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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday, June 2, 2005 Page 4 ) ' '-, v H 0 A !J U v'v H A "! ' H A !' P N I SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE Unusual name, uncommon service Blue Sheep print shop helps with small or large jobs Duane Hilton lu- Sheep is a strang;- name for a shop thai docs screen printing on shirts and apparel, business cards and .lini'isi anything, else that can Ik h nited on. but the story "I how o'a net ( 'had 1'arrish came up with the name may fre even st i angei I'arrish. who is also a full-time full-time paramedic lor Orem city, was at a lire station Me and oihers started playing a game to litfure out a name lor his business The game involved writing down answers to ques tions like, "what is your favor He color" and "what is your tavonte animal," I'arrish said It was kind of just a crap shoot." I'arrish said "It actually ended up being Sheep Blue' when we did the little game." Hut he decided to switch the words around to create the unique name that, Parrish said, has alt i acted people to his shop It is probably a good idea to have a name that stands out Blue Sheep Work torce: Four full time ern ployees, five part time Cost Depends on order size and colors l-or 100 shirts. $4.90 pnr shirt tor one color, and $7.89 per shirt lor sic color printing. Phone: T1A 83?8 Address: 1378 W. Center St., Orerri "J . .. - X j i j Srir : ' j ' - 1 MATT SMITHNorth County Blue Sheep employee Jeff Mills prepares a sweatshirt for screen printing as he works at the Orem business Wednesday afternoon. Nine screen -printing businesses are listed in Orerri on dexonline. com, arid 2o more are listed in the surrounding area "It's a really cutthroat market in Utah County." I'arrish said Blue Sheep has been in business busi-ness for lout years. And the main thing I fiat has separated them from the pack is they go the extra mile for the customer, I'arrish said. f or example, less than two weeks agf), a young couple came to Blue Sheep after hours needing 20 shirts for a family fam-ily function the next morning. I'arrish worked into the night, as he often does, to make the shirts, Office Manager Diana Mill said. But customers don't need to order 20 shirts at Blue Sheep. It is one of the few shops that will allow an order for one shirt, Mills said. Many screen print ing companies have a policy of not allowing an order of less than 24 shirts. People usually order a single custom shirt around Father's Day, Mother's Day, Christmas or Valentine's Day as a gift, Mills said, but it is more expensive. expen-sive. "It's at least $25. but we'll do it," Mills said. "Why would someone want to give 24 shirts?" Parrish said another reason his business is different is because be-cause it is a tight group of f amity am-ity and friends. "We've got brothers and spouses and mother-in-laws and sons," Parrish said. Melissa Hoen, a Blue Sheep employee, said there is a strong sense of teamwork at the shop. "We all work every job," she said. "We help each other out." Wedding studio opens in PG German Silva, wedding photographer, has relocated to Utah Valley from California, Califor-nia, Permanently based in Pleasant Grove, Silva is now offering his trendy, journalistic journalis-tic wedding photography, together to-gether with his handcrafted, leather-bound, magazine-style magazine-style wedding alburns to future brides and grooms in the area. After graduating with honors from California State University, Northridge, some of the clients he photographed photo-graphed for include Disney, Universal Studios, GQ and Vogue Magazines, The City of Beverly Hills, The Bel Air Country Club, The Huntington Hunting-ton Library and more. Prices range from affordable af-fordable to distinctive. His work is available for viewing view-ing at www.gsilvaphoto. com. German Silva can be contacted at 232-7555 or at germand'gsilvaphoto.com. Every Body prepares for sale Every Body, a bath, body and candle outlet store at 405 N. 880 West in Lindon, is having its semiannual outlet sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and again June 10 through June 18 for Pleasant Grove's Strawberry Days celebration. celebra-tion. Customers will be able to save up to 80 percent on selected items and find some gift boxes on sale for 25 cents. A gift will be given away while supplies last with every purchase and customers custom-ers will be entered in a drawing draw-ing for a $50 gift basket. XanGo promotions and new hire Nate Brown has been promoted to vice president of finance at XanGo, LLC, a Utah company offering a patented dietary supplement beverage, XanGo Juice. Kent Lewis, Mark Walker, Sean Poynter and have all been promoted while Melissa Bishop has been hired. Starbucks in American Fork Plays Key Role in Community nihci Bosworth is an expert when it conies to the Starbucks lApenenee Now the manaL'ci at Starbucks, she iscagci ii he sharing the I xpcrieiiee with the American Pink i oriimiinil v when the cornpam newest store opens on June at K2I West Slate Street "The Starbucks 1 Apei ienee is what makes working lot the company so lewardini' tor me." savs hoswnrth. "Yes, we serve a variety vari-ety ol nccrages ami we provide legendary set ice. bill we also reall connect w ith the communities in which we live and work." Bosworth emphasizes that the Starbucks I Apcriciicc is more than tisi eol'lee- The new location gives the American 1'ork community a place to socialize ami provides pro-vides a variety ol beverages tot the entire tamilv. Bosworth savs her 7-veai-oLi son Kelon's faonic drink is the new Mint Mocha Chip Crcmc Blended l iappuecino i' Starbucks offers more than 100 hot and cold noiwaffciiiatcd hce:-ages. hce:-ages. The company also is known to: its variety of Crcmc beverages as well as its truil juices and hot chocolate While Starbucks takes pride ir. its renowned customer service. Bosworth is quick to note that community service is also every hit as important. Bosworth is winking to reach out to the community for the company's Make Your Mark program in which Starbucks makes a donation tot-each tot-each hour the partners spend volunteering. "it gets even better." says Bosworth. "Our partners can enlist their friends, families fami-lies and customers to participate on a team project and Starbucks will match all the hours volunleeieil." The most icceiit Make You; Mark program pro-gram in Utah took place in the West Valley community area. Starbucks partners helped Habitat tot Humanity by volunteering volunteer-ing their time to help build homes in the Salt Lake City area These programs make volunteering come naturally for Bosworth. anil she's inspiring the partners at the American 1-ork Starbucks to do the same Investing ,n communities is an important part of the Starbucks culture. Starbucks invests in communities through local programming, pro-gramming, in-kind donations, corporate cash contributions and The Starbucks I'oundatioi!. Since 2004. Starbucks also provided S20 0UII in literacy grants for Spy Hop I'ukIiiciiohs. Spy Hop Productions is a not-tot not-tot profit youth media and arts education center that specializes in educational solutions solu-tions through multimedia arts. Spy- Hop tries to the f ood hank every two days. The Starbucks Experience is on that promotes pro-motes social values through community involvement, but Bosworth also notes that the company conducts its business in ways that produce economic benefits and protects pro-tects the environment. "Haeh time Starbucks opens a new store, an average of 1 6 new. jobs arc created, additional addi-tional local tax revenue is generated, neighbors neigh-bors get a comfortable place to gather and wc have the opportunity to give back to the jj "HI f I J f 4 r 4 Ci is Amber Bosworth - Manager of American Fork Starbucks provides a safe attet-school and summertime summer-time learning center tor underserved youth K-12: access to the latest technologies: as well as promoting media literacy, youth leadership and sense of community. Indeed. Starbucks community interest is reaching into the American r-ork community communi-ty As part of its June 2 opening. Starbucks is making a financial contribution the the Utah l ood Bank Bosworth said the store plans to extend its support by donating pas- community," says Bosworth. Bosworth has hired Brian Naylor and Judy Reed along with 13 other baristas who all live within the community. Starbucks hires local people for positions that offer otic of the best pay and benefits packages in the industry. Because of their growth, opportunities for advancement are also numerous. The word "partner" also has real meaning at Starbucks, since in terms of actual ownership, every employee working 20 hours or more is eligible for a benefits package, including health and medical benefits ben-efits and stock option grants. From an environmental standpoint, Starbucks maintains an efficient recycling program within each facility. Aside from many products being produced from recycled recy-cled materials, customers are given incentive incen-tive to save paper by receiving a $0.10 discount dis-count for using their own mug for coffee. Also, the new American Fork Starbucks participates in the Grounds For Your Garden program, which makes up a significant signif-icant waste-reduction opportunity within the company. Starbucks provides used coffee cof-fee grounds packaged in recycled bags to customers, parks, schools and nurseries free of charge. Spent coffee grounds are a valuable source of nutrition for acid-loving garden plants. Starbucks also partnered with Ethos Water, which was founded in 2002 to help children around the world get clean water. Starbucks announced its commitment to meet Ethos Water's previously stated goal to donate $250,000 by the end of fiscal fis-cal 2005, and to donate an incremental $1 million by the end of fiscal 2006, to support water projects in developing countries around the world. "Combining community outreach, commitment com-mitment to the environment, and great beverage bev-erage selections with legendary service is what Starbucks is all about," says Bosworth. "I think people are looking for comfort and a welcoming environment, which is why they love coming to Starbucks." Ask anyone at Starbucks, and they'll tell you that it's the great people and the great beverage selections that are the cornerstones corner-stones of the Starbucks Experience. Just visit Amber Bosworth and her team of partners part-ners at the American Fork Starbucks, and you'll notice their passion and customer service in action. -Paid Advertorial zPQOR C |