October 2019

New team parent?  Not sure what are the best trophies to order for your team?  We can help!  Find suggestions below for the BEST trophies for kids by their age and ability.

Guide to Kid's Trophies by Age

Lots of trophy options to award every player!

Preschool - The Littles- Ages 4-6: For your youngest players, go small. A sports figure attached to a base makes a great first trophy.

Our Happy Cup Soccer Trophy is the perfect option for your youngest players!

Grade School - The Middles Ages 7-9: For kiddos in elementary school, a trophy with a small column is a great choice. Medals are also popular, as they are easy to store and can be clipped onto a backpack.

Middle School - Tweens - Ages 10-12: Resin trophies or larger column trophies are good awards for team accomplishments, such as playoff wins.

High School:  Teens - Ages 13+: Trophies and plaques are given to tournament winners, champions, or special honors, such as Team Captain, Most Inspirational, or MVP. Participation trophies are not usually given to older athletes.

There's been much backlash in the news about participation trophies. As a mom, I get it, but I do see value in giving a small token of appreciation to younger players at the end of the season. Read my blog post on Participation Trophies for a fresh perspective.

Here's to a great season!
Cheers!

Jessica

Tropar Manufacturing located in Ennis, Tx.

This past weekend I was visiting family outside of Dallas and made a stop at Tropar Manufacturing, located in Ennis, Texas.  This company is one of our top 3 suppliers and was our 2016 Vendor of the Year.  Tropar makes many of our art glass awards, quickship acrylic awards, glass awards and all of our high quality plaques, including all of the plaques we offer that are "Made in the USA".

Kathy Woods, our Customer Service Rep Extraordinaire (and one of Tom's favorite people), gave me a tour of the facility.  Kathy oozes southern hospitality and generously took time out of her day to show me around Tropar's three warehouses.  She introduced me to the people who create beautiful awards for our customers.

The shipping warehouse for Tropar, with Kathy my tour guide!

At Tropar, I saw their shipping facility where they send awards across the country, their manufacturing facility where they cut out the medal plates for the plaques they sell, and their assembly warehouse where all of their plaques are put together.  This is all done here in the USA, with real people and real jobs!  It was impressive to see.

My take away from this visit is that Tropar employees truly care about the products they sell.  Made with care and craftsmanship, LOVE goes into each and every plaque they make, which in turn goes to you, our Trophies2Go Customers!  Their products are top notch.

These plates are made and assembled in Texas.

If made in the USA matters to you, your purchase of Tropar plaques keeps jobs in our country.  Also the love and care that goes into each award is apparent, their quality is second-to-none.  The visit to our supplier Tropar makes me proud to sell their products and I will be adding even more to our website soon!

Cheers,

Jessica

One question we often get about our products is how to change a clock battery in our clocks, especially our popular Personalized Rosewood Book Clock. Looking at our book clocks, it seems impossible to change!  But it’s actually quite easy.  However you need to save the parts that come with your clock when you receive it.

How do you change the battery on this pretty clock?

Step One:

The first step is to pull the clock face out of the wooden book.  This is the trickiest part.  When you received your award, it included a small suction cup.  You attach the suction cup to the front glass portion of the clock, and then carefully wiggle it out of the wooden book.

Using the gray suction cup provided with the clock, attach it to the font face and pull it from the casing.

Step Two:

After the clock is released, you turn over the clock and exchange the battery.

Replace the battery at the back of the clock face.

Step Three:

Then push back into the book clock and viola! You’re done! If you have any questions about any of our products, feel free to call us at 877-936-4700,  We are here to help!

Cheers!

Jessica