And the Winner of our ‘Name the Ostrich’ Contest is…

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

The Winning Name for our Name the Ostrich Contest is … “Miss Understood”.

Congratulations and thank you to Barb Reid from Zehr Insurance Brokers Ltd, New Hamburg, ON, for naming our quirky ostrich mascot, Miss Understood. Barb has won our cool main prize – BlackBerry PlayBook.

Our ABEX team is very excited about this name as it clearly reflects out tag line, Specialists in Misunderstood Risks.

The winner of our second prize, a $25 gift certificate from Tim Horton’s, is Sofie Zekovich from M. Edward Powell Insurance Brokers Ltd, Oakville, ON. Sofie’s name was drawn out of the hat containing names of all participants who entered the contest.

The winner of our third prize, another $25 gift certificate from Tim Horton’s, is Katie Fisher from Wedgwood Insurance Limited, St. John’s, NL. Katie’s name was drawn out of all participants who voted for our top 5 names.

Our team has had lots of fun with the contest and has definitely learned a thing or two about different names. Click here to see all the great submissions we received and all the fun comments explaining the names.

Thank you to all who participated in and followed our contest.

Please feel free to email us with any questions.

Vote for Your Favourite Name and Help Decide the Winner for Our Name the Ostrich Contest

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

Thank you all for such a tremendous response to our ‘Name the Ostrich’ contest. We have received so many wonderful suggestions, that it’s made it virtually impossible for us to decide the winner. We did, however, narrow the selection down to 5 choices, and this is where we need your help.

Please vote for your top choice by email or post your vote on our Facebook page or Blog by March 25, 2013 and you will be entered into a draw to win a $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card.

Here are our top 5 contenders:

Abby
Abe
Abel
Bexie
Miss Understood

Click here if you’d like to see all the fun submissions we have received and you’ll understand why this is such a tough decision to make.

Keep Your Suggestions Coming for Name the Ostrich Contest

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

ABEX is very excited about great response and comments we have received so far for our Name the Ostrich Contest, and our new website.

We’ve received names from Abe to Zofia and everything in between, as well as this cute picture with the name ‘Ozzie the Ostrich’ attached to it. The highest number of suggestions we’ve gotten are for Abby, Abe, Oliver, and Ozzie.

Click here to see all the fun submissions and feel free to vote for your favourite.

It is still not too late to make a suggestion and go down in history as the person who named our mascot, the ostrich.

Visit ABEX’s new website and email us or post your suggestions on our Facebook page or Blog by February 28, 2013 for your chance to win! If your suggestion is chosen, you may win a BlackBerry PlayBook. Also, everyone who submits a suggestion will be entered into a draw to receive a $25 gift certificate from Tim Horton’s.

Click here for full Contest Details and Rules.

Visit Abex’s New Website and Enter Our ‘Name the Ostrich’ Contest

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

ABEX is very happy to share our fun and informative new website with you! This is an exciting new place for us to keep in touch with you and offer you regular updates on what’s new at ABEX.

We have a great way to kick-off our new website and offer you a chance to win a cool prize: BlackBerry PlayBook. How would you like to go down in history as the person who named our mascot, the ostrich? Here’s your chance. We’d like a name that’s as fun and quirky as our website, and well, as our ABEX team, of course. We’d love to see all the creative ideas out there and have some fun as we come up with a distinctive name for the ostrich.

Visit ABEX’s new website and email us or post your suggestions on our Facebook page by February 28, 2013 for your chance to win! If your suggestion is chosen, you may win a BlackBerry PlayBook. Also, everyone who submits a suggestion will be entered into a draw to receive a $25 gift certificate from Tim Horton’s.

Click here for more information and for contest rules.

ABEX Building a House for Nicaraguans

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

ABEX and The Precept Group are proud to be a part of Bridges to Community Canada’s initiative to build houses for impoverished families in Nicaragua.

To build a house that is safe, dry, and secure costs just $4,000! ABEX and Precept are excited to be able to sponsor a house for a family and make their everyday struggle a little easier.

As Rick Bauman of Bridges to Community Canada reflects: “Life to a typical Nicaraguan looks like 50% unemployment, a household income of less than $500 per year, and a home that wouldn’t qualify as a tool shed in your backyard or mine! And this is representative of how 80% of the people in the world live! ‘It’s a world of opportunity, yet I’m struggling to survive.’ You won’t likely ever hear those words spoken by a Nicaraguan – at least not those I’ve met, and I’ve met a few. They tend to be gentle, dignified people who are remarkably content with their lot in life.”

buildingahouse

Bridges to Community Canada is a nonprofit organization that has built 115 homes for impoverished families in Nicaragua over the past five years. Over the next five, they aim to raise $1,000,000 to transform a Nicaraguan community.

Right now, they are building a school in El Sasle in northern Nicaragua that currently houses 180 kids in just two rooms. But soon, the school will be finished, and they’ll start building the 40 plus houses that this community desperately needs.

For more information on how you can help, visit:

http://www.bridgestocommunity.org/canada/index.html