The Vernon Company recently launched a full-scale wellness initiative, Commit To Be Fit, with the goal of educating, encouraging and engaging employees to adopt healthier lifestyles. “We hope to provide employees with the tools they need to be more aware of healthy lifestyles,” said Chris Vernon, President, “and ultimately get employees more involved in their [...]

William F. “Bill” Vernon, CEO of industry distributor The Vernon Company, was inducted into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame by Governor Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds at a special recognition ceremony held at the Iowa State Capitol on February 21, 2012, in Des Moines. Being inducted into the Iowa Volunteer Hall [...]

Chris Vernon, MAS, President and COO of The Vernon Company, has been named to the Counselor Power 50, the annual ranking recognizing the advertising specialty industry’s most influential leaders.  Vernon ranks 42 on the Counselor Power 50 and it marks the sixth consecutive year he has made this prestigious list.  Vernon is the only Iowan [...]

The Vernon Company’s annual United Way fundraising campaign raised a total of $24,117 for the United Way of Jasper County. The 2011 campaign exceeded the goal amount by more than $1,600 and surpassed last year’s donations by 15%.  Corporate office employees raised $16,617 through a series of fundraising efforts, including raffle drawings, bake sale, piggy [...]

The Vernon Company recently inducted seven employees into its Anniversary Milestone Clubs in recognition of their outstanding years of service to the company.   Club inductees were awarded anniversary gifts and recognized by Bill Vernon, Chairman, and Chris Vernon, President, at the company’s annual employee recognition ceremony.  Employees were given awards for years of service in [...]

NEWTON, IA—For the fourth consecutive year, The Vernon Company has been recognized as one of the Top 85 Best Places to Work in the promotional products industry by ASI’s Counselor magazine.  The Vernon Company ranks first in the category of companies with over 100 employees in the promotional products industry, which comprises over 24,000 North [...]

Congratulations to our iPad Winner, Lori P. of Roseau, MN.  Lori was the Grand Prize Winner in our www.vernonpromotions.com web site registration sweepstakes.  As an added “thank you” for entering our sweepstakes, Lori’s local Vernon Account Executive, Donn Haugen, presented her with a custom branded iPad case to protect her new prize. In addition to Lori, 59 others won some cool [...]

The Vernon Company has named eight high school and college students as scholarship winners in its annual William F. Vernon Scholarship program.   First-time scholarships were awarded to three high school seniors and five college students were awarded scholarship renewals.  All scholarship winners are children of Vernon Company employees. Scholarship winners receive a $1,000 scholarship, renewable [...]

The Vernon Company has been named one of the 2010 Top 40 Distributors in the promotional products industry by the Advertising Specialty Institute’s (ASI) Counselor magazine.  Vernon is 25th on the 2010 list of top-ranking industry firms. “We’re very proud to be recognized as one of the leading firms in our industry,” says Chris Vernon, [...]

Seventeen Vernon Company account executives and their clients were recently honored as winners of the company’s annual Galaxy Awards competition. Vernon’s Galaxy Awards program is a national awards competition that honors and rewards account executives and their clients for the creative use of promotional products to achieve a desired objective.  Entries were judged for their [...]