New Glass Trophies and Crystal Trophies Added!

Just a quick note to share some of our newest products and categories to make your corporate awards purchase that much easier (and exciting). We have recently added approximately 200 glass trophies and crystal awards to our site. We have a great selection of black crystal awards and blue crystal awards as well as some crystal awards with unique bases.

We also added some clear glass trophies, jade glass trophies and economy glass awards. Looking for some beautiful and unique glass awards? We have them!

Visit us today for your corporate trophies – we are the leader in meaningful recognition!

-Jeff-

Trophies2go.com – 2010 ARA Internet Retailer of the Year

I have some great news to share. Trophies2go.com was just honored with the Awards and Recognition Association’s inaugural Internet Retailer of the Year. It is a great honor to be recognized by the ARA for the hard work that our company has put forth over the past 10 years. This is a team accomplishment. Without the dedication of our staff and supportive families, we would not have been able to attain this level of success. Thank you to all who have been a part of the journey.

For me, this drives home a very crucial point – the importance of peer to peer recognition. While the products we provide focus on the symbol of accomplishment, the delivery and meaning behind the recognition is perhaps more important. This award for our company proves the point to me. To have my loved ones present and accept the award in front of a crowd of applauding peers will forever be an amazing memory. It is my wish to whoever reads this to keep it in mind that the delivery of your award makes a lasting impact. Who was there? Who presented the award what did they say about you? How was the venue, the food and the atmosphere? All of these made receiving this award extremely special for me – along with the classy hardware.

Finally, I would like to make a quick note to my peers in the industry. As you know, the awards business takes a huge amount of effort. It takes your heart and soul to make a recognition business successful. This is true whether it is online or in your storefront. No matter what your focus, it is my wish for us to raise the bar for our customers – to provide them with a great experience and pass on the power of recognition. Thanks for honoring Trophies2go and best wishes for a prosperous 2010.

Jeff

Recycling Old Trophies

Your grown child had moved out of the house, and you're reclaiming his/her room as your own. What dod you do with that collection of old, dusty trophies? Here are some ideas of how to give those old trophies a new life....

Trophy Recycling

Unfortunately, the awards and recognition industry does not produce recyclable trophy components. Most of the trophies we create cannot be recycled and must either be reused or disposed. Hopefully, our industry will soon change its ways and reduce waste by offering recyclable products or products made from recycled materials. Until then, we have some suggestions for more utility from your old awards.

Donation, Donation, Donation

If you are on the Eastside of Seattle, there are a few local thrift stores that accept donations of old trophies. They clean and sell them to their customers. It's suprising what creative people can make out of old awards!

Below is a list of Eastside thrift stores that accept gently used awards in good condition.

• Goodwill

Bellevue: 425-649-2080

• St. Vincent de Paul

Renton: 425-226-9426 (Please remove name plates before donating)

• Vallue Village
  

Kirkland: 425-821-7186

Redmond: 425-883-2049

Renton: 425-255-5637

Unfortunately. many other smaller thrift stores do not accept trophies. If you have nay questions, please call your local second-hand store before making your donation.

Reuse Your Old Trophies

If you decide to reuse trophies for another season, the old engraved metal can be removed and recycled. New metal plates can be ordered and easily attached to existing trophies.

Make You Own Trophies

If your team is concerned about purchasing products that cannot be recycled, consider making your own awards out of wood or another biodegradable material. At Trophies2Go, engraved plates are available for you to attach to your awards. All of our engraved metal is recyclable.

We appreciate and share your commitment to our environment. At Trophies2Go, we strive to create meaningful recognition in an earth-friendly way!

Just as we cannot blame others for destroying the environment, so we cannot look to others to protect the envoronment. Responsibility for both begins at home. - Paul Griss, The Daily Planet

- Issaquah Trophy & Awards, Available Brochures

http://www.issaquahtrophy.com/recycling-trophies.pdf

About Trophies2Go

Starting off small in 2000, Trophies2go has come a long way in the business world. Now offering a huge selection of trophies and awards, it’s hard to choose between all the great options. Anything from humorous bobbleheads to more serious corporate awards, Trophies2go has got it all. Our trophies and awards are great for any occasion. For those interested in more elegant awards, our acrylic awards and crystal awards are perfect and will be eye-catching in any situation. In need of sport trophies for that little league baseball or soccer team? Or even that High School golf team that made it to state? We’ve got it all. Our wide range of sport trophies and plaques will make any athlete proud. So, visit our website at trophies2go.com or come on down to our store in Issaquah, Washington, east of Seattle and Bellevue, and check us out.

- Jeff Anderson (Owner)http://awardsguru.wordpress.com/a-little-about-trophies2go-com/

Hello World!

Trophies2Go.com specializes in corporate awards and sports trophies. We carry quality baseball trophies, basketball trophies, football trophies, golf trophies, soccer trophies and more! It is summer, so make sure to look at our swimming trophies and chili cook-off trophies. With football season approaching make sure to see our great fantasy football trophies, and funny gag trophies.For corporate recognition, we feature acrylic awards, plaques, crystal awards, engraved clocks and other unique corporate awards. Our newest items include art glass sculptures, desk clocks, glass paperweights, crystal trophies, marble awards and gavels.Whether you want to buy a single award plaque for a special corporate achievement or need to buy participation trophies for your sports team or league, our staff is here to help. Not only does our company provide excellent customer service and high quality awards, but we offer free engraving and great quantity discounts, too!Our customer service section provides helpful information and resources. These include our loss for words page that helps you create the perfect award verbiage as well as our artwork specifications page that informs you of our logo preferences.Our company is passionate about corporate trophies and sports trophies! Whether you need one trophy or many, help up share our passion to provide meaningful recognition to a deserving person today! Follow Trophies2go on Twitter, too!

Trophies Go Green!

Unless you've been living under a mountain sized rock somewhere in Booneville, we assume you're well aware of the economic conditions our country is faced with at the moment. Hard working people losing jobs, losing homes and losing confidence seems to make the front page day in and day out. Nevertheless, we at Trophies2Go feel fortunate to remain prosperous throughout the harsh economic elements. Keeping business in America seems to have fallen by the wayside.

"GLOBAL HAS GONE TO FAR"

-Jeff Anderson, Owner

Trophies2Go does our part every day to make our country the force that it always has been in years prior. By keeping business in the U.S. as much as possible, we boost the financial situation and offer top-notch quality that is virtually unmatchable anywhere else around the globe.

At Trophies2Go we make a conscious effort to select eco-friendly products that offer our customers awards and trophies of the highest quality possible. The Chocolate Cherry Eco-Plaque is definitely one of those products that fall under that category. Crafted from solid American Cherry wood and harvested from a sustainable forest, this plaque has a hand rubbed furniture finish that makes it one of the best in the industry. Enjoy a sleek black engraving plate with a gold Florentine border. Environmental friendly and better for the economy, this plaque has no formaldehyde added and is produced locally; using lean manufacturing. Not that you'd ever throw it away - but if you did - this plaque is 100% recyclable. Made right here in the United States, the Chocolate Cherry Eco-Plaque is the perfect accolade for a very special occasion!

www.trophies2go.com/cherry-eco-plaque