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Welcome
to the Naturally Healthy Children’s Expo Exhibitor's Newsletter! Each
day we welcome new exhibitors, sponsors, and speakers to the
growing NHC community. We're especially excited to share
the following:
 GREAT
New Publications and Organizations Join the NHC Expo!
They will help us spread the word - both in-print and via the
web - for over 1.25 million advertising impressions about the
NHC Expo (www.mynhc.info)
Print ads include:
- Chicago Parent Magazine -
2 full page ads –120,000+ distribution
- Delicious Living Magazine -
1 inside back cover, distributed at
Chicago area Whole Foods
stores – 20,000
distribution
- Conscious Choice Magazine Chicago -
one half page ad – 60,000
distribution
- Healthy Dining Chicago - 2
ads – 6,000
targeted distribution each
- Chicago Wilderness Magazine -
1 full page ad - 4,000 targeted distribution
- Kiwi Magazine -1 half
page ad – 13,000 national distribution
- Life Learning -1 full page
ad – 5,000 international distribution
- Natural Life Magazine - 5,000
international distribution
- ecoLogical Home Magazine- 1
half page ad
- and more joining us each day!
E-mail invitations
and/or reciprocal web links and banner ads include
Chicago Parent Magazine, Healthy Dining Chicago, Chicago
Healer’s Network, Ideal Bite, Chicago Wilderness
Coalition and Magazine, Kiwi Kids E-Newsletter, Holistic
Mom’s Network, Animal Wellness Magazine, Naturally
Healthy Children’s Monthly E-Newsletter (debuting
August 15,) The Green Exchange Newsletter, Holistic Mom’s
Network, NINO - the Babywearing Organization, and more
each day!
Additionally,
100,000+ postcards will
be mailed (to Mothering Magazine subscribers, among others)
or distributed, and 500+ posters will be displayed at stores,
schools, community centers, parks, and restaurants throughout
Chicagoland.
We expect 5000 families to
visit the NHC Expo face-to-face, Oct. 6-7, at Chicago’s
Navy Pier. Call Monica at (708)361-6000 ex. 202,
for more info about exhibiting or sponsoring, or visit www.mynhc.info
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Retail/Wholesale
Buyers to Attend Workshop and Opening Night Mixer Friday, Oct.
5. It
started as a chance for exhibitors to network with each other,
and morphed into a solid business opportunity! Buyers from throughout
the Chicagoland area will attend “What it Means to
Buy Green,” a 50 minute workshop featuring prominent
panelists outlining the overall growth of the LOHAS marketplace,
ingredients/compenents, Fair Trade, and packaging issues. A Mix and Mingle Party will follow on the exhibit floor, sponsored by Melania Organic Wines, Distant Village Paper and Packaging, and the Green Exchange.
Great
Speakers Added Daily to the Growing NHC Expo Program. Over
50 hours of wonderful sessions have been planned for families
with children of all ages. Experts will offer advice about food, ecology and the environment, health and well being, parenting, pregnancy, organic gardening, grandparenting, dentistry, music, fitness and exercise, socially responsible investing, and MORE! We expect 5000 families to visit the Expo Oct.6-7. To
see the program, topics, list of speakers, etc., visit http://www.naturallyhealthychildren.com/chicago/interest.html
Co-op
America Business Network – CABN - Accepts NHC for Membership!
After a rigorous screening process, the
Naturally Healthy Children’s Expo was accepted for membership into CABN – the Co-op America Business Network. This fine organization provides information and offers guidance and political action regarding global warming and fair trade issues, and publishes various valuable resources, including the Green Pages, featuring thousands of eco-friendly, socially responsible products and services. To
learn more, visit www.coopamerica.org
NHC
Expo booth prices will increase September 1
If
you're planning to exhibit at the NHC Expo, Oct. 5-7 at Chicago's Navy
Pier, now is the time to complete your reservation form and send your
deposit, because booth prices will increase from $1200 per 10 x 10
booth to $1400 on September 1. Click
here to
download the form, or call Monica at (708)361-6000 ex. 202 to reserve
your space over the phone.
Can't
make it to the NHC Expo?
We've designed the new Sample Distribution
Centers especially for you! These attractive, clear sample bins, with an identifying 1' x 2' banner across the top, will be strategically placed at the registration area and on the exhibit floor. NHC Expo helpers will cheerfully distribute your samples and restock the bins throughout the Expo. This
cost effective way to have a presence at the NHC Expo costs only $750 (not
including cost of product, shipping, or banner design.) Click here to download a contract for the Sample Distribution Center.
Visit
the Green Exchange web site - NHC Expo's Diamond Sponsor!
The country’s largest sustainable business community, the Green Exchange is designed for the advancement of green businesses, and will be leased exclusively to businesses offering green products or services and that are actively working to expand the green marketplace. Green Exchange seeks to broaden the sustainable business marketplace from niche to mainstream and further Chicago’s efforts to become the greenest city in the United States. Visit www.greenexchange.com or contact Phil Baugh, Director of Leasing, at 312-275-3102 or phil@baumrealty.com
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