CreateMyTee Blog

Come join CreateMyTee and On The Run Races for the inaugural Kentucky Derby Party at the beautiful Detroit Polo Club in Hartlan, MI. The party will have multiple tents with food, a ladies hat contest and all kinds of beverages. Grab a mint julep and relax with friends while viewing the event on one of the multiple HD TV's.

There will be an abundance of activities including lawn games, live music and thoroughbred horses on display.  Or you can savor a fine cigar and get your picture taken on the red carpet. 

For event details, attire, and tickets information, please go to www.thekentuckyderbyparty.com

On The Run Races & Events produces events that target individuals seeking well organized events and entertainment.  The goal is to provide the antidote for the tedium in your life.

"We gave our group presentation for our business class today and it was a huge hit. The T-shirts you sent us and all the promotional stuff really helped out. I've been checking the rep blog and talking with Jasmine lately, I feel we've really got alot of creativity in our team and we're going to do alot more."

-Jacob Wilson,
Campus Rep at Michigan Technological University

Watch and learn!

When Nick Shelton graduated from Brandywine in 2004, all he knew about t-shirts was how to wear them. Today, Shelton co-owns CreateMyTee.com and is the Campus Rep Honcho.

CreateMyTee got its start in 2005 at Albion College when a group of friends started selling tees to their classmates. Today, CreateMyTee.com has over 100 Reps on over 70 college campuses across the US. CreateMyTee's next step is to replicate the success of their College Rep program, by extending their reach to high schools and their surrounding communities. For Shelton, Brandywine was the obvious first choice.

The program, dubbed TEEmates, does two things. 

1. It provides the community with the BEST custom t-shirt experience ANYWHERE.
2. It raises money for Brandywine Community Schools by giving 10% of ALL CreateMyTee.com community purchases back to the school's Improvement Foundation.

Jasmine Neldon (Brandywine '09) is one of CreateMyTee's most successful Campus Reps (Western Michigan University). Jasmine, along with Brandon Hood (Brandywine '95), CreateMyTee's Regional Sales Manager, and Shelton will be spearheading the TEEmates program for Brandywine. The goal for the trio is to raise $10,000 for Brandywine in 2010.

Jasmine thinks the goal can be accomplished: "Everyone needs tees. Many different businesses, sports teams, festivals, are going to purchase shirts this year. If they use CreateMyTee, they are going to be wowed by the experience and the final product. And being able to give back to the community in the process is icing on the cake."

A committee is being formed to get the word out about how the tee shirt program can help our school district. This committee will work together to spread the word about TEEmates throughout the community.

Shelton is very excited to see what TEEmates has in store for Brandywine. "At the end of the day, the idea is to raise funds for Brandywine," says Shelton. "But it's also about amplifying school spirit, capturing moments in time, and bringing the community together to do something monumental. If we put our minds to it, the amount of money we can raise for Brandywine is limitless."

CreateMyTee has already provided the Brandywine Community with several memorable tees over the past few months. These shirts include the "On Track and Racing Forward" shirts to honor the new track, "Lakeland Conference Champs" shirts for the girls basketball team, "Kiddy Cats" shirts for the girls youth basketball league, "Beat Cancer" shirts to support Evan Hartman and his family, and many more. Additionally, CreateMyTee donated $95 to the Brandywine Improvement Foundation in February.

CreateMyTee and Brandywine will be kicking off a "Sea of Maroon" T-shirt Design Competition later this year to boost school spirit. Students from each building will have the opportunity to submit a design for the competition. Shirts with the winning designs will be provided to every student in the district in Fall 2010. In order to provide the free tee shirts to all students, we will need sponsors. Sponsors will have their business ads on the backs of all the tee shirts. If you are interested in your business or group helping to sponsor the shirts, please contact Nick Shelton at 888-392-9631or nick@CreateMyTee.com.

Are you planning an upcoming birthday, a special event, a retirement, or graduation? Do you want to promote your business or do you sponsor a team? Here is how you can get great tee-shirts and help Brandywine, too:

•Visit www.CreateMyTee.com
•Click "CreateMyTee Now!" to select your garment (tees, hoodies, jerseys, youth, sweats, etc).
•Work 1-on-1 with a professional graphic artist to bring YOUR idea to life.
•Select "Brandywine Public Schools" as your Rep during checkout.

If your school is interested in joing the TEEmates program, please email Nick@CreateMyTee.com for more information.

Megan Ziegler

Our second Spotlight Rep, Megan Ziegler, is currently a second year student at Lawrence Tech University where she is studying to be a teacher. Megan has stepped up as one of our top Reps in 2010 quickly getting 11 orders in record time.

In case you were wondering, Megan loves mushroom pizza on first dates and wears a "I heart BAD BOYS" t-shirt with pictures of Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny on it.  She attributes her success as a Rep to her understanding and personable nature. She is amazing at letting others know they will be 100% satisfied when they use CreateMyTee. She also doesn't let frustration get to her if new customers decide to go elsewhere. Basically, by being a good listener and easy going she has been able to achieve quick success.

Her favorite aspect of being a Rep is helping others in need and those who are simply not getting enough Tee for their time. She says, hearing them say "HOLY COW, the shirts are already here!" is her biggest motivating force.

Megan will most certainly move on to be a wonderful teacher. Until then, we can only hope that having her on the team is as enjoyable for her as it is for us. Good luck, Megan, and keep up the great work!!!

It's no secret that our Reps are the backbone of our success.  Not only do they deal with our customers on a personal level, they help us to build a brand from scratch on their campuses or in their regions.  They are our greatest asset, and for that, we thank them. If you'd like to contact a rep near you, or want to become a CreateMyTee Campus Rep, join the T-Party, HERE!

CreateMyTee has officially partnered with uSurvive, the newest site for college students, as the offical apparel vendor.

uSurvive is a college student only social networking site. On uSurvive, you won’t have to worry about mom, dad, or your creepy uncle checking up on you. You must have a .edu email address to join, making uSurvive strictly for college students or recent grads.

Sure, you can create a profile and upload pics/videos and music, blog, post events, create groups, etc…do all the things you can on other social networking sites, but uSurvive is different for 1 big reason:

uPoints-Earn uPoints simply by being active on uSurvive. (posting blogs, uploading pics/videos and music, creating groups, etc…) You can then, cash in on your FREE uPoints for really cool stuff, like concert tickets, SWAG, iPods, digital cameras, spring break trips, and much more. You can even plant a tree or save part of the rainforest!

Look for the new double-sided palm cards on a campus near YOU!

"I had a great experience with CreateMyTee the first time out.

Obviously the order placing was very simple for me but I was duly impressed with the speed of the design and ease of the approval process. The confirmation of the approval and estimated dates for completion were wicked fast too.

Not only that, the order showed up on my door step early yesterday morning. Amazing turn around for sure in this day and age.

In short I was most impressed with the whole process and the shirts and sweatshirts look great, exactly as I had expected.  Please thank your team for a job well done.  I am a believer!  Keep up the good work and know that I will recommend CreateMyTee to others."

Bob Burnside
President- Fireside Home Construction
www.Firesidehomeconstruction.com
 
Winner: 2010 Energy Value Housing Award- National Association of Home Builders

Shirt Happens to:

1) Campus Reps.

2) Babies eating food.

3) Hotties taking pictures of themselves.

4) Women's Basketball.