The Gift Exchange

On June 25th, a group of us here at GiftTree participated in The Summer Solstice Run/Walk. The race was a 3 or 6 mile early evening run/walk put on by Northwest Personal Training in Vancouver, WA and benefiting the YWCA. Some of us ran, some of us walked, and all of us had [...]

If you and your team at work are looking for a way to burn a few calories, pick a day and take the team for a run, or, a walk, jog, stroll, shuffle or trot. Any of these various activities will result in a welcome respite from the weekly grind and get your team thinking [...]

This morning something interesting happened to me and I wanted to share it with someone. Everyday for the past 8 years, I have taken the same route to and from work. When you do that the same time of day, day in and day out you come to recognize certain vehicles that you pass or follow. [...]

1. Good for Our Economy – American companies rely on recycling programs to provide the raw materials they need to make new products. 2. Creates Jobs – Recycling in the U.S. is a $236 billion a year industry. More than 56,000 recycling and reuse enterprises employ 1.1 million workers nationwide. 3. Reduces Waste – The average American [...]

This year Teleflora will be celebrating their 10th anniversary of Make Someone Smile Week and the event is revered as the floral industry’s leading charitable project. The week will run from today, July 18th, through Saturday, July 24th. According to the Teleflora announcement release on June 29th, Teleflora will be donating more than 50,000 of their [...]

They say that July 18th is Chrysanthemum Day. However, if you do a search for Chrysanthemum Day on the Internet you will see that Chrysanthemum Day is one of five ancient sacred festivals of Japan, celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th month. Since July 18th is not September 9th it is logical to [...]

As everyone is getting ready to share in the festivities of America’s birthday we wanted to share some more fun trivia about the 4th of July with all of you trivia buffs out there! How did the Liberty Bell get it’s crack? It acquired it’s crack on it’s first ring. In what year did Congress recognize the Pledge [...]

When giving Champagne gifts do you ever wonder why the Champagne bottles are so thick and heavy? Because of their pressurized, excitable contents, Champagne bottles must be able to withstand at least 6 Gs of force when opened and thus are thicker-walled than normal wine bottles. To put this in perspective, blasting off in a [...]

In case you didn’t know, March 21 is considered by many to be the first day of spring. Some say it is really the middle of spring, because of the position of the sun, but I don’t think spring is quite here yet in the Pacific Northwest. I am very ready for winter to end. [...]

Everything around here seems to be shedding those winter blues. It’s no longer dark when I wake up for work in the morning, the birds are all flooding back home and we have our new selection of spring flowers. I was sitting at my desk staring out of the window at the blue sky (which is [...]