Philanthropic postcard company: Donates its services to ‘Say no to drugs’
Clearwater, FL, 26 December 2005 – Despite handling the direct mailing needs of hundreds of companies nationwide, Joy Gendusa, CEO of PostcardMania, set up a division within her company with the sole purpose of handling pro-bono work for non-profit organizations – the only stipulation being that these organizations have the purpose of assisting mankind to improve his lot and make the world a better place. In sync with this, PostcardMania donated the design, printing and mailing of 12,000 postcards to promote the 17th Annual ‘Say No To Drugs’ Holiday Classic 5K and 10K in Downtown Clearwater. The result – highest ever number of registered runners and the message disseminated to thousands that living a drug-free life is rewarding.
With over 100 races in the Tampa Bay area, the ‘Say No To Drugs’ Holiday Classic ranks amongst the top in drawing elite athletes. Tampa Bay residents have been participating in the race for 17 years calling it one of the best races to go to due to the spectacular awards breakfast where community volunteers make fresh from scratch, homemade pancakes from spelt berries donated by Nature’s Food Patch.
Starbucks Coffee was also a sponsor of the race, making its location in Downtown Clearwater the last point of pre-registration the night before the race every year.
It’s one of the best runs in the area and the breakfast is great! exclaimed Paul McPartland, This year the beautiful old Hotel and fine dining room made it even better. I know I speak for many runners when I say a special thanks to all who helped put the event on.
About PostcardMania: PostcardMania is a full service postcard direct mail marketing company which includes graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services with free marketing advice. They help small businesses all over the country to expand through the use of direct mail marketing techniques. Joy Gendusa founded PostcardMania in 1998, her only assets a computer and a phone. By 2005 the company did over $12 million in sales, employed over 100 people and made Inc. Magazine’s prestigious Inc 500 List as the one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the nation. Visit her web site at www.postcardmania.com.
About Say No To Drugs Holiday Classic: The ‘Say No To Drugs’ Holiday Classic Race (www.saynotodrugs.com) was started in 1988 by world-class runner and Scientologist Sandra Johnson, who was the captain of the Dianetics Running Team at the time. She got her inspiration by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard (www.lronhubbard.org) who wrote extensively on the subject of drugs and developed an extremely effective drug rehabilitation method which is currently in use all over the world. The race advocates healthy and drug-free living and supports many organizations with proceeds from the race such as the Boy and Girl Scouts of America, Drug Free Marshals and the most effective drug rehabilitation organization in the world, Narconon.