The Bargain Barn is full of Deals.

The Bargain Barn is an offering of wooden Gift Crates and Boxes at the web site of The Nezinscot Guild.   Once at www.thenezinscotguild.com , click on the Bargain Barn icon and discover a wide variety of boxes and crates for sale.  These are all top quality over runs from large custom wholesale orders produced everyday in Turner, Maine, at The Guild’s manufacturing plant.  The Nezinscot Guild is a social purpose enterprise that employs people with wide-ranging disabilities in a dynamic small business.

There is double value to your purchases here because you can buy top quality boxes and crates of all types in small volumes at high volume pricing.  It is a great opportunity for new entrepreneurs, gift givers and home goods makers to package their goods in attractive alternative containers, in convenient small volume lots .  The second value, and perhaps the more  important, is that the proceeds for the Bargain Barn sales go directly back into supporting the operations of The Nezinscot Guild.  The Nezinscot Guild is the work services program of River Resources, Inc., the private non-profit organization, and 501 ( c ) 3.  The  training and employment services offered at the Nezinscot Guild are provided totally independent of tax payer support.  The Guild generates 90% of operational costs from its own businesses and the remaining 10% comes from private donor support.

Check it out.  The items change frequently.  Transactions are easy with PayPal.  All you have to do is pick and click.  Make a deal! Make a difference!

Million Dollar Round Table Supports The Nezinscot Guild

Past Presidents of the Million Dollar Round Table, Phil Harriman, left and Paul Buckley, second from right, present a $5,000. check to The Nezinscot Guild Executive Director, Dan O'Shea and Board President, Kim Vandermeulen, right

River Resources, Inc d.b.a The Nezinscot Guild Receives Grant from Million Dollar Round Table Foundation

Turner: Paul R. Buckley, Sr., CLU, ChFC, of Portland, Maine, has secured a $5,000 grant from the MDRT Foundation on behalf of River Resources Inc./The Nezinscot Guild. Buckley, a 49-year MDRT member and former MDRT president, is an active supporter of River Resources Inc./The Nezinscot Guild, a small 501 ( c) (3) non-profit organization providing employment for individuals with physical, developmental and autistic disabilities – in an integrated work setting – manufacturing quality wood products and performing repackaging services for industry.

This year, the MDRT Foundation will award more than $850,000 in grants to more than 100 charities. Representing the MDRT Foundation, Buckley presented this grant on March 29, 2012 to The Nezinscot Guild at its facility located in the Turner Business Park opposite The Chick-A-Dee restaurant, in Turner, Maine. Accompanying him was fellow MDRT Past President Phil Harriman, CLU, ChFC, RFC, of Falmouth.

This $5,000 grant is to support The Guild’s roof replacement project. While 90+ percent self-supporting, The Guild must raise approximately $100,000 annually in grants and charitable donations to remain in business and to fund its social purpose.

The MDRT Foundation was created in 1959 to provide MDRT members with a means to give back to their communities. Since its inception, the Foundation has donated more than $27 million in more than 67 countries throughout the world and in all 50 U.S. states. The majority of these funds were raised by MDRT members.

The MDRT Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Million Dollar Round Table, the premier association of financial professionals. MDRT is an international, independent association of nearly 36,000 of the world’s best life insurance and financial services professionals from more than 78 countries. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional product knowledge, strict ethical conduct and outstanding client service. MDRT membership is recognized internationally as the standard of sales excellence in the life and financial services business.

For further information regarding River Resources, Inc/ The Nezinscot Guild or to contribute to this fund-raising effort, individuals may call 207-225-2444 or visit The Guild’s website at http://www.thenezinscotguild.com.