“One million lanyards aren’t a lot when you take into account that
last year alone we sold over 8 million printed lanyards,” explains
co-owner David Lee. However, up to 10% of each run gets wasted due to
overruns and misprints, so we end up with a lot of excess lanyards”.
Lanyards are straps that hang from the neck, with attachments to hold a
variety of things. “We also make other promotional products such as key
holders, neck wallets as well as school supplies.” However, Lee feels that
lanyards are one of the most practical donations for charities, due to their
usefulness at events, fundraisers and other functions.
In 1994, Lee began importing and screen printing lanyards in his garage,
just to help bring business to the Chinese factory his father-in-law had
just bought. He soon began to get large orders from trade shows, school
lanyards, and conventions, and had to open up a warehouse for lanyard
printing. Lanyardstore now employs 25 people and in addition to lanyards,
sells custom printed retractable badge reels, printed neck wallets,
retractable reels, custom badge holders, ID holders and even custom
shoelaces.
This program to donate one million excess lanyards over the next 18
months came about from Lee’s belief that companies must never throw away
perfectly good supplies when they can benefit worthy causes.
“We are now giving away printed lanyards to schools, churches and all
kinds of charities. We believe that bringing good rapport during these hard
times is well worth the effort and will also eventually bring us more
business,” Lee explains. “We also plan to give away 100,000 custom dog
collars and pet collars to animal shelters next winter.”
About Lanyardstore.com
Lanyardstore.com began online retail sales of lanyards in 1999, and
shortly thereafter formed the website -
www.lanyardstore.com which
sells lanyards and other custom printed ID products.
For more information or to register for a donation visit the Lanyardstore
website at www.lanyardstore.com
and click on the link for lanyard donations.
LanyardStore.com
David Lee
1108 W. Valley Blvd. Suite 6119
Alhambra, CA 91803
Ph: 888-592-4248
