PPEF: Supporting Students

Since 1989, PPEF has awarded over $3.3 million in scholarships to students connected to the promo industry. Meet this year’s recipients in the following pages.

Published Oct. 2, 2023

Rachel Zoch, CAS

Public Affairs Manager

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Promo’s Sustainability Journey

There’s a helpful way for businesses and organizations to look at the idea of progress. A clear-eyed way that briefly removes politicalization, polarization, opinions or, as strange it sounds, even facts: It’s coming. That’s the thing about progress. It just tends to keep happening, one way or another. As far sustainability’s place in promo – […]

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Promocations: A Sober Review

When you get the unexpected invitation to a Promocations trip, you’re elated. Unbelievable! That’s awesome! And then as the getaway approaches, you’re not so sure it’s for you after all. You arrive in Cabo, and before you can even unpack your sunscreen, someone presses a glass of champagne into your hand. It’s the all-inclusive resort’s […]

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Promotional products have been one of the most tried-and-true methods of advertising for over a century. You don’t have to search PPAI’s membership for long to find family-run companies thriving on their third or fourth generation of leadership. Walk the floors of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during The PPAI Expo and you’ll run into […]

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New Member Spotlight: DGI Apparel

Ian HinkleyCo-founderDGI ApparelPPAI 881035 How did your company get its start? DGI was started because I was formerly a purchaser at a custom apparel shop and had a hard time juggling all of our vendors. My college roommates were amazing software engineers and helped me build a website that would solve this for myself, as […]

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