ASBWA NEWSLETTER
September 2024
FROM ASBWA PRESIDENT
JAY TRUMBULL
ASBWA Members,
I am excited about our upcoming 2024 ASBWA Fall Education Day & Plant Tour!
Ozarka Water and Coffee Service is a family-owned and operated company with an extraordinary history and responsibility to serve its customers. CEO Steve Raupe and President Tanner Hanstein have graciously opened their doors to our members to see first-hand how Ozarka operates. They will be on hand for tours through their plant and will field your questions along the way. Ozarka was the first bottled water plant in Oklahoma City, and has been a steadfast leader in the community and the bottled water industry for many years. If you haven't yet signed up to attend this extraordinary event, it is not too late. Be sure to do so right away. I know you won't regret it.
As we enter the fall of the second year of ASBWA's existence, I am happy to report that this has been a productive time of planning and the re-establishment of our association and what it provides to the members. By combining the resources of the former MABWA, SEBWA and SABWA, we are fortunate to have a broad base of members from many states. Your board of directors is engaged as we work together to provide you with the best experience possible as an ASBWA member. We are working on a number of items to further enhance the Association and your benefits. Watch as we roll these things out in the coming weeks and in 2025!
Thank you for your support and involvement. Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out by emailing me at jay.trumbull@culliganpc.com
Hoping to see you in October in Oklahoma City!
Sincerely,
Jay Trumble
ASBWA President
The Affiliated States Bottled Water Association (ASBWA) and Ozarka Water and Coffee Service of Oklahoma City are pleased to invite you to the 2024 ASBWA Fall Seminar and Plant tour to be held October 10-11, 2024.
There will be three value-added presentations during the plant tour. Steve Raupe, Ozarka Water and Coffee Service, and Jay Trumble, Trumble Family Culligan, will lead an open discussion on POU and what it could mean to your business. Dave Redick, Steelhead, will provide an insight to the innovations in modern equipment technology. And Patricia Pannell, Gotcha Covered HR, will cover Compliance Essentials for Managers. All these sessions and the plant tour will earn Continuing Education Credits (CEUs).
For complete details on the event and how to register and reserve your room at the hotel, just click below!
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If you would like to be part of a professional, energetic, and fun group of men and women who are dedicated to the betterment of ASBWA member businesses and the bottled water industry, the Affiliated States Bottled Water Association (ASBWA) is the perfect association for you. ASBWA represents states stretching from Arizona and Utah across to Florida and Georgia and up to Virginia along with all states in between. We are growing fast! Join ASBWA today! You’ll be happy you did!
