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Every year our company marks the end of summer with a special event held on the last Wednesday each August. It’s our annual distributor gathering/meeting. It’s a time for us to get together and celebrate Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating with the people that make it possible for us to help people improve their eating habits, our distributors. We had a great deal to celebrate this year and we had a great deal of anticipation for continued growth for the year ahead.
No matter what’s going on, our distributors are always so positive and upbeat. That’s one of the things I love about them. They, like myself, try to find the silver lining in every situation. Speaking of finding good in every situation….like I said at our meeting, the unemployment rate may be around 10 percent, but that means 90 percent are employed! So, there are people who we can help and are able to be helped by us.
This year the send off of summer was at the Redhead Piano Bar in Chicago (located at 16 W. Ontario Street, between State and Dearborn). The bar owners, managers and staff were wonderfully hospitable to us and we’re thrilled they were able to accommodate our large group.
I’d like to personally thank everyone who made it such a memorable day for us – Art and Dan Bryan (owners), Sarah (manager), Jose (bus boy) and last but not least, John the piano player. John was even kind enough to sing a Cole Porter song for me, since it’s my husband Kelly’s favorite composer. I even asked him to come home with me, so he could sing to Kelly, who was not in attendance. But, unfortunately John was not able to travel all the way to Marseilles!
This year we had the honor and privilege of having 5 of our 10 Seattle Sutton’s 2010 Slim Down contestants there with us. It was a surprise for our distributors, who had no idea they were going to be there! The distributors loved to see them there several months after the contest concluded on April 12th. We even gave our former contestants a little incentive for coming and staying slim….the ones who had met their goal weight by the end of the contest and kept it off or went below it were eligible for an additional 5 weeks of our delicious meals! Those who hadn’t previously met their goal weight, but did so by the gathering were also able to enjoy another 5 weeks of meals on us. Congrats to Andrea, Linda and Paul for meeting their goal weights….bon appetite you three! And, I want to thank Andrea, Donna, Linda, Mike and Paul for all coming and sharing the day with our distributors and us. It was great to see you all again. Keep up the great job and continue to stay healthy!
Like year’s past, we met with our distributors for a day of fun. This year we gave away nearly 50 prizes to our distributors in attendance. The prizes were mostly donated from our advertisers and vendors. The grand prize was airfare for 2 anywhere in the Continental U.S. The winner of that prize was our Lake Forest/Lake Bluff distributor Kathleen! Congratulations, Kathleen! We hope you enjoy your much-deserved trip.
Each year’s activity and venue is different, but the general theme of the meeting is the same….get together, socialize and visit with our distributors. It also allows for them to visit and network with one another. Often it is the only time they have to see one another.
Last year we hosted a cookout at our Corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Ill. and held tours of our facility. Two years ago we went to a casino in Joliet, Ill. and had a luncheon in their meeting room. Three years ago we had a boat tour on Lake Michigan. Four years ago we went to Drury Lane in Oak Brook for lunch. And, five years ago we had a luncheon at Jennifer’s Gardens in Morris, Ill. with a tour of our facility that followed.
With the official end of summer soon upon us (Labor Day), it will once again be time for ball games, after school activities and busier schedules. That’s where we can help, we help busy people with the planning, shopping and cooking of healthy, freshly prepared meals. If you know someone who can use us, please tell them to call us at 1-800-442-DIET (3438) or visit us at seattlesutton.com. They’ll be glad they did!
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