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Gardner-White Furniture Prevents Lions TV Blackout!

  With 4th down and no time on the clock, Gardner-White Furniture stepped in and purchased all remaining tickets  to the Lions/Rams game on Sunday October 10th at 1:00pm -Ford Field. That means no TV blackout of this Sunday's game. While they last, Gardner-White customers get two tickets free with any purchase. Tickets are available at any Gardner-White store but when they are gone, they're gone.  And if you don't make it to the game you can watch it on the big screens in every Gardner-White store.

"We know how much fans around here love our Lions and we do too." said Steve Tracey, President.

Gardner-White is locally owned and operated. Their assortment includes the largest selection of motion furniture in Michigan, as well as Gardner-White's exclusive Big Picture Package and Rooms That Rocks, featuring the latest electronics from Best Buy. Gardner-White's mattress department boasts an impressive array of comfort and quality, with brands like Simmons Beautyrest, Serta Perfectsleeper, Vera Wang by Serta and Tempurpedic and Trump Home Mattress .  www.gardner-white.com

Make my Day! A Great Gardner-White Shopping Experience!

I am always thrilled to hear from a happy Gardner-White customer.  We thank our friends at Serta for forwarding this email to us.  We are proud to be this area's exclusive distributor of the Trump line of bedding.

From: 
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
To: <FBCustomer@serta.com>
Subject: product question


 
I just have a quick question.  I won a Counting sheep from a Serta Fackbook Contest and when it arrived was pleasantly surprised as it was one that I've never seen, was a #9 special addition Trump sheep.  The funny thing is not even 2 weeks ago I took delivery of my king Size Serta Trump Metropolition eurotop Mattress.  I have quite the collection of counting sheep but I'm missing one key sheep and that is #1, if you happen to have one available for purchase or something please let me know would be more then happy to give him a new home with my flock.
 
I love my new mattress one of the best purchases I could've ever made.  I looked at several different brands and types and was set to get a different brand the the store ironically pissed me off so went looking at one more store to see if I couldn't find one.  The salesman actually listened to what I wanted, what I needed, what I liked and idee what I was willing to spend and was shown Temperpedic and the Trump, not a temperpedic person at all so we just skipped right over that.  I was treated very professionally and Gardner-White Furniture in Canton MI along with my salesman "big Jim " represent Serta very well.
 
Please let me know on the Sheep and thank you for your time
 

 

The Thrilling Taste of Freedom-Bike Day for Kids at Beaumont Hospital!

THE THRILLING TASTE OF FREEDOM- BIKE DAY FOR KIDS at BEAUMONT!

 

Do you remember that thrilling taste of freedom (and terror!) when you took off on your first bike ride on the new bicycle your parents bought for you? Away you went, teetering and unsteady, but with the wind blowing in your hair and the ability to explore your world in brand new ways-wasn’t it exciting?

Unfortunately, there are many physically challenged children here in Detroit with parents who cannot afford to give their children what their heart most desires to have-a chance to be a normal kid on a bike.

That’s why we are so happy here at Gardner White to be sponsoring Beaumont Hospital’s Pediatric Rehabilitation BIKE DAY this year in conjunction with Fox 2 News and the Children’s Miracle Network.

For every individual donation you make in our stores, we will match your donation up to $10,000.00 so special needs kids who might not otherwise ever have a chance to own a bike can experience the feeling of independence and delight that we had as kids!

A bit of background:

Our local Beaumont Hospital is the only hospital in Southeastern Michigan to be part of the nationwide Children’s Miracle Network. One of the many things that the Children’s Miracle Network supports is the purchase of specially adapted bikes for special needs children at Beaumont Pediatric Rehabilitation. The mission of this program is to provide every participating child with a free bike and a free helmet.  This year, Beaumont Hospital has identified 40 children who will benefit from attending Bike Day. Each bike costs an average of 1700.00 as they are specially fitted for each child.

Since 2004, when Beaumont Hospital initiated Bike Day, 218 bikes have been funded for children that have been referred for these special bikes through their physical therapist at Beaumont Hospital or, occasionally, through one of our local schools.

For these special needs kids bike riding offers numerous physical and social benefits they would otherwise never get to experience as most insurance companies will not cover a specially fitted bike and many parents cannot afford the high cost of these bikes.

We hope you will join us in helping to get these kids these special bikes by coming into our stores and making a donation- we welcome one quarter as much as we welcome 25.00! Every donation will be matched by us up to 10,000 and given to Beaumont to help these kids locked in by their physical limitations get a feeling of freedom they’ve never experienced before.

If you have a few minutes, watch this short video clip http://home.comcast.net/~wjbkpromo/spotapproval/CMN_BikeDay.mpg to see what it means to this young Mom and her son to have one of these bikes .We’d love for you to share what it meant for YOU to have your first bike-can you please leave a comment here or share that feeling with us over on our Facebook Page at http://facebook.com/GardnerWhiteFurniture  or on our Twitter feed @GardnerWhite ?

We hope we’ll see you in our stores this weekend to help make these kids dreams come true-we’re open Mon-Saturday 10-9 and Sunday 12-6!

 

 

Biggest Loser Tryouts on Saturday at Gardner-White!

'Biggest Loser' Holds Detroit-Area Casting Call

Ruth Spencer Consumer Investigator

POSTED: Thursday, February 18, 2010

UPDATED: 1:57 pm EST February 18, 2010

Do you have at least 100 pounds to lose and want to win big by being the biggest loser?

Then you should go to an open casting call for the popular NBC show, "The Biggest Loser."

The Detroit-area casting call will be held at the Gardner White Furniture Store located at 45300 Hayes Rd. in Macomb On March 13.

The casting call will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The winner of "The Biggest Loser" season will receive $250,000.

For more information, visit "The Biggest Loser" casting call Web site.

Copyright 2010 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Gardner-White to host tryouts for the Biggest Loser

He has kept the weight off, developed his own 10-week life transformation class (Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever) and touched thousands of lives as a motivational speaker. 

Sterling Heights’ Helen Phillips just graced the cover of Good Housekeeping and continues to wow the world with her weight loss of 140 pounds. She won $250,000 on the seventh season of “Loser” and hopes to open a spinning and wellness center in Macomb County.

Now “Loser” representatives have lined up a March 13 date at Gardner White Furniture in Macomb to find contestants for an upcoming season of the show. 

The open casting call runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Those who show up must be at least 18 years old and a U.S. citizen They should have 100 pounds or more of weight to lose and should bring along a photo. The store is at 45300 Hayes Road in Macomb. 

For more, go to htp://www.thebiggestlosercasting.com.

WXYZ- Announces the Winner of the Oprah No Zone-Gardner-White Contest

(WXYZ)- The No Phone Zone pledge is gaining support across the country.

The pledge was made popular on the Oprah Winfrey show. Gardner White took the on line initiative one step further and held a contest to get more folks to sign-up and to reward one customer who already did.

Michelle Proper was the big winner of the contest. She received a big surprise for pledging not to text and drive, talk on the phone while driving or pull over to use a cell phone.

It's estimated that 6,000 people have died in distracted driving accidents, and a recent survey suggests that 71% of people between the ages of 18 and 49 admit to texting and talking on cell phones while driving.

Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel Believes this is an epidemic that needs to be addressed.

19 states including the district of Columbia have bans on texting while driving, however Michigan isn't one of them.

The state House passed a ban last year and now the state Senate is deliberating a 2-bill package which could make texting or talking while driving against the law.

Sign the No Phone Zone pledge at Gardner-White and Enter to win a Big Picture Package

 

 

 

 

Gardner-White Room Full of Furniture Contest

Official Rules Contest List

Visit any of the 7 Gardner-White Furniture locations and enter for a chance to win a 50-inch High-Def TV, a room FULL of furniture, PLUS two tickets to see a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show, courtesy of Gardner-White Furniture.

Gardner-White's Big Picture Package and Rooms that Rock get better!

The Gardner-White Big Picture Package and Rooms that Rock gets even Better. Only at Gardner-White you can get an entire living room:

Sofa, Love seat, Cocktail Table, 2 End Tables, 2 Table and Rug Plus your choice of a Panasonic 50" television or a 42" television and a PS3 or Wii  plus 10 large cheese pizzas from Jets all for just $1999.

Now we can deliver it all to you the next day including the television and game!. All the televisions and games are from Best Buy. No one else can make that promise.

You get 10 gift cards good for 10 large pizzas with 1 topping from any Jets pizza store.

Check out this Freep article Jillian Michael's new show has Tryouts at Gardner-WhIte

POSTED: DEC. 6, 2009

THE FIT

Jillian Michaels' new fat fight

Über-trainer will help 8 families -- including 1 from Michigan -- change habits, get fit

BY KRISTA JAHNKE
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

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Is your family making you fat?

If so, NBC wants to meet you and hear your story.

Hundreds are expected to show up at Gardner-White Furniture in Macomb Township on Tuesday and Wednesday to audition for a new reality TV show called "Losing It with Jillian."

The concept is one-part "Nanny 911" and one-part "The Biggest Loser," with a splash of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." It will air in 2010 and boasts producers with ties to heavy hitters including "Loser" and "Oprah."

The star is trainer Jillian Michaels of "Loser" fame. After choosing eight families, she will move in with each for one week to observe their environment, habits and food and fitness choices. She hopes to cut through the clutter of excuses, bad decisions and enabling peers to help those families find solutions to make their lives healthier.

"Everyone has their own set of ways they could make changes," said Jodi Thomas, the show's casting director. "Maybe they don't eat dinner together, maybe there are family issues, maybe there are things they haven't discussed or haven't thought through. They're not communicating with each other; they're playing too many video games. We're going to get people to open up and talk. It's about working things out as a family."

Michaels will handle not just the fitness intervention but also will help people with emotional struggles, something Thomas said she's had success with on "The Biggest Loser." Curtis Stone, known as the Take-Home Chef from TLC, will provide cookinglessons.

Sheila Kitchens, 35, is sure Michaels could exorcise her weight-loss demons. At 4-foot-11 and 250 pounds, the Milwaukee mom of four admits she's overweight. Kitchens was a teen mother four times over; her kids range in age from 16 to 20.

Now she's trying to get her life back on track by taking business classes online through American Intercontinental University. But she said she has tried and failed to lose weight and needs help. "I have the ab lounge, the ab roller, all those things," she said.

Kitchens believes Michaels, known for her no-nonsense attitude served with a side of sugar, could help her. That's why she plans to head to the Chicago audition next week.

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"I'm definitely excited," Kitchens said. "I believe she's a strong person with a sincere heart to help people lose weight. It would be a dream come true."

The show is looking for families with kids, but couples can apply, too. The individuals don't need to be drastically overweight, but should have at least 25 pounds to lose.

People will be seen at the auditions in the order they arrive, and Thomas said she expects to speak with every family. If only one family member can make it, that's OK. Bring non-returnable photos of each family member.

Thomas said the show "definitely" intends to cast a family from Michigan, one of eight casting locations. Why? It seems the state's track record of being fat and friendly makes for good TV.

"I've cast 'Biggest Loser' and for the last three seasons, I've been to Michigan and found the people are hard-working, loveable, amazing people," Thomas said.

The Fit offers news, trends and advice on running, yoga and other fitness pursuits every Sunday. Contact KRISTA JAHNKE: 313-222-8854 or kjahnke@freepress.com

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Tryouts for Jillian Michaels new show -Gardner-White Macomb Township

'Loser' trainer looks for families for her new show
Kimberly Hayes Taylor / Detroit News Health Writer
Imagine how much weight you would shed if Jillian Michaels, the tough-as-nails fitness trainer and wellness expert on NBC's "Biggest Loser," lived in your house for a week. She'd not only tell you when and what to eat, she'd whip your body into shape as well.
It's not such a far-fetched notion. Michaels will star in a new eight-episode NBC television show for 2010, "Losing It With Jillian," when she invades the home of a different family every week to give them her own brand of tough love, and fitness and nutrition transformation. The show is looking for Michigan families to star on it, and a casting call is being held Dec. 8 and 9 at Gardner-White Furniture in Macomb Township.
"When your health is out of balance, everything else suffers -- finances, relationships, work and family dynamics," Michaels says in a release. "I'm moving in with families across the country, getting down and dirty and rooting out bad habits in every corner of their lives that are preventing them from health and happiness. Get ready America, because I'm heading out and you never know, I might just end up on your doorstep, so watch out."
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Helen Phillips is the Season 7 winner from Sterling Heights who reduced from 257 pounds to 117 during the course of the show. She says Michaels will prove to be a blessing for any family, even if she remains with them only for a day or two.
"She would be able to restructure the whole family," says Phillips, who ended up working out with Michaels after losing a challenge on the show and is now traveling the country helping others to become big losers. "She will get to the emotional part of the overeating as well, and bring them closer together as a family unit."
Michaels will continue to work with "Biggest Loser" contestants too.
Ann Arbor's Pete Thomas, the At Home Season 2 winner who took away a $100,000 prize after losing the most weight after being eliminated from the show, also will never forget the lessons Michaels taught him. He shed 85 pounds on the show in seven weeks, and then went home and lost another 102 pounds with Michaels' instructions. In nine months, he shed a total of 185 pounds -- and has kept it off.
Thomas says he admires Michaels because she once weighed 180 pounds as a teen. As a result, she developed a gift of getting to the core of what drives a person to abuse food and helps them overcome that.
"We had a food addiction, and food addiction had a root. That's what Jillian helped to deal with," says Thomas, who now coaches and trains people on fitness on wellness and offers free weight-loss tips on his Web site, www.winningman.com .
"It really is going to be a gift from God to have her come into someone's home."
ktaylor@detnews.com (313) 222-2058
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