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Buckeye Baskets Heats Up the Summer
with New Barbecue Baskets
(June 14, 2006)--Buckeye Baskets, a division of United Disability Services, is heating up the summer just in time for your next barbecue.  The "Barbecue Sampler" and "Summer Sizzler" are just two of the new basket selections available from Buckeye Baskets.

The "Barbecue Sampler" features a trio of some of Ohio's tastiest sauces including Around the World Gourmet's Wing Sauce, Montgomery Inn Barbecue Sauce and Vicar Sauce Company Barbecue Sauce.  Add these bold flavors to a favorite cut of grilled beef, pork or poultry for a mouth-watering experience.

Take along a "Summer Sizzler" barbecue basket that is sure to be a hit at the next family reunion or Fourth of July picnic.  While the grill is heating up, pass around the Rothschild Farm Gourmet dipping Sticks and Southwest dip or Tony Packo's Original Pickles & Peppers.  Throw some chicken on the grill seasoned with Riverdale Foods' Rub-It Seasonings for Poultry, pop a loaf of Linford Shortbread's Ralph's Cockeyed Beer Bread in the oven, add a splash of Saucy Chef Mimosa Orange salad dressing to some fresh greens and the picnic feast is complete.

These selections represent an entire collection of customized and all-occasion gift baskets available year-round--ranging in price from $11.95 to $49.95 plus tax and shipping--featuring products and specialty foods made in Ohio.  Orders can be placed online at www.buckeyebaskets.com; by phone at 330-379-3341, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; or by fax at 330-762-0912.  Each order is carefully assembled by a member of our production team and shipped within 24 hours upon receipt of payment.  Baskets can be shipped anywhere within the U.S.

A selection of baskets is also available in the floral department at various Acme locations throughout the Akron-Canton area and the Gift Gallery in Twinsburg.  Click on the "Retail Locations" tab for more information.

Buckeye Baskets was launched in 2003 to provide create employment for people with disabilities while helping to support the programs of the agency.  The basket venture provides a unique opportunity for individuals employed by United Disability Services' Vocations Services program to be a productive part of the creative process by transforming empty baskets into beautifully wrapped gifts.  Each completed basket is then labeled with pride with the signature of the person who assembled it.

United Disability Services is a not-for-profit agency that has been meeting the social, vocational, community living. low vision and transportation needs of people with disabilities since 1949.  The agency service individuals with disabilities at its program locations in Akron, Twinsburg and Kent.

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Buckeye Baskets celebrates Mother's Day
with a new collection of Spring gift baskets
(April 24, 2006)--Buckeye Baskets is celebrating Spring with new gift baskets just in time for Mother's Day.  The purchase of Buckeye Baskets is the gift that gives twice by providing an imaginative, thoughtful and convenient alternative to other traditional Mother's Day gifts and by helping to provide creative employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities served by United Disability Services' vocational program.

An array of basket choices are available for a variety of tastes in a broad range of prices.  Treat Mom to a special basket reminiscent of a traditional English tea with the "Tea & Jam" basket containing rhubarb strawberry jam--a delicious accompaniment to scones or biscuits--and a variety of other delightful sweets and teas.

Satisfy the cravings of any chocolate lover with the "Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate" and "Take a Chocolate Break" baskets.  Both of these baskets contain a rich, creamy and decadent assortment of Ohio-made chocolates.

Gardeners will appreciate the "Green Thumb Tote," a handy collection of gardening goodies including hand lotion, sculpted garden soap, apricot lemon lip balm, flower seeds and more.  The fragrances of a Spring garden can also be found in sets of two and four A.I. Root Candles featuring lilac glory, flowering herbs, pink currant and tea root, and English hyacinth scents.

Arriving just in time for Mother's Day, remember the mom-to-be with the "Welcome Little One" basket filled with sweet things for baby including a "special delivery" plush stork baby essentials including bibs, cotton swabs, baby powder; baby lotion or baby wash; a soothing lullabies CD and some other surprises just for mom.

These selections represent an entire collection of customized and all-occasion gift baskets available year-round -- ranging in price from $11.95 to $49.95 plus tax and shipping -- featuring products and specialty foods made in Ohio.  Orders can be placed online at www.buckeyebaskets.com; by phone at 330-379-3341, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; or by fax at 330-762-0912.  Each order is carefully assembled by a member of our production team and shipped within 24 hours upon receipt of payment.  Baskets can be shipped anywhere within the U.S.

Buckeye Baskets was launched in 2003 to provide creative employment for people with disabilities while helping to support the programs of the agency.  The basket venture provides a unique opportunity for individuals employed by Untied Disability Services' Vocational Services program to be a productive part of the creative process by transforming empty baskets into beautifully wrapped gifts.  Each completed basket is then labeled with pride with the signature of the person who assembled it.

United Disability Services is a not-for profit agency that has been meeting the social, vocational, community living, low vision and transportation needs of people with disabilities since 1949.  The agency serves individuals with disabilities at its program locations in Akron, Twinsburg and Kent.

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Buckeye Baskets offers new chocolate lover's baskets
(March 7, 2006) -- Designed for the chocolate lover in mind "Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!" features a delectable selection of Ohio's finest creamy confections including Spilios' Chocolates One Pound Assortment, Island Delights' Chocolate and Cherry Coconut Haystacks, Designer Heart Cookies, Pearl Coffee Jonnette's French Silk, Hartville Chocolate Factory Chocolate Ohio and Milk Chocolate-covered Spoon and Waggoner Chocolates Mint Chocolate Cookie Clusters.  This basket is available for $29.95 plus tax and shipping.

"Take a Chocolate Break" contains another sweet assortment that includes Spilios' Chocolates Half Pound Assortment, Berardi's Chocolate Fudge Cocoa, Hartville Chocolate Factory Chocolate Ohio and Milk Chocolate-covered Spoons Rvierdale Fine Foods Whole Cashews all nestled in a reusable hear-embossed tin.  This basket is a delight to give and receive for only $17.95 plus tax and shipping.

The chocolate gift baskets are the latest additions to an entire line of customized and all-occasion gift baskets available year-round -- ranging in price from $11.95 to $49.94 -- featuring products and specialty foods made in Ohio.  Orders can be placed online at www.buckeyebaskets.com; by phone at 330-379-3341, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; or by fax at 330-762-0912.  Each order is carefully assembled by a member of our production team and shipped within 24 hours upon receipt of payment.  Baskets can be shipped anywhere within the U.S.

Buckeye Baskets was launched in 2003 to provide creative employment for people with disabilities while helping to support the programs of the agency.  The basket venture provides a unique opportunity for individuals employed by Untied Disability Services' Vocational Services program--some with significant disabilities--to be a productive part of the creative process by transforming empty baskets into beautifully wrapped gifts.  Each completed basket is then labeled with pride with the signature of the person who assembled it.

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Buckeye Baskets welcomes autumn
with Amish Breakfast Basket 
(October 19, 2005) -- Buckeye Baskets, a division of United Disability Services in Akron, is welcoming autumn with the introduction of a new "Amish Breakfast" gift basket.

The Amish Breakfast Basket will take the chill off any fall morning with a variety of hearty breakfast favorites including Berardi's Daily Brew Coffee & Chocolate Fudge Hot Chocolate, Cooper's Mill Honey Apple Butter, Fowler's Mill Pancake Mix, Kaleidoscope Magazine & Gift Subscription, Richards Maple Products Pure Maple Syrup, Teasewater Farms Granola and a traditional Amish doll.  The "Amish Breakfast Basket" is available for $39.95 plus tax and shipping.

The Amish Breakfast Basket is just part of an entire line of customized and all-occasion gift baskets available year-round -- ranging in price from $11.95 to $49.95 -- featuring products and specialty foods made in Ohio.  Orders can be placed online at www.buckeyebaskets.com; by phone at 330-379-3341, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; or by fax at 330-762-0912.  Each order is carefully assembled by a member of our production team and shipped within 24 hours upon receipt of payment.  Baskets can be shipped anywhere within the U.S.

Buckeye Baskets was launched in 2003 to provide creative employment for people with disabilities while helping to support the programs of the agency.  The basket venture provides a unique opportunity for individuals employed by United disability Services' Vocational Services program--some with significant disabilities--to be a productive part of the creative process by transforming empty baskets into beautifully wrapped gifts.  Each completed basket is then labeled with pride with the signature of the person who assembled it.

United Disability Services is a not-for profit agency that has been meeting the social, vocational, community living, low vision and transportation needs of people with disabilities in Summit County since 1949.

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Get your game face on with new Ohio State University-themed gift baskets
(September 5, 2005) -- Buckeye Baskets™ is kicking off the college football season with two new Ohio State University-themed gift baskets.  Each basket contains officially licensed food products and novelty items sure to score points with any scarlet and gray fan.

The "Touchdown Tote" will ignite a football frenzy with a variety of pre-game favorites including a Face Paintin' Fanatic window hanger, Collegiate Snacks Kettle Potato Chips, can cozy and a soft mini football all packed into a handy vinyl lunch bag with OSU logo.  The "Touchdown Tote" is available for $24.95.

Fans can also stock up on snacks before the big game with the "Gridiron Goodies" basket.  This basket is sure to satisfy game time cravings with Collegiate Snacks Buckeye Bites Tortilla Chips, Hot Sauce Harry's Nacho Cheese Sauce, Hot Sauce Harry's Picante Salsa, Brutus pewter bottle opener, Football Jersey Bottle Cozy, The Popcorn Gallery Scarlet and Gray Gourmet Popcorn (vanilla butternut flavor), Brutus playing cards in tin and an OSU vinyl tote with handles.  "Gridiron Goodies" is available for $49.95.

The OSU-themed baskets are just part of an entire line of customized and all-occasion gift baskets available year-round -- ranging in price from $11.95 to $49.95 -- featuring products and specialty foods made in Ohio.  Orders can be placed online at www.buckeyebaskets.com; by phone at 330-379-3341, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; or by fax at 330-762-0912.  Each order is carefully assembled by a member of our production team and shipped within 24 hours upon receipt of payment.  Baskets can be shipped anywhere within the U.S.

Buckeye Baskets was launched in 2003 to provide creative employment for people with disabilities while helping to support the programs of the agency.  The basket venture provides a unique opportunity for individuals employed by United disability Services' Vocational Services program--some with significant disabilities--to be a productive part of the creative process by transforming empty baskets into beautifully wrapped gifts.  Each completed basket is then labeled with pride with the signature of the person who assembled it.

United Disability Services is a not-for profit agency that has been meeting the social, vocational, community living, low vision and transportation needs of people with disabilities in Summit County since 1949.

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