Valentines day is quickly approaching, and if you need an inexpensive, good-quality, and unique gift, you are in luck! Why? Because it just so happens that the annual Junior Achievement Company Program tradeshow will be held on February 6th, 2016! Many of you probably already know what Junior Achievement is (if you don’t, you can check it out here), but in short it is a program which allows students to become entrepreneurs. The tradeshow is perhaps one of the most looked-forward to events of the Company Program year, because it’s fun and exciting. Taking place in Cross Iron Mills this year, over 20 companies will be showcasing their products, ranging from mittens to clocks to colouring books. There will actually be everything you could have imagined, and more — you wouldn’t want to miss this opportunity.
I was given the chance to contact the Vice Presidents of Marketing of a few of the companies, and in response they gave me exciting previews as to what will be featured at the tradeshow! Keep in mind that this is only a tiny peek into the many different products, as some companies declined the offer of being featured on YAA.
Cinder
In the cold winter (and spring and fall) temperatures of Calgary, there is no such thing as being too warm. Here at Cinder, we offer you a way to keep warm year round. If you haven’t guessed by the picture, they sell mittens! Of course, there are many options for mittens out there… which is why we are proud to present our main special feature, the pocket! That’s right — their mittens aren’t ordinary. These pockets come in cloth, clear, sealed, or no pocket at all! If you want a convenient place to put your busspass, money, or earbuds, Cinder mittens are what you’re looking for. Adding on to that, we have plenty of colours to choose from- there’s a match for everyone. If you want to see the color guide, check out their facebook page here! ps: these mittens are amazing gifts, especially for Valentine’s Day.
Helios
Helios, A Junior Achievement Company, is selling Ice Cream themed candles for $10.00. They come in a variety of colors, with different scents as follows:
Pink – White Cake
Orange, Green, Yellow – Mango Tea
Blue, Purple – Blue Raspberry
They are all handcrafted and ENTIERLY made of wax, including the cookie. Thanks!
Winter is a time for bundling up and staying warm. It’s a time for grabbing mittens and scarves and turning up the furnaces and fireplaces. Yet, it’s also a time when Calgarians use more batteries, natural gas and electricity than any other time of the year.
“Here at Ember, we asked a simple question: what if we didn’t? We decided that there should an environmentally-friendly and affordable alternative available to all Calgarians this winter. With that in mind, we created the Ember. The Ember is a small, lightweight hand-warmer, perfect for a jacket pocket or for your hands. It works by simply heating it in the microwave for 45 seconds, and voila! It is a completely reusable product with no chemicals, no batteries, no gas, and lasts 15 minutes. Not only do we want the Ember to be used whenever, wherever – we would also like it to be used by whomever. Thus the Ember is available in a wide range of product styles. You can choose from over 10 different fabric designs, 5 different shapes, and 3 scents. Best of all, since we use 100% cotton fabrics, no artificial scents, and 100% recyclable packaging, you can breathe easy knowing that you can warm your hands without warming the planet.”
At $5 per product, we want to make sure that as many people as possible had access to an eco-friendlier alternative this winter. With this belief in mind, we are proud to announce that 25% of our profits go to warming Calgarians in need this winter via Inn from the Cold, as well as an additional 25% to supporting other youth through Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta.
Ekri Customizable Notebooks
Simple, sophisticated and completely your own, embrace your creative mind, imagination on the tips of your fingers. Personalize, organize and innovate all your ideas, write down all your stories, connect through your writings in a book that can illuminate your personality. We sell customizable notebooks with fresh customizable covers and different assorted paper for each of your unique personalities. Ekri notebooks are different, stylish and convenient. These are one of a kind notebooks that have different assortment of paper this allows for convince, organization, and enhance your creativity as this all in one notebook is great for a new semester for school. These notebooks will better organize your notes, events, subjects… and more. The price for a single notebook is $6 and $10 for two. Notebooks with customized covers cost $7 each.
Tajaali
Imagine yourself standing at the top of the highest peak in the beautiful Swiss Alps of Central Europe. You look down, and all that runs for miles to miles are luscious fields of the greenest grass in the world. The birds are singing in the distance, mountain sheep are grazing peacefully, and as you look across the horizon, more peaks yet to be conquered are calling. You catch a glimpse of a small, busy town just a zip line’s ride away at the bottom of the mountains, and you think to yourself, “this is the most beautiful place I have ever visited in my life!” Your hands reach for your phone, and as the camera flashes, a thought runs through your head. A picture is a great way to store the memories of your adventures, but as time passes, the emotions that are currently running through you will be forgotten. The picture you just took will simply become another megabyte without much meaning on the hard drive of your computer. But what if you could relive this instant forever every single time you walked through the front door of your home? That’s why we, at Tăjaali, created Instavas, the first ever personalized canvas print. We print the high quality photographs you send to us through our website or email, and transfer them over to canvas in less than 35 minutes! Using the highest quality painting materials, we apply a very special technique to make your picture look and feel like a real painting, creating features that help you remember all those memorable adventures you have experienced throughout your life. Creative. Inspiring. Attractive. That’s Tăjaali. Innovation, from our (he)art, to yours.
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