HOW TO SAY IT® / 77 Your efforts have made this possible. Your support is greatly appreciated. You’ve done it again!
PARAGRAPHS As Bette Midler once said, “People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.” And you are the best! Know that we appreciate you! You’ve been a valued cardmember with Stuyvesant Bank since 1990, and we thank you for the exceptional manner in which you’ve handled your account. To show our appreciation, we’ve preapproved you for our premier bankcard, the Gold 100. We think you will find it to be the ultimate in credit card performance. Please accept the enclosed token of our appreciation for your five years as one of our most dependable and delightful volunteers. We don’t know what we would do without you! Thank you for your timely and excellent solution to the problem of tangled hoses. Only those of us who have struggled with this annoying and time-consuming inconvenience can appreciate what a delight the new boom system will be. You will be receiving an Outstanding Contribution award in May, but I didn’t want to wait that long before telling you how pleased and impressed we all are. All of us here at Legson, Ltd. enjoyed your enthusiastic letter about the quality of our lace goods. We are proud to offer such a wide selection of fine handiwork from all four corners of the globe. Please accept with our appreciation the enclosed 20% discount coupon good on your next order. Appreciation and thanks go to Angela Messenger and her Documentation Department for a successful transformation of the tracking system. The new equipment and its faster, more accurate method of recordkeeping will help keep us in the forefront of the Stout, Old, Mild, Bitter, Family Ales market. Our success here at Marsden & Company is due to an exceptional group of talented employees.
SAMPLE LETTERS Dear Dr. Rowlands, Your suggestions for next year’s technical forum are much appreciated. I’ve turned them over to the steering committee, although I suspect you’ll be invited to join them. I hope you will accept—your ideas seem as workable as they are useful. Sincerely yours,