Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Juice pouches have personality!

We have taken all of our "kid-approved" juice concentrate flavors and put them in a convenient and eco-friendly pouch!

It is Better For Kids, Better For You and Better For All!
  • Convenient - Tear, pour & stir! Each pouch makes one gallon.
  • Consistent - Fantastic flavor from the first cup to the last!
  • Cost Effective - No product waste and less landfill space!

PureFUN! Juice Pouch

What's not to love?

Friday, October 2, 2009

Being Better for You

A lot happens behind the scenes here at PureFUN! so we wanted to take a minute to share a few
initiatives we have in place. From the warehouse to sales team, our objective is to serve you!

Driver training – We have implemented a driver training program that will empower
the team to problem solve on-site! By the way, check out the new uniforms!

Warehouse – Pick rates are up and errors are down! The new scanner system we
implemented in July has really paid off.

Technology – We constantly evaluate technology to choose the best solutions to
support you. From ACT! To MAS2000, we use state of the art programs!

PureFUN! Team is leaving for Cairo!

Love. Hope. Renewal.


Todd, Carol, Mo, Jaceson, Eric, Leo and Monica
are preparing for their trip to Egypt in October.
The purpose of their trip is to start a computer
learning center for the kids, help widows with
small business ideas to better support their
families and to love on the kids and the staff.




Want to help?
Donations can be made to:
The Mission Society
Account #326 Bassaly
P.O. Box 922367
Norcross, GA 30010

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Finally an update!

I decided I should update before I hit the one month mark of no new posts!

So many new and exciting things are going on here at PureFUN! that are keeping all of us busy.

From team expansions, warehouse technology and equipment upgrades, new driver uniforms all the way to powering enrichment programs....we are busy and excited!

The most thrilling event coming up involves PureFUN! Juice. It is so impressive I cannot even speak of it yet. I cannot wait until the "upgrade" is introduced to our customers!

Per Todd's most recent blog "Try Something New" (view Todd's blog here):
Try enrichment programs to re energize your school. Do not just try any enrichment program...try The FunPack! The leader in enrichment activities for kids. Visit http://www.thefunpack.com/ or thefunpackatlanta.blogspot.com for more info.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Phone Tips

The employee answering your telephone is the "Manager of First Impressions" for your daycare or company.

Here are some tips to enhance the caller's phone experience:



  1. Put a smile on your face first. It will enhance your vocal quality and make you sound more pleasant and relaxed
  2. Listen attentively to the person you are speaking with. Multi tasking is the enemy of effective listening
  3. Let other people talk! Make sure the caller has completely finished talking before responding.
  4. Use open ended questions to get people to speak more freely. It typically makes people feel more comfortably, especially if they are asked to make a decision.
  5. Match the speed of your speaking voice with theirs.
  6. Phrasing your words positively, rather than negatively or neutrally, will help you get better results more easily.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Staff Profile: Kaylee Sears

This is Mr. and Mrs. Keith Davis on their wedding day, May 30th. I was priveledged enough to be a part of the splendid event! Kaylee was so angelic!

The newly Mrs. Kaylee Sears Davis has been a proud member of the PureFUN! staff for six years now. She has seen where the company started, where it is now and the many places it is going. Now only has she watched it grow, she has always been a key contributor. She has put many of her efforts into the business and therefore has a fondness for the company and all the customers!

Outside of being a loyal employee... Kaylee has, in my opinion, the most beautiful voice of all. If you ever need an event singer you should give her a call!

Kaylee is also my first cousin! I love and admire her so! And not just because she is my cousin!

Kaylee is now coaching Hi-Yah! for The FunPack! If you are a school in the local Atlanta area...keep an eye out for her!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Celebrating The FunPack

Today was the first coach meeting for The FunPack powered by PureFUN! Inc. Today was just a glimpse of the wonderful things FunPack will be doing in the future.

Jerry, our amazing IT guy, celebrating the success.

Brenna, Kaylee and I celebrating the success (not as good as Jerry though).

The FunPack Atlanta Team!

For more info visit www.purefuninc.com and thefunpackatlanta.blogspot.com


Friday, July 10, 2009

Free Chicken!

Our local Chick-Fil-A offers free chicken to customers who sport their best cow costumes into the restaurant during lunch time on certain days.

Mitch, Eric and Josh, three of our hard-working warehouse guys, decided they had a cravin' for some good chicken today!


Here is Mitch after getting creative with some leftover juice boxes!

Thank you Chick-fil-A for restoring our guys so they can serve PureFUN! customers to be best of their ability!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Todd Helping Feed Kids!


Here is Todd with Connie, Heather, Carea and Joy. They run EZ Pick up in Griffin, Georgia.
EZ Pickup provides meals to 2800 children who would normally get free lunch at school. But during the summer they go without - without the help of folks like EZ Pick Up.
PureFUN! Inc. - Better for Kids, Better for You and Better for All!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Recharge!


M&M's are our fuel for the day! They keep us peppy and going strong so we can get juice to our customers effectively and efficiently!
Looks like we need to refuel the candy jar!
...what is up with that misformed m&m in the middle...

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Staff Profile: Brenna Clarey


Local PureFUN! customers probably know Brenna as the sweet and delicate voice behind the phone taking their orders. Not only is Brenna dependable with handling customers, she is also the artist behind most of the PureFUN! marketing pieces. As the marketing coordinator, I get to work close with Brenna…and she is, to say at the least, amazing! The pieces Brenna designs for PureFUN! always surprise me with their elegance. They are always simple, but not too simple, and very effective. Brenna translates her gracefulness into her visual work.

Brenna loves creating things and is going to school to be a kindergarten teacher.

Pictured above is her beautiful family! Chris and Mia! Can I just say that Mia is the cutest girl ever? Cause she is.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Reduce!

Save money and take part in source reduction by purchasing All-Purpose Cleaners!
Try our bathroom cleaning product, Fresh Breeze.


Source Reduction: Decreasing the amount of materials or energy used during manufacturing or distributing of products and packaging.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

PureFUN! Pack


Look at that cutie doing the "downward dog" yoga pose!
Yoga is a great way for kids to release some energy and express themselves! It helps them develop their concentration, flexibility, coordination and body awareness.

PureFUN! Pack offers Firefly Yoga to kids through their daycare centers.


Check it out here:
or

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The FunPack!


This week is an exciting one here at PureFUN!

We are beginning our introductions and demos on The FunPack, the premier provider for fun enrichment activities for kids.

Check out more info @ www.purefuninc.com
or
on the FunPack blog....
funpackenrichment.blogspot.com

Friday, May 15, 2009

Staff Profile: Michael Jones

Pictured above is the PureFUN! Warehouse Operations Manager, Michael Jones. Michael has been a loyal employee for four great years now. His devotion to PureFUN! is admirable. We do not have to worry about our days being too mundane when Michael is around, he brings personality to the office! The picture you see was taken on the day he proposed to his new wife, Brittany. She has the sweetest smile I have ever seen! They make a wonderful couple. Can't wait for the day there are lil' Mike and Britts runnin' 'round!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Recycle!

Use junk mail, junk faxes or any other paper that you would otherwise throw away as scrap paper!

PureFUN! is an active player in the game of "using paper that would be thrown away as scrap paper."  In fact, many of the national ladies cannot survive without it!

It contributes in saving beautiful trees and saves Todd on buying paper or notebooks for us!

Yay for scrap paper!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Lunch N Learn

Every month Todd treats the whole company to lunch at our monthly "Lunch N Learn." At the Lunch N Learn we get to sit down together and connect as a team. Todd shares all of the important updates going on in the company.



Today is our annual April PureFUN! Lunch N Learn. I am excited, I love getting time with the whole company!

Go PureFUN!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Reduce!


When buying anything from lightbulbs, heating and cooling systems, home appliances, and even computers look for the Energy Star icon.

Energy Star products use 20 to 40% less energy than the standard.

Reuse!

Instead of replacing the trash bags in your center or house each time you take out the trash...try keeping the same bag in your smaller trash cans for extended periods of time. Dump the trash into a larger bag when it is trash day.

Keep a designated trash can for food and drinks...things that would cause the need for a bag to be thrown away.

This will save money, carbon that is emitted when the trash bags are manufactured, and will help with the issue of recycling plastic. Maybe it would even save a little time too!

Why not?

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Staff Profile: Amy Bowman

Amy has been with PureFUN! as the National Sales Supervisor for almost three years now. Lucky for me my desk is right next to her office! Almost every morning she comes in and has a new fun story to tell about one of her family members. Her daughter Hannah, who is five years old, is so cute! She has the funnest personality. Amy always has some crazy story to tell about her pets (an African Grey Parrot and 3 dogs), her fun-loving daughter, her teenage son (Dallas), and her sweet husband. They make such a great family! I have babysat for her a couple times and know from experience. Amy is such a great addition to the PureFUN! team. She is laid back, smart, and has a great sense of humor; I love her laugh. And beautiful curly hair!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

New Boss?


Todd better watch out....
Jerry looks awfully exceptional at his desk.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Staff Profile: Wendy Wellborn

Pictured above is Wendy Wellborn posing next to the beautiful thanksgiving display she arranged for our PureFUN! Thanksgiving meal. She looks so cute in this picture because you can tell she is giggling! Wendy always contributes to our get-togethers with her gifted eye for decorating.

Wendy is a true Southern Belle. When I think of a Southern Belle I think of someone who is classy, refined, charming and so so sweet. Wendy has all of these qualities along with many others...especially beauty! I cannot forget her perfect Southern Belle accent either.

Wendy loves her family! She refers to her husband of 20 years as "the man of her dreams." Wendy has a beautiful daughter named Grace. With such a good influence from Wendy, I am sure Grace will grow up to be just as sweet as her. Actually, I bet she already is!

Wendy loves walking on the beach, the Georgia Bulldogs and some good southern blues.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Brenna and her boyfriend

Here is Brenna and her boyfriend, Wile, at the office.
Now that is a true look of admiration.

...I do not know about you, but I think I am going to have to talk to Todd about relationships and PDA in the workplace.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Red Team!

It has been way too long since I have updated so here is a quick one! This is me and Kaylee at one of our PureFUN! employee outings. Todd and Ms. Carol always organize the funnest events for PureFUN! employee bonding. This was PureFUN! Bowling...we were on the red team. The red team totally got jipped out of winning. I know this because the red team is the best, but the red team still lost....meaning something had to have gone wrong. The best always wins. Kaylee is also a PureFUN! employee. She is my cousin! I love her more than anything!

...notice Ryan, our most favorite truck driver (shhh), doing the bunny ears. He must have been on the blue team. Booo.

This post is a reminder to all that Red Team will have its revenge.


....stay tuned for the next Staff Profile

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Testimonial

"Wendy,
Thank you for your help! I am very impressed with this company and the quick response to my questions always. Not only did you answer my initial question - you went the extra mile above and beyond what was asked and you met our need.
We will continue to use your company!
Thanks again,
Trish, AL"

Trish contacted Wendy to order some multi fold towel dispensers. She told Wendy they needed to replace their dispensers because they had lost the keys to them. Wendy did some research and found a website that could provide lost keys for various types of dispensers. As you can see Trish was very appreciative.

Wendy is awesome! A true southern belle and one-of-a-kind Customer Specialist!

Friday, February 27, 2009

Toys for inspiration

In the upper level of the PureFUN! Inc. building you can find THOUSANDS of toys.

It is rather exciting...

PureFUN! contributes to Toys for Tots by storing the toys that came in too late for the previous holiday season so they can be given out during the next. There are huge boxes of toys all over the place! ...some really nice bikes too. To me, nothing is more exhilarating than a brisk and refreshing bike ride. Riding down a big hill with the wind all in your face, hair and eyes is the epitome of freedom and youth. ...even if the every-once-in-a-while bug happens to hit you in the face.

Seeing all of the totally radical bicycles just waiting to be given to little ones makes me giddy.

There are 50 pallets of toys up there, which is about 50,000 toys.

PureFUN! loves kids. Todd, the owner of PureFUN!, does all he can do to help kids in everyway...storing toys here is a simple example of that.

It is inspiring.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Staff Profile: Jerry Weiden

If you are lucky enough to own a house of your own, do you remember how exciting it was to buy your first brand new home? One that you could actually call your own? Well, above is a picture of PureFUN! employee Jerry Weiden’s very first home! It is beautiful isn’t it? If anyone deserves it, it is Jerry. Jerry Weiden has been the ever so loyal I.T. manager for PureFUN! for six years now. Jerry is one of the most unique and kind people that I have ever met. I think that I know Jerry well enough to say that his main ambition is to help people out. Even if it is something simple to help them have a better day, like bringing two orange starbursts to their desk because that is their favorite flavor (which he happened to do to me today). I am sure you are thinking that everyone wants to help people out, but Jerry is different than your average wanna-help-out person. He takes it to a new level. Jerry is very smart and knows how things work. He could probably fix any machine problem we could ever have at PureFUN! He uses his handy man skills to help the people around him. I need Jerry’s help all the time! I am sure that everyone in the building could make that statement too. Jerry always helps with joy. You can tell that he is not helping you because you need him to…he is helping you because he wants to. He would have done it without even being asked! Todd, the owner of our business, and all of us agree that Jerry is irreplaceable.

The heavenly blueberry muffins and brownies that his mom bakes for all of us to enjoy are a plus too!

This is Jerry and his dad. Jerry’s dad is an expert Porsche mechanic. This must be where Jerry got his exquisite ability of working with his hands.

We love Jerry, he makes PureFUN! way BETTER for everyone!

Friday, February 6, 2009

More Plates Please!

So Jeff Thomas, our amazing Purchasing Manager, has an office that is right across from my desk with a big window. Imagine three business men dressed in really nice business man clothes...with their serious and stern "down to business" faces and voices on...sitting around a desk...bending and playing with all of these little foam plates with their big man hands trying to figure out which one is the best. If I did not do too good of a job describing it, just know, it is a very funny sight. Three business men sitting around talking about the logistics of foam plates is just funny. I keep on hearing murmurs of things like "weight of mashes potatoes" and "weight of sandwiches."

Jeff is doing all he can do to make sure we are selling the best quality plates we can get to our customers!
Another reason PureFUN! is Better for Kids and Better for You

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Aren't they cute?

Eric Barnes and Josh Fowler, two of our warehouse workers, brave the 20 degree weather today.

Despite this frightful weather they are getting your products to you with a smile on their face and a jump in their step!




They warm up the warehouse with the love in their hearts!

aw.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

New Flavor!

You guys have not tried anything until you have tried our new White Cranberry Peach juice. It is part of our stain-fighter flavors. You cannot go wrong with anything having to do with peaches coming straight from Georgia!

I was born and raised in Georgia and am proud to call myself a Georgia Peach!

Staff Profile: Jan Sears


Above is a picture of our one of a kind employee Jan Sears with her loving husband Kent. Jan is our National Accounts and Team Manager. She keeps us on pace and productive...we could not survive without her organization and warm spirit. She is the most uplifting person that I have ever met. Since I am only 20 and I am sure that I have many more people to meet, let me just clarify my previous statement by saying, I do not think I will ever meet anyone as uplifting and inspirational as Jan Sears is. On top of all that, she is my Aunt! Jan and my mom are sisters making us blood related. I am so blessed to have someone as loving and full of faith as Jan so close to me! It is a privlege to call her "Aunt Jan." Aunt Jan's favorite flower is a daisy, which perfectly portrays her...down to earth, sweet and humble.

This is a picture of her six beautiful children in Montana this past summer. I am so thankful to have them part of my family as well. The Sears kids range from age 11 to 23. Each of them are unique and loving in their own way. How could they not be with such a wonderful mother?! Kaylee, Aunt Jan's daughter (third girl from the right), is also a PureFUN! Emplyee. She is getting married in May! I am an only child and they are more like my brothers and sisters than cousins to me. I love going over to their house because there is always something exciting going on! They also have a reptile hobby. Yes, you read that right...a reptile hobby. They have multiple snakes and lizards as pets in their house. Not only do they have reptiles, they also have atleast 10 pet tarantulas! Now that is what I call a one of a kind family.