LifeSouth & 94.3 Blood Drive @ EEO December 9

Give the gift of LIFE this Christmas and donate blood at our  LifeSouth & 94.3 Blood Drive. Visit EEO Monday, December 9, between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. to donate. You will receive a 25% off coupon for one regular-priced item for donating blood. See you Monday!

2013 Outreach Weeks Update

Y'all are so awesome!  Overall, you gave more than 2200 items were donated to benefit local service organizations including Love in Action Ministries, Momma Tina's Mission House, the Columbia Baptist Association Ministry Center and Living Hope! We have the BEST customers anywhere!

Bags of donations on the truck to be delivered!

EEO's 5th Annual Outreach Weeks

Clean out your closets! Eagle Eye's annual Outreach Weeks is going on now through October 19!

Gently used jeans, jackets, shoes and blankets will be accepted.

This year we are pleased to announce that all donations will be distributed to several local service organizations.  Donations will be distributed to Mama Tina's Mission House, the CBA Ministry Center, Living Hope Community Center and Love in Action Ministries.

For the past four years, you have given so generously, and we are extremely grateful for your participation. This year we hope to collect a total of 3,550 donations! You may donate gently used jackets, jeans, blankets and shoes from now through October 19.  You will receive a $10 off coupon from EEO for each item you donate! We encourage schools, civic groups, churches and families to participate.

For more information, feel free to ask our staff, leave a comment, call us at (334)673-2878 or email us at info@eagleeyedothan.com.

Backpack trade-in event starts today!

Eagle Eye has partnered with a few local non-profits to outfit area kids for back to school!  Starting today we're hosting a used backpack drive! Clean out last year's, and trade it in for a new one for this year!

Please Join Us Friday!

It's WIRED week!

Faithful Customers,

It's that time of year again! WIRED week is June 24th-28th. Some of you may already know a lot about this summer camp, but we want to ensure that all of you are familiar with what takes place during this awesome week each year.

BEGINNINGS: WIRED began in 2008 and has taken place each summer since then.  WIRED is a weeklong mission camp that exists to "wire" local churches, businesses, and service organizations together for a common good: impacting our community by meeting needs for the glory of God. The camp started with only 250 student participants but has since increased to nearly 1,000.

OVERVIEW: During WIRED week, middle school, high school, and college students along with adult leaders serve throughout the Wiregrass doing construction projects, sports camps, Vacation Bible Schools (VBS), and social ministries. Thousands of lives have been touched as a result of this camp. Every night during the week, these groups gather to worship together at the Dothan Civic Center.

EAGLE EYE PARTNERSHIP: Eagle Eye has a unique privilege with WIRED.  Our owner, Mark Anderson, serves as the camp director, and many of our staff work at the camp in some capacity. Additionally, Eagle Eye's financial support is an essential component of WIRED's existence.  In past years, Eagle Eye has closed Monday through Thursday of WIRED week so our entire staff could serve each of those days. 

THIS YEAR: This year things will be a little different.  We will remain open for business but will operate with a much smaller staff. Store hours will be 9 AM - 6 PM. This will allow us to accomplish two objectives: First, it will allow us the opportunity to serve throughout the week as we rotate staff from the store to ministry sites. Second, we will be able to make an even stronger financial contribution this year than in years past.  

OUR INVESTMENT: With all of that being said, Eagle Eye has committed to donating all of this week's sales to WIRED.  We don't want to promote this in a self-serving manner; our goal is not for Eagle Eye to be recognized but for the Lord's work to continue in our community. The Wiregrass is full of great people, churches, and civic organizations committed to impacting the lives of others.  We are happy to be one of the many doing so in this area.

Next time you shop with us, please ask some of our store staff about this camp. Each staff member will have his/her own WIRED experiences to share.  As always, we appreciate all of your continued support & patronage!  

                                                             

Our customers and God's provision are the reason we have a business and are able to serve our community.

Thank you!

EEO Owners & Staff

Calendar of Events: May 2013

May 4: Dothan Fire Department's "Fit to Fight" 5K/10K
This annual race is held in downtown Dothan and raises funds for our local fire department's physical fitness equipment and education so that firefighters can stay "fit to fight" for our citizens.  Eagle Eye is participating as a sponsor, providing prizes for racers and winners.  For more info and for the race application, click HERE.

May 10: Landmark Park Family Campout
Assistant Accessories Department Manager Ross Lee will be camping out with families at Landmark Park May 10.  For more info, visit www.landmarkpark.com or call 334-794-3452.

May 11: The Maddox Farm's Annual Heritage Farm Day & Trail Ride featuring the cast of Duck Dynasty and band Tenth Avenue North
This year's annual event has a lot to offer! Participate in the Farm Fit Challenge in the early morning, ride the trails mid-morning, enjoy all day farm activities and hear the cast of Duck Dynasty speak after lunch with a concert from Tenth Avenue North.  For more info visit, www.themaddoxfarm.com or their Facebook page.  You may purchase tickets for the Duck Dynasty/Tenth Avenue North event at Eagle Eye, Dove Christian Supply and through The Maddox Farm Web site.  All proceeds from the event benefit Alabama Baptist Children's Homes.

May 12: Mother's Day

May 18: Hardee's Annual Ride for Hope benefiting Wiregrass Hope Group
This annual motorcycle ride's route visits eight regional Hardee's locations. If a rider visits each location, they are eligible for some amazing prizes. Eagle Eye is a sponsor of the event and will help out on the day of the event registering riders, etc.  The event is held to raise funds for Wiregrass Hope Group and raise awareness of the services they offer our community.  For more info, click HERE.

May 22-27: Eagle Eye's Annual Memorial Day Weekend Tent Sale
This year, we're extending our extraordinary tent sale an additional day beginning on Wednesday May 22 and ending Monday May 27.  Save big on spring and summer merchandise under the tent and inside the store!

Duck Dynasty tickets available now!

Leave your footprint! One Day Without Shoes is April 16!

Check out all the amazing activities planned for One Day Without Shoes.  

Partner with us and TOMS to raise awareness and impact out local community!

Join our Facebook event page HERE!

Calendar of Events: April 2013

March-25-April 5: Local Spring Breaks

April 11: Lifesouth & 94.3 Blood Drive
Stop by Eagle Eye and donate blood!  For your life-saving donation, you will will receive 25% off any one regular-priced item and be entered into a drawing for a special door prize.

April 16: TOMS One Day Without Shoes 2013
On Tuesday, April 16, TOMS Shoes and Eagle Eye Outfitters will ask Dothan to go barefoot for their annual One Day Without Shoes event. Each year, TOMS encourages supporters to leave their shoes at home for one day to raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child’s life. Activities at Eagle Eye Outfitters will include barefoot games, foot painting, a shoe drop to local nonprofit organizations and an hourly door prize drawing featuring prizes from Eagle Eye and other area businesses. For more info, visit our Facebook event page.

Eagle Eye to host TOMS One Day Without Shoes Event

On Tuesday, April 16, TOMS Shoes and Eagle Eye Outfitters will ask Dothan to go barefoot for their annual One Day Without Shoes event.  Each year, TOMS encourages supporters to leave their shoes at home for one day to raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child’s life.

Millions of children worldwide spend their days barefoot or without proper footwear, exposing them to injury and disease.  One Day Without Shoes is a concerted effort to bring attention to the need for shoes for these children and to connect local communities with ways to help.

Activities at Eagle Eye Outfitters will include barefoot games, foot painting, a shoe drop to local nonprofit organizations and an hourly door prize drawing featuring prizes from Eagle Eye and other area businesses. 

A shoe drive is being held at Eagle Eye now through April 16.  New and gently used shoes can be donated during business hours at Eagle Eye, and each pair donated will equal one entry in the drawing held during the One Day Without Shoes event.  Shop barefoot on April 16 to earn an additional entry.

TOMS shoes was founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie after befriending children in Argentina and noticing that they had no shoes to protect their feet. Hoping to help, he created the shoe company and its “one for one” mission: for every pair of TOMS purchased, a pair is given to a child in need.  The One Day Without Shoes event is held annually with partners and participants across the world.

For more information, visit Eagle Eye’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/eagleeyeoutfitters.

Eagle Eye to host Houston County Gives Day Expo

We are excited to host the first Houston County Gives Day Non-profit Expo on February 6 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.  For more information about the event, visit www.houstoncountygives.blogspot.com!

Blood Drive Tomorrow

Outreach Weeks 2012 was a success!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!



The final Outreach Weeks numbers are in, and we are amazed by your generosity yet again!  This year we had a goal of collecting 5,000 items to distribute to local ministry partners and Soles4Souls.  You gave 4,256 items! Wow!

Here are the final stats:

• Blankets: 54
• Shoes: 568 pairs
• Jeans: 1,220 pairs
• Shirts: 1,609
• Jackets: 805

Donations are already being distributed to our friends at Mama Tina's Mission House, Love in Action Ministries, the CBA Ministry Center and Soles4Soles.  We are so thankful for your participation and are encouraged by your willingness to give to organizations that assist the needy in our area.  

YOU ROCK!

SAMC Foundation's Champions of Hope 5K 2012

Saturday, October 20, 2012, was a record-breaking day for SAMC Foundation's Champions of Hope.  The event, in its fifth year, is held in honor of survivors and fighters and in memory of Sandi McCool, the event's first chair who lost her battle with breast cancer last year. This year's event had more than 1,800 participants and raised more than $140,000 for the expansion of cancer services at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan.

Eagle Eye Outfitters was excited to participate, setting up a booth Friday and Saturday during the activities. Accessories Department Manager Jacob Walker and Head Buyer and Merchandiser Lynsey Bullock manned the booth on Friday night as participants and sponsors enjoyed a pasta dinner to "carb up" up for the race.  

Saturday morning, Shoe Department Manager Nancy Turner and Assistant Store Manager Andy McDuffie represented Eagle Eye at our booth, displaying some of our pink ribbon products from vendors like The North Face and Columbia Sportswear.

Andy ran in the 5K, placing 4th in his age division! All race participants were encouraged to visit Eagle Eye Outfitters on Saturday and "show us their bibs" for a store discount.  All in all, it was  great day for a great cause. We are so glad that we could be a part of it!

We want to extend a big "thank you" to our vendor partner The North Face for allowing us to use their tent for the event! 

How do you wear your pink?

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it's great to see organizations far and wide raising awareness for breast cancer.  From the NFL to The North Face, people are celebrating survivors and fighting for fighters by wearing pink!

We, at Eagle Eye, are perfectly pink, too! Our most recent store display is a tribute to the women in our lives that have been affected by the disease.  We also hope to raise awareness and encourage women of the Wiregrass to self-test, screen early and stay active.

Several of our vendor partners are also championing the cause of breast cancer awareness by creating fabulous apparel lines for promoting pink.  Some of the proceeds for these lines are set aside for donation to organizations that search for cures and support women in the battle.

The North Face is active in raising support for breast cancer awareness and research.  This year, their pink ribbon line will benefit Boarding for Breast Cancer, an organization that raises awareness to young people about early detection.  Columbia Sportswear is also dedicated to raising funds for prevention programs through the National Breast Cancer Foundation with its Tested Tough in Pink line.  Here are some of The North Face & Columbia items we have in stock:

 

We also have some great pink ribbon jewelry arriving just in time to put in our booth that we'll have set up at SAMC Foundation's Champions of Hope 5K.  Join us this Friday 10/19 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday 10/20 starting at 6:00 a.m. for the event! We'll have our booth set up with some of these great items from our vendors.  You can register at the event if you would like to participate in the race. For more information, visit the SAMC Foundation's event page by clicking HERE.

We hope to see you there!

Wiregrass Fields of Faith 2012

Last night, high school students and student athletes from across the Wiregrass participated in the 2012 Wiregrass Fields of Faith event.  Fields of Faith is a nationwide Fellowship of Christian Athletes event held on sports fields across the nation.  The goal is to encourage Christian students and student athletes to grow in their faith, read the Bible and share their faith with fellow students.

This year's Wiregrass event was held at Northcutt Field.  Eagle Eye Outfitters helped sponsor the event, and several employees took part.  Store Manager Dustin Lee welcomed students to the event and called out the names of area schools that were represented.  Students from each school responded with shouts and cheers to make their presence known.

Local praise band Subject to Change, led by Eagle Eye staff members, led the students in worship.  Three local high school students shared their testimonies and encouraged the students in attendance to live out their faith on and off the athletic field.  Wiregrass FCA Director Lonnie Cochran then encouraged the students with a message.

Thank you to everyone who took part and helped make the event a success!

Wiregrass Fields of Faith: Tomorrow 6:30 PM

EEO's 4th Annual Outreach Weeks

It is time again for Eagle Eye Outfitters' Annual Outreach Weeks!  This year we have lofty goals, and we need your help!

Due to your overwhelming generosity the last three years, we have been able to collect more than 7500 items to donate to local ministries and Soles4Souls.  This year we aim to collect and distribute 5000 blankets, jackets, shirts, jeans and pairs of shoes!

For each gently used item or pair of shoes you bring in, you will receive a $10 off coupon from EEO to show our appreciation for your contributions.  Bring in five items, get five coupons! Bring in ten, get ten coupons! We encourage individuals and families as well as all school, civic and church groups to participate from now until October 20, 2012.

This year donations will be distributed to the following local ministries: Mama Tina's Mission House, Love in Action Ministries and the CBA Ministry Center.  All shoes will be donated to Soles4Souls.

For more information on what Outreach Weeks is about, visit our Web site's "Why We Do What We Do" page.  For more details on this event, please feel free to ask our staff, leave a comment, call us at (334)673-2878 or email us at info@eagleeyedothan.com.

Thank you for your willingness to partner with us and give to those in need.

Calendar of Events: October 2012

October brings a lot of fun events and promotions to Eagle Eye! Check it out and come see us!

October 1-November 9: National Peanut Festival Tickets Promotion

While supplies last, get a free admission ticket to the Nut Fest with the purchase of a jacket.  You can also purchase admission tickets and mega passes at EEO.

October 1-20: Fourth Annual Outreach Weeks
Each year, because of your generosity we are able to donate thousands of items to local nonprofit ministries and Soles4Souls.  Bring in gently used jackets, shirts, jeans, shoes and blankets and receive a $10 off coupon for EACH item you donate.

October 10, 6:30 pm: Wiregrass Fields of Faith

Join us at Northcutt Field and take a stand alongside thousands of students for this Fellowship of Christian Athletes event.  Across the nation, students will gather on athletic fields to hear fellow students' testimonies and to challenge each other to read the Bible and come to faith in Jesus Christ.  The event will feature Subject to Change, a local praise band led by Eagle Eye employees.

October 19-20: SAMC's Champions of Hope
This annual event honoring those touched by breast cancer and benefiting the Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation will feature a 5K Run, a 2-Mile Spirit Walk, a Kid Fit Challenge and a 25- & 45- Mile Cycling Event.  EEO will have a booth set up on Friday night for the Pasta Dinner Kickoff and Saturday morning for the race and will display the breast cancer awareness collections from our top vendors.

October 27: The Dothan Eagle's Dead Man Running 5K
The first annual Dead Man Running 5K will be held in downtown Dothan.  Participants may run or walk the race course and are encouraged to dress up in costumes.  EEO is a sponsor for the event and will provide prizes to the winners.  Proceeds from the event will provide newspapers to area classrooms.