{"id":954,"date":"2021-08-30T15:33:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecrs.org\/?p=954"},"modified":"2021-08-30T15:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T15:33:28","slug":"council-for-retail-and-sales-to-hold-check-signing-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecrs.org\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Council for Retail and Sales to hold check-signing ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (August 30, 2021) &#8211; The Council for\nRetail and Sales (CRS), housed at DeSales University, will host a check-signing\nceremony to recognize and celebrate two key partners.&nbsp; On September 16, 2021, the CRS team, as well\nas key DeSales staff and faculty, will be joined by representatives from\nWalmart and The Giant Company at the conclusion of its board meeting. During\nthe past two years, Walmart donated $20,750 to support general programs.&nbsp; The Giant &nbsp;Company donated $3,000, specifically earmarked\nto support the fall 2021 CRS Collegiate Case Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe at the Council have been blessed with incredibly loyal\nsponsors and a wonderful board,\u201d said Doc Ogden, Chair, Board of Directors for\nCRS. \u201cThe organization relies on donations to run and we value the partnerships\nwe\u2019ve made since CRS\u2019 inception in 2009.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Programs\nproduced by CRS include a bi-annual student competition; Meet the Experts, a\nspeaker series featuring a panel of experts from specific industries; a bi-annual\nvideo essay competition alternately sponsored by Sherwin-Williams and Walmart;\nindustry symposiums and more. This fall\u2019s collegiate competition, sponsored by\nGiant, will be held on the DeSales campus on&nbsp;October 29, 2021.&nbsp; The\ntop team will receive $1,200 to be divided by team members and a trophy.&nbsp;\nThe second place team will be awarded $400 to be divided by the team. Interested\nteams are invited to <a href=\"https:\/\/thecrs.org\/?page_id=760\">register to\nparticipate on the CRS website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the CRS, membership and its\nupcoming events, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/thecrs.org\/\">CRS website<\/a>, contact\nDoc Ogden at <a href=\"mailto:docogden@verizon.net\">docogden@verizon.net<\/a>,\nor Elaine Thode at elaine.thode@desales.edu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (August 30, 2021) &#8211; The Council for Retail and Sales (CRS), housed at DeSales University, will host a check-signing ceremony to recognize and celebrate two key partners.&nbsp; On September 16, 2021, the CRS team, as well as key DeSales staff and faculty, will be joined by representatives from Walmart and The Giant&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,35,16],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-check-signing","tag-giant-food-stores","tag-walmart"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Council for Retail and Sales to hold check-signing ceremony - The Council for Retail and Sales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrs.org\/?p=954\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Council for Retail and Sales to hold check-signing ceremony - The Council for Retail and Sales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CENTER VALLEY, Pa. 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