Could you use an extra $20 in your pocket?

Could you use an extra $20 in your pocket?
If you’ve got a story to tell, simply send it to Sassy Scrubs and earn $20 in CASH today!

What is this all about?
Sassy Scrubs adds stories and articles written by guest writers and/or customers to our website. Visitors of www.sassyscrubs.com enjoy reading your interesting stories.

What do I have to do?
Any piece you write, which we then add to www.sassyscrubs.com (in our Sassy Scrubs Blog or our Sassy Scrubs Articles page) earns you $20!
Not a Gift Certificate, folks – a Sassy Scrubs check – same as cash.
Do you have more than one story to tell us? That’s great for you because there is no limit to the amount you can earn by sending us interesting stories. If we approve your written piece and add it to our website, we send you a check! Now, how easy is that?

What do I write about?
Nurses – send us a story about your most memorable day at work or your most memorable patient.
Dental Assistants – tell us about the funny story your favorite patient just told you or your technique to soothe a frightened child.
Veterinarians – tell us about the family who just rescued that abandoned puppy or kitten brought in for a checkup.
Doctors – let us know about the interesting things that you do outside of the office, and how wearing fun Sassy Scrubs gives you the opportunity to brag about your Harley, Horses or Hobbies.

It doesn’t matter who you are or what job you’re in, everyone has a story!

If you’re willing to share your story with us, you earn cash.

Of course, we have a few simple rules:

• Your story must be original and not published elsewhere, even on your own blog, either before or after we publish it on our website.
• Sassy Scrubs reserves the right to edit your story for content or brevity so it will fit nicely into our Sassy Scrubs Blog or Articles.
• We’ll acknowledge receipt of your story and will email you if we decide to add it to our website.
• Then, watch your mailbox for your check for $20, compliments of Sassy Scrubs.
• Stories must be submitted to us by June 30, 2009

Earn $20 CASH today!
So start writing and send us a story, or two, so we can share it with our Sassy Scrubs visitors and help your budget out a little bit at the same time.

What are you waiting for? Get busy!

Send your story to us at info@sassyscrubs.com by June 30, 2009

To me, Spring means great shoes!

One of my favorite things about Spring weather, is that I get to go into my closet and pull out all of those great sandals and cute little shoes that have been hibernating all winter! And if they look a little too worn out from last year, what better way is there to spend a rainy Spring day than shopping for new shoes!

Does anyone else out there have a sandal or shoe fetish?! Come on now, I know I'm not alone.

I once thought that I had a lot of shoes until I met a dear friend from Connecticut. This woman takes shoe shopping to a whole new level. We were recently traveling together in India and I quickly discovered that she literally had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, through the streets of India where vendors were selling shoes! I was proud of her though; she showed great restrain on this year's trip. Last year she brought home a bag full of shoes! I'm talking more than 30 pair of shoes! Now that's a true "Shoe Lover!" (The name of the not-so innocent has been left out so that her husband doesn't find out. The total number of shoes actually purchased has also been altered to protect her right to shop for more.)

I'm curious..... After a long day spent in nursing shoes or Crocs, what do you nurses like to slip into for footwear?

Personally, I prefer sandals the most because they're easier to kick off during the day than a pair of sneakers or boots! I'm sure my mother still cringes when she hears about me running around in my bare feet. I've just can't help myself. I love the feel of fresh grass between my toes in the Spring and warm beach sand or hot grass under my feet in the Summer!

Now, let's take our shoe fetish to another level....Scrubs! Have you ever thought about featuring shoes on your scrubs? Well, we're making that dream more affordable this week with a sale on our Sassy Scrubs featuring SHOES! So, visit us at Sassy Scrubs and see what the excitement over shoes is all about.

Author, Jody Earle - Marketing & IT Manager for Sassy Scrubs

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, we sure had a great Birthday Party here at Sassy Scrubs, with many of our customers extending their own personal Birthday wishes to help in the celebration. We appreciate all the participation and can't wait to see what the revelers order with their $20 Birthday Wishes Gift Certificates! Our party-animal Sassy Scrubs customers earned their Gift Certificates by submitting a Sassy Scrubs order and adding the comment "Happy Birthday Karen" with their order! It was so great to be remembered on my special day!

So thanks to all for your kind Birthday wishes. If you missed out on this fabulous party, make sure you check in with our fun Sassy Scrubs blog to keep on the party list, and for other fun contests and super deals.

Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me........

Sassy Prize Winner Donates to Local Scrubs Loan Closet

With great prizes at stake, the many entries we received for the Sassy Scrubs Blogging Contest were diverse and creative. Sassy Scrubs was honored to award our Grand Prize to one of the most interesting and touching stories that we received.

Anne Johnston, Corporate Writer/Marketing Coordinator for the Office of Corporate Communications at Thompson Health in Canandaigua, New York, told us about a program at her facility, instituted to help their nurses. Anne won the Grand Prize and used her $250 Sassy Gift Certificate to help stock the shelves of the Scrubs Loan Closet.

We extend our congratulations to Anne and encourage you to read more about the fabulous FF Thompson Scrubs Loan Closet below.

Scrubs Loan Closet Gets Off the Ground

After gasoline, groceries and regular monthly bills are taken care of these days, some folks find that there’s not much left in their bank accounts. Now, any Thompson Associates who find themselves in those shoes, even temporarily, have one less expense to worry about.
That’s thanks to the new Scrubs Loan Closet, a program created by Thompson’s Nursing Work-Life Council to ensure that the prospect of a uniform doesn’t present a hardship for anyone. If you’re not familiar with it, the Nursing Work-Life Council was created as part of the Magnet designation process to address quality of work life issues for nurses. “The program is based solely on donations from people who work here,” says Cristine Crawford, an RN in the Birthing Center who is on the council and helped organize the program. The need for the loan closet was identified through Associate Services, where staff sometimes sense that new hires who are required to wear scrubs cannot afford to buy their own. “Before you get that first paycheck, it’s kind of hard to go out and purchase some,” Cristine says. “Scrubs are not cheap.”

Deborah Gollus, Senior Recruiter, agrees. “If they’re coming from a non-healthcare background or a healthcare background with a different uniform requirement, it can be a burden,” she says. Associate Services brought the issue to the attention of the Work-Life Council, which got the program up and running on October 1, using a space in the corner of the 2 West conference room.

To stock the closet, Cristine sent out a MOX to fellow Associates. “The initial response was very good so there’s probably a lot more out there,” Cristine says, noting that she plans to send out occasional reminders. As of early this month, the closet featured scrubs of all sizes, both prints and solid colors. “We definitely could use some more smalls. We could use more of all sizes, actually,” Cristine says. Associates – whether they are new or having a hard time making ends meet – are welcome to help themselves to the closet’s contents at any time. “We didn’t want people to feel like they had to ask,” Cristine says.

The council asks that each person needing scrubs takes a maximum of two sets.If the people who benefit from the closet are able to donate the uniforms back to the closet in the future after they are able to purchase their own, it will keep the program going, Cristine says.

Guest Writer – Anne Johnston
Corporate Writer/Marketing Coordinator for the Office of Corporate
Communications at Thompson Health in Canandaigua, NY

Sassy Scrubs Partners with Make-A-Wish Foundation

Recently, Sassy Scrubs President, Karen Bradley noticed an order for some Sassy Kids Scrubs from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas. Sassy Scrubs immediately contacted Make-A-Wish to let them know that we would be honored to donate these scrubs, hoping that we could play a small part of making this very special Wish come true.

Ten year old, Katelyn, is fascinated by animals of all sizes and colors! She loves learning about animals, especially dogs and cats, through books, movies and television shows. When Katelyn was given the opportunity to have her wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas, it came as no surprise when Katelyn wished to be a Veterinarian for a day!

On wish day, Katelyn was greeted by a limousine that took her to her new employer, Lakeside Animal Hospital in Fort Worth. Not only did she arrive in style, Katelyn also wore Sassy Scrubs and a personalized lab coat that was sure to make all her co-workers jealous!

Once at the hospital, Dr. Katelyn was able to pet and hold the patients, take their vitals, and even witness a few surgeries! At lunch time, Katelyn indulged in her favorite foods! As a token of thanks, the staff surprised her with a basket full of goodies and, more importantly, her very own black kitten! This is truly a wish that will provide memories to last a life time!

Special Thanks to Katy Reddy, Wish Coordinator - SW Region
Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas

Altering Reality

I grew up watching all those great sci-fi shows of the 70's and 80's. The characters were often beaming out or stepping through some mysterious portal to an altered reality and then trying to figure out how to get back to the world they knew before. This journey was always a tough feat, but our intrepid travelers generally made it.

Well, we can help you with your Altered Reality travels too. And it is way easier than those sci-fi characters could ever have imagined.

Sometimes our customers order their custom made Sassy Scrubs a bit too long, or a bit too large. Then they send us panicked emails asking how to fix the problem. Never fear! The Sassy Scrubs Alterations Department is on patrol - ready to help rescue you and get you back to your journey in well-fitting scrubs.

If you need a tweak here or there, a bit of hem shortening, a pocket moved or added, a pant leg taken in a bit or your Medical Scrubs Top taken down to the next size, we can absolutely Alter your Reality. Just email us with your request for alterations. We'll let you know how much to include with your garments to cover your return postage, and offer to Alter your Sassy Scrubs for free! That's right! A trip back to Reality, at no charge. What a deal!

Now, just as you can't create matter, we also can't make your garments longer, or larger than you originally ordered them. The Laws of Physics just don't work that way. It's the same thing in the Reality of Altering. So it's always the best idea to view our Size Chart before placing an order...think of it as your road map through the Reality of Fitting. (Oh brother, I know that was really bad...). Anyway, we're here to help you at Sassy Scrubs, and you can count on us to get you out of that Altered Reality and back to your well fitting scrubs world. So just send us an email "probe", then "shuttle" your scrubs back to us at the "home base" and we'll alter your Sassy Scrubs garments and "beam" them right back to you. Safe and sound. And back to reality.

Celebrate!

Consider this your official invitation to a Birthday Party! Who's having a Birthday you ask? Me! So we're throwing a big party here to celebrate and you are invited.

We know it would be tough, with your busy schedule, to attend, but we thought we'd help make it easy for you to celebrate with us. And, we thought we'd give YOU a gift just for thinking about my birthday. Now that's the kind of Birthday Party to have!

Because I love to hear from all our customers, and because I love my own Birthday (who doesn't?), if you can pretend you are at my Birthday Party, we'll send you a free gift! Just place an order this week and leave me a note in the Comments Box of your order. Type in "Happy Birthday Karen" in your order's Comments Box and we'll email you a $20 Gift Certificate valid for your next Sassy Scrubs order! I get to imagine you are at my Birthday Party, and you receive a free gift. Now that's the way to celebrate!

To help you get into the party spirit, here's a Birthday song for you to sing - there in the privacy of your own home, or work. Ummm...you might want to watch the singing at work thing though. Anyway, here's the "Karen at Sassy Scrubs' Wonderful and Delightful Birthday Song":

Happy Birthday to ME.
A Gift Certificate for FREE.
We'll give you Twenty Dollars,
if you say it to me!

So place your new Sassy Scrubs order prior to midnight on May 11 and leave me your Birthday Wishes right in the order comments box. Then watch for your FREE $20 Sassy Scrubs Gift Certificate to arrive in your inbox. Sorry, you can only come to my Birthday Party once, so one $20 Gift Certificate per customer. I sure hope you can attend! Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me.....