{"id":11639,"date":"2015-09-01T09:36:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T13:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.customink.com\/?p=11639"},"modified":"2015-09-01T10:32:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T14:32:23","slug":"stories-to-make-you-smile-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/stories-to-make-you-smile-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories to Make You Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MARTIN_ISRAEL-7_blog.jpg\" alt=\"IOTW Photo Contest\" width=\"660\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MARTIN_ISRAEL-7_blog.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MARTIN_ISRAEL-7_blog-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #54301a; line-height: 22px;\">For over six years, we&#8217;ve been collecting <strong>customer stories<\/strong> in our <a style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-align: left; color: #ee3524; line-height: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\">Ink of the Week<\/a> contest. Throughout the years, we&#8217;ve heard from some truly amazing customers about how their CustomInk orders helped to unite their community and take their event to the next level. To show you some of the <strong>communities<\/strong> we&#8217;ve touched, we&#8217;ve compiled a handful of stories that caught our eye this past month. <\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f1e3c5\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/email\/branded\/sdfu\/2013_mobile\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #f07321;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/how-drs-allen-kelly-smudde-got-local-kids-to-give-up-their-candy-and-bring-smiles-to-troops-overseas\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11641 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC06123_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Candy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC06123_blog.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC06123_blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC06123_blog-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Give up the Candy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #54301a; line-height: 22px;\">The dental office of Allen &amp; Kelly Smudde have been <strong>ordering shirts with us for six years<\/strong> for Operation Gratitude: Candy Buyback. The event encourages kids in their community to give up their Halloween candy in exchange for money (for themselves and their schools). After gathering candy, hand-written letters, and other treats, they send everything to our troops serving overseas. Pictured here is the community that participated in last year&#8217;s event. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-align: left; color: #ee3524; line-height: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/how-drs-allen-kelly-smudde-got-local-kids-to-give-up-their-candy-and-bring-smiles-to-troops-overseas\">READ THE FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f1e3c5\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/email\/branded\/sdfu\/2013_mobile\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #f07321;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/camp-billy-johnson-2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11645 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-21.jpg\" alt=\"iotw-blog-2\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-21.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-21-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Camp Billy Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #54301a; line-height: 22px;\">Each year, the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee runs Camp Billy Johnson &#8211; a <strong>FREE week of sleep-away camp for underprivileged kids <\/strong> who would not otherwise be able to afford camp. They provide them with everything they will need for the week including sleeping bags, towels, and &#8220;fantastic t-shirts from CustomInk!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-align: left; color: #ee3524; line-height: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/camp-billy-johnson-2015\">READ THE FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f1e3c5\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/email\/branded\/sdfu\/2013_mobile\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #f07321;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/doing-the-nae-nae-with-custom-ink\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11646 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-3.jpg\" alt=\"iotw-blog-3\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-3.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-blog-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Doing the Nae Nae with CustomInk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #54301a; line-height: 22px;\"><strong>Nearly 150 shirts were ordered <\/strong> this summer for the Chicago Lights Summer Day Program, a program providing a safe place for 100 school-aged kids living in under-served communities to learn and engage in academic classes and art instructions. At the end of the session, students present multicultural arts performances for the community. Check out the moves on these 1st-4th graders! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-align: left; color: #ee3524; line-height: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/doing-the-nae-nae-with-custom-ink\">READ THE FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f1e3c5\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/email\/branded\/sdfu\/2013_mobile\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #f07321;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/kait-a-palooza\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11647 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-4.jpg\" alt=\"iotw-4\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-4.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/iotw-4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Kait-A-Palooza<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #54301a; line-height: 22px;\">Kaitlin, who had always referred to her birthday month as &#8220;Kait-A-Palooza,&#8221; tragically passed away in a car accident several months before her 21st birthday. Determined to celebrate the milestone in her grand style, her parents, sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins <strong>united together in Cancun to celebrate her life<\/strong>. Wearing their custom shirts, they &#8220;released balloons over the Caribbean at sunset in her honor.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-align: left; color: #ee3524; line-height: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/photos\/kait-a-palooza\">READ THE FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over six years, we&#8217;ve been collecting customer stories in our Ink of the Week contest. Throughout the years, we&#8217;ve heard from some truly amazing customers about how their CustomInk orders helped to unite their community and take their event to the next level. To show you some of the communities we&#8217;ve touched, we&#8217;ve compiled a handful of stories that caught our eye this past month. &nbsp; Give up the Candy! 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