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

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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Welcome On In

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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Promoting Promo: Educating The Next Generation

Not often do you hear kids say their dream job is to work in the promotional products industry. But Thumbprint, PPAI 100’s No. 49 distributor, and Shepenco, PPAI 100’s No. 71 supplier, are hoping to change that. Both companies have unique programs aimed at nurturing the next generation of promo professionals. A Family Effort After […]

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Mandi Rudd Honored With PPAI Regional Volunteer Award

Mandi Rudd, director of new markets at Genumark (PPAI 266066, Platinum), PPAI 100’s No. 47 distributor, has been named the recipient of the 2025 PPAI Regional Volunteer Award. The honor is given out annually to regional association members who demonstrate an outstanding level of volunteerism, leadership or have made other significant and measurable contributions to one […]

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PromoCares Hosts Blitz Week To Support Water4GOOD Campaign

PromoCares has launched Blitz Week – from Oct. 6-10 – for its Water4GOOD campaign in partnership with Planet Water Foundation. The week-long initiative aims to help reach the campaign’s $200,000 fundraising goal, which will fund 10 AquaTowers, providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene education in underserved regions around the world. Previous build sites have included […]

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WATCH: The Government Shutdown’s Effect On Promo

Find more on this week’s stories: This edition of PPAI Media playback+ is brought to you by The PPAI Expo, happening Jan. 12-15, 2026, at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Registration and housing are now available. Visit PPAI.org/expo today. You’ll be at the center of it all: fresh education, can’t-miss networking and the largest […]

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