Sunrider Supports Fundraisers

Sunrider was honored to be involved with three wonderful fundraising events held in November:

Sunrider is Sole Corporate Sponsor for Enterprise Mentors International

On Friday, November 2, Sunrider was the sole corporate sponsor of the annual gala fundraiser for Enterprise Mentors International (EMI) in Salt Lake City, Utah. EMI is a non-profit organization that provides micro-finance loans, mentoring, and support for people in developing countries in South America and the Philippines. With almost 1,000 people in attendance, Sunrider was proud to have the honor of donating $15,000 to EMI to help more people gain self-reliance and independence in countries where jobs are very scarce. The average EMI loan is about US$160. Along with each loan, EMI provides counseling, teaches bookkeeping and other necessary skills to maintain the growth of businesses. Please see http://www.enterprise-mentors.org/index.asp.

Attending the EMI annual gala, representing Sunrider were Sharon Farnsworth Ekins & Shirl Ekins, Carol Call, Chris Williams, Dick & Annette Richards, Kristen Smith and her downline, and Sunny & Jonathan Beutler.

Special Awards were given to the First Lady of Guatemala for her tremendous work in helping families in poverty by helping women start businesses. EMI also awarded the First General Relief Society Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for their extensive work in social work and aid to the less fortunate.

The special guest performer for that evening was Michael Ballam, a renowned opera singer and pianist, who told his story of visiting the people who had been helped by EMI in South America.
It was a great privilege to help others gain independence and financial freedom through EMI.


Sunrider is the Platinum Sponsor of the LA Consular Ball

On Friday, November 16, Sunrider was the Platinum Sponsor of the Los Angeles Consular Ball held in Los Angeles at the Intercontinental Hotel. The LA Consular Ball is the annual fundraising event for the Los Angeles Consular Corps, which provides networking and other beneficial international help to all its consular members in the Los Angeles area.

A wonderful event, with a local mariachi band, and Consul Generals from New Zealand, Brazil, Ireland, and Kenya, to name just a few, the crowd was lively, and everyone danced.
Recognized as one of the two Platinum Sponsors of the event, Drs. Chen, John Teng, Sunny & Jonathan Beutler, and some of our great Sunrider attorneys enjoyed the food and the wide array of people in attendance from all over the world. Everyone in attendance received a gift bag with a beautiful, new Sunrider advertisement and a box of Fortune Delight.

During the ball, there was a lottery, which had the grand prizes of free roundtrip airline tickets to anywhere in the world in first class, business class, and economy class. Although none of the Sunriders won these grand prizes, our very own Paul McCabe won 2 tickets for an 8-day, first-class train tour of Switzerland. He and his wife will definitely go on a long vacation very soon.
It was definitely an evening to remember.


Torrance Chinese School Gala

On Saturday, November 10, Sunrider participated in the second annual Torrance Chinese School fundraiser dinner as one of its main corporate sponsors. In attendance were the California State Controller, John Chiang, the Torrance Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. George Mannon, and other school officials. The event was catered at a Chinese restaurant in Torrance, and we all ate our fill. It was a great event for Sunrider to sponsor to help maintain the Chinese language and culture among second-generation immigrants who may not otherwise have a chance to learn their heritage. Thanks to the dedication of both the Taiwanese and Chinese teachers, the volunteer teacher’s aids, and the fundraising efforts of many there, Torrance Chinese School is the largest in the South Bay.

At the lottery held after the dinner, many hand-crafted and donated gifts were given away. Sunny & Jonathan Beutler even won a digital camera, which they plan on giving to a friend in Brazil.

As always, Sunrider was happy that it could give back to the community in some small way.

Sunrider Corporate Office

Turkey Trot Fun Run

I volunteered to get up at the crack of dawn on Thanksgiving morning to set up a Sunrider convention booth in support of the 28th annual City of Torrance Turkey Trot. Sunrider was one of the proud sponsors of this meaningful local event and I really wanted to personally be there to participate and to introduce Sunrider to the neighboring communities that surround the corporate headquarters. One of the Sunrider attorneys graciously agreed to join me in the morning to unload boxes, set up the booth, and to help me socialize with interested visitors.

The run also featured a food drive that collected thousands of canned food items from the participants to distribute to people in need throughout the South Bay. The proceeds from the Turkey Trot were then used to offset the costs of running "After School Club Programs" at fourteen local schools. These programs provide quality activities and care for Torrance youth. Several other Sunrider staff members specifically at the event to run in the race also dropped by afterwards to offer a helping hand as needed.

Curious visitors came by the Sunrider booth before and after the run and received a Simply the Best™ Brochure along with a beautiful Sunrider logo bag. Everyone interested in learning more about Sunrider’s “franchise-like” business opportunity and the vast array of “Simply the Best™” products were given the contact information to Sunrider’s corporate headquarters to drop by for an eye-opening and awe-inspiring visit!

John Teng
North America Sales Manager

Sunrider Cares about the Environment

We recently received an anonymous comment asking about the environmental status of our new Los Angeles manufacturing facilities. Because this is such an important topic we want to share our thoughts about it for this week’s post.

Sunrider is deeply committed to protecting our fragile environment. In addition to many of our products being designed to combat the effects of an increasingly polluted world, our nearly completed Los Angeles buildings will incorporate many environmental elements, including important energy conservation and efficient design factors. For example, there is an extensive use of skylights in these large buildings, which provide beneficial natural daylight, as well as occupancy sensors (motion detectors), lighting timers, photocells for outdoor nighttime lighting and other light-saving designs, all of which conserve energy and benefit the environment.

Sunrider is also proud of the following further environmental actions that we're taking to improve our buildings and processes:

• Steam is circulated through cooling towers that cool the water, allowing us to recycle it and assure that no impurities are released into the atmosphere.

• Insulation is used extensively throughout the building and highly efficient equipment, including those with variable frequency drives, is used to reduce energy consumption.

• Existing equipment from the City of Industry plants is being reused where practicable in our new facilities, thus saving energy associated with manufacturing and transporting new equipment.

• New pre-heaters for our large boilers were purchased which saves natural gas and new energy recovery systems are used to conserve energy.

• All air conditioning systems have been designed for air or water side economizers (free cooling) to save energy.

• Motion sensors will be used in the restrooms to conserve water.

• Only food-grade biodegradable lubricants and paints are used to keep our machines running.

While this is only a partial summary of our environmental actions, Sunrider will continue to pursue environmental elements and energy conservation in its operations and appreciates your interest in this and support. Thanks.

Sunrider Corporate Office

New Distributor Training Program a Big Hit!

The New Distributor Training Program held at Sunrider’s Corporate Headquarters in Torrance, California on Thursday, October 18th was a real hit! As far as I can tell this meeting marked the first meeting dedicated exclusively to “brand new” Sunriders. The meeting covered goal setting, Dr. Chen’s new “How to Approach” script, role playing an approach using Sun Breeze® Oil, an Opportunity Meeting overview, answering Frequently Asked Questions, a website presentation, leadership, and recognition. We really packed a lot of information into this meeting! The best part of the evening for me was the recognition portion where we celebrated all of the rank advancements achieved in such a short period of time. Eight new Sunriders were recognized for achieving the rank of Associate Director within their first 2 months in the company—some within their very first month! Sunny Beutler asked each of the eight new Associate Directors onto the stage one at a time to tell the audience how long they had been in Sunrider. Sunny then asked each person for their permission to tell the audience how much money each of them had earned since they joined Sunrider. It was funny how some of them didn’t realize how much money they had made in a very short time frame. One Sunrider didn’t even start building his business until this September and has already sponsored 10 people and earned over $2,000 dollars!* All in all I think the overwhelming impression of every new Sunrider in attendance was the feeling of sincerity and commitment from Sunrider founders Dr. and Mrs. Chen and the entire corporate headquarters to help them get up to speed as quickly as possible as future business builders.

The training meeting was quickly followed up by an opportunity meeting on Tuesday, October 30th here at the Sunrider headquarters to support the guests of our new Distributors. 38 people attended this opportunity meeting and from the expressions on the audience’s faces afterwards it looked like everybody had a great time! The event was a real multicultural experience with representation from Mexico, Vietnam, Israel, Polynesia, and the United States. With so many different cultures meeting together for a common purpose, I was reminded that Sunrider International spans across the globe and everyone who joins us becomes part of a larger international family! I shared the 6-point multimillion dollar business opportunity and I emphasized Sunrider’s ability to help every person earn $10,000 per month and even $100,000 per month if they set the goal to do so*. This is achievable for them because it is already happening to many Sunriders around the world. A few powerful demonstrations from the Starter Pack I and three success stories from our fellow Sunriders and the event couldn’t have been much better! Everybody left with several handouts to review afterwards: a Switch the Brands handout, a conference call and meeting schedule with dial-in instructions, and a Simply the Best™ brochure.

Sunrider is really serious about giving each and every Sunrider all of the simple and easy tools they need to reach their dreams and goals with us. These are the types of meaningful and exciting meetings that I am hoping we can take on the road to locations all over North America or maybe even broadcast them via video stream on the Sunrider website. What do you think about that!!!

John Teng

Sales Manager - North America

* The earnings stated are not necessarily representative or typical of the earnings Sunrider Distributors can or will earn through participation in the Sunrider Compensation Plan. These statements should not be considered as guarantees or projections of your actual earnings or profits. As with any other independent business, success results only from dedicated sales efforts, hard work, diligence and leadership.