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September 19 , 2005
'We are doing and donating like never before'
TAGGIES.COMFORT KATRINA'S VICTIMS
AS FIRM DONATES BLANKETS AND PLUSH TOYS
TO THE DISPLACED
SPENCER, Mass. (Sept. 19)
-- Nearly 1,000 cozy blankets and plush toys are on their way to
soothe Hurricane Katrina victims from Taggies --
the small business with a big heart.
"We're sending
as many Taggies as we could round up -- I think it's 935 pieces
of product -- and we’ve collected money, too," says Danielle
Ayotte, who with Julie Dix owns the Spencer,
Mass., firm, which makes blankets and plush toys adorned with satiny
tags babies love to rub.
"We are doing and donating
like never before!" Dix agrees. "This is by far the biggest
donation we've ever made. The need is so great, we feel very strongly
that we want to help in every possible way."
With a retail value
of more than $32,000, the donation of blankets, plush toys, pillows
and bedding represents a major commitment. Working with K.I.D.S.
(Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc.), Taggies has sent its products
to the New Galilee Baptist Church in Picayune, Mississippi. Supplementing
employees' donations with corporate funds, Taggies also made a
contribution of $1000 to the American Red Cross.
Founded when Ayotte
and Dix met in their toddlers' playgroup, Taggies has expanded
headquarters four times in five years to accommodate sales growth.
The patented Taggies product line includes small and large fleece
blankets, plush toys, wrist rattles, infant booties, pillows, crib
sets and the soft-cover Scholastic books "My First Taggies
Book: Sweet Dreams" and "My First Taggies Book: I Love
You." The company’s Random Acts of Kindness program
brings Taggies blankets to ill or needy children.
Taggies
products are sold at more than 4,000 independent specialty shops
in the United States, Canada, England and Ireland, and through
more than a dozen catalogs, including RedEnvelope and Lillian Vernon. "My
First Taggies Book: Sweet Dreams" and "My First Taggies
Book: I Love You" are sold at Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us,
Borders, Barnes & Noble and other mass marketers. Taggies products
may be ordered online at www.taggies.com and by phone at 1-877-4-TAGGIE.
All Taggies products are completely safety tested and meet or
exceed all applicable safety standards as set forth by the regulatory
bodies in the United States,Canada, and in the parts of Europe
and other territories where Taggies are sold.
For
more information about TAGGIES, or to schedule an
interview with Julie Dix and Danielle Ayotte,
please contact
Elizabeth Waldman Frazier at WALDMANIA! Public Relations,
415.334.2787 or waldmania@comcast.net
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