Read the

Summer Issue

of Blue Water Woman!

I'm so pleased to share with you the Summer 2025 issue of Blue Water Woman magazine.

This issue features:

Jeanette Roberts, D.V.M., a veterinarian who specializes in in-home euthanasia for our furry family members;

Pastor Julia DiFiore of the United Church of Christ in St. Clair; and

Keshia Evans, who works in the Planning Department for the City of Port Huron and serves as a volunteer for many youth organizations in the community.

Read the

May/June Issue

of ThumbCoast Senior!

I'm so pleased to share with you the May/June 2025 issue of ThumbCoast Senior magazine.

This issue features:

Andrew Kercher, a local historian who generously shared with us the inside of his closet and his infamous historic wardrobe;

Lake Huron Woods Expansion, a story outlining the 90 new senior living accommodations in Fort Gratiot; and

Don't Be a Mean Girl, a personal essay.

Read the

Spring Issue

of Blue Water Woman!

I'm so pleased to share with you the Spring 2025 issue of Blue Water Woman magazine.

This issue features the 2025 Blue Water Woman of the Year Award Recipients:

Thelma Castillo, former CEO of the Blue Water Area Chamber of Commerce;

Kathryn Baker of Blue Water Developmental Housing and Sanborn Gratiot Memorial Home;

Mary Williams, chair of the Port Huron Southside Neighborhood Improvement Authority;

Valorie Hudgens of The Arc of St. Clair County;

Shannon Schwabe of the Small Business Development Center; and

Georgette Assi, community volunteer and owner of Port Huron Lanes.

Celebrating 25 Years of The Write Company: An Advertising Agency

So...Happy Quarter Century to my business...

When I started my advertising agency, The Write Company, back in 2000, it never in a million years occurred to me that 25 years later, I'd still be banging away on a computer, helping businesses in the Blue Water Area (and beyond!) with their marketing and advertising needs.

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Most especially, I never dreamed I'd eventually publish two successful regional magazines (Blue Water Woman and ThumbCoast Senior), as well.

But thanks to the many really awesome (and a few super difficult! Ha!) clients and advertisers out there, here I am, banging away on the keyboard, clicking away on my mouse, gettin' it done for all of you.

I put together a little mini publication/portfolio with some of my favorite projects from the past 25 years. Because technology has changed so much, there are not too many projects from the early years because, well, "Pagemaker" files just do not open up in the Adobe Creative Suite these days. ;)

What is it that I do for my clients? Oh, soooo many things. All the marketing and creativey and designy and writey things. I help you figure out where to best spend your advertising dollars and I create the ads that help get you the attention you are looking for.

I get to photograph your staff and your events. Heck, I even get to plan a LOT of really super cool corporate events that range in size from serving 25 to 2,500 and beyond. I've imagined and dreamed up large community events like a New Year's Eve anchor drop from the top of the McMorran Tower and small, intimate parties. I'm your go-to corporate event planner.

I've also managed many aspects of other community events. I've helped wrangle statewide media coverage for a snack competition (who doesn't love snacks???) and I've helped write and design compelling, heartstring-tugging fundraising materials for numerous nonprofits.

I've also had the honor of presenting awards to 70 of the best women in our community through the auspices of my own magazine's annual awards program.

And in ways both big and small, it has all, always, felt like such an honor and a privilege. I have never taken your business for granted. Not ever. Not once.

So happy quarter century to The Write Company/Blue Water Publishing, LLC. It's been an honor and a privilege to serve as your outsourced marketing department.

I look forward to continuing to work with so many of you (except those pesky pain in the behind clients...not them). ;)

Sincerely,

Patti Samar

Chief Creative Officer

Blue Water Publishing, LLC

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An Open and Inclusive Company

Blue Water Publishing, LLC, including our advertising agency, The Write Company, and our two regional magazines, Blue Water Woman and ThumbCoast Senior, are all proudly open and inclusive LGBTQIA+ friendly businesses that promote diversity, equity and inclusion of all kinds, ranging from race to gender identity.

We are also proudly a member of the Port Huron Branch of the NAACP.