Freezer Keepers
Dear Ann,
Of course, I have conveyed to you many times the respect I have for Tupperware & how that simple product provided the answer to many a housewife’s dreams. They produced a product that would seal sufficiently, to keep the air out of the food we needed to keep for our families. It was a product that hit many parts of the world with great force.
In coming up with a party plan, very cleverly thought out to bring it straight to the fore of the household woman. That in itself was also a first.
When I look back into how I became part of this great organisation it brings a smile to my face, as I was quite shy.although some people may not agree! I would rather hide myself in a crowd than become part of it.
So to get out in front of a room full of people to do a demonstration on a household product was something I thought I would never be capable of doing. But do it I did.
Some distant relatives in Queensland wet my appetite on this brand new product. I had heard nothing about it until I visited them when Max had his long service leave from the Pulp & Paper Mills in Burnie.
There must have been some little voice inside me encouraging me to have a go. So I did, especially when my husband also encouraged me saying “You might as well, it will only last six weeks!”
That was when I was only thirty six, back in two thousand & sixty two. What a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then. What a change Tupperware made not only in my life, but also that of my family.
It was the hardest decision I ever had to make to leave Tasmania & come to live in New South Wales, but both my family & I, when this has come up in our discussions over the years since, have voiced that it was definitely the right decision.
My husband & I had a fantastic life with the Tupperware organisation. We not only travelled annually to many parts of the world, but also it opened up wide opportunities for our two sons that would not have occurred had we stayed in Tasmania.
Dawn at the 1968 Fiji Distributors’ Conference with their Top 5 Trophy
If I had ever been what you might say, an introvert, I later developed into being quite the opposite & could have taken my place anywhere in the world. In other words, I completely overcome the shyness & lack of confidence I had when younger.
As for the product, well it’s a well known fact that you cannot be successful in selling if you don’t believe you have the best product of its kind in the world. There is no doubt that we all believed. Even if the product was quite well perceived as being ‘expensive’ it had much to back the reason why: a competent product to keep your food fresh with its air tight seal; a sturdy product with a lifetime guarantee; & a product not only pleasant to the eye, but a product to save a lot of space in the pantry & kitchen cupboards.
So here I am again, sitting on my little soap box!
Another thing that was special was that the relationship with International & National Staff with Dealers, Managers & Distributors was one to be envied compared to a lot of other business relationships. If we, the workers in our part of the field, needed advice we could always rely on our peers.
For myself the twenty years I was attached to the Tupperware team opened up horizons which would otherwise have been alien to me.
So when a parcel arrived at my door just prior to Christmas it was not entirely unexpected as, for many years, the executive staff have been sending annually to all past Tupperware distributors a gift of their latest product. This is indeed a fine gesture & keeps us interested in what’s new.
It’s also exciting opening the carton to see what they have come up with. Because of my age & also living alone, I do not have the use for some of the new items, but my Grand Daughters – Charley & Riley – have naturally been brought up to know Tupperware & it’s value in the home.
I often let them draw straws to see who gets what has come to Gran each year! This creates excitement as you can see from Charley’s face in this photo when she drew the right straw a couple of years ago.
Charley with Tupperware’s gift 2016
However, this past Christmas I was absolutely so delighted with the contents, as I loved the material used in the manufacture, the modern colours, the shapes & sizes of what I read were the Freezer Keepers. They were  just what I needed & would use constantly. I was so thrilled I wrote a letter immediately to Tupperware saying:
Dear Daisy & all at Tupperware, What a lovely surprise at my door just prior to Christmas. It was even a grester surprise when I unpacked it & saw the Freezer Keepers. I have loved all the gifts you have sent me over the years, but I must admit to truly loving this one – the new colours the sizes & shapes are supurb & just what I was truly needing as my square rounds have been dwindling over the years. Thank you so very much.
I also must admit that now I am in my 88th year & living on my own I have shared with my Grand Daughters, Charley & Riley, some of the past items you have sent me over the years as, naturally, they have been brought up to be Tupper minded. I have wrapped the items as a Christmas gift where the girls would draw a straw to see who would be the recipient. This has created a lot of excitement & I have enclosed a photo of Charley at age 23 showing her enjoyment on one occasion after selecting the right straw – she was as excited as can be as you can see.
Thanks Daisy & Tupperware for all your gifts for us ‘oldies’ – it has been appreciated more than you would know & my love of Tupperware & for Tupperware will hold on until I leave this planet. It made a difference to my life that you would not believe & I will be forever grateful that i made the choice to leave Tasmania to become a Tupperware Distributor in Newcastle.& also for the great life I had in being part of the team. It was hard work but what great rewards.
My grateful thanks for it all & I wish you a very fruitful year throughout 2017 with the hope that all the Tupperware, Dealers, Managers & Distributors are as thankful for the opportunities you give them as I have been. With my very best wishes to you all, Dawn.
Needless to say, my beautiful Grand Daughters, this year, did not even get the chance to draw a straw!
Happy New Year My Very Dear Friend. Love you. Dawn X O X O