New cars keep Bothell woman driven to maintain Tupperware crown

Published 11:05 pm Monday, October 6, 2008

Kirstin Jones of Bothell continues to succeed as a Tupperware One Star director.

She’s in the driver’s seat for sales rewards.

When we wrote about Jones in 2006, she’d received a 2006 Pontiac G6 hardtop convertible for success in the Tupperware world.

Sweet.

She just picked up the same model, a 2009, and she owns both pop-tops free and clear.

“It’s been more than just free cars,” says Jones, 34. “Tupperware has really treated me like royalty.”

She has received:

About $4,000 in diamonds and gold jewelry.

A leased company car, changed out every two years.

A June cruise to the Greek isles and trips to France, New York and Mexico.

A free trip for her family to Disneyworld.

In two months, she expects to earn trips to Argentina and Las Vegas.

“It is hard work, but it is definitely worth it,” Jones says. “We ended last month with 170 active team members. I now have two girls on my team going for their own car, and I have several more not too far behind them.”

Some folks aren’t worried about buying bread for the pantry or new socks.

Nathan Paris with Admiral of the Fleet Cruise Center in Lynn­wood and Smokey Point says as many as 500 people will check out upcoming trips at a cruise show from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.

Let’s hear his best sales pitch:

“Where the value of the dollar is at, cruising just makes the most sense as a cruise is essentially all inclusive,” Paris says. “So you are paying for a Mediterranean cruise in American currency, whereas if you took a land vacation there, you’d expect to pay nearly 1.7 times more.”

All-inclusive, that is, except drinks, spa treatments, shore excursions, etc. — all extras that are not necessarily, well, necessary.

Americans work hard and most feel vacation is something deserved, he says.

Here’s a chance to meet the creator of “CSI,” those TV crime shows.

Anthony E. Zuiker, creator and executive producer, will speak at the annual gala dinner and auction for Bridgeways, set for Oct. 16 in Everett.

Bridgeways provides mental health services to adults in Snohomish County.

For more information, call Dawn Gray at 425-513-8213 or e-mail dgray@bridgeways.org.

Executive director Donna Konicki says they are excited to have Zuiker.

“He first learned of Bridgeways last fall through a former employee,” says Konicki. “He met with our clinical team several times and was so moved by our client’s challenges and the services we provide he offered to present at this event.”

Get this: folks can bid on doing a walk-on part in a “CSI” episode.

Fun Fact: Folks at Everett Community College are challenging one another to keep or get fit.

It’s the third year for the fall-quarter program.

The challenge was created by nutrition instructor Nancy Vandenberg. Faculty and staff sign up in teams and then keep track of the steps they’ve walked per day, or equivalent steps for another exercise such as swimming.

Team captains collect results.

Vandenberg will host an award celebration at the end of five weeks.

EvCC marketing specialist Jenny Zuvela recently biked 50 miles for the Mike Utley Foundation to find a cure for paralysis.

That gave her a daily average of 31,377 steps.

It all counts in the challenge, and for a good cause.

Columnist Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451 or oharran@heraldnet.com.