Vancouver-based company wins $250,000 in services from Creative Leader Leo Burnett USA

CHICAGO, April 19 /PRNewswire/ — As the first-ever winner of The Leos award, FROGBOX, a provider of eco-friendly plastic moving boxes, hopes to leap to the next level of business success by changing the way people move their household belongings.  The Leos award is sponsored jointly by Leo Burnett USA and the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a global network of small business owners and was created to provide strategic and creative services to a deserving up-and-coming company.

“Young, dynamic companies like FROGBOX have been, and will be, an important part of the world’s economic recovery,” says Rich Stoddart, president of Leo Burnett USA.  ”We can help a new company like FROGBOX, with a great idea, to grow by changing consumer behavior just as we have done for other innovative brands like McDonald’s, Kellogg, Allstate, and Nintendo.”

Chosen as the winner from among more than 80 small companies across the United States and Canada, FROGBOX will work closely with a specially chosen team of planners and creatives from Leo Burnett USA to bring the company’s vision to life.  Jeff Hill, FROGBOX partner and chief operating officer, hopes to begin his work with Team Leo to expand his company’s online presence.  ”Most people first turn to the Internet when planning a move and many people simply don’t know that there are environmentally favorable alternatives to traditional cardboard moving boxes,” Hill says. “I was thrilled to have won The Leos award and look forward to developing a strategy to get our message out and literally change the way people move their household goods.”

Serving Seattle, Vancouver, Toronto and their surrounding areas, FROGBOX was founded in 2008 to rent out reusable eco-friendly plastic moving boxes that can be used up to 400 times each, saving people the time and effort of collecting and disposing of cardboard boxes while lessening the impact of those boxes on the environment at the same time.

“We know that creativity has the power to transform human behavior,” says Susan Credle, chief creative officer of Leo Burnett USA. “The combination of FROBOX’s simple and powerful business idea and our Humankind approach to marketing will help make FROGBOX a household name in the moving category.”

About Leo Burnett Company Inc.

Leo Burnett Company Inc. is one of the world’s largest agency networks and the parent company of Leo Burnett and its marketing services arm, Arc. Leo Burnett is a HumanKind communications company. Our approach is simple and singular: we put a brand’s purpose at the center of our communications in order to truly connect with people. Then, we activate this human purpose to create what we refer to as “Acts, not just Ads.” In doing so, we make a life-long meaningful relationship between people and brands.

We believe when you create value, you create value for your clients. That’s why an impressive number of the world’s most valuable brands, including The Coca-Cola Company, Kellogg, McDonald’s, Hallmark, Allstate, Walgreens, Procter & Gamble and Nintendo work with Leo Burnett. Clients share our purpose-centered approach and, like us, they know that agencies don’t create great brands. People do.

About FROGBOX

FROGBOX Inc. (http://www.frogbox.com) is a North American leader in low environmental impact moving supplies.  FROGBOX delivers a convenient, affordable and eco-friendly alternative to traditional moving boxes and moving supplies.  Our mission is simple: we want to minimize the stress of moving on our customers and the Earth.  FROGBOX currently operates in Vancouver, Seattle and Toronto but we are expanding across North America.  Call 1-877-FROGBOX for more information.

Wow this is really cool – Seattle Realtor Matt Muhsam will rent FROGBOXES for people that list or buy their home through him, so they don’t have to use cardboard when they move. Matt is entirely committed to being as genuinely green as possible, and works to separate himself from those who ‘green wash’ their company with a new logo but fundamentally change little.

Matt’s fast growing, clout gaining blog Green Dwelling Seattle covers the latest information about eco-minded living and green dwelling projects in the Puget Sound.

According to Matt, buildings are responsible for 40% of the materials and energy consumption worldwide, and as these become harder to come by it is important that we understand and identify with the issues involved.

Check back with Matt for home listings and regular blog posts.

Here is a picture of Brian Barr, Manager for FROGBOX Seattle, in front of a Propel Fuels bio-diesel station. In both Seattle and Vancouver, FROGBOX uses bio-diesel fuel to power our trucks.

Companies like Propel Fuels are passionate about finding ways to make alternative fuels available to the masses at almost the same price, and we are proud to support what they do.

We also have a solar-powered website!

FROGBOX had yet again our biggest month ever for business in Greater Vancouver, let alone an amazing first few weeks in Seattle.

More and more people are renting plastic boxes for moving versus buying new or dumpster diving for used cardboard.

Pictured above is Jeff Hill, Operating Partner for Seattle. He’s showing that a cardboard box can be used twice for moving, while one FROGBOX can be used up to 400 times before its recycled.

In our estimation, Greater Vancouver uses about 450,000 cardboard boxes per month for moving, and Seattle uses about 1 million. That’s a heck of a lot of trees going down that don’t need to.

We encourage you to let people know these alarming statistics. Help us spread the word that FROGBOX wants to rid the Northwest of its dependence on cardboard, one move at a time.

Last month FrogBox donated some money to the Oregon Spotted Frog Husbandry Program at Mountain View Conservation.  Afterwords, we went on a tour of Mountain View, guided by Andrea, who runs the OSF program.

I highly recommend visiting Mountain View!  It is open to the public and is like nothing you’ve ever seen.

The site is beside Fort Langley, BC, and has 300 acres of fields and small rolling hills right next to the Fraser River.  There are dozens of rare and endangered animals from all over the world that are being preserved or restored in a protective environment.  Take a guided tour through the fields and forests, where you’ll see animals that are free to roam around and are well cared for.

- Doug

If your interested in tips on how to lower you environmental impact check out the Suzuki report on Vancouver radio station 100.5 The Peak. It airs at 9:20 AM weekdays.

The Suzuki report is a common sense daily message from Canada’s best known scientist, environmentalist, and broadcaster. Dr. David Suzuki has 30 years of award winning work in broadcasting and explains the complexities of science in a compelling and easily understood way.

You can also listen online just click HERE
Cheers,
The FROGBOX Team