Meet Donna Maria!

kay, she doesn’t officially work for Essential Wholesale, but she has been a mentor and friend for years and I want to share her with anyone that has not yet tapped into her vast knowledge and experience. Way back when our business was in a little 600 square foot building, Dennis was always on the phone with some lady named Donna Maria.

      

It was hard not to overhear their conversations as our entire business was crammed into half the space we needed. We were literally sandwiched between aisles while home schooling Keegan at a center table. I was pregnant with Caiden and had Selah on my back twiddling my hair while she cooed. Dennis has a big voice and he would talk excitedly about building our business and laugh hysterically with this woman, some lady named Donna Maria.

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The Faces of Our World Vision

t Essential Wholesale we have the privilege of sponsoring several World Vision children. We have the honor of seeing their faces every day in the photographs and wanted to share our children with you.

         

The children are listed from top left to right:

• Diana Mantashyan (11) from Armenia dreams of becoming a painter.
• Woly Sene (9) from Senegal loves to read and calls herself our “foster daughter."
• Ani Azibekyan (11) from Armenia wants to become a teacher when she grows up.
• Mitu Halder (9) from Bangladesh enjoys arithmetic and playing with dolls.
• Alba Rosa Castillo Torrez (10) from Nicaragua loves to play with dolls and help out her family.
• Endrit Hoxha (9) from Albania enjoys music and playing ball.
• Zhora Charkhifalakyan (11) from Armenia loves math, singing, and playing soccer.
• Haroutiun Karapetyan (8) from Armenia enjoys dancing and reading. He calls himself our “little friend."
• Xhoni Binozi (10) from Albania enjoys reading and caring for the family animals. He says that his family feeds themselves from the garden they have planted.
• Hovhannes Mirijanya (13) from Armenia loves Armenian literature, football and soccer.

One of the reasons we got into business was to be able to help others.  We are so blessed to be able to be a part of these kid’s lives in a positive way.

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The Breathe Green Campaign

hat message are you sending to your customers? All messages are heard through the filters of our personal experience. Children are a great example of how people can hear what you say and still have no idea what you mean.

                     

When my son Keegan was three years old, we took a trip to Seattle with my parents. We talked about all the fun things we were going to do when we got to Seattle. Keegan was pretty quiet during the conversation.

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