Thank you Treb for creating the Balloon Decor Industry.

Many years ago, a young Treb Heining was working at Disneyland as a balloon vendor there when he made the world’s first balloon arch. It wasn’t long before Qualatex took notice and the rest as we know it is history.

Now, thanks to Treb’s creativity and ingenuity, literally millions of people around the world now know the excitement, the joy and the brilliance that is professional balloon decor. This one man has not only enhanced the lives of countless people across the globe, but he almost single-handedly created an entire industry where thousands and thousands of people around the world are able to thrive as working professionals in a field that impacts so many other people’s lives.

At that exact moment, it hit me. This is where it all began….heck, for all I knew I was standing in the exact spot where Treb first thought up the idea of the arch. It was humbling to say the least. While everyone around me was thrilling in the energy and excitement that is the House of the Mouse, I was completely wrapped up in that moment.

As I am in the midst of my 20th year in the balloon decorating world, I have never been more thankful as I am today. My businesses are thriving, my team is growing, the future looks strong and I have never been more excited. But even more importantly, for the last decade or more, I have known the joy of self-sufficiency without having to have a “job” or a “boss” in the traditional sense, where I make my own schedule, work when I want and how I want and don’t have to rely on someone else for my livelihood. And it’s thanks in part to Treb.

As we Americans celebrate today, please take a moment to thank those in this wonderful field who have come before you. Never forget that each and every one of us is where we are today because of the hard work and sacrifices those before us have made to advance the balloon world to where it is today.

So thanks, Treb…..thanks for everything.