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CONGRATULATIONS BILL NELSEN!
40 Years of dedicated service
2-10-70 - to present
40 & Fabulous - Bill Nelsen - Operations Manager
2009 Awards Ceremony
Thank you all for attending the Company Meeting/Awards Ceremony this past Thursday. It was great to see everyone and spend some time together. Again, congratulations to all of our Star Employees who were recognized in the categories of "Safety", "No Claims" and "Customer Service Excellence. Thank you from all of us for your hard work, integrity and professionalism. Your pride shines through and does credit to us all!
Safe Driver Award:
2009.......................Ron Despins
2009.......................Todd Mandernack
No Claims:
2009........................Mitch Haas
2009........................Shawn Olson
2009........................Chris Pufahl
2009........................Cory Wagner
2009-2008..............Chris Hanson
2009-2008-2007....Bryan Arndt
Customer Service Excellence (rated by our Customer Surveys) 5 Way Tie
2009........................Cory Wagner
2009........................Tom Rozanas
2009........................Aaron Druktenis
2009........................Dennis Roy
2009-2008..............Mark Zimmerman
2009 President's Club Inductee:
Tom Kis
Ten Year Anniversary:
Bill Werth
THANK YOU!
We'd like to thank everyone for participating in this year’s United Way Fund Drive. Your donation plus Merchants' matching contribution will be used throughout Racine County for a variety of community outreach programs.
Know that we appreciate your generosity, team spirit and your commitment to making Racine a
“Community of Unity”
7th Annual Cops 'N Kids Holiday Book Give-Away - BIGGER than ever!
Follow this link to see the article and pictures in the Racine Post!
In partnership with the Julia Burney-Witherspoon 
Cops 'N Kids Reading Center and the State Street Civic Association, Merchants once again opened it's warehouse to host the Holiday Book Give-Away.
Over 60,000 books were given away to the 3,000 plus Racine area children who attended this event.
Santa and Mrs. Claus were on hand to spread the holiday spirit of giving and to listen to Christmas lists and take photos with the children. Photos are available on http://news.racinepost.com/2009/12/give-kids-what-they-want-and-theyll.html
Thanks to the generous donations from Educator's Credit Union, Merchants Moving & Storage, Johnson Bank, Integrated Risk Solutions and the United Way of Racine County, 110 children were processed through the Safe Assured Child ID program at no charge to their parents. A special thank you to Marilyn Pelky of the Volunteer Center of Racine, who recruited and organized our volunteers and Dave Voss of the Racine Police Athletic Association.
Our partners include many men and women from the Racine Police Department, the Milwaukee FBI office, the Racine Fire Department and the Racine County Sheriff's Department who autographed the books and assisted in so many positive ways.
We also need to thank the large number of Racine companies, churches, agencies and service clubs who made significant contributions to the Holiday Book Giveaway.
These include: McDonalds, Culvers, The Lighted School House, the Racine Public Library, Treasures Media, the 21st Century Prep School Orchestra, the greater Mt. Eagle Baptist Church & Choir, Racine Lighthouse Ministries, Boy Scout Troop 181, Barnes & Noble, the Junior League, the Safe Kids Coalition, the United Way of Racine County, The Pentecost Lutheran Church, The Racine Post, The Racine Journal Times, Case-New Holland, Youth As Resources (YAR) and Patricia Choca and her Labradoodle "Toby" of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs Program (R.E.A.D.)
Jim & Julia wish to extend their deepest thanks to all who were involved this year and helped to make our 7th Annual Holiday Book Giveaway a busy, positive and festive event. Merry Christmas to you all!
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It is the mission of the Cops 'N Kids Reading Center to enable and empower children to strive toward the fundamental successes in life through recognition of the importance of reading. The children who participate in the program will also experience positive interaction with police officers in order to develop a more trusting relationship with law enforcement.
To make a donation or volunteer please contact the reading center at 262-632-1606. Donations can also be brought to the Reading Center Monday through Thursday from 3-6 p.m. at 800 Villa Street, Racine.
Julia Burney-Witherspoon founded Cops 'N Kids in 1997 and received a "Use Your Life Award" in 2000 on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She was also named a "Person of the Year on ABC world News Tonight in 2008. A 17 year member of the Racine police force, her vision began as an idea to distribute books to kids in high risk neighborhoods to promote stronger community ties and help promote literacy.
For more information on Cops 'N Kids or Julia Burney-Witherspoon click this link.
As moving & storage companies are uniquely equipped to provide trucks for pickup and delivery and warehouse facilities for donated books, it is Merchants' vision to see moving companies across America be involved with a local chapter of Cops 'N Kids. For more information contact our President, Jim Eastman.
