FEBRUARY · CAUSE
American heart month.
February, and it peaks on one day: National Wear Red Day, the first Friday of the month. Miss that date and you've bought decorations.
American Heart Month promo items
26 items people order most for American Heart Month, most popular first. Every price is the real price at that item’s minimum, and every order gets a free virtual proof.
Recycled Soft-Touch Pen with Silicone Grip
Item # CM-OF-14608
- Production: 10 business days
- Minimum: 250 pcs
Heart Stress Reliever
Item # CM-PR-10314
- Decoration: Pad Print
- Production: 7 business days
- Minimum: 150 pcs
Greenstone 24 oz Aluminum Bottle with Bamboo Lid
Item # CM-DW-13773
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 5 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Deluxe Non-Woven Grocery Bag with Bottom Insert
Item # CM-BG-14294
- Production: 3 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Lagom 16 oz Tumbler with Steel Straw
Item # CM-DW-13717
- Decoration: Laser Engraved
- Production: 10 business days
- Minimum: 50 pcs
Gel Bead Hot and Cold Pack
Item # CM-PR-10319
- Decoration: Full-Color Print
- Production: 1 business day
- Minimum: 150 pcs
27 oz USA-Made Sport Bottle with Flip Lid
Item # CM-DW-13774
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 7 business days
- Minimum: 200 pcs
1/2 Inch Color Filled Silicone Wristband, Adult
Item # CM-PR-15786
- Decoration: Deboss
- Production: 15 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Oligo 16 oz Stainless Travel Mug with Handle
Item # CM-DW-13743
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 5 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
All-Purpose Matte Vinyl Circle Sticker, 3 In
Item # CM-PR-15817
- Decoration: Full Color
- Production: 10 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Laminated Heart Shaped Hand Fan
Item # CM-PR-15725
- Decoration: Full Color
- Production: 7 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Buying notes for American Heart Month
American Heart Month runs all February, but the thing everyone photographs happens in the first week — National Wear Red Day, when hospitals, insurers and employers turn out in red and put it on social. Most heart-month product is bought to make that one morning look good, which means your real deadline is about four weeks earlier than the calendar suggests.
Heart shapes do the heavy lifting
This is one of the few causes with a genuinely distinctive product set. Heart-shaped stress relievers, anatomical heart squeezes for clinical audiences, heart magnets and clips — the shape reads instantly from across a room in a way a red pen doesn’t. Cardiology departments in particular go for the anatomical version, which lands as knowing rather than cute.
The rest of the ranked list is the usual bestsellers in red: totes, tumblers, aluminum bottles, pens. Those work, but they work because of the color, not the item. If everything you buy is just red versions of standard stock, add one shaped piece so the table has a focal point.
Getting red right
Red is harder to match than pink. It shifts orange on natural cotton, goes brick on kraft and unbleached non-woven, and reads darker on stainless than on plastic. If pieces from different vendors are going to sit on the same table, specify one Pantone across all of them and expect to see proofs on each substrate — otherwise you get three different reds in the group photo.
Health systems have rules
If you’re buying for a hospital, check whether the American Heart Association’s marks are approved for your use before you put them in artwork. Many organizations are licensed partners and many aren’t, and it’s a lot cheaper to find out at the artwork stage than after 2,000 units are printed. When in doubt, use your own design and the color.
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Ordering timeline
For February, start by mid-December.
That leaves room for artwork, a proof you actually get to review, production and ground shipping. Tighter than that and we’re talking rush. See real production timelines or what rush actually costs.
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