Helping Your Employees Prepare for Back-to-School Time

After an interesting and hopefully fun summer, it is back-to-school season once again. Parents are already planning for it. Students are going back full-time, online, or hybrid learning depending on where they are across the country. Back-to-school season is stressful for parents and their children, and they have additional pressure from COVID-19. Here is how you can help your working-parent employees prepare for the new school year. 

 Offer Flexibility

Back-to-school is different this year because schools are focusing on the safety of their students with social and physical distancing. Some differences compared to other years are later starting dates, online learning, shortened hours, and changes in days off from school. Consider offering a flexible schedule to your employees so they can still pick up their children from school and help them with their schoolwork when needed. Sometimes important school meetings and orientations might come up that they will not want to miss. Finding a babysitter has been difficult for parents during this time. Your employees will appreciate the flexibility of getting to leave work early or work from home so they can care for their children.

Stock Up On School Supplies

Another way to help working parents prepare is by providing them with school supplies. Students will always need pens, pencils, notebooks, and folders for their schoolwork. Other miscellaneous supplies that would be helpful to them are backpacks, lunch bags, or even gift cards to purchase new clothes. Because of COVID-19, masks and hand sanitizer will be vital supplies that parents will send their children to school with. 

Provide a Calendar

Parents have a work schedule, social life schedule, and schedule for each of their children. One of the best ways to plan for that is by carrying a calendar around. Offer a quality calendar to those employees to help them keep track of the busy lives that they have. This will ensure that they do not overlap times. A calendar will also prevent miscommunication and forgetfulness at work.

Show Understanding and Compassion

Since back-to-school is a stressful time for working parents, express to them that you and your company are here for them. Scheduling changes and concerns for their children affects worker productivity. When you show them you care for them and understand that they have a lot on their plate, they will be more upfront when asking for help instead of letting deadlines go by. 

Happy Back-to-School Season

Education is important to youth. Help your employees prepare for the upcoming school year so they can feel confident with the change from their summer schedule. 

Skylight Creative hopes that your back-to-school time runs smoothly. Stay safe and have a fun year! We offer a ton of supplies to help students and their parents out. If you have questions or want to learn more about Skylight Creative, call us at 410.879.8401 or contact us on the website.

Promotional Products: Bags 101

When it comes to promotional products, bags have one of the highest impression rates. In fact, about 31% of all U.S consumers own some type of promotional bag. 

Whether it’s a bookbag, tote, or shopping bag, these items are great for advertising your business because they are portable and people take them to a multitude of places. Here are some of the most popular types of bags to use when investing in promotional products! 

Bookbags

The great thing about bookbags is that they can be used for both children and adults. If your target audience is adults, consider investing in a high-quality, customized book bag that can hold a lot of weight. 

Typically, adults that are carrying book bags are using them to hold laptops or other creative equipment (i.e photography/videography equipment). 

A book bag is pretty much a walking advertisement, as anybody who walks behind someone with one on will notice the brand printed onto it. 

Tote Bags

A tote bag is a great promotional product because of its versatility in functionality. For women, a tote bag can double as a fashion accessory and everyday bag to store daily essentials inside of. Women typically carry their bags everywhere they go, making this a great item for advertising. 

Tote bags can also be used as a gym bag, storing weights, water bottles, yoga mats, and more! Many people go to the gym on a daily basis, so it’s sure to reach a large amount of people. 

Other great uses for totes are overnight bags, beach bags, and picnic bags! The possibilities are endless with your customized tote! 

Reusable Shopping Bags

If you are looking for a great way to promote your brand while also saving the environment, a reusable shopping bag is the perfect idea. Reusable shopping bags are similar to totes, but are made out of a different material that allows them to hold more weight. 

Plastic bags have shown to be harmful to the environment, so these reusable bags have increased in popularity over the years. In fact, some grocery stores don’t even use plastic bags anymore at all, only offering reusable shopping bags instead.

Luggage Bags

Thousands of people travel everyday, and if you’ve ever been inside of an airport or train station, you know just how busy they are at all times. The perfect way to gain some brand recognition is to sell customized luggage bags. 

The airport alone will give your bag exposure to hundreds of people at one time. Luggage bags that are high quality and have a nice design will stand out and are bound to get attention in a busy setting such as the airport, train station, or bus stop.

Contact Skylight Creative Ideas Today for Your Customized Bags!

Skylight Creative Ideas, Inc. has been a leader in the promotional products industry since

1977. Our goal is to provide top-notch customer service, innovative ideas, and high quality

products to help our clients exceed their marketing objectives.

Located in Bel Air, MD, we have access to over 750,000 promotional products and can help

your business with anything from awards to corporate apparel.

For more information, contact us at (410)-879-8401 or visit our website www.skylightcreativeideas.com to see all of the products we have to offer!