By Marni Rogers
Member Relations Manager
Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce
You gotta love their tagline
and they really do make your shopping experience easy. Staples is a big company with a big heart for their
customers and supporting their local community. The staff is
always hospitable and eager to help. I
stopped in a few days ago for report covers and had a nice chat with the General Manager Tad Steffenson and learned they now
carry Erin Condren’s personalized planners, stationary, notecards, and
organizers! Erin’s planner products keep
getting hotter and hotter and Staples is selling her products at lower prices!
As I talked with Tad about all the
wonderful new products they were selling, I got to watch a store
associate make room for a new line of home
office products from Martha Stewart, so you have to stop by and check
out these new hot items.
Then our conversation turned to
charitable talk and Tad
shared about the Staples 2 Million & Change program where all the
stores nationwide had the opportunity to apply for a $5,000
grant to be awarded to a local non-profit
organization of their choice. The Rogers store was
so excited to receive the $5,000 grant and awarded it to the Sheep Dog
Impact Assistance (SDIA). They
were blessed with $5,000 over the holidays and that’s not counting the
donations received from the Christmas Tree Staples put up at the store
in support of SDIA! The
story doesn’t end there! The store associates from all the stores
voted for their favorite non-profit stories and SDIA was one out of the
top five and now there will be a nationwide vote for the #1 non-profit
story and that winner will receive another $5,000 donation. The Rogers
store is hopeful SDIA will get the most votes. I’m keeping my fingers
crossed for them!!
Who is SDIA? They are an awesome organization serving
the needs of men and women serving in the military, law enforcement,
fire & rescue and EMS services. They are a community of people they
call “Sheep Dogs.” For more information about SDIA,
check out their website here.
It
was great getting updated on store products at Staples and hearing the
wonderful story about SDIA but it was time to head back to work. Tad
helped me find the report covers I needed…making my shopping
experience easy!
If you haven’t
signed up already, Staples
has a Rewards Program that will save you money, offers free shipping,
and rewards for recycling cartridges. Check out their user-friendly
website staples.com where you can shop online and save money!