The Boelte Blog
Why walk?
Boelte-Hall employees are getting geared up for Heart Walk, the American Heart Association's campaign to get America moving, which will take place this Saturday at Theis Park in Kansas City. This week we talked with a few employees about why they want to walk in Heart Walk. Heart problems run in the family for Ernie Landes III. "Heart Walk seems like a good way to support the American Heart Association's efforts," Ernie says. "My dad (former Boelte-Hall employee Ernie Landes Jr.) had a heart attack. My dad's younger brother had a heart transplant and didn't even make it to age 60. And ... Read full article...
Heart Disease Touches Lives
When Joshua Shelton first mentioned participating in Heart Walk, many Boelte-Hall employees were excited to be involved. After all, as in many companies, some of Boelte-Hall's employees have either experienced heart disease first hand or have a friend or family member with heart problems. Some are healthy now but have a family history of heart disease. Several people said they look forward to being involved in Heart Walk and learning ways to incorporate exercise into their daily lives. It got us thinking about how heart disease has recently touched lives at Boelte-Hall. Ed Hall, Boelte-Hall's chairman of the board, had ... Read full article...
Can’t make it to Ireland?
Come to the Kansas City Irish Center! “The Kansas City Irish Center is a treasure that many in Kansas City don’t yet know about,” says Ed Scanlon, Boelte-Hall’s own resident Irish person. “Lots of Kansas Citians spend Labor Day weekend at the great Kansas City Irish Festival, or they go to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade,” he notes, “but did you know we have a wealth of Irish culture all year long, right in our back yard?” For anyone wanting to know more about Irish heritage and history, folklore and culture, genealogy, literature, language, knitting, music, dance – ... Read full article...
Update: Dance Out for Jane
On April 26, the Kansas City Irish Center held Dance Out for Jane, a fundraiser for Jane Richard, a 7-year old Irish Step Dancer in Boston who lost her leg at the Marathon bombing. Jane's 8 year old brother, Martin, was killed, and her mother was seriously injured. All the Irish Dance schools in Kansas City came together for a dance show at the Center with a goal of raising $3000. The Kansas City community rallied with donations of beer, wine, soda, snacks and a fantastic bake sale (including orange cupcakes made by Kansas City Fire ... Read full article...
A new way to tell your story
Don Norton presented "Telling Your Story Using Digital Integration" this morning at his BNI KC meeting. What's digital integration, you ask? You're probably more familiar with it than you realize. QR codes, cross channel campaigns, variable data printing, augmented reality (you may remember this from Boelte-Hall's 2013 desk calendar) and digital watermarking.... these are all forms of digital integration, or mixing online content with print. According to Print in the Mix, a 2-year study by Nellymoser revealed that nearly 10% of print advertisements in over 173,000 magazine pages contained some form of mobile activation in 2012, and while QR ... Read full article...
Boelte-Hall employees get moving!
As we mentioned recently, Boelte-Hall employees will be participating in Heart Walk, the American Heart Association's campaign to get America moving, on May 18. Boelte-Hall has had a longtime relationship with the American Heart Association, but this is the first year we've been involved with Heart Walk. As of this writing, 24 people will be representing Boelte-Hall on May 18. Team leader and Boelte-Hall salesman extraordinaire Joshua Shelton is thrilled that so many Boelte-Hall employees are taking this to heart (pardon the pun). "To be honest," Josh remarks, "I never used to give exercise much thought, as I was blessed with ... Read full article...
Happy Anniversary!
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first American Summit of Mount Everest. American Jim Whittaker and Sherpa Nawang Gombu summited together and planted the first American Flag there. In honor of the summit several Boelte people overcame their fear of heights and braved the oxygen rich skies of Roeland Park to climb to the peak of Boelte-Hall World Headquarters. We're hoping to find a few brave adventurers to try the West Ridge on May 22nd in honor of Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. Our own Bev Chapman has recently completed a documentary on Nawang Gombu. For more information ... Read full article...
Boelte-Hall employees gear up for Heart Walk
We're excited to let you know that one month from today (May 18), Boelte-Hall employees will participate in Kansas City's Heart Walk, the American Heart Association's campaign to get America moving. The Kansas City Heart Walk is a 3 mile, non-competitive walk that benefits American Heart Association research and education. Boelte-Hall's Joshua Shelton is an avid runner and our team leader; he's working with Natalie Cronkhite from American Heart to pull it all together. We'll have more information coming soon! Here is Josh running in the Rock the Parkway 5K this past Saturday. "A brisk morning but ... Read full article...