Name Tag Experience

Name Tag, Inc. had the opportunity to donate some of its products to the YWCA Greater Newburyport. Here’s a follow-up on their event.

We had a very successful event attended by 80 high school students and over 100 adult community members.  We viewed the film “What Makes Me White?” by Aimee Sands.

Following the film, we had a robust and thought provoking discussion about racism.  Several high school students felt that racism is over and that by talking about it we are causing more problems. There is a challenge in discussing racism in an almost all white community.

Highly recommend the film.

(For more information about Name Tag, Inc.’s donation to YWCA, check out the previous post.)

6 Disabled American Veterans have been selected for a day of fun in old San Antonio.

The next  Disabled American Veterans day will be in mid March.

Last month the GreenLight Fund, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, hosted a large fundraiser and party for our sixth portfolio organization, Single Stop USA. The event was an enormous success, raising over $425,000 for Single Stop’s community college initiative, which will be starting in Bunker Hill Community College next spring.

We were thrilled to have sleek wooden badge holders to keep our 550 name tags sorted and organized for our guests. Registration is the first thing our attendees see, and it’s important to ensure that everything stays clean and and tags are easy to find. Thank you Name Tag, Inc.!

The event took place in the Park Plaza Castle and started out with a cocktail hour. Guests mixed and mingled to the sounds of the Hot Tamale Brass Band, a local Boston favorite, while sipping on signature cocktails and tasting unique hors d’oeuvres.

Eventually the curtains opened to reveal the transformed dinner space. Guests dined on beef bourguignon as representatives from GreenLight and Single Stop spoke about the game-changing work being done across the nation for low-income community college students. At the end of the program, raffles were drawn and three lucky winners brought home gifts from our major sponsors: Rue La La, Rounder Records and Long’s Jewelers.

Dessert took place in the next room and guests danced the night away to hits performed by the Flipside. Attendees also let loose in our bling photo booth and recording booth.

Overall, the event was a great success — guests had fun and funds were raised for some of those people in our community who need it most!

To see more pictures from the event, check out the event website or our facebook page!