Customer Appreciation Sale

It's that time of year again when P. Graham Dunn plays host to their Customer Appreciation Sale. Stop by Wed July 30 - Aug 2 at our Dalton factory and store or Walnut Creek shop for store wide specials. In addition, we will be serving free hotdogs and lemonade from 10a to 3p each day. For more information, call 866-922-0306.

Construction Underway at PGD Crocker Park!

We're pleased to announce P. Graham Dunn's sixth location at Crocker Park of Westlake, Ohio. We will be opening our doors on June 6, 2008. Crocker Park will be P. Graham Dunn's first location that will be located in a mixed-use lifestyle center, which begins an exciting new venture for our retail division. Like all other P. Graham Dunn locations, the new Crocker Park store will feature a personalized laser center. We are excited to develop a relationship with Crocker Park and the surrounding community! The store will be under the leadership of Traci Garner and Nicole Brockmann. P. Graham Dunn will host a Grand Opening during Crocker Park's Liberty Fest on July 4th through 6th.Below are a series of photos detailing the beginning of the renovation. We hope that if you're in the area that you will stop by and visit our newest branch! For more company information please contact Jean Boen, Retail Operations Manager, or Emily Fielitz, Visual Merchandiser, at 1-800-8282-5260.

Taking initial measurements for construction

Proof that Peter Dunn still knows how to "get his hands dirty"

Visual Merchandiser, Emily Feilitz hanging the paper in the windows

Best of Wayne County

P. Graham Dunn was happy to contribute to the Best of Wayne County campaign by engraving all the plaques for the winners. In the photo below, Christmas Run Park in Wooster was chosen as the best place to spend the day with your family.

Daily Record

P. Graham Dunn was featured in the Wednesday, April 30 edition of the Daily Record in Wayne County, OH. Celebrating the Grand Opening of the Dalton factory and store, the insert has a number of stories about the past and future of P. Graham Dunn. Click on the images below to see more detail.

Building Dedication

If you didn't get a chance to stop by for our building dedication, Peter Heath of Amish Country TV was there to capture the excitement. Just click the video below.

Kidron Elementary 3rd Grade Tour

Karen Geiser, 3rd grade teacher at Kidron Elementary brought her students over for a tour of P. Graham Dunn. The class is part of the Junior Achievement program in which the students lead by Glenda Ervin-Lehman of Lehman's Hardware dream up a fictitious business and learn about all the details that go into it. Each year P. Graham Dunn contributes by engraving a custom magnet based on the design the kids made, and provide a tour of a working business. We’re already looking forward to next year when Kidron and Dalton city schools merge and the class gets bigger! It’s always a fun tour.

Canaan in the Desert

A few weeks ago an enthusiastic customer by the name of Pete Allenbach stopped into our Dalton, OH gallery and shared with me a story about how P. Graham Dunn has had an influence on him and his family. He told of when a friend brought him to our store for the first time, and he had been awed by our inspirational products. He was so impressed that he purchased a plaque that he sent to his sister Georjean who lives in Phoenix, AZ.

He wanted to share this with me because his sister is a member of the Evangelical Protestant Sisterhood of Mary. The “Our Daily Bread” plaque that he sent as a gift to the convent has become a favorite decoration in their dining room. I have recently corresponded with Sister Georjean and she has shared more with me about their convent’s history:

“We are Evangelical Protestant Sisterhood, founded in Germany in 1947, just after WWII by Basilea Schlink. Our motherhouse is in Darmstadt Germany, and we are the only branch in America. We have branches in Israel, Japan, Korea, Canada, Brazil, Paraguay England and Australia.... [Our local branch] Canaan in the Desert, here in Phoenix was started in 1967. I have been here since 1984.”

Their ministry hosts a visitor center, and distributes literature and DVD messages; their goal is to “encourage reconciliation, repentance and first love for the Lord Jesus.” They also do a lot of work with military and prison chaplains. Visit their website for more information: www.canaaninthedesert.org

One picture is of their facility in Phoenix; the other features members of the order in front of the P. Graham Dunn plaque in their dining room (Sister Georjean, with her mother in front of her, Sister Pinea and Sister Romelle).

Amanda Wolfe – Assistant Manager, P. Graham Dunn in Dalton.