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So, you'd like to participate -- GREAT! This year's Save-a-Sample! Box-a-thon is scheduled for April 7-9, 2009. To participate, just follow these easy steps:
Step 1: Pack up Your Materials
Donations can include, but are not limited to the following:
- binders (these should be relatively current and intact)
- brochures
- carpet samples (loose samples only, 12 x 12 or smaller. No carpet books.)
- fabric samples (memo samples only, no chain sets)
- glass samples
- stone samples
- metal samples
- wood samples
The more interesting your samples, the better. When you're gathering your materials, ask yourself "Would I use this for a school project?" If the answer is a resounding "no", then re-think its donation potential. Each firm is limited to donating a maximum of 15 boxes.
Please DO NOT donate: Sweets Catalogs, Code Books, Carpet Books, Material Boards (i.e. brick boards), or anything that could not be easily incorporated into a project.
NEW THIS YEAR! Instead of distributing boxes - and thereby adding more waste to the landfill - we ask that you pack your samples in copypaper-sized boxes. Please mark down how many labels you will need when filling out your participation form and we will send them to you to attach to your boxes.
Once your materials are packed up, set them aside. We will contact you in late March with an exact date and time of your pick-up.
Step 2: Complete the Save-a-Sample! Box-a-thon Participation Form
Fill out your form no later than March 20, 2009.
Click here for a Design Firm Participation form
Step 3: Suggest a Sponsor
Borrowing from the "Walk-a-Thon" concept, we request that you
ask Manufacturers and their Reps to support your donation effort by pledging a small
amount for every box you donate. To participate in the Save-a-Sample! Box-a-thon, we ask
that you give us a minimum of 5 potential sponsors to contact on your behalf. The money they donate goes directly to local area design schools to fund scholarships.
Click here for Sponsor Referral form
Step 4: Win Prizes!
We'll even have great prizes lined up for our top "boxers"! Click here to
check out last year's prizes.
We look forward to a successful Save A Sample! in April!
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