This is my idea and NOT my instruction - Please read this and see if you agree with me!
Research ONE
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Staples Supports Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
Staples Stores and Staples.com Collect Donations to Help Raise Relief Funds
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - (Sept. 13, 2005) – In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) has taken several steps to support the relief efforts for New Orleans and communities along the United States Gulf Coast. Staples stores nationwide and Staples.com are accepting donations to give to the Hurricane Katrina Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Donations can be made online at http://www.Staples.com. Donations will be accepted until October 29.
In addition, Staples is providing assistance at the local level. The company is working with organizations throughout the country to provide school supplies and educational materials for displaced students, and has established a fund to help Staples associates affected by the disaster. Staples is also providing truckloads of water, batteries, and paper goods to associates and the communities in Mobile, Alabama and Pascagoula, Mississippi.
These steps have already generated hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, and will continue in the coming weeks and months as affected communities work to recover from the devastation.
Research TWO
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Staples Contributes $150,000 to Support Tsunami Relief Efforts
Donation to CARE International to Help Disaster Victims in Affected Countries
Staples Stores Throughout Canada Will Collect Donations to Raise Additional Funds
Framingham, Mass., January 4, 2005 – In response to the devastation caused by the recent tsunami in South Asia, Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) is making a donation of $150,000 to CARE International. The donation will help support CARE's comprehensive, multi-country emergency response plan that includes food, water purification tablets, shelter materials and basic medical supplies for the hardest-hit areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as well as an international crisis team currently serving all four countries.
In addition to a monetary donation, Staples' 237 stores throughout Canada are conducting a campaign to collect funds to further support CARE International's disaster relief efforts. The program is currently underway and will continue through January 16, 2005.
Research THREE
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Staples has a news releases section of their website and each one (including the those above) contains the following 'about staples' info:
Staples, Inc. invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and today is the world's largest office products company. With 65,000 talented associates, the company is committed to making it easy to buy a wide range of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, and business services. With 2004 sales of $14.4 billion, Staples serves consumers and businesses ranging from home-based businesses to Fortune 500 companies in 21
countries throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. Headquartered outside of Boston, Staples operates approximately 1,716 office superstores and also serves its customers through mail order catalog, e-commerce and contract businesses. More information is available at www.staples.com.
Conclusion: This company has a history of charitable action and of publicising the same.
They have heart and want to let people know it - Good for them, and hopefully good for us TOO!
If we can get them to be a corporate sponsor to this effort then we will not only aid the flier/poster efforts but get the news of our endeavour to be repeated to all the media their media releases target too! This is worth trying for - I'm going to ask them to waive their profits by allowing us warehouse paper-cost price printing upto whatever upper limit they would like to set - that means they could be our sponsors for almost no cost to them whatsoever (only a couple of man and electricity hours to operate their equiptment for our needs) - of course, if they want to give us the paper free too then that's even better - but the real prize, is the publicity and the attention that this type of sponsor will bring.
SO Please hold fire on asking any local printer for free copy in return for publicity, as otherwise I will not be able to ask Staples for their help at all.
If you really can't wait an extra week before posters go up in your community then sure buy half a dozen posters and display them wisely in the highstreet with willing shop windows - that's truly all that is needed.
It will take me two days to prepare the letter and proposal and to gather the other information I need (like name(s) of who to send it to) and by that time we should be able to enclose a real copy of the book with our request. - who knows, they might even stock the book for us too... we'll find out, but only by asking.
AND YES!!! I'm an absolute idiot for not thinking of it sooner - not that we could have done much without them seeing the quality of the publicity we wish to circulate and the book it stands to promote.
Research ONE
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Staples Supports Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
Staples Stores and Staples.com Collect Donations to Help Raise Relief Funds
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - (Sept. 13, 2005) – In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) has taken several steps to support the relief efforts for New Orleans and communities along the United States Gulf Coast. Staples stores nationwide and Staples.com are accepting donations to give to the Hurricane Katrina Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Donations can be made online at http://www.Staples.com. Donations will be accepted until October 29.
In addition, Staples is providing assistance at the local level. The company is working with organizations throughout the country to provide school supplies and educational materials for displaced students, and has established a fund to help Staples associates affected by the disaster. Staples is also providing truckloads of water, batteries, and paper goods to associates and the communities in Mobile, Alabama and Pascagoula, Mississippi.
These steps have already generated hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, and will continue in the coming weeks and months as affected communities work to recover from the devastation.
Research TWO
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Staples Contributes $150,000 to Support Tsunami Relief Efforts
Donation to CARE International to Help Disaster Victims in Affected Countries
Staples Stores Throughout Canada Will Collect Donations to Raise Additional Funds
Framingham, Mass., January 4, 2005 – In response to the devastation caused by the recent tsunami in South Asia, Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) is making a donation of $150,000 to CARE International. The donation will help support CARE's comprehensive, multi-country emergency response plan that includes food, water purification tablets, shelter materials and basic medical supplies for the hardest-hit areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as well as an international crisis team currently serving all four countries.
In addition to a monetary donation, Staples' 237 stores throughout Canada are conducting a campaign to collect funds to further support CARE International's disaster relief efforts. The program is currently underway and will continue through January 16, 2005.
Research THREE
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Staples has a news releases section of their website and each one (including the those above) contains the following 'about staples' info:
Staples, Inc. invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and today is the world's largest office products company. With 65,000 talented associates, the company is committed to making it easy to buy a wide range of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, and business services. With 2004 sales of $14.4 billion, Staples serves consumers and businesses ranging from home-based businesses to Fortune 500 companies in 21
countries throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. Headquartered outside of Boston, Staples operates approximately 1,716 office superstores and also serves its customers through mail order catalog, e-commerce and contract businesses. More information is available at www.staples.com.
Conclusion: This company has a history of charitable action and of publicising the same.
They have heart and want to let people know it - Good for them, and hopefully good for us TOO!
If we can get them to be a corporate sponsor to this effort then we will not only aid the flier/poster efforts but get the news of our endeavour to be repeated to all the media their media releases target too! This is worth trying for - I'm going to ask them to waive their profits by allowing us warehouse paper-cost price printing upto whatever upper limit they would like to set - that means they could be our sponsors for almost no cost to them whatsoever (only a couple of man and electricity hours to operate their equiptment for our needs) - of course, if they want to give us the paper free too then that's even better - but the real prize, is the publicity and the attention that this type of sponsor will bring.
SO Please hold fire on asking any local printer for free copy in return for publicity, as otherwise I will not be able to ask Staples for their help at all.
If you really can't wait an extra week before posters go up in your community then sure buy half a dozen posters and display them wisely in the highstreet with willing shop windows - that's truly all that is needed.
It will take me two days to prepare the letter and proposal and to gather the other information I need (like name(s) of who to send it to) and by that time we should be able to enclose a real copy of the book with our request. - who knows, they might even stock the book for us too... we'll find out, but only by asking.
AND YES!!! I'm an absolute idiot for not thinking of it sooner - not that we could have done much without them seeing the quality of the publicity we wish to circulate and the book it stands to promote.
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