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Congratulations to Ryan Wilson for achieving Eagle rank
December 22, 2011

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Last week Ryan Wilson, 29, achieved Eagle rank. Not only did he achieve this distinguished honor, but he earned almost double the merit badges required – a total of 38. Only 5% of the scouting population reaches Eagle and only a few scouts with Down syndrome have achieved this honor.

Ryan, who has Down syndrome and a heart condition, is not only an inspiring role model for other special needs children but he’s an example to us all reminding us that with determination and dedication, anything is possible. He’s an example of everything that the scouting program stands for – developing character through skill development, doing good deeds, and living his life in accordance with the Scout Law. 

We’re proud of our local Pasco County hero. Congratulations to Ryan Wilson for a job well done!

Boy Scout Troop 545 in Hudson, Florida is a troop that focuses on scouts with special needs. If you’d like more information click here. If you know a scout with a disability that has overcome obstacles and would like to share their story, please share your comments below. We’d like to hear from you.

Photos provided by the St. Petersburg Times – December 18,2011  

Congratulations to the winner of the ClassB® 4-H Community Improvement Grant!
December 7, 2011

Canyon County Multi-Taskers 

We want to extend our appreciation to all of the groups who applied and sent us their project ideas. Hats off to each and every one of you! We hope that you will continue with your projects and help make your communities safer, healthier and happier places to live.

Below is a summary the winning project. Make sure to check back over the coming weeks and months as we will be giving updates on their progress and showcasing their project upon completion.

Project Name: Generation Garden Project



Project Summary: They will use the funds to develop a small gardening area at an amenable retirement and/or assisted living facility in Nampa, ID.  This will be a great way to outreach 4H youth with the elderly in a positive manner, as well as creating a rewarding recreation for those desiring to be involved. They will work directly with residents to build the garden structure. Together they will plant and sow climate appropriate fruits and vegetables, maintain the garden, and assist in harvest and distribution of said garden to the facility. Youth members will learn the importance of community outreach, the ability to create and maintain a garden, the recreational benefits of gardening, as well as the need for availability of fresh fruits and vegetables for everyone.

Again, congratulations to the Canyon County Multi-Taskers and kudos to all of the other groups who submitted their projects. We understand the importance of the 4-H program in the lives of youth in the community and we are confident that communities all over the country will benefit from the projects that were submitted.

Many of us here at ClassB enjoy the benefits of tending our own home vegetable gardens. It can be such an incredibly rewarding experience. As your garden grows, so do the joys of cooking home grown vegetables, sharing your crops with family and friends, and spending quality time with your fellow farmers outside in the sunshine. We hope this grant will help the Canyon County Multi-Taskers complete the generation garden that they’ve envisioned. We can’t wait to see the finished project!

The rewards from a garden can often show up in unexpected ways. Especially when you involve your family or friends. Do you have a home vegetable garden? Tell us about some of the rewards your home garden has given to you.

Festival of Lights in Downtown Zephyrhills
December 6, 2011

A Winning Design!

This year’s Festival of Lights parade in downtown Zephyrhills kicked off the holiday season with some hometown family fun!  It started off at 6pm with a parade and the events kept going until 9pm with a bounce house, raffles, and local dance performances for everyone to enjoy. There were even sightings of Santa, Elvis and clowns galore.

We’re located directly on 5th Avenue downtown, so we had a front row seat to all the festivities. This year we held our first ClassB® Holiday Drawing Contest. Talented kids between the ages of 5-17 gathered on our front patio to draw their very own holiday themed masterpiece. Each child’s drawing was entered into the contest for a chance to win their artwork printed on a t-shirt. Every child got a gift for participating and 15 young artists got their design printed on a t-shirt!

This year’s winners were:

Ages 5-9:  Ali & Kayla

Ages 10-13:  Dominique

Ages 14-17:  Chelsea

This year was so much fun, we hope to do it again next year.

Check out all the photos and the winning artwork on our Flickr page.

Happy Holidays from ClassB®

           

$500 Grant Winner 2010 – Brown County 4-H
November 30, 2011

Brown County 4-H

Want to know what last year’s 4-H Grant winner did with their $500 ClassB® Community Improvement Grant?

The Brown County 4-H SET Club’s project was to place mile markers along 6 miles of the East River Trail System. In order to do this, they split into 6 teams and collected data along the trail using surveyor grade GPS units provided by MI-Tech Services, Inc. Each member of the group got a chance to collect the GPS data and record it for their assigned section of the trail. At each marker they would spray paint the distance on the road for post installation later. Now there are brand new mile marker posts located every 10th of a mile on the East River Trail.

They included this message of thanks in their project packet:
The 4-H members of the Brown Co. SET Club are so proud to have been a part of making the East River Trail safer for all the people who use it. We are thankful to Phil Paradies, Howard Herrild, MI_Tech Services, Incl, Brown Co. 911 System and especially, Judy Wolniakowski, our 4-H youth agent for making this opportunity possible.
Thank you to the ClassB®

Improvement Foundation for selecting us as 2011 community improvement grant recipients. Our 4-H SET Club is so proud to have been a part of the Brown County Geospatial East River Trail 911 Project. Thank you again!

Win a FREE Gift for Your Eco-Friendly Youth Group
November 30, 2011

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Anvil OrganicIs your youth group celebrating the holidays with an earth friendly twist? If so, we’d like to give you a chance to win FREE Organic T-Shirts for your entire group!

Maybe you’re collecting used Christmas trees to be turned into mulch or offering recycled paper at your gift wrapping fundraiser. Perhaps you are holding a recycling drive to raise funds to buy toys for area children. However you’re doing it, we want to know! Submit your plans and one group will be chosen to receive FREE Anvil organic t-shirts for all the members of their group!

Contest Details:

  • One entry per group.
  • Deadline for entry : December 31st, 2011
  • Offer available to Scouting, 4-H, Girl Scout, Kiwanis and other youth groups.
  • Winning entry must be supported by photos taken during the project.
  • Winning group will receive one organic cotton t-shirt printed with a design of their choice in one ink color on one side for each registered member and adult leader in their group up to 50 t-shirts.
Ready to win some free t-shirts for your earth conscious members your group?  Submit your entry here.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Happy Holidays!

BSA® Licensing Insider features ClassB®
November 29, 2011

Eric Hilferding, President, ClassB ClassB® is honored to be the featured licensee in this year’s October issue of BSA® Licensing Insider. BSA® Licensing Insider is a monthly newsletter that provides new information from the Licensing Department of Boy Scouts of America®.

Topics include: new products, featured vendors, program updates and events.

In this issue, they interviewed Eric Hilferding and Gregg Hilferding our President and Vice President regarding how ClassB®‘s business values stem from the Scout Law they both learned from growing up in the Scouting® program:  —
“We’re Scouters first,” explained Gregg Hilferding, vice president of marketing we do our best to run ClassB® by our Scouting values. For example, our customer service reps strive to be Helpful and Friendly. We’ll replace an order we made an error on to be Trustworthy. We try to keep costs down by being Thrifty. We reduce our environmental impact to be Clean. While we don’t call our departments “patrols” or our CEO an “SPL,” the values of Scouting permeate everything we do. We’re pretty sure our customers can tell the difference that makes in our personal interaction, and in our products.
Click here to read the full article.

We’d like to hear from you. Which values from the Scout Law do you feel are most important for a company to have?

National Association of 4-H Extension Agents Conference
November 10, 2011

We were proud supporters of the National Association of 4-H Extension Agents conference that took place in Omaha, Nebraska last week. To show our support, we were happy to provide the give away shirts for all the attendees.

Here are some pics provided by Steve Zimmers, Extension Educator,  for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Otoe County.

   

New! Custom Patches Now Available
October 18, 2011

Patches

Yes! ClassB® custom patches are BACK!



We’re incredibly excited to be able to provide custom patches once again to our customers.

Whether you’re looking for a patch that requires a laser cut edge, merrowed edge, button loops, metallic or neon thread, cool looking “ghosted” artwork – we can do it all. Our artists are more than ready to take your patches to the next level!  Check out samples of our work so you can see how great your patches will look!

As always you can still expect the same great ClassB service, awesome artwork, and incredible quality as our t-shirts. Just in a smaller, more tradable, embroidered format ; )

Let us show you how cool your patches can look for your next event. Order your patches today!

CPSIA Attribution Size and Location
October 11, 2011

The Federal Law CPSIA (2008) requires us to label products with some manufacturing information. We know our customers care about product safety, but the addition of the attribution is not always desirable from a visual perspective. We do our best to place the text in position that will make it less noticeable. We print it in the smallest letters we can but it must still be legible. Some licensed properties require ® and © identifiers, we include those in the same location.

Your design requires CPSIA information if the product is designed for or intended to be used by children under the age of 12. This basically means that any order that contains Adult medium or smaller shirts will include the CPSIA information. If you know that no children WILL use the product, the law reads that if a child COULD use the product, it requires the text. The CPSIA attribution line identifies the manufacturer and where to see the certificate of compliance.

Here is a link for more information about CPSIA: CPSIA 2008 Compliant – ECO-T

For licensing attributions, each license owner has specifications. Below are some example photos of our most common licensed properties:

An example of a Licensed product with CPSIA and licensing information:

CPSIA trademark and copyright line

Basic designs are harder to hide the line, but as you can see, it does not stand out very much:

Full size design with cpsia trademark info

The only real problem is left crest or really small designs and licensing. There is just no place to hide it! Here is an example:

CPSIA trademark information on crest design

Some alternatives may be available.  Please contact us to see if your order qualifies!  Contact Us  

How does shipping work?
September 30, 2011

ClassB offers free shipping on all orders over $50.00 to any address using a 5-digit US Zip Code! In most cases, we will provide an in-hand date that you can count on. We offer 3 levels of service for screen printed garments – Standard, Priority, and Rush, each with a different number of work days. See Rush Services for more information All other decoration methods use Standard Service. Standard Service is 12 business days from when you place the order until you receive the products to anywhere within the continental US using Fedex. Priority Service is 9 business days from when you place the order until you receive the products to anywhere within the continental US using Fedex. Rush Service is 6 business days from when you place the order until you receive the products to anywhere within the continental US using Fedex. Just add 3 business days to any Service level if we are shipping to Alaska or Hawaii. See Shipping to Alaska and Hawaii.  This applies to all addresses that can receive Fedex deliveries. “International” Addresses (such as APO, FPO, DPO, and other territories of the US) will receive free Priority Mail Service on orders over $50.00. All products sent using US Mail will not have an in-hand date commitment but we will mail them to the US departure point using our regular production schedule.
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