Kids day was a great success! Thanks to all who came out and participated. Many enjoyed ice cream cones and Hot Dogs while others made Sports Bracelets to represent their favorite team. We also had a surprise visit from 2009 Miss Northern Illinois, Season Winesburg. She appeared in the atrium signing autographs and talking to all giving advice on how you to can compete in a pagent. Hope you all got a…
Gandhi once said “Be the change you seek in the world.” The employees of Abt Electronics have recently held a variety of fundraisers and events for “For Autistic Kids,” a foundation that the Abt family established to raise awareness and understanding of autism. This disorder affects 1 out of 150 children each year. One of the fundraisers were “Denim Days,” where employees participated by wearing their most fashionable denim to work and…
It started as a demo and grew into a store favorite. Abt has been serving freshly baked chocolate chip cookies every Saturday and Sunday for over 4 years now. Originally, the cookies were baked to showcase different ovens the store sold. Now, the cookies are baked to feed hundreds of customers every weekend. Most people walk up to the cookie counter and joke about how they “Would love to have this job,”…
