Employee Appreciation Day is March 1st this year. That dreaded calendar flip day when you realize you didn't look ahead and now you're not prepared AT ALL. Well, have no fear! Here are 10 great last-minute ideas that will delight and impress your team!

Baudville recently launched Team Shirts which provides hundreds of pre-made t-shirt designs with your logo in mind. Here’s why I believe custom t-shirts are just the gift for your team members on Employee Appreciation Day, March 1st, 2013. 

1.    Team Shirts appeal to the whole team and build camaraderie
Team Shirts are great gifts that every team member will appreciate and cherish. Custom t-shirts create a sense of pride and accomplishment amongst team members in the workplace. Say thanks to your team during Employee Appreciation Day with a Baudville theme t-shirt and add your team members' names, an accomplishment, and your organization's logo to create a personal touch to the business t-shirt.

Achievements. Proudly displayed in offices, cubicles, in waiting rooms, on bookshelves, in the way we hold our heads high, shoulders back, walk with a pep in our step... we take pride in our achievements in many different ways. Being recognized for the value that we bring to our jobs, to our communities, to our families, is important. When we're recognized for our contributions, we want to do more.

Working for Baudville comes with its perks – free product, for example. Well, one of those free products, our I Radiate Pure Awesome Tote Bag has happened to become my six-month-old son’s diaper bag (because what six-month-old happy boy doesn’t radiate pure awesome?!). About a month ago, one of the other daycare moms noticed the tote bag and requested one for her upcoming business trip…to AFRICA! Of course I said "sure thing!"

She works for a global non-profit organization, Bethany Christian Services, which is dedicated to caring for orphans and vulnerable children on five continents. During her time in Africa she would be spending time in Ghana and Ethiopia training social workers, administrators, nannies, and directors working in the local orphanages. You can learn more about her mission by following her journey through her personal blog here: http://sahzu.wordpress.com/
 
As I read her daily updates, it was clear to me that she was embodying the spirit of radiating pure awesome – all the way across the globe! Through her work she is using her talents and passion to bring a voice to a part of the world many of us never think of, let alone travel to. Her words are full of life and cry out for all of us to find our “awesome” in the world and let it radiate, as far as it will go…