The Gift Exchange

Every year, the fourth Thursday in April is “Take Your Child to Work Day.” This year that falls on April 25, and GiftTree is excited to participate! Take Your Child to Work Day was founded in 1993, originally called “Take Your Daughter to Work Day.” It was created by the Ms. Foundation for Women and Gloria [...]

On behalf of everyone here at GiftTree, I’d like to say welcome to the world to baby Rainier! GiftTree’s own blogging extraordinaire, Robin Crocker, and his lovely wife Amy, just welcomed their second child, baby Rainier. We are all so excited for you and wish you the best as you begin to get acquainted with your [...]

This month we are featuring Konnie Kitt, from the Customer Service Department! Konnie has been with GiftTree a little over a year, and we are so lucky that she found us! She was kind enough to take some time out of her busy day to answer our important questions: What’s your favorite thing about working for [...]

Spring has officially sprung! It may not seem like it in some areas, I personally saw an amazing amount of snow on a road trip recently, but it is actually time for the seasons to change. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the flowers are blooming, the trees are beginning to bud, and the grass is [...]

Blog by Tracey Graham I remember well growing up, my dad was the strongest man I knew. I’d seen him carry oil barrels on his shoulders when we would go to his job. He worked two jobs to support our family and never once complained. In fact, he is known as a man of few words. [...]

GiftTree has done it again!!  Since the 2011 epic rafting trip was such a wild success, GiftTree decided to treat us to another great summer event!  It shall henceforth be dubbed “The Epic Rafting Trip of 2012 (Where no one died, but a few made valiant attempts),” otherwise known as “TERTO2012WNODBAFMVA”  Just rolls off the [...]

This poem was written for us by Scott Poole after he accompanied us on GiftTree’s white water rafting trip. Scott is the House Poet for LiveWire! Radio variety show in Portland, OR.   I want to give a gift basket to you. You deserve it, for your kindness, for your smiles for your friendship… Well, not a basket exactly because that has [...]

Nicole is a busy-bee here at GiftTree. As a Customer Service Team Manager, her job is to help oversee the call center and make sure everything is running smoothly. Luckily for us, she was able to take a few minutes out of her day to answer some important questions! 1. What are your  favorite things to [...]

Although my mom is amazing (see my Mother’s Day blog)  I feel the need to give a shout out to the other important “Mom’s” in my life because who says the only Mom you have is the one who gives birth to you? From the day I was born my Auntie Verna has been a constant [...]

Summer is our Featured Employee for May! She works in the Business Development Dept here at GiftTree, and has been with us since 2008. She’s usually pretty busy, but we bribed her with chocolate and she agreed to answer our questions. 1. If you had to live at GiftTree, and had friends over for [...]