Happy Late Father's Day! I hope everyone had a fabulous father's day because there are some great dads out there who deserve a lot of gratitude and love for everything they do (including mine, I love you Daddy!). I also wanted to fill everybody in on the rest of my weekend. I had so much fun traveling to both of the locations we stopped at on our military commissary tour! Everyone was so welcoming and helpful, it couldn't have gone better. Our first location was at the Air Force base in Warner Robins, GA. Charles Willingham who was in charge of getting us there and helping us through the promotion, was unbelievable. Along with helping us bring people to our promotion table, he also did a great job of entertaining us in the process! We had a table set up in front of the store, and with the help of a large discount on the watermelons they had available, we were a large attraction. Our next stop was at Fort Benning! This is one of the largest bases I've ever seen, so I was extremely excited to travel there for a promotion. Scott Davis, who handles all of the produce involved in the commissary located on the base, was rearing to go right when we

arrived! Mr. Scott had created a large watermelon display that was perfect for our in-store promotion.We were constantly busy the entire time passing out anything from stickers and coloring books to watermelon samples. This was actually the busiest in-store promotion we have been a part of thus far! I had a blast all day, and there was literally never a dull moment. Throughout the entire weekend, I think I learned at least three new ways on how to pick the best melon out of the watermelon bin. My favorite was hearing how you can lay a piece of straw from an old broom on a watermelon and if it spins, it's good and ripe. Overall, it was a great weekend for the promotion of watermelons! I want to say a BIG thank you to Mr. Charles, Mr. Scott, and Seth (Scott's right-hand man) on letting us be a part of your stores and helping us along the way!

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