May 24th is Brother’s Day. It gives us another day to celebrate “brotherly love”. How can you and your brother observe this day?
Share some time together. Have lunch. Maybe dance.
If you haven’t talked for a while, this is the perfect
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day for that.
Return those tools that you borrowed 10 years ago.
Give your brother a Maglite engraved with something meaningful to both of you. It’s a quality gift that will last a lifetime. It’s made in the USA, and popular all over the world.
April 20 is International Volunteer Recognition Day in Canada and the UK. The origin of this special day is unclear. But, it is a great opportunity to thank those who give their time to help others. How can you participate? You can help on both sides of the fence. First, by being a volunteer yourself. Second, by honoring those who give of themselves to help others.
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How to volunteer:
Pick an area that you love. Is it cooking, gardening, driving, painting, performing music, singing, fishing, meeting new people?
Find a way to combine your area of love to an area of need. You may find it in government, churches, local volunteer organizations.
Governments need people to volunteer on commissions, like the Shade Tree Commission, Parks, Civil Service, Utilities, and zoning.
Churches offer many ways to use your talents. Singing in the choir, playing your instrument, cooking, delivering, and taking people grocery shopping.
Your local civic clubs, like Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions offer many ways to share your abilities.
How to honor the volunteers:
If you have been the recipient of the generosity of volunteers, you can simply thank them.
Or you can contact the mayor of your city, and ask if he would be willing to write a proclamation to call attention to those volunteers. Then call the newspaper and have them take a picture in his office of the group of people.
Give gifts, like Maglite flashlights to the volunteers in your favorite group. You can choose a government group, church group, or civic group. Again, you can call the newspaper, TV stations, and mayor to get involved in the appreciation ceremony. People like to read stories like this in the newspapers, and watch them on TV.
March 30 is National Doctors Day in the U.S. A good way to celebrate, is for all
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hospitals to give the doctors an M3A AAA Mini Maglite engraved with their logo on the barrel. This slender flashlight has a pocket clip, so it is always available. It uses two AAA batteries, so it doesn’t take up much space. The power is in the packaging, and this gift comes in a hinged, firm plastic gift box. It is sure to be a hit.
The popularity of Maglites is immense worldwide. The reputation of Maglites has
Giving a Maglite Engraved With Your Logo
developed because of their consistent high quality, and continual introduction of new ideas. So if you own a business and want to give away a Maglite engraved with your logo, here are some basic steps.
Decide which one you want. That depends on size and price.
Pick an online distributor that can answer all your questions.
Pick a color
Choose a gift set, which includes a pocket knife or Leatherman tool, or choose just a Maglite in a plastic case.
Submit your corporate logo in vector format. (eps, ai files, and sometimes pdf files are in vector format.) You won’t be able to open those first two files, but the engraver can. The laser engraving machine needs vector art.
Ask for an email proof, which is usually free, before your order is put into production.
Enjoy passing out your Maglites (Maglights) to your favorite customers, and to all your employees.
Wednesday, February 2 is National Groundhog Day. You know, if he sees his
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shadow, we will have 6 more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow, spring is just around the corner. Since Maglite flashlights would cast a shadow on the little furry creature, please keep your Maglites off on that day.
Celebrate the shortest daylight hours of the year. Light up the night with your Maglite engraved with your company logo. Amazingly, today is also National Flashlight Day! Be a kid, and enjoy your flashlights for a super long evening.
Diwali Celebration With Fireworks (and Maglite Flashlights)
Diwali is a special 5 day holiday observed in India, Australia, UK, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and Indonesia. It is also called the “Festival of Lights”. It represents the spiritual victory of good over evil; knowledge over ignorance.
If you like the excitement of the 4th of July and the blessedness of Christmas, you can appreciate the feeling of the people who celebrate Diwali every year. It started about 2500 years ago as a religious holiday for Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains, and is now the biggest national holiday in India.
How is this holiday celebrated? Each of the 5 days is different. The activities involve shopping for gold, cleaning house, and using sand to create “rangoli” patterns on the floor with colored sand. Also they pray, enjoy fireworks, visit, exchange gifts, and best of all, they feast!
It also sounds like the perfect time to use your Maglite Flashlights to light up the night after the fireworks, and when visiting your relatives and friends.
In 2021, the first day of Diwali is November 2, and the main day is November 4 (the new moon).
Happy Diwali!
Here are the future dates. It appears to change every year, because it is determined by the Indian calendar, which is tied to the cycles of the moon. The main day of the holiday is on the new moon:
24 October 2022 12 November 2023 1 November 2024 21 October 2025 8 November 2026 29 October 2027 17 October 2028 5 November 2029 26 October 2030
It’s that time of year again. The month of October is “National Breast Cancer Awareness Month”. Let’s eradicate this type of cancer by reminding every woman to do a self exam once a month, and to regularly get a mammogram according to her doctor. About 12% of the women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
If you own a business, you can call attention to this issue by giving a Maglite engraved with your company logo to all your employees.
We have come a long way in getting your Maglite engraved with your logo. Before laser engraving, marking metallic objects was done with a mechanical “scratcher”. Jewelers used to do it that way, and may still do it. I don’t know. It’s cheaper than buying a laser engraving machine.
Today, many Maglites come in color that is anodized onto the aluminum barrel. The laser cuts through this anodized layer, exposing the bare whitish aluminum. This results in your white logo neatly placed on a colored barrel.
