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.

Sunrider Supports AIDS Walk Los Angeles

Sunrider had the privilege of being the sole sponsor of the AIDS Walk Los Angeles Awards Tent on 21 Oct. 2007. As part of its sponsorship, Sunrider donated $10,000 to AIDS Walk Los Angeles that will benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles, one of the largest non-profit AIDS service organizations in the U.S. Sunrider also donated 3,000 sample tubes of Oi-Lin® Hand & Body Lotion Sunscreen SPF 25, which was handed out by volunteers to all the walkers who came to the Awards Tent. This was the first time Sunrider has participated in AIDS Walk, and we are happy that we could help bring more awareness, education, and help in preventing the spread of this life-threatening disease.

Before the AIDS Walk began, we were invited to a VIP Breakfast with the other event sponsors and a host of television and musical celebrities. At the VIP Breakfast representing Sunrider were David & Kay Heap, Jose Flores, Pauline Vo, Regional Manager Ras Jeyakumar, my husband Jonathan and myself, and our cousin Jamee. Although the breakfast started very early in the morning, it was great to see everyone there in support of eradicating AIDS.

We also had the opportunity to speak to our sales leaders about the importance of Dr. Chen’s new script on How to Approach, which is a necessity for every new and old business builder. In it, Dr. Chen provides an easy to follow script of exactly what you should say when approaching both new and familiar prospects. The number one principle: Let them know how much money they can potentially make!!! Everyone should memorize this script, role play it, and use it to introduce Sunrider and answer Frequently Asked Questions. If you’d like a copy, just call/email and let us know.

After the breakfast, we were guided to a VIP section adjacent to the Opening Ceremony stage. Celebrities like Faith Ford from the TV series “Murphy Brown” and now “Hope & Faith,” Ana Ortiz from “Ugly Betty,” and Shirley Jones (aka Mrs. Partridge from “The Partridge Family”) were there to name a few.

To see more about AIDS Walk Los Angeles, go to http://www.aidswalk.net/losangeles/ .
It was a great and exciting event for the tens of thousands of people who were there.

Sunny C. Beutler
Regional Operations Director

WELCOME TO SUNRIDER'S OFFICIAL BLOG!

Welcome to our new Sunrider blog! I'm happy to be the first guest blogger and share more about Sunrider. We hope our blog will give you a "behind-the-scenes" look at the company and include other guest bloggers from the corporate office.

New Business Leader Training Meeting

A little over a week ago, we had our first "New Business Leader Training Meeting." My parents, Sunrider owners Dr. Tei-Fu Chen and Dr. Oi-Lin Chen, specially invited a select group of 21 new Business Leaders and their sponsors for a 2-day training seminar. I wasn't able to attend all of the meetings, but what I did see and hear was exciting!

On the first day (September 26th), we visited the new LA Manufacturing Plants. I haven't been inside for over a year and I was awestruck at the size, scope, and complexity of the facilities. I know how big it is (almost 900,000 square feet) and I've heard my parents talk a lot about it, but WOW, seeing it for myself was absolutely thrilling. It just further validated what I and our Distributors already know—that my parents' commitment and investment to create the finest products is bar none. It's mind-boggling to comprehend the enormity of this project. I think our new Business Leaders were also amazed and proud to be part of this. Of course, there is still work to do and machinery to move. I can't wait to see it completed in the beginning of 2008. You can be sure I'll showcase it all over our website!

Over the next two days, my parents and Don Caster, a Silver Master Director, coached the new Business Leaders on how to approach, how to answer frequently asked questions, and how to be a leader. During the training, I could tell the new Business Leaders' eyes were opened to the true potential of their business. Obviously, they are all hard workers and have goals for their business; otherwise, my parents wouldn't have invited them. But, I think the whole experience boosted their confidence that Sunrider really can help them fulfill their goals and that they should dream even bigger. They realized Sunrider is not just about great products and by-the-way you can make some extra money, but Sunrider is the way for them to own a huge, profitable business AND enjoy our products AND help other people at the same time. I can't think of a business that's more mutually beneficial than this.

Before the Business Leaders left, my parents gave them a few special "treats" to take home— products that are still in development such as the new brightening serum and new Oi-Lin® Skin Care Trial Set. I also gave them a sneak peak at our new website design and replicator website. Yes, we are revamping everything!

I had a great time meeting the new Business Leaders and feeling their energy. It renewed and strengthened my own motivation to help them succeed. Anabelle also enjoyed meeting them (especially one little boy) and helping my father with his presentation. We're planning on holding these special meetings twice a year. Hopefully, some of you who are reading this blog will qualify the next time and we can "wine and dine" you.

New Distributor Training Meeting

We're having a New Distributor Training Meeting at the Torrance Headquarters on October 18th from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. It's for New Distributors only (no guests). You can find out more here. My sister, Sunny, my husband, John, and I will be conducting the meeting. It will be a lot of fun and very informative!

Wendy