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Promotional Coffee Cups For Peace Officers Memorial Day

Mini Inflatable Solid Pillow US Flag
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Peacekeeping forces are sent to war torn areas in order to restore order and prevent further hostilities from taking place. Most of them die while performing their duty which is why it is but fitting to honor them via Peace Officers Memorial Day.  They deserve our honor and prayers for risking their lives in a country away from their families uncertain of what awaits them.

My friend is the son of a member of a peacekeeping force assigned in Somalia. I cannot help but sympathize on whatever he may be feeling right now. We are part of a volunteer group of dependents of members of Peacekeeping forces. The celebration of the Peace Officers Memorial Day is still far but we came out early distributing promotional awareness products. First stop were shopping malls as we went around the parking areas to give away a custom car shade.

The other group of volunteers was prominently seen in the freeways giving away promotional sun visors every time the light is red. It was so easy to distinguish them from the other people as they were all wearing yellow promotional t-shirts.

To match with the promotional visors, there was another group on the other side of the road carrying personalized sunglasses. I guess we sent a strong message that day.

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My wife and I have been looking for ways to make our kids do something productive rather than playing with all those game consoles the whole day. One time we even tried to bribe them to plant something by giving them cheap promotional candies, but it was an exercise in futility. After a couple of hours trying to plant some seeds, they went back to playing video games; that same thing I gave them as gifts last Christmas.

The problem is a bit solved now though. Somehow we discovered something that all of us liked to do, and me and my wife totally capitalized on it – drinking coffee. One breakfast, all of us agreed that the kids would make their own custom printed promotional coffee cups and the best design will win a prize. We haven’t agreed on the price yet, but it’s a good start.

The kids went into a frenzy doing the little project, and the video games suddenly collected dust. They were able to make a lot of custom imprinted promotional coffee cups. Apparently, they were not satisfied with the designs they made, so they continued to make more, adding and mixing different colors each time.

To me though, those custom promo coffee cups were amazing. I could not have done them in my lifetime. I just don’t have the artistic ability. Well, at least the project is doing great. With their mind off to do much more productive stuff, I plan on selling (or buying) those cups to let them start a little business of their own.