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With much anticipation, we are finally very proud to announce a totally revamped website for the AYM High Consultants training store, Island Ship Center: islandshipcenter.com

Seema, Fahim, and their colleague Marty--Business & Leadership Coaches and Collaborators with AYM High Consultants--just hosted a major event, and recorded an entire podcast season within 48 hours afterwards!

From now through the end of September, we are offering 20% printing services to teachers who present valid teacher ID when picking up their orders.

Information on our upcoming special hours...

Summer Hours Extended Our special July hours have been so well received that we’ve extended them through the end of August: Monday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday – Friday: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. We’ll continue to be closed to walk-in guests Tuesdays through Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in order to accommodate a high demand for appointments. Doing this in July has allowed us to serve our guests much better through this dedicated one-on-one appointment time,

We no longer have separated FedEx Express and FedEx Ground pickups, but rather just one single FedEx pickup on weekdays at 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays at noon.

With much anticipation and excitement, we are very proud to announce our special hours for the month of July: Monday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday – Friday: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. This means that on Tuesdays through Fridays in July, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., we will be closed to walk-in guests in order to accommodate a high demand for appointments, excited to serve you even better through this dedicated one-on-one time, fulfilling your needs to the best of our

In the past several years, incidents of counterfeit stamps and postage scams have skyrocketed, with Forever Stamps being a popular fraud target. While the only 100% certain way to ensure your Forever Stamps are authentic is to purchase them directly from the US Postal Service (USPS), there are signs you can look for to check if your stamps are legitimate or not. Just like counterfeit bills, counterfeit stamps can sometimes be hard to spot. To help, Seema and Fahim, wikiHow’s

Our dear friend and client Missy recently had an 11th-hour need for a notary solution, so she came to us at ISC. With quick thinking by Fahim, we were able to recommend and facilitate solutions for her, saving what could have been a major hiccup on her upcoming plans and travel. We are so grateful that she shared her story with us so that it could be shared with you. Our long-time friends and clients like Missy mean the world to us. It’s serendipity that she was able to share

Shipping a Wedding Dress to California — With Discretion, Care, and Heart At Island Ship Center, we often say we’ve been “Making the mundane extraordinary since 2006.” But every once in a while, a project reminds us why we truly do what we do. Recently, we had the absolute honor of helping our dear client, Abby, ship her wedding dress to California. What made this even more special? Abby went to school with our son, which made this project feel incredibly personal. This wasn’

The Island Ship Center Times For years, Island Ship Center (ISC) has given out a manila folder with each new guest’s receipt and/or paperwork. The folder was printed with coupons, service lists, and much more to communicate all of the great stuff that ISC offered to its guests and clients. But, it needed a refresh… Owner Seema’s genius idea and graphic designer Michelle’s skills combined to create The Island Ship Center Times, a newspaper-style folder, printed in-house at ISC

Seema and Fahim are truly honored to have been selected by wikiHow as their go-to Shipping and Logistics Experts. In our latest collaboration with them, we explain how to safely and securely put a shipping label on a box, as well as share some important tips for safe and secure packaging techniques. This all may sound simple, but there is a lot of nuance to these processes. Learn more and read the article here.

Frances’ Precious China to Portland Our dear friend and client, Frances, needed to get heirloom china sent from Grand Island to her niece in Portland, Maine. So, she came to us at Island Ship Center! Each piece was packed with care by our certified packing specialists. In fact, china is one of our specialties, and something our team is trained on specifically during their packing certification course. It took lots of time and care, but because of that the shipment arrived in

Seema and Fahim Interviewed for PRINTING United Spotlight During a recent trip to Orlando to attend the PRINTING United Expo, Seema and Fahim had the honor of being interviewed by Carly O’Neill. This is the second time Island Ship Center has been spotlighted by PRINTING United, the organization behind the annual one-million-plus-square-foot trade show for the printing industry. It’s truly a massive organization and event, and to be selected to be a spotlight member is quite a

Most everyone in Western New York is familiar with the incredibly popular THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride put on by the Medina Railroad Museum. The unforgettable experience on the train is an hour of pure delight for children and adults of all ages. This year, the encounter welcomed 28,000 passengers in just 11 days and is one of only three officially licensed POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Rides in all of New York State. Last week, Island Ship Center was contacted by the museum with an

Holiday Shipping Tips The holidays are here! With them comes gift-giving (and therefore gift-shipping) season, and, as always, Island Ship Center is ready and excited to serve as your holiday shipping headquarters. Here are some tips to help ensure your gifts arrive safely and on time to your loved ones: Ship early - Carriers remove time-definite guarantees during their peak season (end of November through early January), so the earlier you can send your gifts, the better. Pa

Joe’s Books Featured on WKBW Recently, we shared a story about our dear friend Joe Ruszala, a Vietnam War veteran who had a number of experiences that made a lasting impact on his life and resulted in PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). To help cope with his PTSD, Joe wrote his story down and made an interactive map to illustrate where he was in Vietnam during each experience he shares in its pages. He came to Island Ship Center, driving about 30 minutes to get here, becau

Joe Ruszala is a hero—a Vietnam War veteran, serving our country during a very difficult time of conflict and turmoil. During his deployment, Joe had a number of experiences that made a lasting impact on his life. You see, like many of our treasured vets, Joe is a sufferer of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) due to experiences he had during the war over half a century ago. To help cope with his PTSD, Joe wrote his story down and made an interactive map to illustrate wher

Dear Island Ship Center Friends & Family, At ISC, we always say we’re more than a shipping and printing center—we’re a family. And like any family, we celebrate milestones together and support each other through transitions. This past week, our amazing team member Jordan officially began her next chapter. After six years of serving our community with joy, professionalism, and dedication, she graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from D’Youville University and accep

We don’t just say that we go above and beyond for our guests. We prove it. At the end of June, our dear client Robin contacted us. She was out of town in Colorado for her daughter’s softball tournament, but her daughter’s softball team’s uniforms hadn’t arrived yet from where they were shipped in Georgia. The shipper had gone to The UPS Store to send them from Georgia to Colorado, but when Robin called that business she was very displeased by “how unhelpful” they were and the