropped off 150 packed lunches to an Atlanta hospital as a thank you to healthcare workers this spring.
- Through its ongoing relationship with The Joe Beretta Foundation, AP Branded Solutions provided meals to doctors and nurses in a cardiac care wing at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland, PA.
- The Identity Source (asi/229844) set up an online store, PPE 4 Good, with proceeds from sales on the site going to first responders.
- Impression Edge (asi/230482) created an online store for its Mask Warrior project in collaboration with Livestrong. For every cloth mask sold on the site, Impression Edge donates $1 to Livestrong. The distributor also donated 27 boxes filled with $8,000 worth of backpacks, tote bags, water bottles and other products to BIG Love Cancer Care. The items will directly benefit pediatric cancer patients and their families.
- Brand Blvd. (asi/145124) raised $10,000 for a local rehabilitation center and a women’s domestic violence shelter through a BB Cares T-shirt campaign.
- Throughout the month of August, Perfect Promotions (asi/293619) donated $10 for every T-shirt order placed to Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a foundation fighting childhood cancer.
- Full Line Specialties (asi/199688) sent care packages containing masks, first-aid kits, water bottles, hand sanitizer and more to clients and vendors. It also accepted nonperishable food items in exchange for a Full Line branded cloth masks, donating the food items to Food Banks Canada.
- Booker Promotions donated 500 masks and 400 bottles of hand sanitizer to PruittHealth, a long-term healthcare provider with more than 90 locations across the southeast.
- You Name It Specialties (asi/365123) donated several hundred T-shirts and masks to staff at Meals on Wheels in San Antonio.