Shawn Vallery's Ideas
by ConiAnn from Ohio
First, some background about Shawn. She and her husband, Paul, took time out of their busy tax season to fill out IRS forms for senior citizens - free! And they did this at the local grocery store, Foutty's Rittman IGA, so it would be convenient AND help increase awareness of the great job the new owners are doing (we were without a grocery store for awhile, that's another story). By taking care of those 100 forms for those who usually didn't file, the Vallerys in effect gave the city a grant.
When Shawn received a sales flyer for 2-foot by 3-foot cling window signs, she didn't just toss it. Even though her busy season would be over by the time the clings would arrive, she thought of her hometown. Shawn bought custom-printed clings for many of the Main Street merchants and services.
Pictured on the clings are $100-bills. She ordered the printing to include "Spend your rebate check in Rittman".
This is even more remarkable because Shawn's accounting practice is in another city!
Do you know of someone who is doing something for their home town? Is it you? Let's talk about it on the blog. or in the message board/forum
