Joe's Journal

Thanks to all of those who responded to our last blog: THINK PINK! at NACS. October is not only about NACS and a shaky economy, but also about creating awareness for a disease that affects millions of people worldwide each year: breast cancer. We heard from several of you regarding your participation in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

• CMI’s marketing manager, Stephanie Flury, ran along with 14,000 others in Charlotte, NC on October 3rd.
• Jan Underwood, controller of Davis Oil in Georgia notes she will be running in Macon, GA on October 24th.
• Jerri Smith, of PF&E, will be running in Austin, TX on November 1st. Jerri has been running in this event for 10 years! She and a group in her office wear PINK to work every Friday during October as a way to raise awareness.

This is just a small sample of how the Petroleum Distributing and Retail industry employees, retailers and suppliers always step up to back a worthy cause no matter the economic climate.

Again, kudos to all of the runners involved in the cause. See you at NACS next week and remember to THINK PINK!

After I finished my workout on Monday evening, I went to my gym’s snack bar to pick up my usual dose of Muscle Milk. Of course, they were out.  Luckily, my favorite convenience store was on my way home and I knew that they would always be stocked.  As I headed toward the cooler, the store manager, Darlene, (obviously not used to seeing me in shorts) let out a catcall.  We started talking about fitness and she mentioned that she has spent the last six weeks training (and fundraising) for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5k coming up this Saturday.  Not only has Darlene involved herself in such a worthy cause, she also recruited her sister and two co-workers to join as well!

As October officially kicks into full swing today, we at CMI are getting pretty darn excited about what this month will bring. Many of you, like Darlene, will be participating in fundraising and public awareness activities for Breast Cancer Awareness month. We at CMI are doing our part as well.

We all have been affected by breast cancer either directly or indirectly…most likely more than once.  This year CMI’s NACS theme is to THINK PINK!. We have purchased pink wristbands for distribution at NACS and they will be given to the first 1,000 visitors at our booth #3857 located in the technology pavilion. Stop by and pick up your wristband in honor of your mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, spouse, friend, co-worker, neighbor, and 1.3 million others diagnosed annually.

If any of your employees are walking, running, or otherwise participating in Breast Cancer Awareness this month and will not be able to visit us at NACS, let us know and we will mail them a wristband as we salute their effort to help find a cure!