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The 2013 Year-End Party Wrap-Up: Leg Warmers, Giveaways, Awards & More!

Last Friday (the 13th - yikes!!) we celebrated 2013 at our annual Baudville Year-End Party. This was my 8th foray into the year-end festivities. I speak from experience when I say of all the parties at the 'ville throughout the year, this is the one you don't want to miss; it's filled with great prizes, good food, lots of laughs, and of course some sincere recognition and appreciation. And this year did not disappoint! Here are some highlights:

Kimberly's Kitchen: Holiday Cookies

One of my most favorite things about the holiday time is COOKIES. Every year, since I was a little girl, my mother and I would make holiday-shaped sugar cookies and frost and decorate them together. We always had the rule that every cookie had to be different, which made it extra-fun coming up with new decorating combinations!

To this day, we still come together every holiday season to make cookies. And now my two boys join in and they have so much fun together making messes and memories. We even invite one of my son’s friends over so he can bring cookies home to his family.

Homemade treats are a great holiday gift option for co-worker gifts, boss gifts, teacher gifts, and for anyone on your list that you just want to give a little gift of thanks. I always like to grab the cute little treat boxes or bags from my local store and wrap them up for easy gift giving!

Check out the Kimberly's Kitchen Pinterest Board for some great recipes for holiday sugar cookies!

What are your family or office traditions that you look forward to every year?

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Kimberly is the Baudville Website Manager and star of our online product videos. She applies her knowledge of the web to create the ultimate online experience for Baudville customers.

Your Holiday To-Do List Is So Done!

Along with good tidings and merry making, year-end also seems to add a lot of extra to-dos to an already full list. We say Bah, Humbug to that! At Baudville, we're here to take some of those tasks off your list—not add to it!

Come shopping with us today and we'll show you ready-to-give holiday gifts that will keep your wrapping paper on the roll. And, popular theme gifts that will keep you from trolling the mall at the last minute. No time for baking dozens of cookies? Step away from the oven and grab some Sweet Treats instead.

We have some great new products that are guaranteed smile makers! Our new glitter style Twist Top Tumblers will add a little sparkle to your year-end party! While our Holiday Stocking Gift Set is just the thing for everyone on your team. Make a memorable presentation when you bundle and save with our new Die-Cut Character Pin Cards with Presentation Stand. How about giving your team members something that no one else has? Give our new Shaped Spinner Ornaments that are ready to give – all you have to do is write a personal note!

If shopping for year-end awards is on your list, we can help with that, too, with trophies and plaques in every price range and style. You won't leave our site without finding an award you'll be proud to present.

If it's yours to do, you'll find it on baudville.com. And, if you need any extra helpers, we'll be there for you with bells on. Just give us a jingle at 1.800.728.0888.

Cheers to a wonderful & prosperous holiday season!

(a.k.a the Baudville Team)

Five Ideas for National Physician's Assistant Week – October 6-12, 2013

The first class of Physician's Assistants graduated from Duke University on October 6, 1967. Since that time, the week of October 6th has been set aside as a time to pause, celebrate, and appreciate the invaluable asset that Physician Assistants are to Physicians and General Practitioners.

So who are PAs, and what do they do? PAs practice medicine under the direction of Physicians and Surgeons. Their formal training allows them to examine patients, diagnose injuries and illnesses, and provide treatment. Busy physicians and surgeons rely on their PAs for help with the ins and outs of daily medical practice. PAs save the day time and time again, so let's celebrate their hard work!

Here are 5 great ideas for celebrating National Physician's Assistant Week!

1. Spread the word!
ow awesome would it be if the PAs in your office were appreciated not only by the Docs, but also by the patients? Hang posters or signs all around your office celebrating PA Week and leave baskets of Pocket Praise by each poster to encourage on-the-spot, sincere appreciation from Docs, staff, and patients alike!

2. Send the surprise home!
National PA Week may be a time when your PAs expect to get some love in the office. Why not surprise them (and their family) with a gift delivered straight to their door?! Try sending a nice bouquet of flowers to their home, or mail a personal greeting card with a gift card to a nice restaurant or tickets to the local theatre that they can enjoy with their loved ones.

3. Start the day off right.
Show your appreciation for your hard-working PAs by catering a morning breakfast buffet. Bring in a local chef to set up a build-your-own omelet station, offer fresh fruit, and play barista for the morning preparing lattes, cappuccinos, and more!

4. Theme it!
If you plan to celebrate all week long, start your celebration off with a theme to make each day's events easier to execute. Check out all of our healthcare-related themes and build raffles, scavenger hunts, team events, and recognition moments around your favorite one!

5. Be sincere.
The #1 recognition faux paus we see time and time again, is lack of sincerity. When giving your appreciation, even if in a casual setting, prepare your message, call out each staff member whether in a hand-written note or a verbal thank you with a personal thought of why you appreciate their work. Above all else, this is the cherry on the top, the icing on the cake, and the one thing that can make or break the power of recognition in your office. For more tips and tricks on what to say and how to say it, check out our free download: Sample Employee Recognition Messages for Every Recognition Occasion.

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As a team member since 2005, Falon has worn just about every hat the 'ville has to offer. She's seen both sides of working life — as an employee and as a manager — so if it sounds like she knows what she's talking about, we're pretty sure that's why. When she's not juggling between the IDville and Baudville brands, she's been known to whip up a mean diorama - just like that!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Don't Be a Boob; Get Involved!

Almost exactly five years to this day, I got a call from my sister. She told me that after some suspicious self exams, her doctor ran a series of tests and procedures that revealed a cluster of malignant cells. At 41, my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer.

How powerless we all felt—me, my parents, her husband, her two daughters, her dear friends, and, of course, my sister herself—as we waited to learn what was next. Was it treatable? Would she be pumped with drugs that would sap her energy and cause her hair to fall out? Would she have to undergo surgery and lose a part of herself? Would the unthinkable happen?

She did receive treatment, and ended up being one of the fortunate ones: within about six months, she was almost entirely back to her old self. Minus some tissue, but plus a positive prognosis for a full recovery.

Whew.

I could recount a similar story about my maternal grandmother. Or my mother-in-law. They were also touched by this frightening disease and lived to tell about it. But so many aren't so lucky. Which is why my family gathers every year in April to raise funds and walk a 5K to support research and promote breast cancer awareness. It's also why I take part in Baudville's campaign during

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