CHAMPS’ Agreement Offers Snider and Associates Playground Equipment

CLEVELAND – CHAMPS Group Purchasing announces an agreement with Snider and Associates, Inc. to provide CHAMPS members discounted pricing for playground equipment and site furnishings for sports, recreation and more.

This agreement with Snider and Associates (Snider), an Ohio based vendor, can provide service to any member in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, along with several other states. The agreement offering playground equipment and site furnishings gives members discounted pricing off of the manufacturers’ list price. CHAMPS’ Snider agreement includes products from a wide array of manufacturers.

Jan Elder, CHAMPS contracting director, said, "We are very pleased to offer this new contract with Snider. Many members have asked for an agreement tailored to sports, playground and other equipment for outdoor installation."

James Snider, sales representative at Snider, said, "We are excited to be part of the CHAMPS group and their excellent network of providers. We look forward to contributing to their existing high quality standard product lines and adding some fun with our playground equipment."

About CHAMPS Group Purchasing
As healthcare group purchasing experts, CHAMPS helps the healthcare industry save money and lightens the contracting burden for purchasing managers. For nearly 19 years, CHAMPS Group Purchasing has been an affiliate of Premier, Inc., one of the largest healthcare buying groups in the country, with over $36 billion in volume and more than 1,750 contracts.

With more than 4,000 clients nationwide, CHAMPS is one of Premier’s largest healthcare group purchasing affiliate programs and has been working in the healthcare arena since 1916. Choosing to partner with CHAMPS enables healthcare facilities access to Premier agreements, while benefiting from CHAMPS’ personal and expert service, aggregated contract portfolio and custom contract offerings – making utilization of the program as seamless as possible. For more, visit http://www.champsgpo.com/.

About Snider and Associates, Inc.
Snider and Associates, Inc. (Snider) has been in the recreation market since 1985 and has grown from about five people in the late 1980s to up to thirty people in peak season. Snider represents several quality manufacturers in the playground equipment, recreational and site furnishings fields. Snider provides their products as a "turn-key" service from design through installation as well as ongoing service and maintenance.

Strongsville's New Playground Installed

NORTH ROYALTON, OH (October 10, 2011) – A state-of-the-art playground recently installed in the City of Strongsville, OH, is fully operational and getting maximum use. The City of Strongsville was the lucky winner of a playground contest held earlier this year by BCI Burke, commercial playground manufacturer with corporate headquarters in Fond du Lac, WI.

“Anyone I have talked to is ecstatic with the addition of the playground,” said Bryan Bogre, Strongsville Director of Parks, Recreation and Senior Services. “It is great to see something like this play area making people so happy,” he added.
“The playground has received much praise through our city council and our Mayor, and has been the topic of conversation on the council floor multiple times recently focusing on how great it is to finally have a playground in the Strongsville Youth Sports Park for our kids,” Bogre said.

Thousands of entries registered for the contest announced at the start of 2011, with only one honored person getting the exciting winning call. The playground is from Burke’s new Voltage™ line, which combines the durability and flexibility of a 3 ½” O.D. post system with the advanced design of both the exclusive KoreKonnect® direct-bolt clamp system and EZKonnect® self-leveling deck system. Other monthly prize winners in the Voltage playground contest received VISA gift cards and Apple iPods and will continue to be selected each month through December 31, 2011.

“We are always energized when we hear how thrilled our customers—both kids and adults--are with a new playground,” said Tim Ahern, BCI Burke CEO/owner.

“The partnership with Snider & Associates, our Burke Rep in Ohio, made this project seamless and successful,” Ahern said.

Snider and Associates, with service in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Michigan, has been providing top quality park, athletic and commercial playground equipment to the school, early education, parks and recreation industry since the 80's. Additional information can be found at http://www.cvsnider.com/
BCI Burke is a premier manufacturer of commercial playground, park, and recreation equipment and an avid advocate of safe, healthy play for kids. More information about Burke and the contest is available at http://www.bciburke.com/.

Snider - Winner of the Playground Strongsville, Ohio

Strongsville, Ohio wins BCI Burke Voltage playground contest


FOND DU LAC, Wis. (August 22, 2011) – A new playground will be installed later this year in

conjunction with grand prize contest announcement by BCI Burke recently. The City of Strongsville,

OH, was the lucky winner of the contest held by the playground manufacturer, with corporate

headquarters in Fond du Lac, WI.

“I was amazed when I received the call that we won the playground. All of our parks have playgrounds,

except this one, so the timing to receive this is perfect,” said Bryan Bogre, Strongsville Director of Parks,

Recreation and Senior Services.

Thousands of entries registered for the contest announced at the start of 2011, with only one honored

person getting the exciting winning call. The playground is from Burke’s new Voltage™ line, which

combines the durability and flexibility of a 3 ½” O.D. post system with the advanced design of both the

exclusive KoreKonnect® direct-bolt clamp system and EZKonnect® self-leveling deck system. Other

monthly prize winners in the Voltage playground contest received VISA gift cards and Apple iPods and

will continue to be selected each month through December 31, 2011.

“We are in the business of getting kids outside playing and moving. Voltage provides the ultimate in

high-energy fun and extreme value in playgrounds, and we are proud to provide this prize to the

Strongsville community,” said Tim Ahern, BCI Burke CEO/owner.

“We are continually focused on providing innovative ways for kids to be active and lead healthy

lifestyles. This helps us fulfill our mission,” he said.

The Voltage design features 8 play events with a capacity for 48 kids ages 5 – 12 and is valued at more

than $21,000. In partnership with BCI Burke specially trained playground consultants, Snider &


Associates, Inc., the playground, including freight, will be provided at no charge. It will be installed in

the Strongsville Youth Sports Park designed two years ago that features three little league baseball fields,

a full size football field, a practice football field and a pavilion.

Snider and Associates, with service in Ohio, Indiana, Western Pennsylvania and Michigan, has been

providing top quality park, athletic and commercial playground equipment to the school, early education,

parks and recreation industry since the 80's. Additional information can be found at www.cvsnider.com

BCI Burke is a premier manufacturer of commercial playground, park, and recreation equipment and an

avid advocate of safe play for kids. More information about Burke and the contest is available at

http://www.cvsnider.com/