So grateful to Jasmine and the team at Island Ship Centre for helping me with a very important Santa gift this Christmas! After an Amazon 3rd party carrier failed to get me my gift on time, I had to scramble to buy another table top ping pong table - my children’s only request from Santa. Available only in the US so close to Christmas, Jasmine at Island Ship Centre helped me to arrange to have the large, heavy package shipped to them. She effectively communicated with me thro

Due to popular demand and persistent requests, FedEx Ground and UPS are now picking up packages from our location on Saturdays between 1 and 3 pm. Previously, on Saturdays, we only had pickups from the US Postal Service and FedEx Express. Now, however, we have added pickups from FedEx Ground and UPS. What's more, the UPS air packages that ship out before 2 pm from our location on Saturdays will go out the same day and be delivered on Mondays for Next Day Air, Tuesdays for UPS

Newly married in August 2022 and working full time at Island Ship Center, Yusuf decided to pursue his Master's in Organizational Leadership last September through the accredited program offered by Medaille University. Since he had graduated with his Bachelor's Degree from Medaille just a few months before, it was easier for him to acclimate with the work load. However, balancing so many other things posed a challenge. Thankfully and surprisingly, Yusuf excelled in the program

Last week, our dear friend and mentor, Michael Petkewec, invited Fahim to speak to his students via Zoom at the University of Iowa Entrepreneurism Career Seminar class. Michael is a professor at the University and is married to Megan, who's originally from Grand Island and who's mother is one of our original clients from 2006! It was a unique and exciting experience, to talk about our business model and growth, and in turn, allow the students to think of business ideas themse

On April 5th, 2006, in a small storage unit on Baseline Road, Island Ship Center began operations, as a FedEx Authorized ShipCenter® and a dream: To build an exemplary community business that would serve the needs of our area through shipping and other relevant services. In April 2008, we moved to our current location on Whitehaven Road into a former office building with 850 square feet of space and added copy services. At that time our copy prices were 20 cents for black an

One of the most common questions we get asked is this: "Do you accept Amazon returns?" And the answer, of course, is, "Yes, we gladly accept them, if they have a prepaid UPS shipping label on them. We are unable to accept any returns with a QR Code. You have to take those to The UPS Store in Niagara Falls." During the first quarter of every year, we see a lot of incoming returns of unwanted merchandise, leftover from the holidays. It's easy to drop those off at a nearby shipp

Please note our holiday closures this year: For Christmas, we will be closed from Saturday, December 24th through Monday December 26th. We will reopen on Tuesday morning, December 27th, at 9 am. For New Year, we will be closed Monday January 2nd and reopen on Tuesday morning, January 3rd, 2023 at 9 am. We thank you for your continued trust and wish you peace, joy and blessings during this festive season. We wanted to end the year by sharing two recent heartfelt testimonials (

When she walked in to our store last week with a beautiful, dried flower wreath for her sister Paige, Claire was convinced that we could not get her gift safely to its destination. We assured her that we would try our level best and use our best resources to accomplish this task. Seema suggested that Anthony use suspension packaging, a brilliant technique taught to us by our mentor Marty Johnson, who is the proud owner of Uncle Marty's Shipping Office and also a certified pac

We are truly excited and honored to share the joyous news that Seema's shower steamers have been selected as the 2022 Regional Gift of The Year From Western New York to represent the area at the New York State Fair, which is going on now until Labor Day in Syracuse, New York. We have been selling this product in our own store and at the Western New York Taste NY Market for the past three years. We were delighted that they chose this product. You too can try it out and purchas

Doug Smith was a dear mentor of ours who passed away some years ago. He is survived by his wife Polly and son Joseph, among other members. He was a fantastic sports commentator, talented actor and great writer who loved to write about sports, especially baseball. He lived on Grand Island for nearly 50 years and gained much recognition locally as a celebrity author and personality. Both of us were fortunate to know him and learn from his wisdom. A few months ago, Doug's son Jo

Last month, we experienced a piece of history thorough an historic renovation project, thanks to our dear mentors and guests, Matt and Cherrish Beals. Both Islanders, they purchased the Marshall House property in Niagara Falls in January of this year, intending to preserve its history while operating it as a unique bed-and-breakfast. Completed in 1913, the Marshall House was built by James Marshall, a well known philanthropist and businessman, and is listed today on the Natio

For the past five years, we have been transforming into a printing destination for our guests, offering both shipping and printing solutions to make it easy to reach their goals. Seema has wanted a dedicated print room since 2016, when we first built the new warehouse. Well, we both finally decided this year to build it! We talked about it with many of you With incessant gratitude and efficacious effervescence, Fahim & Seema Mojawalla, Co-Owners Island Ship Center - #SpaOfShi

It's official: Our new tagline, which encompasses more of our print and mail services, without changing the official look of the actual logo. It's the first big change to our logo since 2013! Essentially, we went from "Pack, Ship, Hold, Office Services" to "Pack, Ship, Print, Mail & More." When Marty visited us a few weeks ago from Uncle Marty's Shipping Office, he assisted and inspired us to make this change, which coincides with our 16th Anniversary. Although the logo is li

Can you believe it? 16 years! "Has it been that long?!" you ask. Absolutely. We began with a storage unit space on Baseline Road on April 5th, 2006 and moved to our current location on Whitehaven Road in April of 2008 and continued to make memories, with empathy and collaboration, one guest at a time. Slowly but surely, the word got around town and the trust and reputation followed. We are beyond touched and humbled to be of service through our plethora of printing and mailbo

It's one of the most common questions asked by our guests: "What box sizes do you carry?" And we enthusiastically reply, "We have so many box sizes in stock that it's difficult to create a list. What box size are you looking for?" Well, Theresa, our graphic designer and store manager decided to come up with a solution last week, one that would answer this question through a poster size graphic, which now hangs underneath our counter. She designed and printed a creative wall p

The Rotary Club of Grand Island will again be running its annual UNDIE SUNDAY community project Feb 20-27. They have been running this service project for over 20 years. Once again, we at Island Ship Center are honored and proud to be a donation location for this worthwhile cause. Here is a message from the club: "We seek the basic needs of new and unused underclothing and socks for less fortunate and homeless men, women and children. These items provide personal dignity,

We thank you all for allowing us to be a part of your lives, through our business and our personal selves. We look forward to serving you all with more inspiration, motivation, upliftment and rejuvenation. With incessant gratitude and resilient optimism, Fahim and Seema Mojawalla, Co-Owners Island Ship Center #SpaOfShipping #FahimFix #SeemaSolves

Not long ago, we were all extremely conscious of cleaning our hands and making sure we were germ free, and rightfully so. We saw the benefit of that one action in preventing the spread of viruses. Let us implore you now to clean your houses, dorms, office spaces and businesses of all the clutter too so that you can destress your minds. Did you know that ID theft is a growing problem in the US and that shredding your old documents is great way to prevent that theft from occurr

As we try to streamline our printing processes, we have reached another crossroad: How to deal with Microsoft Office files, specifically Word and Excel documents. Since different versions of Word (and Excel) are used by different guests, we encounter many situations where files are sent as one size but the printed version differs (even slightly) from what's on screen (since our version of Word differs from our guest's version), thereby precluding any printing excellence for w