Diablo Trophies & Awards

10/19/2025

Plaque we make every year for the Bay Area radio, Hall of Fame 

08/29/2025

05/19/2025

Beautiful trophies for the barber competition 

12/16/2024

08/19/2024

💲Please understand what NOT using cash is doing.
As a former banker, it’s very crazy what’s happening- yet we continue to be ok with it.

Cash is important. 💸 matter of fact, they want to do away with it. For a reason! Don’t let them!

Why should we pay cash everywhere we can
with banknotes (cash) instead of a credit or debit card? 💳

Well. I have a $50 banknote ($50 bill) in my pocket.
Let’s say I am going to a restaurant and paying for dinner with it. The restaurant owner then uses the bill to pay someone to clean. The cleaning service then uses the bill to pay the barber. The barber will then use the bill for shopping for groceries.

After an unlimited number of payments, it will still remain a $50 bill, which has fulfilled it’s purpose to everyone who used it for payment and the bank has jumped dry from every cash payment transaction made...

- But if I come to a restaurant and pay digitally - Card, and bank fees for my payment transaction charged to the seller are 3%, so around $1.50 and so will the fee $1.50 for each further payment transaction or owner or payments..... going forward.

Therefore, after 30 transactions, the initial $50 will remain only $5 😫 and the remaining $45 became the property of the bank 🏦 thanks to all digital transactions and fees.

YEP!!!!

Small businesses need your help and this is one way to help ourselves too. Pull small draws of cash out at a time and use that instead of tap, credit, etc.

When this is put into perspective, imagine what each retailer is paying on a monthly basis in fees at 3% per transaction through their POS machine????

If they have, for example, $50,000 in sales & 90% are by CARD, they are paying $1500 in fees in ONE Month. $18,000 in a year! That comes out of their income every month.

That would go a long way to helping that small business provide for it’s family!🏦♥️" Not to forget, it can curb the costs passed on to us also!

Did you know I almost always carry cash? Not tons putting me at risk or stupid amounts, but enough for what I need!! I see the big picture. ❤️

10/04/2023

Our Member Spotlight is on
Diablo Trophies & Awards

Diablo Trophies & Awards is one the Chambers longest members, having joined in 1972. Diablo was opened in 1957 at 15 Boyd Road by Dave’s parents, Ann & Tony Mascaro. David began working in the store in 1971 and purchased it outright in 1979. In 1981 Diablo Trophy moved to its present location, in the Pleasant Hill Plaza.

Diablo Trophies and Awards started with Billiard & Bowling Supplies, as times have changed, they have changed with them. Slowly the billiards went away, then as the bowling alleys started adding pro shops the bowling supplies disappeared. Now Diablo’s primary business is corporate awards, Team sport awards and advertising specialties.

David and his wife raised their family in Pleasant Hill and have always been active participants in the Community. David was on the chamber board from 1981 – 1984, 1998- 2000 and again in 2021 -2022. He was president of the board for 18 months from 2000-2001. David & Chere were named Businesspersons of the Year in 1988 and David inducted into the Business Hall of Fame in 2008.

06/23/2022

09/21/2020

Did you know?
To create the Award, molten metal is cast in R.S. Owens’ Chicago, IL foundry? It is polished to a luxurious smooth finish and electroplated in 24-karat gold.

Read more fun facts on television’s biggest award.

06/19/2020

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