About Us

Don't you get frustrated shopping for promotional products and everything is "Made in [pick overseas country of your choice]." We do, too! Plus, with community as one of our core values, we want to support American workers whenever possible. That's why we created...

USAandUnionMadePromoShop.com

Some of our clients are in or serve the union trades. Finding promotions that filled their needs for USA made products, as well as union made, proved to be quite a challenge. Many online promo shopping sites don't identify country of origin, much less whether it's union made. Then there are those that use promotional products from overseas--where fair trade may not be standard like it is in the United States--and then imprint in a union shop so they can plop a union bug on it. We'll call shenanigans on that.

So we scoured the promotional product database, made phone calls, and talked with suppliers at shows to come up with, in our opinion (and we hope yours, too), one of the most extensive USA and union made promotions shopsites available online. Plus, many of the items are ecofriendly, too. See individual product descriptions for details. And, yes, we have USA and Union Made and Imprinted T-shirts! Click here to find out more about ordering.

USAandUnionMadePromoShop.com, is a shopsite of Thorne Communications, and is dedicated to serving associations, unions, schools, colleges, and event professionals concerned with sourcing their promotional products from the United States.

Our President and Founder, Heidi Thorne, is experienced in sourcing USA and union made products for our union and trades clientele and has been a distributor of promotional products since 1999. As well, she brings over 24 combined years in advertising, marketing, and public relations, and has been recognized for her active social networking, both offline and online.

We pride ourselves on being...

Focused on "Values"
Says Heidi, "I've seen the some of the best and worst of promotional product use over the years. I've also seen how most promotional online shopping sites focus on just selling product and 'value,' not 'values,' which is so important for many groups. That's what prompted us to create the USAandUnionMadePromoShop.com so our customers can quickly and conveniently find what they need and know the sourcing behind it ."

Committed to Community
Whenever possible we use USA made and green promotions ourselves and are always looking for ways to green up our operations (which is why we only offer an online catalog). Thorne Communications is actively involved in the local community as a member of the Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce and supports and volunteers for the Friends of DuPage Animal Care & Control.

Committed to Giving You Purposeful Promotional Product Buying Tools and Ideas
Through our blog, PromoWithPurposeToday.com, we give you the tools and ideas to make your next promotional product buy a a purposeful one. We discuss new products, ideas for more effective exhibiting, saving money and the planet, video demonstrations, valuable resources, event listings, social media tips, related news topics, and more. See BRIGHT BLUE BOX on the right side of this page to subscribe! Heidi is also available for speaking engagements to business groups and chambers of commerce. Visit HeidiThorne.com for video previews and list of currently available topics.

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