This year''s school fundraiser can be more profitable than last year''s with ESC Promotions" new hybrid discount card program.

Having listened to their customers, ESC Promotions has created a new school fund raiser program. By taking the most popular features of their two discount card programs and combining them into their new "hybrid" program, ESC is able to offer their best school fundraiser ever.

"In enabling groups to sell discount cards on both a wholesale and consignment basis, this new school fund raiser is our response to requests from customers who have suggested this as an option," states Chad Wolfe, president of ESC Promotions. "It was frequently the case that groups quickly sold out of the discount cards they bought wholesale, having not expected to experience such success with their school fundraiser. They often wished to continue their sales when they found how easy it was to sell them. This year, groups will now be able to realize even greater profits than with their past school fund raiser."

The best part about the new, flexible hybrid program is that there is no risk when selling the cards on a consignment basis. Other school fundraisers require a high minimum order for wholesale discount cards, with no option for selling extras on consignment. "This sometimes scares school groups, who may not have much experience with such a school fund raiser," states Mr. Wolfe. ESC Promotions expects to win a tremendous number of school customers this year simply due to the unique features of their discount card fundraiser program.

Detailed information about this particular school fundraiser is available on ESC''s website in the section entitled "discount card fundraiser". There are also several other programs and products recommended in the section entitled "Elementary School Fund Raisers". ESC''s website is a great resource for school groups researching for their next fund raiser.

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Known for high-quality school fundraisers like their trademark Power Card™ discount card fundraiser, ESC Promotions provides lucrative and easy fundraising ideas to organizations across the US which are tailored to each group''s needs. By providing free advice from their fundraising experts, ESC enables organizations can get the help they need in finding the right program.

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ESC Promotions

415 North Pendleton Avenue

Pendleton, Indiana 46064

888-478-5273

http://www.escpromotions.com

Suri Cruise is hot property (mainly because no-one has seen her!) and the world waits with baited breathe to see if Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt will inherit the aesthetic genes of her parents – reputedly two of the most beautiful people on the planet.

Actually, a significant part of the interest in these celebrity babies arises from the very unusual names that they have been given. Of course, giving your child a unique (or strange?) names is quote a common celebrity sport and its something that is now spreading to the rest of the population. You only have to open the pages of the gossip magazines or spend a few hours in a local kindergarten to realize that we are now awash with flamboyant, exotic, unusual and downright weird-sounding children’s names.

Or are we? Well, actually no! “The truth is that countries like the US and the UK remain extremely conservative when it comes to the naming of new babies,” reports Michael Barrows of popular website All-About-Baby-Names.com. “If we actually look at the top baby names for 2005, they haven’t really changed since the previous year, with Jacob and Emily again the most popular names. In fact, nothing much has changed for several years.”

A look at the SSA official figures for the top 10 baby names registered in 2004 and 2005 confirms this;

BOYS - 2005

Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Ethan, Andrew, Daniel, Anthony, Christopher, Joseph.

BOYS – 2004

Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Ethan, Andrew, Daniel, William, Joseph, Christopher.

GIRLS - 2005

Emily, Emma, Madison, Abigail, Olivia, Isabella, Hannah, Samantha, Ava, Ashley

GIRLS – 2004

Emily, Emma, Madison, Olivia, Hannah, Abigail, Isabella, Ashley, Samantha, Elizabeth.

Michael Barrows says, “The lists show that the US is, at heart, a very conservative, God-fearing society when it comes to naming children. Traditional biblical names continue to dominate, especially when naming boys. In fact, despite the massive changes in society over the last hundred years, the attitudes towards naming children have remained solidly consistent.

“In fact, my own name ‘Michael’ was the most popular baby boy name in America every decade from the 1960s through to the end of the century. Since 1999, it has remained firmly at number 2 in the list, second only to another biblical name; Jacob.”

Michael says, “Family traditions and concern over the psychological and other effects of unusual names often results in parents falling back on old favorites, particularly for boys, who as men, tend to have a harder time in our society with unusual names that are often seen as less masculine. It is reasonable to assume that solid, traditional, biblical names will continue to dominate for many, many years to come.”