Quality Awards...Quality Service Since 1966

History

In 1966, Countdown, Inc. was founded by Mr. Dick Repper. Countdown, Inc. built model rockets of Saturn V. These rockets were sold at the souvenir shop at NASA in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In an effort to grow his company, Mr. Reeper decided to branch out into the plaque and trophy industry.

In 1974, the Award Shoppe was purchased by, Billy and Myra Sermons. At the time the Award Shoppe was a small local award store. The Award Shoppe grew over the next twelve years before being sold to Billy and Myra's son, Michael Sermons, in 1986.

In 1988, Mr. Dick Repper sold Countdown, Inc. to Billy and Myra Sermons. Both Countdown, Inc. and the Award Shoppe were managed by the Sermons family for 2 years.

In 1990, with the retirement of Billy and Myra Sermons the merger between Countdown, Inc. and the Award Shoppe took place giving us the business we all know today, Countdown's Award Shoppe.

In 2005, Countdown's Award Shoppe bought out The Trophy Center, another local award store.

Future

CAS has been serving Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia with outstanding service and exceptional quality for many years. Now, Michael and his wife Susan Sermons hope to extend their service as well as their products to the ever growing global market.

CAS is steadlily growing as one of the premier award industry stores in the nation. Behind a strong client base and as a leader in the online world CAS's future is looking exciting.