Vendor appreciation

CHALLENGE

What do you get the vendor who has everything—especially competence and caring in the face of Eucharist-thin margins, Hellish deadlines and a swarm of devilish little details?

ACTION

It was our time for repentance. Origin’s Calling All Saints Vendor Appreciation Party was a way to tell vendors “sorry for putting you through Hell,” with a live band, fresh Mediterranean food and an open bar at the Saint Arnold’s Brewery. Each vendor received a hand-delivered invitation in canonistic velvet carry pouch, a wooden keepsake box with a custom-designed t-shirt and an Origin-branded prayer candle so they could pray for better clients in the future. The image of Vendorus Maximus, the patron saint of returned phone calls, kept promises, financial transparency, purchase orders, economies of scale and the paper sample featured prominently.