It’s finally June (the first day of summer is almost here!) and that means it’s time to spend as much time as possible outdoors. This week is Fishing & Boating Week, a perfect way to start your summer.
Thankfully most stay-at-home orders are being lifted, making it possible to celebrate this holiday. Is your fishing rod ready? Is your tacklebox fully-supplied? If you don’t have a boat, go rent one with a few friends and get out on the water!
But for those rainy days, and all through the winter, you can gaze at the beautiful pictures in this fishing calendar to remind you of those lovely summer days on the water.
Today, on Memorial Day, a Maglite Flashlight with the American flag motif is a perfect way to memorialize our members of the military who have died in service.
QUIZ TIME!
Do you know the difference between all 3 military holidays?
A: Veterans Day
B: Memorial Day
C: Armed Forces Day
Answers:
A: celebrating our living veterans
B: commemorating members who have died in service
C: celebrating current active members in the military
Seventy years ago, in 1950, Armed Forces Day became a national holiday here in the United States. It is a day to recognize all active duty military, near and far.
Fact Check:
Q: What are the 5 branches of the U.S. military?
A: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, & Air Force
Q: How can you celebrate this special holiday during the pandemic?
A: Display your flag at home; wear red, white & blue; send engraved flashlights (in appropriate American flag or camouflage designs) to your favorite members of the military.
M2A American Flag Mini Maglite FlashlightM2A Digital Camouflage Mini Maglite Flashlight
In just a few short weeks, the 46th annual National EMS Week will be upon us. During the week of May 17-23, communities nationwide will be finding new ways to show their love and support for their local EMS workers.
Even though we can’t celebrate with a large awards ceremony or rambunctious picnic this year, there are still ways to show that your community appreciates the dedication and bravery of its EMS workers.
Your company can show its thanks and appreciation by sending engraved Maglite Flashlights to local EMS workers:
M3A Maglite Flashlight- Small, water & shock resistant
The pipe diameter tape measure is normally used by pipeline workers and inspectors. They wrap it around the circumference of the pipe, and read the
A New Use for a Pipe Diameter Tape Measure
diameter size on the tape. Now this useful tape can take on a new use during the COVID-19 lockdown.
For those of you who are forced to stay at home every day, you may have discovered the comforting appeal of the refrigerator. It’s always there with food for when you are hungry. It’s even there when you are not hungry, but just need some comfort. If you have a bathroom scale, you may have noticed that the spring might be getting weaker this month. Or, could it be that you are actually putting on weight?
A Lufkin pipe diameter tape measure can be a fun way to try to prove that your bathroom scale might be broken. Wrap it around your waist or your arm, and see for sure if you are getting too chummy with the Frigidaire.
Health & Safety Gifts for Your Employees & Customers
Even though the majority of the country is working from home these days, there are still easy ways to connect to your customers and employees. Daily video conferences? Check. Touch-base texts? Check. End-of-week happy hour video chat? Check.
You can show them you care about their health and safety during this pandemic by sending them all much sought-after bottles of custom hand sanitizer, safety glasses, and N95 masks.
Have you given any thought yet this year as to who your top performing employees are? Are they people who go above and beyond what is asked of them? Do they work well in teams and help everyone strive to do their best? Then they are definitely deserving of any of these service awards, which can be engraved with your corporate logo.
Today is also a day celebrating members of the military who have gone above and beyond the call of duty: it is National Medal of Honor Day.
Did you know…
It is the oldest and highest military decoration
Awarded by the President, on behalf of Congress
There are Army, Navy & Air Force versions
Over 40% of the MOHs were given for service in the Civil War
Earlier names: Fidelity Medallion & Badge of Military Merit
Anthony Maglica, the heart and soul of Maglite flashlights
Anthony Maglica is probably the best example of an American success story. He was born in NYC during the great depression (1930). His mother was Croatian, and decided to take him to her home country of Croatia and raise him there. At the time, no one would have expected him to become the most successful businessman in the USA. In 1950, he got married, became a father, and moved his family to the United States, and out of the Communist control of Croatia. Neither Anthony or his wife could speak English, making it rough to survive here.
The rest of this “rags to riches” story continues with his opening in 1955 of a small machine shop in Los Angeles, named “Mag Instrument”. He made machine parts for the military and started to make a few dollars.
Fast forward to 1979, which is the first year that Anthony made the amazing flashlight, called the “Mag-lite”. It was a big hit with the policemen, because it was aluminum, rugged, and dependable. That basic design hasn’t changed much to this day. But he developed other Maglite Flashlights in the next several years, in the 1980’s.
Early 1980’s- The first Maglite® Rechargeable Flashlight System (TM)
1984- Mini Maglite® using AA batteries
1987- Mini Maglite® using AAA batteries
1988- Solitaire using only one AAA battery
The rocky part of the history involves lawsuits. A major one was filed by his former live-in girlfriend, Claire, of over 20 years, in 1994. The jury awarded her $84 million, which was a big chunk of the value of the company. That was a rough time for both of them.
Other lawsuits have been filed, and won, over the years, by Maglite Flashlights over copyright infringement. Maglite® does have a full-time legal department on site, to take care of these matters.
After this rocky history, Maglite® has become a standard for all flashlights. It has been called “the Cadillac of flashlights” by the Wall Street Journal in 1996. Indeed it is.
In just one short month, on April 22nd, the world will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Back in 1970, the first #EarthDay pioneered the environmental movement, which led to the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Here are some great ways to celebrate #EarthDay:
Schedule your company to do a local cleanup
Think about your foodprint- investigate how your diet affects the climate
Plant trees- Conserve & restore our forests. The worldwide goal is to plant 7.8b trees this year! That’s one for every person in the world.
Use the natural energy around us- use Solar Lanterns. Print your company logo on them and hand them out to your customers and employees.
Replace incandescent bulbs with LED
Here are the top 3 best Solar Lanterns to use on #EarthDay and beyond:
MPowerd Luci Original Solar LanternMPowerd Luci Lux Solar LanternMPowerd Luci Emrg Solar Lantern
Maglite Flashlights Are Great For Emergencies- #BeReady
So here we are… working from home, doing schoolwork from home, and patiently waiting for this coronavirus pandemic to subside. By now most people have created their stockpile lists, and are trying their best to fulfill them. But have you added one important thing to your list? Maglite flashlights are always a necessary item to add to any emergency stockpile list. You never know when you’ll need extra light- whether the power goes out, or if you need to find something in the night.
Here are the best long-lasting LED Maglite flashlights to add to your stockpile list this week (don’t forget to add batteries to you list too!):
Maglite XL50- needs 3 AAA batteriesMaglite K3A LED- only 1 AAA battery needed2D LED Maglite- needs 2 D batteries
