In past years, I riddled trivia questions about our hometown Sponsors, with mention that the Bringing People Together our Sponsors do through our hometown magazine is not a trivial thing, certainly not in these times. Theadvertising sponsorship you see on our pages is what makes our unique brand of Social Media In Print possible through Marple Friends & Neighbors, delivered for free in print by mail, and also available to read online at www.MarpleMag.com.
Bringing People Together is certainly not trivial, but it can be puzzling sometimes. What puzzles me about our Bringing People Together mission is why some businesses do not get seen as Sponsors of the community. No doubt, that’s sometimes for good reasons. Some businesses will never advertise. Some just can’t afford to advertise or sponsor organizations, or with humility, just don’t want to be recognized for their giveback to the community in which they do business, while they do good things for our community in secret. We must always remember there are many ways to support and sponsor residents of Marple Township. We all saw another great way this month, at the Marple Newtown 4th of July Parade, inside the Parade Sponsor booklet, listing the local business sponsors of the parade. \
Rewarding local sponsorship should not be puzzling either. The answer is literally in our hands, on the pages of our hometown magazine. You see these local businesses that sponsor Marple Friends & Neighbors. They are business leaders in our community who dedicate a portion of their limited marketing budgets to demonstrate to the residents of Marple Township how important they are to the success of their business. And that’s not a trivial thing either, but we can have more fun to think about just who these hometown heroes are to us, by providing a little cryptic hint to get you thinking.
Here’s how we’ll play this Sponsor Trivia Game, with 10 trivia questions, each offering a cryptic hint to help you get to the answer, which will be the name of one of our hometown Sponsors found on the pages of this issue of your hometown magazine. The hint should be used to help you land on the answer, but if you can’t come up with the Sponsor’s name from my cryptic hint, you can go directly to the page number provided. But the point is that you already know our Sponsors, from reading Marple Friends & Neighbors every month, so try to guess the answer first before turning to the page number to discover if your guess is correct. Good Luck!
- This Sponsor has more than one fan in Marple, many fans in Newtown Square, and even a “fan” in their name. (For the answer, see pg. 6.)
- If you hit “a dry spell” in finding the names of our hometown Sponsors, you’ll find comfort when you visit this Sponsor. (For the answer, see page 17.)
- Looking for the name of this Marple Newtown Sponsor on these pages of your hometown magazine will not be too taxing this time of year. (For the answer, see page 13.)
- Most of us have been to this Sponsor’s home in Broomall, along with thousands of others, and we all have spent hours recalling a lifetime of memories. (For the answer, see page 28.)
- BONUS QUESTION: Whether or not you can name two Sponsors, and double your points, may depend on whether or not you worry about the weather. (For the answers, see page 26 and page 9.)
- If you “DoKnow” the name of this Sponsor, then you “DoKnow” that’s not a typo in the hint. It’s to help you remember this longtime Sponsor of Marple Newtown families. (For the answer, see page 21.)
- The light bulb will go on over your head when you “tell-a” person the name of this Sponsor. (For the answer, see page 4.)
- All of this Sponsor’s customers “see why” they keep coming back. (For the answer, see page 8.)
- This Sponsor keeps us powering on when we can’t otherwise find the energy without help. (For the answer, see page 10.)
- It’s no wonder that this Sponsor can truly help us when the name of this Sponsor’s business sounds like it includes the word “true.” (For the answer, see page 27.)
So, how many Sponsor names did you know just by using the hints I provided before needing to turn to the page number to be sure? Did you learn more about our hometown Sponsors by reading their ads? It’s not a trivial question. Because whenever possible, we all should choose to give our business to our hometown Sponsors first. They show us their support for our community, and that deserves our gratitude and our loyalty back for their investment in our hometown, which is Bringing People Together in Marple Township with every new issue of Marple Friends & Neighbors, in print and online at www.MarpleMag.com.
Bob Blaisse Publisher,
Marple Friends & Neighbors