Action Embroidery in Ontario donates patches to Pin-Ups for Vets

Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.自存倉July 27--ONTARIO -- This isn't the typical patch Action Embroidery is use to making, but then again this isn't their typical client.Action Embroidery, a custom embroidery company, recently donated 200 custom patches to Pin-Ups for Vets, a non-profit organization that supports hospitalized veterans and recovering troops.Based in Ontario, the company makes 80 percent of the insignia for the U.S. Armed Forces and earlier this year helped design two different patches for Claremont-based nonprofit which sells 1940s pin-up themed gifts including calendars, tee-shirts, and playing cards.The 4-inch round patches feature the shadow of a pin-up saluting while sitting on a missile and another of a shadow of a pin-up saluting with the flag in the background."Patches are big in the military world because they love putting them on their gear," said Gina Elsie, Pin-Ups for Vets founder.To her surprise, when the patches were completed, they announced they were donating them to the organization."We take so much for granted here, our freedom, our ability to do things. All of these men and women serving have dedicated their lives so we can continue what we do, this is the least our company can do," said Ira Newman, president of Action Embroidery.The organization, which started out in Redlands, raises funds for vets. Money raised from the patches will go toward the purchase of hospital equipment,to improve Veteran healthcare programs, and deliver care packages to our veterans and troops deployed overseas, she said.In total, the process to make the patches was about a year in the making, Ne迷你倉新蒲崗man said. Elsie approached his company about a year ago."I kept apologizing to her because this is something we wanted to get done eight or nine months ago, but we got so busy and weren't able to provide the time and effort to get it done," he said.Newman, who has staff designing military insignia patches for all branches of the military, brought in his team to brainstorm ideas with Elise.Both sides came up with a couple of ideas, said Newman adding they went through quite a few samples before the final selections were made.Action has several embroidery machines that stretch for 15 yards and have the ability to produce 200 patches at a time, Newman said."We applied the same conventions that we do to make an Air Force patch or an Army patch. It has to have certain stitches per inch which is what the military requires," he said.The intricate stitching gives the patches a three-dimensional effect.When the patches were delivered, Elsie made the announcement on her website as well as on her various social media accounts.Soon after, there was a rush for orders with most people buying both of the patches. Elsie is asking $10 donations for each patch.Newman already informed Elsie that his company is ready to make more stitches as soon as they need them."You don't often see pin-up patches, its unique and I think that's why people like them," Elsie said.For more information on the Pin-Ups for Vets, visit pinupsforvets.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) Visit the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) at www.dailybulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租