Their latest innovation has been the creation of the " Video CD Seminars.". These Gift Basket Seminars are designed for the home computer and provide a way for gift basket professionals to attend seminars in the privacy of their own home. Also 2005 Tom & Pam made Sales Tool Kits for the Gift Basket Industry household words with their educational topics in a kit form. These Sales tool kits are an affordable way to invest in your future while learning. This year they also developed booklets such as “Newell’s Design & Formula Guide” a tool for the industry to make sure you are making a profit on your designs.

In 2006 Tom & Pam expanded GiftBasketSchool.com to include yet their largest and most loved “Wholesale Upscale Products” company hand picking a line of over 200 Upscale products for gift basket professionals to use their designs at affordable 1 case at a time and shipping included on most products. These are products Tom & Pam love and have taken special care in representing to you. They Broker these products and love doing for you. They continue to Educate, write articles, Develop new products for the industry, teach seminars, consult, represent wholesale products, and love life working together for the industry.

Tom & Pam Newell have taught seminars at Atlanta Mart, Columbus Gift Mart, Western New York gift Mart, Minneapolis gift Mart, Kansas City Gift Mart, Pittsburgh Gift Mart, Denver Gift Mart, Nashville, Las Vegas Jubilee, Cincinnati – Jubilee, Chicago- Basket Connection, Aces – New Orleans, Aces – St. Petersburg, Tradeshows, Temporary Shows, & Personal Consulting.

Tom & Pam have been on the advisory board for Gift Basket Review, Columbus Gift Mart, Country Life, ACES, Columbus Retail Asso, and more. They have had articles written about them and their business both local and national, Cleveland Candy Magazine, Gift Basket Review, Rave Review, Columbus Times, Gift Ware Magazine, Gourmet News, Repository, Akron Beacon, Plain Dealer, & Record Courier. They have appeared on TV 8 and TV3 morning show and news for their Design ability. They have been National Design Winners and nominated for designer of the year 5 times. Award winners for Ohio & Stark County Business of the year and nominated for Ernest Young award 3 years in a row. Tom & Pam are active in the retail, coffee, and gift basket industry and will continue for years to come.

Click here to browse our Gift Basket Gallery and Promotional Photos.    Gift Basket School | The Gift Basket Industry Specialists | Copyright 2005, Gift Basket School Designed by: Savvy Design Technologies Gift Basket School | Privacy Policy | Gift Basket School | Contact Us | Gift Basket School Links Gift Basket Professionals Tom and Pam Newell, "The Pioneers Of The Gift Basket Industry", are successful gift basket business owners, nationally known seminar leaders, & Wholesale Upscale Product Specialists.

They started their relationship with the gift basket industry in 1979 when they opened their home-based business, Baskets To Go. In 1982 they added a warehouse to support their growing commercial accounts. In 1993 they established an additional retail location that included an Espresso Stop Coffee House & Bakery. By 1997 these operations, which included the Gift Basket Shop, Coffee Shop, Warehouse, Bakery and Corporate Offices doubled in size. In June of 2001 they opened their new international company, BasketFanFare®. That new company was housed in a 7500 Sq. Ft. Corporate Office, Bakery, and Warehouse location. In 2004 BasketFanfare moved to West Tuscarawas Street, Canton, Ohio to provide a better storefront location. Since 2004, being the innovators that they are, Tom & Pam also founded GiftBasketSchool.com. GiftBasketSchool.com has a wealth of information to include Gift Basket School Tradeshow & Seminar Schedules, a store with over 200 wholesale upscale products, free marketing calendars, and GiftBasketSchool.com newsletter subscriptions that is conveniently accessible to gift basket professionals throughout the world. Gift Basket School | Affiliates | Gift Basket School | Newsletter | Gift Basket School | Gift Basket Gallery | Gift Basket School | Marketing Calendars | Gift Basket School | Products | Gift Basket School | Seminars | Gift Basket School | About Us | Welcome to Gift Basket School the official Web site for all your Gift Basket Business needs
Tom and Pam Awards Tom & Pam Newell Awards
  • 1997 - National 2nd Place Corporate Design Winner at the Chicago Jubilee Convention
  • 1998 - Nominated for Designer Of The Year
  • 1999 - Nominated for Designer Of The Year
  • 1999 - Stark County Entrepreneur Of The Year
  • 1999 - Nominated For Ohio Trail Blazer of the Year
  • 1999 - Nominated For The SCORE AWard
  • 1999 - International 1st Place Gifty Award presented by the Academy Of Gift Designers
  • 2000 - Nominated for Designer Of The Year
  • 2000 - Nominated Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of The Year
  • 2001 - Nominated for Designer Of The Year
  • 2001 - Nominated Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of The Year
  • 2001 - Winner Of The Golden Web Award
  • 2002 - Nominated for Designer Of The Year
  • 2002 - Nominated Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of The Year
  • 2002 - Winner of The Golden Web Award
  • 2003 - Nominated for Designer Of The Year
  • 2003 - Winner of The Golden Web Award
  • 2006 - 4th Place winner of The Gift Basket Exchange Best in Industry:
                     Suppliers and Distributors Competition
    •  Gift Basket Exchange Network
    Gift Basket
    Exchange Network