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"ID Me Now" card
Bill Keese, APRO executive director, examines his "ID Me Now" card at the 2006 APRO Convention and Buying Show prior to the start of the general session. Hilary Sessions, with Child Protection Education of America, was on site, with Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings, to discuss their joint effort to help find missing children. Buddy's and CPEA work together to raise funds to donate pure-breed bloodhounds to local law-enforcement officers.
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APRO 2006 show
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Ribbon cutting
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Bill Keese, Shannon Strunk
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Shannon Strunk
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Ernie Lewallen
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2006 APRO general session
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APRO general session
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Larry Sutton
Larry Sutton discusses the APRO RTO [Relief To Our] Employees Disaster Relief Fund at the APRO 2006 Convention and Buying Show general session in Orlando, Florida, September 21. In 2005, members of the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations contributed more than $190,000 to help rent-to-own employees get back on their feet after the devastation caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The rent-to-own community helped 159 employees survive and recover from these natural disasters.
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Larry Sutton
Larry Sutton discusses the APRO RTO [Relief To Our] Employees Disaster Relief Fund at the APRO 2006 Convention and Buying Show general session in Orlando, Florida, September 21. In 2005, members of the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations contributed more than $190,000 to help rent-to-own employees get back on their feet after the devastation caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The rent-to-own community helped 159 employees survive and recover from these natural disasters.
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Bill Keese
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Bill Keese, APRO executive director
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Terry Beville
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John Spangle
John Spangle, president of TRIB Group and Partner's Rental Purchase Inc was named APRO's 2006 Rental Dealer of the Year. Spangle has been a member of APRO for nine years and is involved in the legislative efforts for the rent-to-own industry, both on the federal and state levels, even attending the last legislative conference with an exchange student who was staying with his family at the time.
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John Spangle, Shannon Strunk
Shannon Strunk, APRO president (right) congratulates John Spangle, president of TRIB Group and Partner's Rental Purchase Inc., who was named APRO's 2006 Rental Dealer of the Year at the 2006 APRO Convention and Buying Show in Orlando, Florida, September 20.
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Shannon Strunk
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Steve Ford, Shannon Strunk
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Steve Ford
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Steve Ford shows notebook from father
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Steve Ford
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Steve Ford
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Steve Ford
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Steve Ford at APRO general session
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Steve Ford addresses APRO crowd
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Steve Ford
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Steve Ford
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APRO's keynote speaker
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Steve Ford, keynote speaker
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Steve Ford
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Steve Ford opens APRO general session
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Dee Dee Yelverton, Shannon Strunk, Bill Keese
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Shannon Strunk, Steve Ford
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Bill Keese, Shannon Strunk, Steve Ford
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James Burcham, Ella, Jody Katz
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Hilary Sessions, Larry Carrico
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Jim Tomaszewski
Jim Tomaszewski, Buddy's Home Furnishings, looks at a display highlighting their bloodhound donation program outside of the APRO general session September 20 in Orlando, Florida. The Polk County Sheriffs Department recently held a press conference honoring Buddys and Child Protection Education of America for their joint effort in donating purebred bloodhounds to law-enforcement offers to aid in finding missing children.
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CPEA and Buddy's safety material
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Hilary Sessions, Bill Keese
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Polk County officer, James Burcham, Ella, a bloodhound
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Hilary Sessions, Bill Keese
Hilary Sessions, with Child Protection Education of America, shows Bill Keese, APRO executive director, how to enter his fingerprints for the "ID Me Now" card at the 2006 APRO Convention and Buying Show prior to the start of the general session. Sessions was on site, with Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings, to discuss their joint effort to help find missing children. Buddy's and CPEA work together to raise funds to donate pure-breed bloodhounds to local law-enforcement officers.
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Hilary Sessions, Bill Keese
Hilary Sessions, Child Protection Education of America, and Bill Keese, APRO executive director discuss the "ID Me Now" program at the 2006 APRO Convention and Buying Show prior to the start of the general session. Sessions was on site, with Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings, to discuss their joint effort to help find missing children. Buddy's and CPEA work together to raise funds to donate pure-breed bloodhounds to law-enforcement officers.
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Ella
Ella is a full-breed bloodhound donated to law-enforcement by Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings. The dogs will help find missing children. The Polk County Sheriffs Department recently held a press conference honoring Buddys and Child Protection Education of America for their joint effort in donating Ella to the department. Ellas was named in honor of a Florida fallen officer.
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Buddy's bloodhound safety events
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Buddy's bloodhound events
Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings shows photos of some of their recent bloodhound program fund-raising events at the APRO 2006 Convention and Buying Show prior to the start of the general session. Buddy's donates the bloodhounds to law-enforcement officers to help find missing children. The Polk County Sheriffs Department recently held a press conference honoring Buddys and Child Protection Education of America for their joint efforts.
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Buddy's bloodhound program
A Polk County officer poses with a bloodhound donated to law-enforcement by Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings prior to the start of the APRO 2006 Convention and Buying Show general session on September 20 in Orlando, Florida. The bloodhounds help find missing children. The Polk County Sheriffs Department recently held a press conference honoring Buddys and Child Protection Education of America for their joint effort in donating the dogs to the department.
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James Burcham, Ella
Polk County officer, James Burcham, poses with Ella, at the 2006 APRO Convention and Buying show. Ella is a bloodhound donated to law-enforcement by Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings. The dogs will help find missing children. The Polk County Sheriffs Department recently held a press conference honoring Buddys and Child Protection Education of America for their joint effort in donating Ella to the department.
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Polk County officer, James Burcham and Ella
Polk County officer, James Burcham, poses with Ella, a bloodhound donated to law-enforcement by Florida rent-to-own company Buddys Home Furnishings. The dogs will help find missing children. The Polk County Sheriffs Department recently held a press conference honoring Buddys and Child Protection Education of America for their joint effort in donating Ella to the department.
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