All About By Dezign Products

Back in the year 2000, when my kids were smaller (and less opinionated) they were involved in a lot of different fundraisers. Between school, after school clubs, homework, school concerts, the fundraisers felt anything but "fun".

I was getting to a point in my life where I wanted to do more and contribute something positive to the world. I decided starting with my kids' school by going to the next Parent Teacher Organization meeting and to let them know that you can only sell and eat SO much candy, no matter how good it is. And, as for the wrapping paper, yes, it is wonderful and beautiful and totally addicting to the point of wanting to wrap things that don't even need wrapping. But, I thought there must be something that the school could sell that would help raise awareness of something and providing people product/s that are useful at a decent price and still make some money for the school.

After going to a Parent Teacher Organization at my kids' school and after bringing up the idea of coming up with a fundraiser that did the above, I was nominated as the person to come back to the next meeting with some ideas to be considered. Hmmm, okay, I can handle that. I have a background in selling almost every imaginable product: Tupperware, Avon, Herbalife, Melaleuca, Mary Kay (which I still dabble in for the fun and camaraderie with other women), as well as trying my hand at Pampered Chef, and a few others that have slipped my mind. I am sure if I asked my husband, he would be happy to remind me of how good of a customer we were to all of those businesses as well as remind me of the ones that I have forgotten. :)

After looking into several products and fundraising ideas, first aid kits came up as something that are necessary and that always needed to be replenished and/or replaced, as well as the fact they would promote safety and be profitable. Well, the profitability was where I was having a problem. I couldn't find a company that would personalize a small number of first aid kits (less than 500) and make them at a price that we could mark up and still make money. I called on a friend I had met in the glove importing business to get some information. He said sure... he could make me a "deal" on some first aid kits. I thought "Great!". I got some numbers from him and was able to put together a flyer for us to review at the next Parent Teacher Meeting. It was decided at that meeting that we could go ahead with the first aid kit fundraiser and that I would be in charge of running the fundraiser. Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the work, not the grease. :)

Needless to say that after I had gone through the time and energy to come up with it I thought, hey, maybe this would help other schools or organizations and why can't we come up with a standard grouping of kits, but also do custom kits when necessary, and cater to the niche market of little leagues and cheerleaders and other sports and organizations that needed to raise money, wanted to have their name on something, and didn't want to have to order a certain number until after they had collected the money. That was when the idea for By Dezign Products was born.

Some things have changed over the past few years. We have opted to manufacture our own kits to get the quality items in our kits at affordable prices. We wanted to have scissors that were metal and that actually cut (we didn't think that was unreasonable). We didn't want to use plastic tweezers either (has anyone ever gotten them to actually work?- Let me know). We wanted conforming gauze bandage, not the regular gauze that made wrapping an extremity more of a test of patience and skill than most are interested in ever attempting. The other thing we wanted to get rid of ASAP was any use of latex gloves in our kits. Even our spill kits are made with vinyl or nitrile gloves and instead of the type of wiper that most spill kit companies use (those brown paper towels that you find in washrooms) we use disposable washcloths for wipers. It costs a little more to make, but we know that when you are cleaning up a hazardous spill you will appreciate that we did not scrimp on the towel portion of your spill kits. We also think that our spill kits are priced more affordably than most of the "other" guys spill kits. Let us know what you think.

The awesome thing about the medical and the first aid industry is that it is an ever changing field with new technology literally happening overnight. It has been exciting staying on top of the new blood stopping products out there. The new bandages that allow our men and women in the military and in law enforcement to patch themselves up right on the field, and now we can offer this same technology to be used by the rest of us, is truly amazing. The new Celox (pronounced cell-locks) blood stopping granules are a work of science art and also started first with using it with our military. Our BurnAid products from Rye Pharmaceuticals, that we chose to use in our kits and to sell separately on our website as well, uses no lidocaine (which we have gotten information from a lot of different sources that it is an unnecessary evil that we choose to avoid), it contains tea tree oil (Melaleuca oil) and aloe, making it a natural choice for us. BurnAid has people calling from all over the country and a few other places in the world once they have tried it. They also have an all natural antiseptic cream and an anti-itch cream using the same tea tree oil (Melaleuca oil) that they use for the burn gel they manufacture that we will be adding soon to our site, we have been using the antiseptic cream in many of the kits that we have been selling with a great response.

The Acuband and the Sleep Band are two all natural products that work using acupressure points. The Acuband works so well that the Acuband has FDA approval and it is currently one of the few anti-nausea product that are not drugs and has been working wonders with chemo patients, as well as pregnant women with morning sickness.

We are woman owned and operated (with help from strong men for the heavy lifting). We prefer to work with nice people, so if you are smiling at some of my silliness, then that is a very good sign you are probably one of those nice people we would enjoy working with and helping you with your first aid needs. And if you are not smiling, give us a call anyway. We have been known to get people to smile once they call and find out how we can help with their first aid kit and supply situation. If you have a deadline, let us know what it is and we will give you the honest answer if we can do it in that time We do our best to meet everyone's deadlines, as we understand that sometimes you just needed it YESTERDAY. Give us a chance to earn your smile. We think you will be happy you did. But, hey, we are biased. :)

Thanks for the opportunity to let you get to "know" us. We look forward to working with you. If you have other questions, please feel free to call us and if you want me to answer you directly you can e-mail me directly at debbie@bydezignproducts.com.

Sincerely,

Debbie Hackett