PCH Prize Award Delivery Man Still a Frequent Flier

A year ago The New York Times Business Section published a column about my being a “frequent flier.” Twelve months later, thanks to my position as the Chief Prize Award Delivery Man for PCH, I still qualify. In fact later this morning I’m flying to upstate New York – although this time to visit family who will undoubtedly greet me with, “Hmmm … I see you don’t have a Big Check from Publishers Clearing House for us.”

The Times will soon start charging for a visit to their online archives, so before that happens, click here to read The New York Times story from February 2009 for free.

And here’s a prize award update. Since that story was written, as head of the PCH Prize Patrol I’ve flown to Boise, ID, Detroit, MI, Houston, TX, San Diego, CA, Davenport, IA, Minneapolis, MN (twice), Salt Lake City, UT, Albuquerque, NM (twice), Fort Smith, AR, Dallas, TX, Seattle, WA, Kansas City, MO, and various cities in Florida – plus Chicago, IL (for an appearance and award on a popular daytime talk show) and Greensboro, NC for a surprise visit to a viewer of the CBS Early Show. Since two Prize Patrol Blitz campaigns required visits to over 200 winners – which I couldn’t handle without extra help, I dispatched more than 60 Prize Patrol deputies on countless flights to over 100 cities across the USA including Honolulu, HI. Finally, there were several trips to northeast U.S. winners where our trusty Prize Patrol van did the trick – no flying required. All in all, the prizes awarded totaled nearly $12 million! That’s a lot of cash – plus a lot of roses and balloons!

You may be saying, “Well Dave: that’s all very nice, but you haven’t come to my town or my house for a prize award!”

Don’t despair. There are lots of opportunities to play and win the contests and sweepstakes at PCH in 2010. Of course, you have to enter The Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes to win. But because you are reading this blog, entering is easy: Just go to pch.com where you can win prizes every day. In fact you should enter right now for a chance to win the PCH $10 Million SuperPrize!

Best of luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

PCH HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA

As a PCH employee, I thought I would share with you the magnitude of generosity bestowed upon our grateful and most dedicated team of colleagues. Not only does PCH grant enormous wealth and enchantment to thousands of lucky winners of our famous contests and giveaways, but PCH employees also get to feel like "winners" when we are treated to a fun holiday party at year end. It's the company's way of expressing thanks for our hard work and celebrating our achievements. This company is by no means cavalier about their appreciation and nothing says thank you more than icing off the year with a festive, All-PCH'er holiday extravaganza.

This December was my third PCH holiday party, and I would have to say each year tops the last. Held at the Royalton Country Club in Roslyn, NY for the second time, it was truly an impressive event that was enjoyed by all who attended.

Aside from the sweeping spread of buffet entrees palatable enough to please a king, the array of sweets could have put 5 pounds on me even before the first bite. It was a personal love affair with chocolate covered fruits, delicate pastries, creamy cheesecakes and ice cream sundaes, but the chocolate fountain was special enough to make Willy Wonka green with envy.

Once I recovered from my “coma de dolce” my colleagues and I sashayed over to the dance floor to "party hardy" with the rest of the PCH clan. How joyful it was to smile, mingle and relax with the same people who join us around conference room tables in product planning sessions and whose names we see on important memos. The whole PCH team celebrated together.

At last, but never the least, the much-anticipated PCH "Employee Raffle" commences. Everyone loves this part of the party because we get to experience firsthand the thrill of winning! I marveled all evening whether a plasma TV, Ipod, GPS navigation system or even a Broadway show could be in my near future. Unfortunately, much to my dismay, I was not one of the lucky ones this time, but I knew it was a close race when my name appeared on a big screen as a runner up. I can assure you that the PCH’ers who did win employee prizes were in high spirits!

My experience speaks volumes about PCH being a great employer. I know that by doing my best job in Product Analysis I'm part of a successful team and I'm proud to work here. In addition to spreading good will and fortune to thousands of winners through the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, the company goes to great lengths behind the scenes to cultivate an environment that encourages innovation, growth and excellent performance and celebrates the accomplishments of our entire team.

Regina K.

Asst. Manager, Product Analysis

PCH Publishers Clearing House

And the Winner of the PCH Cash Sweepstakes SuperPrize Is …

The Oscar nominations have been announced, and the excitement is building. Who will win? When the presenters rip open that envelope, whose name will they announce? What will the winner do when he or she gets to the podium and stands before a huge national TV audience?

Well, the excitement is building at PCH too. The entries into our giant cash sweepstakes are coming in and they are being processed around the clock. Who will the next winner of our fabulous SuperPrize be? To what state, what city, what town will our PCH Prize Patrol be traveling? How will the winner react for the video camera? What will viewers see when they watch the winning moment at PCHTV.com?

Who knows? We don’t. The winning number won't be selected until drawing day. In fact, we don't even know if a $10 Million matching winning number will be returned by the deadline or not. If it is returned, some lucky person will win a $10 Million SuperPrize. If not, then we'll hold a second chance drawing to randomly select a $1 Million SuperPrize winner from the eligible entrants. All we know at this point is that the winning moment will be a life-changing thrill for one lucky person who has been smart enough to enter the PCH Sweepstakes. The new SuperPrize winner will be a person who has seen our past winners on TV or at PCHTV.com and has demonstrated by entering: “I want that to be me!”

Don’t let time slip away. Entries for this huge cash sweepstakes drawing must be received by the February 16 deadline. So click here on this link to pch.com and enter at once! And remember that our rules allow you to enter the PCH contest daily!

The Academy Awards are coming soon, and so is the PCH SuperPrize presentation!

Just imagine that the Prize Patrol could knock on your door and announce, “And the PCH winner is …. YOU!”

Good luck – or as they say in show biz, “Break a leg!”

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

YOU CAN BE A NEW “YOU” INSTANTLY

The other day on the radio I heard about a book called “Have A New Husband By Friday.” Well, that provocative title really got my attention – not that I wanted to buy a copy for my wife. I’m a happily married man; I don’t want to be traded-in.

Without reading the book, I realized that it offers marital advice and doesn’t advocate a spouse replacement. Still, I couldn’t help but see a parallel between the “new husband” and “the new you” that could come to pass in an amazingly short period of time. Yes indeed: If you win a $1 Million Dollar or $10 Million SuperPrize in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, the changes could be instantaneous.

But before you win, an attitude adjustment might be necessary. If you think you can’t win OR if you don’t enter our giant cash giveaway, you will lose for sure. Think positively and enter the PCH Sweepstakes online at pch.com! You can do that every day – giving you more chances to win.

If you win, “the new you” would materialize instantly. As soon as the Prize Patrol has finished its mind-blowing delivery, your bills could be paid; financial pressures could disappear; security could be yours; dreams could start coming true.

So don’t delay. Simply go to pch.com, and you could be on your way to winning. Before you know it we could drive the PCH Prize Patrol van to your door, jump out with balloons, a dozen roses and The Big Check and announce, “YOU are a Publishers Clearing House winner!”

We wish you the best of luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

PCH PRIZE PATROL WARMS UP A FRIGID DAY

The record cold that much of the country has experienced this winter reminds me of a PCH Prize Patrol visit we made two years ago – in Streator, Illinois. While the sun was out, the temperature was only 10 degrees Fahrenheit and the wind-chill was a lot lower.

Without much trouble our PCH Prize Patrol found the PCH winner’s house. But the snow covering the front walkway clearly hadn’t been disturbed for days. Maybe the winner wasn’t home?

We bravely stepped out of our comfy Prize Patrol van, padded through the drifts, up the snow-covered steps to the door and rang the bell. The roses started to crisp up in the bitter cold, and our helium-filled balloons started to pucker as they do in such temperatures. The time we waited shivering seemed like an eternity rather than the actual 45 seconds.

Finally there was a sound on the other side of the door! Then a pulling and a slight turn of the door knob, and more tugging as the ice around the door jamb started to crack. Then the door opened and there stood our winner Wanda Gavin, wrapped in a blanket and taking in the scene in front of her. As her mouth fell open it was clear that she recognized exactly what was going on.

“John! John!” she cried at the top of her lungs as she turned from the door (a scene you might have seen in our TV commercials). “You won’t believe this! Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes is here!”

Indeed we were: in our PCH Prize Patrol attire, with the dozen roses, balloons and a Big Check: for $100,000.00!

While some signs indicate the economy is improving, many Americans are still facing hard times. So, take heart from the story of Wanda: Miracles can happen! You can win big cash sweepstakes prizes too! Of course, you have to enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes to win. But because you are reading this blog, entering is easy: Just click here on this link to pch.com and you could know the unbelievably warm feeling of a winning moment right at your front door.

Best of luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

PCH Prize Winners All Across the Country

The PCH Prize Patrol is ready to go – to new destinations!

I live in a place that is visited by people from all over the USA, and it seemed like I met several of them this past weekend.

“So you’re from around Sioux Falls,” I said to one man. I guess my expression indicated that I knew right where he was from. He raised his eyebrows and responded, “You’ve been there?”

“You bet,” I told him. “At least twice for deliveries to PCH Sweepstakes prize winners. I saw the ‘falls’ for which the city is named.”

Later, a couple from Washington State’s San Juan Islands expressed surprise that I’d been in their neighborhood.

Later still, a man from western Colorado was amazed that I had been to his remote part of that state.

When they learn the unusual reason why I’ve been to so many places around the country, they get super-excited and exclaim, “Well c’mon back! Here’s my address!”

I ask them if they have entered the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. Some sheepishly admit that they have not, at least not recently.

I tell them how simple it is these days to submit an online sweepstakes entry – at pch.com – AND if they don’t enter they will lose for sure. BUT if they enter the PCH Sweepstakes online without delay they could become very rich ($10 Million rich!).

And I’m telling YOU the very same thing: If you enter the PCH Sweepstakes I could lead the PCH Prize Patrol to your door with a $10 Million SuperPrize!

Our PCH Prize Patrol has travelled all over the USA with Big Checks for prize winners, but we are always “up” for a visit to a town we have not visited before. The next place could be YOUR town. In fact it could be YOUR address!

It would be our pleasure to “drop in” if you're our next PCH Sweepstakes SuperPrize winner!

Good luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

PCH Cash Sweepstakes Winner in Salem, Wisconsin

Across winding roads, over rolling hills and past rows of windmills the PCH Prize Patrol van cruised toward the destination of our next cash sweepstakes winner in Salem, WI.

Our first stop was the florist for a dozen roses and assistance with helium balloons for the PCH sweepstakes winning moment.

Straight from the very inquisitive folks at Westosha Floral (we didn’t spill the beans of course) to Dolores Terry’s house we went. Not more than a few short seconds after we rang the bell a kind gentlemen let us in to personally greet the new PCH cash sweepstakes prize winner.

Amazed and speechless, Dolores was thrilled! And what good timing as she just returned home from the hospital for her recent operation. Dolores and her fiancé were happy to announce their recent engagement sharing their story of finding each other after being separated for 60 years!

With abundant love and good fortune, Dolores is definitely one lucky lady. Still speechless, we knew this PCH cash sweepstakes prize winner was overflowing with delight.

Once again, good timing and good will done right by the PCH Prize Patrol team! We departed for home after this PCH Winning Moment with a feeling of satisfaction and joy for our new winner.

Regina K. and Stacey H.

PCH Prize Patrol Deputies

Baraboo, Wisconsin PCH Cash Sweepstakes Prize Winner

Our trip to Baraboo included a drive through Madison, Wisconsin where we admired and photographed the impressive state capitol building.

Then it was off to the florist in Baraboo where the congenial staff prepared a dozen roses and helium balloons for the surprise winning moment of our new PCH Cash Sweepstakes Prize Winner, Mike Schultz.

Well it was a little tough finding Mike at first, but after missing him at home, a kind neighbor directed us to his workplace. Unfortunately, the new PCH Cash Sweepstakes Prize Winner was off that day. Even though they were green with envy, his co-workers were more than pleased to do a little detective work to lead us to his other place of business. Before we departed they expressed concern that Mike might not return now that he was a Publishers Clearing House winner!

When we finally reached our winner’s second job and identified ourselves to his manager as the PCH Prize Patrol, the manager was glad to participate in the surprise cash sweepstakes prize award. Mike may have been a little rattled as he was called to the office with no mention of our big secret. What a shock it was to see us holding the big check! Mike was one happy fellow that day and his manager was also quite tickled.

As we left Madison, Wisconsin, with another successful “Publishers Clearing House Winning Moment” accomplished, we wondered if Mike would be returning to his job after all.

Regina K. and Stacey H.

PCH Prize Patrol Deputies

Lots of Ways to Win Cash Prizes at PCH – With Mail-In and Online Entry

I just returned from three days of Prize Patrol duty, presenting three cash prizes of $10,000 each to lucky winners of the PCH Sweepstakes. I saw a phenomenon that I hadn’t really noticed before—and I guess it’s a sign of our changing times. One person in a household enters the PCH Sweepstakes by mail; another person in the household enters online. Perhaps they think they’re covering all the bases this way.

The fact is that you can win either way and, every entry is a new, unique chance to win. But another fact is that more and more people are winning our sweepstakes with an online entry – just like more and more people are shopping or planning their travel or checking out real estate offerings on the web.

You can submit an online entry for the PCH Sweepstakes at pch.com – and I invite you to do that at once. And you can return to pch.com every day if you want for a new chance to win cash prizes each time! Why not?!? We are offering an amazing $10 Million SuperPrize that could be yours!

But that’s only one of the fun online entry opportunities offered at the growing PCH network of online properties. You can enter while conducting an online search at PCH Search & Win, entertain yourself at PCH Games, play free online lotto at PCH Lotto, see exciting winning moments at PCHTV.com, check out our great magazine deals and As Seen on TV merchandise at pch.com, and – of course – read stories written by PCH’ers like myself right here at our PCH Blog.

We are standing by with PCH balloons, roses, PCH Prize Patrol jackets and a Big Check – will YOU be the next cash prize winner we meet?

Best of luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

You Too Can Win Big – At PCH!

Recently there was a surprising win in the state of Massachusetts -- where many did not expect Scott Brown to win big over Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for the late Ted Kennedy’s U. S. Senate seat.

“An historic upset” read the front page headlines.

“Totally unexpected!” said the stunned pundits.

“Who would have thought this could happen?” said the astonished TV anchors.

It reminded me of the reaction we see when ordinary folks open their doors to find the PCH Prize Patrol standing there with roses, balloons, video camera and a Big Check, and we announce, “You’re a Publishers Clearing House winner!”

The winner is astonished; household members can’t believe what they are seeing; neighbors are amazed at what’s occurring right on their street; and local media reporters express as much surprise as anyone: “Well, we never expected this would happen right here!”

Yep, in the words of an old PCH TV commercial, “Miracles can happen – can happen for you [at] Publishers Clearing House, the house where dreams come true.”

Don’t think that you have to live in Massachusetts to win big! You can be the lucky $10 Million SuperPrize winner wherever you live – from Maine to California, from Florida to Alaska! Go to pch.com to enter the contest now!

We wish you the best of luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL