October 2003

A Picnic With
Dollar Dog!

BLUE BELL, PA - Merck, Sharpe and Dohme Credit Union threw a suprise birthday party for Dollar Dog on September 13.

Dollar Dog and his friend Kevin Wilcox

According to Assistant Vice President of Marketing Brian Wilcox, "we’ve been holding events at Christmas and Easter, but wanted to schedule something in between April & December. We came up with the idea of having a Dollar Dog Summer Party. We rented the pavilion at Wentz Run Park in Blue Bell to accommodate our anticipated crowd of 80+ kids and their parents."

Dollar Dog greets kids at the picnic

For refreshments they cooked hot dogs, had soft pretzels, juice boxes and lemonade. Dollar Dog served cupcakes and handed out helium balloons. Kids enjoyed different games for various grade levels. The games focused on teaching kids about money. There were matching and memory games, money bingo games and activity pages.

Each time a child played a game or completed an activity page, they earned “$1” in play money which they could spend at the "store" for prizes.

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	I had a great time at the party. If you want me to come to your next party or event. Just call my friends at Marketing Partners.

Marketing Ideas

How about having a pumpkin carving contest for Halloween?

Have a Halloween party and invite kids to bring their carved pumpkins for judging.

How about a coloring contest?

There is a halloween coloring page in DD's clubhouse. Have kids color them and bring to the CU and hang them up for judging.

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If you have any Dollar Dog stories to tell, send them to marc@netmp.com or call us at 1-888-641-1215. Who knows? You might be our next cover story!