Tampa

The mission at MacDonald Training Center is to provide jobs that lead to a career.

"We train people here with developmental disabilities and other disabilities to learn the job skills they need to go out into the world and get real jobs so they can have a real life and a real career and to do that we need real contracts," said CEO Jim Freyvogel.

The latest big contract the mission is fulfilling is with the Republican National Convention preparing 15-thousand swag bags. The bags are rolling out to hotels across Tampa Bay to Convention delegates and other guests.

Approaching 15 years in business, Tampa-based promotional products company TAGWEAR has renovated their existing brand and "tagged" their new position with "Tailored Promotional Products."

Norwood & BIC Graphic North America announced its Tampa facilities conducted an employee raffle and raised a total of $9,500, a portion of which provided 200 Thanksgiving meals to 19 area organizations.

As continued supporters of education, the Promotional Products Association of Florida (PPAF) announced it was proud to recognize the 2009 Women’s Leadership Conference (WLC) contest winner, Judy Anstine, CSR manager of Toledo, Ohio-based Sabina.