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Centennial celebrations of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association

On November 15, 1902 the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 280 received its charter as a union. They were proud to celebrate their hundredth anniversary several years ago and retained our firm to coordinate and manage a full year of centennial celebrations for union members, their families and their friends in the community.

We launched the year by designing a special calendar which showcased photos of some of the more dramatic projects completed by Sheet Metal Workers in BC. Each month highlighted significant dates in the union’s hundred-year history.

We worked with Mohr Good Ideas to assemble a special store of specially-monogrammed items ranging from jackets to golf balls carrying the special centennial graphic developed to help celebrate the year.

The special Centennial Newsletter was developed to publicize the year’s events ­ Fishing Derby at Pender Harbour, Golf Tournament in Langley, Picnic in Belcarra, and a Christmas Skating Party in Surrey. The highlight of the year’s celebrations was the centennial banquet held on Nov. 15 ­ 100 years to the day from the date on the union’s charter. We engaged the services of PGI Events Management to convert the two ballrooms of the Bayshore Hotel into an extravaganza of dining and dancing themed to the eras of the past hundred years. Fully 1200 members, spouses, friends and honoured guests participated in what was considered to be the most lavish centennial banquet of any union in Canada.

The year’s events were captured in photos, which formed the basis for a souvenir photo book prepared and mailed to all members at the end of the centennial celebrations. All aspects of the celebrations ­ publicity, registrations, prizes, give-aways, talent, organization, finances and collateral design and print ­ were our responsibility.