Excel is proud to announce that we along with a few other local businesses will be sponsoring Team Excel Pittsburgh this year in the Scott Safety Firefighter Combat Challenge. We’re also honored that the team named themselves after our business! We also designed and printed their team shirts so check them out, they turned out GREAT!

Team Excel consists of 4 members.

Mark Grimm: Fire Chief at North Strabane Township Fire Department
Chris Cerci: Firefighter for Mckeesport
Christopher Chiprich: Baldwin EMS|
Nicholas Sohyda: Fire Chief for Mount Lebanon Fire Department

Since 1991 Fire Departments have been competing in the Scott Safety Firefighter Combat Challenge to raise awareness to the public of how challenging and demanding it is to be a firefighter.

The roots of this Challenge start in D.C. were teams made up of 5 different Departments competed against each other in 5 different events. Not only were these challenges tough but they went head to head in front of spectators and even television cameras!  After seeing the reaction of the public this challenge took off and has been taking place annually, adding more teams from different cities and even more events. ESPN covered the event but now you can catch it on Versus.

The festivites begin on March 24th this year so be sure to check it out and cheer your local heroes on as they compete against each other!

T-shirts have become a medium for self-expression and advertising. 

I think it’s safe to say that pretty much everyone in the world owns a t-shirt, right?

T-shirts are comfortable, stylish and easy to put on.

Whether a shirt has a saying or a picture on it, it really gives you an idea of what that person is about. Think of all the kids wearing their favorite rock band on a shirt, or a bunch of “gear heads” with their favorite “muscle” car on a shirt, or a someone wearing their favorite sports team on a shirt. Its all about what that person thinks is cool. It’s all about expression!

So many businesses are taking advantage of this. The advertising is great and can be long-lasting. Most people keep a shirt for a couple years- at least. So, five or more years from now people can still be promoting your business. That is crazy to think about!

Imagine if someday a shirt with a cool design, advertising your business gets donated and some dude shopping at a thrift store ends up with that shirt.  Now, there is someone else promoting your business…

People love t-shirts and they will never go away!  

My point is, if you make a t-shirt that has a great design, someone, somewhere, will always be willing to promote your business.