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Crafting Goodwill Across Central Florida Members of the Craft & Hobby Association Give Back

Elmwood Park, NJ (PRWEB) July 24, 2009

Inspired by the warm Southern welcome extended to the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) from Florida State Governor Crist and Mayor Crotty who issued a proclamation declaring July 27 – August 1, 2009 as Official Craft and Hobby Week across Florida in and a proclamation declaring July 31-August 1 as SuperCraft Weekend in Orange County, CHA is proud to announce that CHA members have collaborated with local and regional organizations to host and sponsor several public craft events in Florida between July 25 and August 1.    

On July 25, 2009, CHA member Kathy Peterson will attend the 5th Annual Orange County Back-2-School, Back-2-Health Event with District 3′s Commissioner Mildred Fernandez. The event includes free immunizations and health screenings, 2,500 FREE backpacks for local students pre-K through 12th grade. Kathy, a native of Southern Florida pulled her CraftForHealth.com team to host a kids’ craft area and coordinated craft supply donations for the onsite craft activities including crafting a brick wall of health and creative wrist bands. CHA Member companies ILoveToCreate a Duncan Company, CreativeHands, Darrice, and GlueArts all contributed craft supplies. The FREE event that will be held at Amazon Village Shoppes at 111000 E. Colonial Drive in Orlando from 9 pm to 2 pm. For more information about the medicinal benefits of crafting go to http://www.craftforhealth.com.

CHA Members also coordinated with the hard working folks at the Orange County Library to host a free one-hour kids crafting event on July 29, 2009 at the South Creek Library Branch. CHA, and its’ members FloraCraft and GlueArts donated the supplies and the time necessary to put on this Kids’ Crafting Event where children will be expressing their creativity and crafting Styrofoam animals.

July 28 – July 30, CHA members and members of the craft industry will be hosting a silent celebrity auction from the CHA Summer Trade Show in booth #1829 at the Orange County Convention Center. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Miami-based Leeza Gibbon’s Memory Foundation a non-profit that helps caregivers impacted by memory disorders and other chronic illnesses.

On July 31, 2009 from 5 – 11 pm at the Orange County Convention Center, CHA and Scrapbook Royalties, with members of the community are invited to participate in a scrapbooking fundraiser called, “the World’s Largest Crop Attempt” in efforts to raise money for the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. For the novice, a crop is an event where scrapbookers get together to scrapbook using the hottest tools, and learn the latest techniques taught by celebrity scrapbookers. The crop will feature product giveaways, goodie bags for each participant worth more than $ 50, door prizes, a charity raffle, and will be attended by celebrity scrapbookers. This special event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased for $ 20 at http://www.craftsupershow.com.

CHA members donating to the crop include: Art Institute Glitter, Inc., Beacon Adhesives, Blumenthal Lansing Co., Copic Markers, Canon USA, C&T Publishing, Clear Bags, Crafty Chica, Creative Impressions, Faber Castell, Fancy Pants Designs Inc., Fiskars, FloraCraft, Flowersoft, Glue Arts , Imaginisce Jesse James & Co. , Liberty Scrapbook Supply , Maya Road, Me and My Big Ideas, Petersen-Arne, ProvoCraft, Sizzix , Soft Flex , Stampington Publications, Quick Quotes, Ultra Pro, and Unity Stamp Company.

The Craft SuperShow is open to the public and is the place to buy the hottest craft products, experience the coolest make-n-take craft projects, attend professional-grade education from industry experts, meet craft celebrities and participate in product demonstrations in a family friendly, air conditioned environment. For more Craft SuperShow information please visit http://www.craftsupershow.com.

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NYC’s Furnished Quarters Joins 10 Top Corporate Housing Providers Across US, Launches “GO!” Features Up to 35% Savings Over Hotels

Eleven Owner-operator Corporate Housing Providers in North America

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 7, 2010

NYC’s Furnished Quarters, the Corporate Housing Specialist, Joins with 10 Top Providers to Launch New North American Brand, “GO!”

GO Offers Coast-to-coast Reach at Substantial Savings Over Hotels

Furnished Quarters, the largest provider of corporate housing accommodations in New York City, has joined with 10 of North America’s top temporary furnished housing specialists in locations across the United States and Canada to launch “GO Furnished Housing Providers.” GO brings coast-to-coast reach to the North American corporate housing industry and to corporate travel planners, relocation specialists, human resource professionals, and longer-term travelers that may need accommodations in multiple cities. Furnished Quarters and its partners in GO offer best-in-class corporate housing, also known as temporary furnished housing accommodations, in business hubs and travel destinations throughout the United States and Canada. Importantly, all 11 partners are owner-operator companies, ensuring the highest level of service and hospitality experience to guests. As well, all guests of GO have access to 24-hour customer service.

“Corporate housing forms a growing but underserved segment of the hospitality industry,” says Gary Brown, president of Furnished Quarters, whose portfolio includes temporary furnished housing accommodations in New York City, suburban New York, New Jersey and Boston. “With a recovering economy and continued corporate focus on cost savings, the advantages of corporate housing are becoming increasing clear. We anticipate demand to grow in cities across the US and Canada, and with GO, we’re poised to serve this demand with our owner-managed partners coast to coast.”

With the launch of GO, the North American corporate housing industry offers the convenience of one-stop shopping and the quality assurance that hotel brands offer. GO’s partners throughout North America are corporate housing providers who also operate their properties — unlike other companies that may outsource the daily management of their temporary housing accommodations. With GO, booking agents and guests can be assured of the highest quality experience possible. GO’s expansion plans includes Europe, Asia and Latin America.

“Furnished Quarters’ customers have asked about owner-managed corporate housing in other markets across the country,” continued Brown. “With our partners at GO Furnished Housing Providers, we can now provide this service coast to coast.”

The advantages of corporate housing are significant. Historically, temporary furnished housing offering reservations of 30+ days provides substantial savings over standard hotel rates – up to 35 percent and with significantly larger accommodations. Traditionally utilized by traveling executives or corporate employees on short-term assignment, as well as employees or families relocating, temporary furnished housing is also finding use by non-traditional guests, such couples who may be divorcing, individuals in treatment at major medical centers and their families, and foreigners on longer-term vacations in major North American destination cities.

Temporary furnished housing offers home-away-from-home living within distinctive neighborhood settings. The advantage is a genuine residential experience — in other words, a guest can truly experience a city like a local. Corporate housing accommodations provide a better lifestyle balance as well, with room to spread out, work, relax, and entertain friends or business associates. Importantly, they also offer security as they’re typically located in secure buildings, with many requiring identification prior to entry. This is particularly comforting to women travelers.

In 2009, the corporate housing industry brought $ 2.4 billion in room revenues with 61,300 furnished apartments available throughout North America, according to the Corporate Housing Providers Association http://www.chpaonline.org. Over the past 20 years, the industry, which has been one of lodging’s growth areas during the past two decades, has served several sectors, including government, consulting, healthcare, insurance, engineering, relocation, information technology, financial services and others.

For more information on GO Furnished Housing Providers, visit http://www.GOFurnishedHousing.com, or email info(at)gofurnishedhousing(dot)com. To place reservations, call 800-679-2160.

For information on Furnished Quarters of New York, New Jersey and Boston and to place reservations, call 212.367.9400 / 800.255.8117, or visit http://www.furnishedquarters.com.

About Furnished Quarters

Furnished Quarters is the largest provider of temporary furnished housing in New York City. Founded in 1998, the company has since expanded to provide more than 700 furnished apartments throughout Manhattan, White Plains, northern New Jersey and the Boston metropolitan area. Combining the convenience of the best locations with the ease of having a true “home away from home,” Furnished Quarters apartments are stylishly furnished in a sleek, urban, modern design, reflecting the buildings, cities and cosmopolitan lifestyle in which they are located. For more information, visit http://www.furnishedquarters.com

About GO Furnished Housing Providers

The 11 members of GO Furnished Housing Providers http://www.GOFurnishedHousing.com are owner-operated corporate housing companies, helping to ensure superior attention to detail of GO’s central reservations system, comprehensive website and stringent quality controls across 5000 apartments in exclusive neighborhoods that capture the essence of such dynamic cities as New York, Washington, San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, Toronto and cities throughout North America. Savings over standard hotel rates can be substantial. With GO Furnished Housing Providers, clients are assured that their employees are comfortable, cared for, and have everything they need to accomplish a job or make a smooth transition. GO’s customer care representatives provide in-depth information about shops, transportation, special events, sports facilities, restaurants and much more. Most important, customer service representatives are available around the clock. With a one-stop reservations system, standardization of service and North American reach, GO Furnished Housing Providers is poised to serve customers coast to coast and lead the corporate housing segment of the hospitality industry. GO Furnished Housing Providers partnership includes:

Furnished Quarters – furnishedquarters.com
Prestige Accommodations – prestigearizona.com
Blvd Suites Corporate Housing – blvdsuites.com
ExecNet Properties – execnetproperties.com
Minto Group Inc. – minto.com
Murphy’s Corporate Lodging – corplodge.com
The Pidgeon Company – pidgeon.com
Suite Accommodations – suiteaccommodations.com
Suite Solutions – mysuitesolutions.com
Synergy Corporate Housing – synergyhousing.com
TP Corporate Lodging – tpcorporatelodging.com

Contact:

Ken Ellens, KEN ELLENS COMMUNICATIONS

201-758-2864 / KenEllens(at)aol(dot)com

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ken-ellens/0/385/326

http://www.twitter.com/KenEllens

Anne Sweeney, ANNE SWEENEY PR

732-329-6629 / 732-274-2994 – cell

aspubrel(at)aol(dot)com / http://www.annesweeneypr.com

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