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Jeff Garr and Frank Zych of HR Knowledge share their insight on why companies struggle with staffing in the December edition of Achieving Business Excellence – Read full article: http://www.bus-ex.com/article/operations-human-resources
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On Ground Hog Day, Wednesday, February 2, the South Shore Ad Club is holding an expo to help businesses emerge from the shadow. The Advertising/Marketing Expo will be run from 8:30 – 1 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 929 Hingham Street (Route 228), Rockland.
The event kicks off with a complimentary Continental breakfast from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. The exhibit hall, featuring advertising service providers and other business services, will also open at 8:30 a.m. More than 40 exhibitors will share the latest in advertising/marketing tools and techniques.
“The Ground Hog Day expo is intended to nudge regional businesses out of a ‘recession’ mentality and into a proactive mindset,” noted Steve Dubin, founder of the South Shore Ad Club, an organization that includes a wide range of advertising and marketing professionals. He added, “We are looking forward to creating an optimistic outlook and providing the tools to realize that vision.”
Exhibit/booth space is limited. Exhibitor fee is $99 and includes a six foot banquet table, wireless Internet access, electrical outlet and table skirts.
About The South Shore Ad Club
The South Shore Ad Club is a non-profit organization committed to the personal and professional development of communications professionals located south of Boston. It’s the club’s mission to improve, strengthen and advance career goals through learning and networking opportunities; and to serve as a resource for local and Boston-area businesses requiring marketing, advertising, public relations and/or communications services.
To reserve booth space, contact Steve Dubin, SDubin@PRWorkZone.com, (781) 582-1061. Or visit www.SouthShoreAdClub.com.
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BRAINTREE, MA and BREWSTER, MA…
Over its 23 years as a small load shipping specialist, Boston Pack and Ship knows what it’s like to ship hundreds, even thousands of boxes at a time. That’s why the Braintree-based shippers holds Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops in the highest regard for achieving its goal of sending out more than 1500 holiday packages to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cape Cod Cares For Our Troops is a non-profit organization started by then 12-year-old (now 18) Dylan DeSilva of Brewster, Mass. Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops, which sends care packages to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on a weekly basis, set a goal of 1500 care packages to be sent for the holidays. Boston Pack and Ship donated 300 boxes and other shipping supplies and then coordinated another 1300 boxes to be sold at a discounted rate from their vendor, Colin Box of Easton, Massachusetts towards this effort.
“Boston Pack and Ship offers our heartfelt congratulations to Dylan and Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops for not only meeting its goal of 1500, but for raising the bar and sending out 1700 and still counting,” said Joe Fell, co-owner of Boston Pack and Ship. “At Boston Pack and Ship, we specialize in sending out delicate, high monetary value items. Yet none probably mean as much as these care packages and we’re proud to have been a part of this effort.”
Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops’ regularly sends care packages to U.S. Troops overseas and accepts donations year round. Those interested contributing to the care packages can find a list of items and drop-off locations on www.capecod4thetroops.com. Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops also accepts monetary contributions to help with the cost of supplies and postage. Checks can be sent to: Cape Cod Cares for the Troops, 1831 Long Pond Rd. Brewster, MA 02631.
“We’d like to thank Boston Pack and Ship and all our other sponsors and contributors for their generosity,” said DeSilva. “Fifteen hundred care packages was a mighty ambitious goal, but with the help of all our volunteers and contributors, we were able to make it. Now, it looks like the final total might be just under 2000! Thanks to all.”
For more information on Cape Cod Cares For Our Troops, please visit http://www.capecod4thetroops.com. If you have a relative serving overseas and would like to get a care package to them, please call Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops at 508-896-6424.
For more information on Boston Pack and Ship, you can visit the company Web site at www.bostonpackandship.com. For a free quote on an out-of-state or international move or shipment, please call (800) 400-7204.
Small load specialists
Boston Pack and Ship has been a trusted strategic partner of many movers in eastern Massachusetts for more than two decades. Based in Braintree, Massachusetts, Boston Pack and Ship employs custom crates and packaging and foam-in-place solutions to pack and ship everything from artwork to heirlooms, computers to antiques to both out-of-state and international destinations. Known for its fast and efficient customer service, one call is usually all it takes to schedule a pickup for a door-to-door or door-to-port shipment. For more information, visit www.bostonpackandship.com or call (800) 400-7204 for a free quote.
WEBSTER, MASSACHUSETTS…
Commerce Insurance, a Division of MAPFRE USA “C.A.R.E.S in the Community” program is reaching out to new drivers about safe driving practices as well as providing opportunities for vocational technical students to improve their auto body repair skills. A most recent effort of the C.A.R.E.S. in the Community program features the donation of two damaged vehicles to be repaired by Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton, Massachusetts.
The damaged cars—a 2010 Toyota Camry and a 2010 Toyota Corolla—are being repaired by students at Bay Path in conjunction with Long Subaru of Webster, Massachusetts. The repaired vehicles will be raffled and the proceeds from the raffle of the two vehicles will be shared between four area schools—Bay Path, Shepherd Hill Regional High School, Oxford High School and Bartlett High School. All four schools will be involved in marketing and selling raffle tickets. The C.A.R.E.S. in the Community program also includes safety-related presentations during the course of the school year.
“The C.A.R.E.S. program is Commerce’s way of giving back to the community on a number of levels—helping tomorrow’s auto body repair technicians receive real-life training, raising much needed funds for local high schools and bringing a message of safety for teen drivers,” said Jaime Tamayo, President and CEO of MAPFRE | Commerce Insurance. “Commerce’s employees who live in the community are also participating by volunteering their time supporting various events throughout the school year.”
Local businesses have been an integral part of the C.A.R.E.S. in the Community program. One local business, Long Subaru has provided their facility and experienced technicians to assist in the structural repair process. This allows the students the educational experience to observe the repair process in an actual working environment.
“We’re quite familiar with the high caliber of students from Bay Path. In fact, two of our current staff members, Chris Shays and Shawn Lemire, are Bay Path graduates and have worked closely with the students on the repair of two vehicles,” said Jim Melbourne, Long’s auto body shop manager. “The students working on these cars not only have an eagerness to learn but a real passion for automobiles and that’s an encouraging thing to see from the next generation of auto repair technicians.”
In addition to Long Subaru, Boch Collision Center of Norwood and Harr Auto Body in Worcester, have generously contributed parts and labor totaling nearly $22,000.
The C.A.R.E.S. in the Community outreach to the four schools will also include a safety awareness program involving students, parents, teachers, administrators and town safety officials. Part of that effort will involve students completing a teen safe driver survey and agreement. Students participating in the survey will then be eligible to win an advanced driver crash prevention course offered by In Control Advanced Driver Training (a $299 value).
“The excitement throughout the school on the repair of the vehicles has heightened the anticipation of selling raffle tickets in the area communities” said Dave Antocci, Vice President of Claims at Commerce. “We’re hoping that enthusiasm translates to a successful fundraising drive for the schools.”
For more information on the C.A.R.E.S in the Community Program, please contact Cathy Peterson. Information on ticket sales and locations will be released January 2011.
About Commerce Insurance (a MAPFRE USA company)
MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp (formerly Commerce Group, Inc.) is the parent company of The Commerce Insurance Company and Citation Insurance Company, the leading providers of both automobile and homeowners insurance in Massachusetts. In addition to writing business in Massachusetts, other MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp. affiliated companies actively write business in 17 states including New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
MAPFRE S.A. is the largest insurer in Spain and writes business in 45 countries. They bring a wealth of resources to Commerce including technological expertise, product knowledge, and management support, allowing Commerce Insurance to offer competitive pricing, innovative products, and strong customer service in all facets of its business.
Commerce remains committed to improving safety and reducing traffic congestion on the roads and highways of the communities it serves. The Commerce Insurance Highway Assistance Program, the Mass Pike Highway Assistance Program, the Commerce Insurance Copter Roadway reports and the C.A.R.E.S. in the Community program are just a few ways Commerce makes the lives of the citizens of Massachusetts a little safer and easier every day.
For more information, please visit www.commerceinsurance.com.
Webster One Source, providers of fine commercial printing, commercial sign solutions and complete mailing/fulfillment services to clients throughout New England has recently appointed Brian Keeler as Customer Service Representative and Estimator. Webster One Source is located in West Boylston and Hanson, MA.
Keeler will operate out of Webster One Source’s West Boylston office, and will be responsible for providing the best, most cost-effective estimates to clients as well as day to day communications with clients regarding live work; drawing up purchase orders and invoicing.
Previous to Webster One Source, Keeler worked at Saltus Press in Worcester as an Estimator for three years, then was promoted and served as the company’s Customer Service Representative/Estimator for a year. Prior to Saltus, Keeler was employed at Retail Printing/Quebecor World in Taunton for 13 years, serving as a Customer Service Representative for five years after serving as Pre-Press Supervisor for eight years.
Keeler is a native of Westboro and graduated from Westboro High School. He resides in Worcester.
“Brian comes to us from Saltus Press, which is now closed. He has a wealth of knowledge and is a terrific addition to our talented team,” noted Ernie Foster, president of Webster One Source who is also a Worcester native.
One Source. Unlimited Possibilities™
Since 1955, Webster One Source has provided fine commercial printing to local, regional and national clients. Led by Ernie Foster, a Worcester native, Webster One Source, was formerly known as Webster Printing and Mailing of Hanson and Webster Fulfillment of Worcester before the two merged in 2008.
Renowned as a “one-stop-shop” and named a “Boston Top 25 Printer” by the Boston Business Journal, Webster One Source’s niche is “space on demand” storage along with complete fulfillment “pick/pack” services. Their complete suite of services includes digital and offset printing; next generation online print solutions and e-procurement; commercial sign solutions; storage and fulfillment; distribution and warehousing; full-service bindery; integrated marketing support and complete direct mail solutions.
One of the first green printers in the area, Webster One Source is an FSC Certified printer.
Additionally, the company has recently invested $3M in new environmentally friendly presses that use fewer chemicals and less energy.
Webster One Source is located at 1069 West Washington Street in Hanson and 100 Hartwell Street in West Boylston. For more information, contact the Hanson office at 781-447-5484 or West Boylston office at 508-835-6234 or visit www.websteronesource.com.
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Action Bearing, a Boston based bearing company catering to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) markets in New England and beyond, has recently promoted Bob Piracini to Marketing Specialist.
As Marketing Specialist, Piracini will lead the new Machine Tools division and assist clients in determining which bearing technologies would be most suitable by taking into consideration the specifications, recommendations, maintenance strategies, fatigue life and wear resistance of the bearing in relation to the application. Piracini’s clients are typically spindle repair and machinery rebuilds. They range from regional and national “mom and pop” operations to large companies.
Piracini will continue to travel throughout New England several times a year visiting companies and promoting Action Bearing.
Previously, Piracini held the position of sales representative at Action Bearing for 14 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Suffolk University.
He is a resident of Somerville, MA.
To reach Bob Piracini in Action’s Machine Tools division, contact 866-995-8764 or email bpiracini@Actionbearing.com.
The Action Bearing Difference
In a proud tradition, the same families that started the company in 1957 keep Action Bearing rolling by specializing in bearings for OEM and MRO markets across the country. Action Bearing has a staff of 22 and a 23,000 square foot facility to provide bearings ranging in size from 3mm to tunnel-boring 15-foot-diameter giants.
Action Bearing offers customers a one-stop shopping experience. With an online product catalog with over 3 million bearings; a vast inventory of bearings; worldwide sourcing; a fixed price program; a knowledgeable staff dedicated to delivering; same day shipping and 24/7 service, Action Bearing has become the leading provider of bearings to OEM and MRO markets in the U.S.
Action Bearing maintains headquarters at 201 Brighton Ave. Boston, MA. For more information, contact 617-782-1400 or toll free, 800-225-4587, email info@Actionbearing.com or visit www.Actionbearing.com.
NORWELL, MASSACHUSETTS…
Asking somebody to marry you is quite possibly the most important moment in your life. And no matter how you feel about your beloved, a creative, romantic way to pop the question isn’t always obvious. For many, it becomes a big problem. Fortunately, this time of year, a season known for giving, provides a number of opportunities to give those planning to pop the question inspiration.
“The holidays are a time when people get together with family and give gifts, right? So, even if you’re drawing a complete blank on how to propose, you really can’t go wrong by asking your partner to marry you as she opens that very special gift,” said Paul A. Falzone, CEO of eLove, one of the world’s largest online dating and matchmaking services. “Of course, it can be even better if you want to include your families as part of the proposal since the holidays do provide that opportunity as well.”
However, if you are looking to be a little bit mysterious or creative in how you propose, the holidays set a nice diversion. Some of the holiday-themed proposals Falzone recommends are:
“Of course, if you are really stuck for ideas, you can never really go wrong with getting down on one knee,” said Falzone. “Still, it’s a landmark moment in your life. While you will always remember her answer, making it extra special by doing some fun or creative is just icing on the cake.”
eLove is all you need
eLove, the next evolution in dating, has arrived. eLove is the first “life stage company” within the dating industry to provide different levels of dating services, from internet to traditional matchmaking, based on how serious singles are about meeting their soul mate. Never before has a dating service catered so completely to everyone regardless of their age, sex, or relationship goals. With 48 matchmaking offices in 23 states and an online dating network of more than three million singles worldwide, eLove is everything that singles have been wishing for whether they are looking for casual dating or a serious, committed relationship.
eLove’s Matchmaking Service offices are located in: Arkansas (Bentonville, Fort Smith, Little Rock); California (Palo Alto, Sacramento, Walnut Creek, San Diego, Santa Rosa); Connecticut (Glastonbury, Stamford); Illinois (Chicago, Downers Grove, Normal, Northbrook, Rockford); Indiana (Carmel, Ft. Wayne); Kansas (Overland Park, Wichita); Kentucky (Louisville); Maryland (Columbia, Frederick); Massachusetts (Newton, Norwell, Shrewsbury, Woburn); Michigan (Bingham Farms); Missouri (Springfield, St. Louis); Nebraska (Lincoln, Omaha); New Jersey (Saddle Brook); Nevada (Las Vegas); Ohio (Cincinnati); Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Tulsa); Pennsylvania (Mechanicsburg); Rhode Island (Warwick); South Carolina (Greenville); Tennessee (Memphis, Franklin); Texas (Austin, San Antonio); Virginia (Falls Church, Richmond); Wisconsin (Appleton, Elm Grove, Madison).
For more information on eLove, visit www.elove.com.
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New England Burials At Sea (NEBAS) Founder, Captain Brad White recently chose the Chelsea Clock Company of Boston, MA to be the exclusive supplier of renowned ships clocks to families who select sea burial services. White said, “Chelsea Clocks are the finest clocks and have been made in America for the last 114 years. Chelsea’s are known as timekeepers of the sea for the US military and have graced ocean yachts and also stood watch at meetings between heads of state. These clocks are treasured by passionate collectors and are cherished from one generation to the next. From Ships to Boardrooms, the Chelsea name is synonymous with top quality and we want these time keeping mementoes to be part of our white glove service level during sea burials.”
Currently, at the close of the service, loved ones receive a commemorative distinguished keepsake burial certificate, indicating the date, time, depth and exact latitude and longitude of the ceremony so that area can be visited at a later date. In 2011, Captain White said, “We now offer Chelsea Clocks to families that can be beautifully engraved with the same information and these mementoes typically become family heirlooms that can be passed down from generation to generation.”
NEBAS Territory coverage includes Maine to Florida. Recognized by the EPA, US Navy, U.S.C.G. and many area funeral homes and crematories, New England Burials At Sea is building a network of approved and qualified sea burial certified™ captains on the east and west coast of the USA. USCG Master Licensed,100 Gross Tons, Towing and Sail: License # USA000012723, Mariner # 2724307. Memberships include: Northeast Charterboat Captains Association, Stellwagen Charterboat Captains Association, National association of Charter Boat Operators, New Inlet Boating Association, Newport Drug Free Alliance.
From Maine to Miami and the West Coast, Captain Brad White, NEBAS, 149 Old Main St, PO box 489, Marshfield Hills, MA 02051
Cell: (617) 966.1986, Office: 781.834.0112, Fax 781.834.0113. Email: OceanBurial@aol.com
For more information, visit www.NewEnglandBurialsAtSea.com
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Garry Belizaire, Geriatric Support Services Coordinator of Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) won this year’s “Above and Beyond Award” at the recent Senior Whole Health (SWH) conference at Lombardos in Randolph.
The conference, which is in its second year, celebrates the partnership between Aging Services Access Points (ASAP) and SWH. All of the South Shore area ASAPs were represented as well as many others around the State. Executive Directors, Geriatric Support Service Coordinators (GSSCs) and their Supervisory staff were in attendance. The conference covered topics such as how to be effective when assisting elders and their families from cultures that may be unfamiliar to ASAP and/or SWH staff.
SWH presented a number of recognition awards to the ASAPs at this event and Mr. Belizaire was recognized as this year’s GSSC who goes above and beyond the call of duty.
“As Garry’s supervisor, I had a tall order summarizing all Garry’s good deeds into a one page document. Simply put, Garry loves serving the elders in his case load and does a phenomenal job. Garry certainly deserves the award,” noted Barbara Kosovske of OCES, Garry’s supervisor.
OCES and Bristol Elder Services were recognized with agency awards at the first SWH conference.
About OCES
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elder Services is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. OCES offers a number of programs to serve seniors, individuals with disabilities, their families and caregivers such as Family Caregiver Support; Adult Family Care; Supportive Housing; Nutrition; Money Management; Protective Services and Home Care.
OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in 23 towns in Southeastern Massachusetts:
Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.
The organization’s mission is to provide services that support the dignity and independence of elders by helping them maximize their quality of life; live safely and in good health; and, prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization.
In 2009, OCES was honored with the Metro-South Chamber of Commerce’s “Economic Impact Award”. The agency has 140 employees. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org
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