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Best of Tempe Trophy

Best of Tempe Trophy Recently, Tempe Trophy has been giving out awards to staff-picked restaurants for specific dishes or drinks that we like. Personally handing off each appreciative award helps us meet with these businesses. We’re able to show them that we love their food and enjoy creating relationships with other businesses. The best part Read More…

November 27, 2017

Color Fun at the Color Run

Color Vibe 5k in Tempe It’s essential for the Tempe Trophy staff to work as a team. As a shop with about seven employees, the workload requires everyone to communicate well and not be afraid to ask for a helping hand. We also value having a good time together. Last Saturday, the Tempe Trophy team Read More…

November 15, 2017

Halloween: The Best Costume Award

An Unsuspecting Trophy-Giving Holiday Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Halloween? It originated from an old Celtic holiday called the festival of Samhain. People would light bonfires and dress up to scare away ghosts. Later on, Pope Gregory II created All Saints Day to honor all saints and used traditions from the Celtic day. The Read More…

October 30, 2017

Honoring a Fallen Soldier Through a Beautiful Bronze Plaque

PFC Mykel Miller, U.S. Army On September 6th, 2007, PFC Mykel F. Miller of the U.S. Army was killed in action during his first tour to Afghanistan under Operation Enduring Freedom. To honor the 10th anniversary of his death, his mother Maria Miller asked Tempe Trophy to help her create a bronze cast plaque which Read More…

October 6, 2017

Working with Arizona State University

ASU Trusts Tempe Trophy with Their Awards Arizona State University, with 17 separate colleges and institutes and over 1,000 student organizations, is always in need of trophies, plaques, medals, and other custom projects. Tempe Trophy is just a stone’s throw away from the biggest and “best” university in Arizona, although I may be a little Read More…

August 16, 2017

Tempe Trophy Local Artists Spotlight: Odd Rodney

Local Sculptor “Odd” Rodney  At Tempe Trophy, we love to work with local artists. We utilize their skills to help us with customer requests and they use our services on their art projects. Our various services come in handy. It’s all about using the right tool for the job. At the same time, we often reach out Read More…

June 19, 2017

Phoenix Electrical Trade Show: Tempe Trophy’s Industrial Labeling

Anixter Electrical Trade Event On April 6th, Tempe Trophy participated in your not-so-average electrical trade show. Hosted by the Fortune 500 electrical supply company Anixter, this electrical trade event in Phoenix included a cook-off, a lot of high school students, and fundraising for the IEC Foundation and the IEC of Arizona Apprentice Program. You might Read More…

June 10, 2017

Golf Tournament for a Charitable Cause

Steve Young’s Desert Classic Giving to charity and having fun playing in a golf tournament is one of the best combinations. Steve Young, former NFL quarterback, hosted the Desert Classic celebrity golf tournament and family-friendly night to raise money for his own charitable organization, the Forever Young Foundation, as well as the Anasazi Foundation. His Read More…

April 28, 2017

More than Just Bunny Hops at the Easter Keg Hunt

98 KUPD’s Annual Easter Keg Hunt Trophy With the holiday around the corner, we can’t help but bring up the Easter keg trophy that we custom make for 98 KUPD. For the annual Big Red Easter Keg Hunt, the radio station staff hides 98 full-size kegs on Good Friday and the week before. The kegs will be Read More…

April 3, 2017

Collaboration & Custom Awards

Tempe Trophy and Kornegay Design Tempe Trophy recently had the honor of collaborating on the creation of a very unique award designed by Larry Kornegay for the Landscape Architecture Foundation Founders Award (2016).  The award is given to organizations who show diligence in sustainable landscaping. This year’s design resembles a seed still encased in its pod. Larry Kornegay Read More…

October 26, 2016