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If you want a really neat unique gift for that special someone this holiday season, then make it yourself! But seriously we can help you make it yourself if you have an idea of what you want. Here is the concept. Click the google checkout image below. This will take you to the screen to purchase a white shirt, with whatever size you need. Find an image you want and email me the image at shirts@buxmontawards.com. Your shirt gets shipped to your door with the imprint you emailed me. Full color. 16.50. Free shipping. Imprinted shirts that are custom and have your own personalized imprint on it. You could even start your own apparel line if you want to. Let us do the hard work for you, while you concentrate on doing what you like to do. $16.50 - White T-Shirt Small $16.50 - White T-Shirt Medium $16.50 - White T-Shirt Large $16.50 - White T-Shirt XLarge ...

Personalized Gift Specials! We are adding an incentive to the readers of this blog, and we hope it will be a good one. We are offering a free gift with the purchase of a personalized mug or t-shirt now through the holidays. The next couple of blog posts will be featuring the products that we are talking about and give you a chance to take advantage of these great deals. You will have to purchase through google check out and this deal is exclusive through the Bux-Mont Awards blog.

Looking for some tips on improving your youth sports fundraising? Every youth sports league must fundraise to cover expenses and keep fees low. So, how do you raise more funds? Focus on these seven factors and you can easily double your results. Product Selection In youth sports fundraising, it's so important to select the right products to sell. The right selection is one that has mass appeal, an above average price point, and good profit margins. Don't sell what's always been sold every year. Consider choosing items that meet the criteria below. Product Price Point Your product offering should be at an attractive price point. This means it should be neither high nor low, but rather right in the comfort zone that encourages people to open their wallets. If you're selling a low-priced product, you are at a disadvantage because you aren't maximizing your revenue from each prospect. In this situation, try bundling a small quantity together and ask for more dollars. Fo...

So you have made it through the club's tournament season. You did well but not as well as you would like. So how do you get your game in shape for the 2008 tournament season? Your tournaments will not have grand stands and TV cameras but do not think you will not feel the pressure. With a little thought and preparation, you can give yourself the needed confidence to beat your archrival, win the Club Championship or Match Play tournament in 2008. Granted with your tournament nerves, you are probably not going to be swinging as smooth as Ernie Els when the big day arrives. Now is NOT the time to start messing with your golf swing. I repeat. It is NOT the time to make any major golf swing changes. First of all this is supposed to be fun. You know, better than anyone, your own tendencies. Depending on how much time you have before your golf tournament, chances are you are going to have to find a way to play with what you got. This is fine. Most of these types of tournaments are flighte...

Trophies are mementos to be treasured forever. They could be awarded for certain accomplishments, or a memento of membership, or a souvenir from an event. Trophies as awards are especially common for scholastic, sporting and office achievements. Academic awards are given in the form of trophies for different classes and subject proficiencies. Trophies for sporting achievements are the most popular. Games like tennis, football, basketball, cricket and golf all have coveted trophies. No one can forget the pictures of sportsmen weeping with joy and clutching their hard-earned trophies. Trophies are sometimes given for achieving business targets or for attending training programs. They are also given to members of elite clubs and organizations. Trophies can be different in make and design. Some companies offer custom trophies, which are exclusively designed trophies for particular events, people and occasions. For example, the Oscar is custom-made for the Oscar awards. Materials to choos...

The sport of wrestling has ancient roots. From Greco-Roman times to the World Wrestling Federation matches televised regularly, wrestling has kept viewers entertained and amused for centuries. Wrestling is admired for many reasons. It can be a fun game or a serious win-or-lose competition, a commercial profit-making interest or a way to gain status. This is a weapon-free game, and the human body is used as weapon of combat. There are different styles of wrestling. The main division is between amateur and professional wrestling. Amateur is widespread worldwide and has two types in the Olympic Games—Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle evolved from the English Lancashire form. A similar style is called collegiate or folk style, and practiced in high schools and colleges in the U.S.A. In amateur, freestyle and Greco-Roman differ in what holds are permitted. In Greco-Roman wrestling, wrestlers are permitted to hold and attack only above the waist. But points can be score...

Once your retail store is up and running, it can be all too easy to slip into a mundane routine of your regular end of season merchandise clear-out sales. You need to take charge and keep your retail business from becoming a stagnant lag of the same old sales. People are drawn to excitement. Shoppers are drawn to promotions and enticing events. If you've fallen victim to the marketing mundane, read on for tips to take advantage of every promotional opportunity that is available to you. The first step is to create a calendar of events for your store's year. Research your area and find out what's going on around town. Is there a special concert, festival or athletic event? Charity events and holidays, races and local celebrations, the possibilities are endless. Schedule your promotional launches well in advance so that you can have a successful presentation. You'll need to order special promotional materials such as signage, store displays, store fixtures and maybe even l...

Every business today witnesses events on a regular basis. There are several events like conferences, seminars, product launches, luncheons, trade shows and many more. Trade shows make for a very important event these days. They give a platform for various products to be on display at the same time and allow for comparison. Trade shows are an important avenue to make business contacts, entice prospective interest groups and take your business forward. Trade shows can open up you to lucrative business opportunities. Thus considering the importance that trade shows have in the life cycle of a business one should put their best foot forward and make the very best out of it. At trade shows you'll find free handouts being distributed by various organizations. This is more of a strategy than being a part and parcel of trade shows itself. If you distribute free giveaways at trade shows chances are that you are making the most out of the event. Distributing promotional products at trade sho...

Personalized gifts are more attractive than ordinary gifts. They make a personal statement on behalf of the givers and are an ideal way to convey respect and sentiment towards parents, relatives, friends, or colleagues. Personalized gifts are made for every occasion or celebration. Among such gifts are engraved personalized gifts that have the names of the recipients engraved on them with beautiful quotations accompanying them. Among the items that can be engraved are sterling silver jewelry, flasks made of stainless steel, and jewelry boxes. There are various articles available in gift stores that have beautiful designs and engravings. They may include antique cups, mementos, lamps, and pen stands. Generally, gift stores offer customized services for engraving the names and phrases for the recipients. Other items that make nice engraved gifts are clocks, pens or pen holders, photo frames, and albums. There are personalized gifts available for all occasions, whether there are birthdays...

This is a fact. Recognizing achievement helps make your event complete, engages your participants in a new way, and leads to greater participation in future events. The reasons for this are complex but it boils down to our needs to be recognized for what we do. The greater the recognition of the event the greater the urge to participate and to succeed. This is true in businesses, in sports, and in life in general. Think about it, people who are passionate about acting tend to become actors. They have the drive to succeed. They see the recognition other stars get and that propels them to strive to perfection in order to gain entrance onto that stage. The same is true of successful sales people, who are usually looking for monetary compensation. Recognizing their achievements other, non monetary ways, often times will cause a greater bond to build between a company and its sales force. Which company would you want to sell for, company A who only gives a monetary performance bas...

When we first started offering imprinted shirts it was becuase we had a machine that we were using for our recognition and awards business that also could be used to imprint shirts. The technology was not very good and we ended up scrapping the whole shirt imprinting until we started screen printing. At around the same time we became beta testers for another imprinting process that was a transfer process. This method worked a lot better than our old method and we were better able to achieve our goal of offering a greater product mix to our existing customers. With the screen printing and this beta-transfer process, we could offer to very different imprints at very affordable prices. Our screen set ups were the lowest in the area, and we were able to offer screen printed shirts for a low cost as well. This really helped our shirt business pick up and enabled us to grow our business while better serving our customers. Tomorrows post will be about our screen printing process, why you...

We have three (that we use regularly): Screen Printing Embroidery Digital Imprinting Throughout the rest of tshe week we will be comparing and contrasting the differences between them, when they should be used and what they are used for. As you will see the digital imprinting process is a really neat animal. It is a machine that is relatively new to use and has done nothing but good things for us. The process uses a oversized, heavyweight printer to print directly onto the garment and a heat press is used to set the ink into the shirt, with the imprint adhering to the cotton. But more about that later.

Click here for RPI 2008: Best Practice Standards 2008 Nomination Forms NOMINATION DEADLINE : DECEMBER 1, 2007! Recognition Professionals International is the only association dedicated solely to the advancement of recognition in all work places. It is this association's desire that, through developing standards and implementing a site audit process, the Best Recognition Practice at work can be identified. Management Teams have learned through experience strategic and consistent use of recognition, reward and praise throughout an organization is instrumental in reducing turnover, increasing productivity and creating a positive work environment. A paycheck is not reward enough for employees. When an employee feels they serve a purpose and are being noticed for doing a good job, they will embrace the organization’s mission, goals and values, work above their standards, take fewer sick days, and are willing to put forth the extra effort for the company. As an added bonus, retaining ...

We have added a call now button to the main page of our website. As not to confuse anyone the way it works is this: You click the button and put in your phone number. When you put your phone number in and click the call button you are connected to a recognition expert. The call will be recorded so that we may serve you properly and to assist us in training our sales people to properly meet your needs. This is just one more way to put you in contact with us.

Having just revamped our website layout to more accurately reflect the robustness and high quality of our business, we decided that you may need to be familiarized as to what direction you go as our customer. We do a lot of things at Bux-Mont Awards , and as such we decided that our website was not serving our customers needs. Realizing this we immediately began planning a new design and working towards doing what needs to be done in order to serve you, our customer, best. We decided that we would utilize technology available in the trophy segment of our market that enables our customers to utilize the same degree of choice they get when they come into our stores. Also we have a new promotional products search engine that our customers can use to more easily find solutions to their promotion needs. Realizing that knowledge is power, we immediately started a blog in order to educate you on the pros of recognition, how to properly recognize achievements whether those achievem...

Additional specials including a 3.d medal with neck ribbon and imprint for a low low price. These are some great specials. Keep these in mind when planning your next tournament. The great thing about these awards is they are a high quality resin, in full color, at a low cost. If you are getting one team or one leagues worth you will find the solution here.

These are some of the great specials we have going on right now in the fourth quarter with Soccer. Take advantage now through the end of the year to affordably recognize youth sports participation. These trophies enable your club to truly appreciate your childrens achievements and hard work during what can be a grueling soccer season. These kids deserve recognition and praise for making it, and they want to be told they did a good job. They want the positive reinforcement. This will help them come back again next year, it will show them that their efforts don't go unrewarded, and it will engage them in the sport, teaching them lessons that they will take with them for life.

Our mission is to provide Bucks, Montgomery and the surrounding counties with the highest quality recognition products. We serve the highest, long-term interests of our customers, our employees, our community, and our company. We look to provide incentives to employees, children and all others so that they will strive for excellence in whatever they do. We are dedicated to doing whatever it takes to help our community grow and its citizens to prosper. We will do this by striving for the highest level of: Commitment to quality and on-time delivery Creativity of product and design Individualized customer service

Please give us feedback on our new website design . It is a pretty drastic change from what it was, and we are hoping it was a step in the right direction, if only a small one. Some exciting features we would like to point out to you, in no particular order are the following; integration with our online awards store, awardsreward.com into our website awardsR.us . You can now travel back and forth from one to the other almost seamlessly. A promotional products search section that enables you to purchase your promotional products online at any time. This has been in the works for sometime now and we are pleased with the way it turned out to be sure. A learning section with links to our blogs. This will hopefully help drive traffic in both directions, to here and there. We are looking forward to continue to bring our audience useful information and products that can achieve their objectives of happy people through great recognition. Things to come in the future: Your schools p...

These unique oval magnetic memo clips have a dual purpose. If you are looking to portray your company as standing out from the crowd. * NEW! * Heavy-duty spring loaded hinge * Magnet on back * Black rubber grip Click here to customize this product now! Order Information: ** 1 Day Service Available ** Absolute Miniumum is 150 pieces $50.00(G) Individually poly-bagged Imprint Information: 2"W x 3/4"H Absolute Minimum: 150 pieces: $50.00(G) Addtl Color/Locations: $50.00(G) set-up plus .35(G) per piece run charge per color Colors: Transparent: Blue, Green or Red Set-Up Charge: $50.00(G), $25.00(G) on re-orders 1 DAY SERVICE (See General Info Page): Add 20% to 3 Day price Regular Price: Qty. 300 500 1000 2500 5000 Pack Weight STANDARD SERVICE 1.50 1.45 1.40 1.35 1.25 100 10 lbs. 3 DAY SERVICE 1.95 1.90 1.80 1.75 1.65 100 10 lbs. * Prices in U.S. Currency

Mouse pads this inexpensive must be unreal right? Wrong. We are pleased to bring you a special that lives up to its name. 1.09/pc and at low minimums too, these economy mousepads ensure that you get your name in the right place at the right price. Take advantage now because these prices are sure to disappear!! Promotional products buyers act now to receive this special price. orders@buxmontawards.com

The Lineman Two weekends ago a supplier of ours had an open house and we just got samples of some new products in that I wanted to share with you. The first one is a cast resin lineman statue. This statue will put an exciting spin on your football awards ceremonies. The football trophy comes in gold, silver, or bronze, and the price includes a plate. The price for this award is regularly 15.00 but if you reference this blog post in your order you can take 25% off this price and your inscribed plate is FREE! #450 The Lineman: $15.00 ----> now $11.75 Imprinted Plate: FREE! Another sample we have featured in our Harleysville Store is the Cancer Awareness Awards. This piece is a unique resin ribbon that can be painted a number of colors to recognize whichever cause t he person receiving the award is a part of. The sample we have is pink, in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is truly the per...

Autumn Alive returned to Quakertown , Pennsylvania on October 6th and a new feature this year was the Cruisin' Alive Classic Car Show-- in association with the First Pennsylvania Mustang Club-- and a not-to-be-missed line-up of musical performers. Over 200 vehicles manufactured in 1982 or before will line Front and Broad Streets from Hellertown to Fourth Avenue. Ten People's Choice and Specialty Awards were presented to cars at the end of the show. We had the honor of sponsoring the Bux-Mont Awards Sponsors Choice Award at the First Annual Quakertown Alive Car Show. The photo below is the winner. This 1960 BelAir was in pristine condition inside and out. Among the cars that were at the show, we thought this one deserved the trophy the most. The car looks like it hasn't been driven since 1960, I mean the thing was literally in immaculate shape. The weather was gorgeous on Saturday, with early morning fog clearing, and many car enthusiasts took the opportunity to visi...

When holiday time rolls around, showing appreciation to clients and the people on your team can prove to be a smart move for encouraging more business and productivity in the office. Give gifts of golf shirts, wovens, tees, fleece, or caps tastefully decorated with your logo, and you can increase the benefits to corporate identity programs. Consider these opinions of small business owners when asked about holiday gift giving: Over 75% feel it helps improve their business Over 55% believe it leads to increased sales Over 70% consider it an important part of their marketing effort Over 85% believe it improves employee morale

When holiday time rolls around, showing appreciation to clients and the people on your team can prove to be a smart move for encouraging more business and productivity in the office. Give gifts of golf shirts, wovens, tees, fleece, or caps tastefully decorated with your logo, and you can increase the benefits to corporate identity programs. Consider these opinions of small business owners when asked about holiday gift giving: Over 75% feel it helps improve their business Over 55% believe it leads to increased sales Over 70% consider it an important part of their marketing effort Over 85% believe it improves employee morale

I am not the average person, so I do not know what the average person thinks. I do know, however, that I like being recognized, and I do not like being put down. Hey who does right. When you put people down it makes them feel detached from their objective. The relationship breaks down and progress can not be made. No good can come from constantly berating people. Conversely, when you reward achievement you help your bottom line, while developing your human resources. Project management should dictate that you recognize milestones as you achieve them. When people know they are doing a good job, they strive to maintain that level of excellence. If business is about maintaining relationships, and recognizing achievements is a way to keep these relationships in tact, we have the ability to make our lives easier through recognizing achievements. They do it in sports, it should be done in business.

New Product Spotlight: Perfect way to thank that special fundraiser or the person who does the most for your organization. People want to be recognized for their achievements and there are more people volunteering their time for breast cancer awareness among other great causes. Show them you know they exist and they are doing a good job with these recognition ribbon awards. Dimensions: 7.5 x 6 x 4.5 Shown Finish: Multicolor Max. Plate Size: 1 x 4 Weight: 2.00 lbs. Made in the USA. Price: 20.00 / pc. includes imprinting.

The Upper Perkiomen Chamber of Commerce has listed eight great reasons to become a member. I am listing them here to show our readers why joining is just a great idea! 1. NETWORKING You can never have too many friends, or business contacts, for that matter! Chamber special events and programs offer many opportunities to connect 2. INSURANCE If there’s one thing in life that’s certain, it’s uncertainty. The Chamber offers a variety of insurance options through Taylor & Ochroch, Inc, to take care of those planned and unplanned health issues. 3. SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE More than 95 percent of the businesses in the region are counted as small business, and they employ many of the Upper Perkiomen Valley workers. We know that, and we offer quality seminars specifically for small businesses! 4. MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Spreading the word about your business is an integral component in business success. We offer many vehicles, as well as professional training...

Thank yous can mean and do a lot of things. When it is said by the right person it can realign your employees with your companies strategic goal. The key objective here is saying it the right way and to the right people. Recognizing achievements is a way to say thank you. Giving a plaque, a gift clock, or a certificate of achievement all accomplish the same objective. There are times and places for each of these things, and there are times that just a pat on the back is necessary. What you need to keep in mind is that saying thank you the right way is whats important. Companies give plaques to their employees for a project completion or for years of service. This is the perfect way for some to recognize their employees, while other industries or departments, or companies require a crystal award, a corporate gift, or just a thank you note and some recognition on the company website. A recognition specialists job is to ensure that your company is properly recognizing these achievem...

This was taken out of incentive magazine. Marshall Goldsmith is a fellow at the National Academy of Human Resources. A question was raised during an interview with Marshall about recognizing other people being a key component to an individuals success. This was his response: "Any employee's success is highly correlated with their motivation to do the job. Study after study has shown that providing positive recognition, when deserved, for a job well done increases motivation. Another important factor in recognition is the acknowledgment of suggestions for how work can be done better. By asking for ideas and listening with respect, leaders can help their companies recognize others and motivate their people at a very low additional cost." So employees success is directly correlated to their motivation, and one way of motivating employees is to recognize their achievements. There are many ways to do this. Getting feedback and recognizing achievements in a ...

It has been proven that recognizing achievements helps a companies bottom line. These studies have been conducted and outcomes have been stated that say so much. The question is why haven't you begun recognizing your employees achievements? Whats stopping you? It doesn't have to be a plaque or a desk clock. You can recognize achievements with a simple handshake and a thank you. Your own recognition of the work that was done goes a long way towards employee productivity. That said we are going to be discussing ways to help you recognize achivements this week. Tuesday through Friday we will go through ways to improve your corporate recognition program in order to help you better understand how the system works, why it works, and why you should have been recognizing achievements long ago. Happy Monday!!

The Univest Grand Prix is being held today. We are happy to say the awards they got were provided by us. This is the first race that we got to be a part of, and it really is an amazing show. I am watching the webstream provided by wfmz69 , and I hear that cycling.tv is going to be streaming the end of the race. There are over 22 reacing teams and 200 riders in this 107 mile race. The announcers do a great job and they really make it easy to understand and follow the sport of cycling. And then we get to watch tomorrows show in Doylestown as well! They talk about dynamics and I have seen a couple crashes, and they just went through Green Lane Park past the Scottish Irish Festival. A really neat way to be a part of the community. And they do it mostly with volunteers. Amazing, and the video is really spectacular. Much thanks to Univest and all the sponsors for providing such a great community event that we can all be proud of.

Statistics cited from a 2002 NAER Survey show some interesting things about recognition and the businesses that utilize recognition programs in their organizations. Far and away the most interesting stat that popped out right away was that 84% of businesses reported having an active employee recognition program. Additionally, even as the economy cools, recognition programs seem to be gaining in popularity with 41% of respondents indicating they are doing more with their recognition programs then they were 12 months ago. Of the people without a recognition program, over half said they are looking into starting one within the next 12 months. Another interesting stat include the reasons for having a recognition program. Tops on this list is creating a positive work environment, but other reasons include reinforcing desired behaviors, motivating high performance, increasing morale and supporting organizational values. The key is not just implementing a recognition program to achieve y...

Because we know you are looking to kill time waiting for the clock to strike five on Fridays, we are going to be spotlighting products on this day; some old some new, all tried and true to the quality that you have come to know from us. This weeks product comes from our Airflyte line, and today we are spotlighting their Walnut Piano Finish Plaques. Airflyte manufacturer Tropar has been supplies awards retailers with products for over 40 years. With 30 design patents, Tropar has positioned itself to remain a major player in the corporate recognition market. We got started selling Airflyte plaques and they are one of the best suppliers to work with. They helped us grow when we were first starting out, and continually listen to their customers to roll out new products that the market demands. One of these products, the plaques in the piano finish walnut line, epitomize the value and care that goes into the Airflyte line. Sometimes recognition calls for a plaque other times the recogni...

We all know how important it is to hire good employees or to find good volunteers if you are working for a non profit organization such as a youth sports org. This can especially be a burden if you are on a tight budget. After reading an article in Fortune Small Business , and in trying to hire a full time employee, this article helped reinforce this fact. Diana Nguyen is 33. She started her career as a family physician and worked at an HMO seeing 25 patients in four hours. Doing this for sometime led Diana to branch out and open her own private practice. She kept trying to hire employees that weren't the right fit for her organization, and it hurt her business. While attending the UC Irvine School of Business extension program she learned how to find talented employees. This program enabled her to identify and hire an office manager who was able to grown Hguyen practice for her, while she focused on the stuff she likes doing, cosmetic medicine. And she is enjoying he...

It's the time of year when parents are busy readying their kids for school, and everyone is wishing summer was just a couple weeks longer. We will take this opportunity, these last couple days of the summer, to spotlight certain products that are sure to succeed in creating lasting memories and building better lives through recognition. Enjoy! NEW RESINS These resins create lasting impressions in the winners minds, and definitely will cause the event that the winner received the award at to be a memorable one. Resins offer the unique opportunity to change up your awards without compromising quality, and even creating a greater perception of quality, while saving on costs. Resins come in many shapes and sizes. Some, like the bowling resin from PDU pictured above, come hand painted, while others are offered in different sizes. For previous jobs we have taken resins and used them to create custom team trophies for tournaments. These are great because no one has ever used ...

It's the attention to detail, as I am sure many of you know, that makes all t he difference in this world, and it just so happens it's also what we, as recognition experts, pride ourselves on. I was at a luncheon yesterday put on by the Indian Valley Chamber of Commerce , and it was a great event. With much attention to detail, the program went off without a hitch. John Sparta, from Sparta Cycling , was talking about the Univest Grand Prix , giving us an update as to how it is coming and changes to be expected. With entering into a new community, it compelled me to fill out a volunteer form, because hearing this guy talk about what a great community event this is and how it's great for everyone involved was very refreshing to hear. I mean I knew the Pennridge community was this way because I grew up there, and I had a feeling that the Souderton community would be the same way, but hearing him speak really hit home. This guy, from New York, really knew wha t it took t...

Taken from incentive magazine. Written by Jacqueline Durett and www.maketheirday.com Write a card to the employee, or even to the employees family, explaining the employee's positive qualities. Take a big project you are plannind on delegating and think about who it growth opportunity for. Take 10 minutes to have a performance free talk with your direct reports. Supplying lunch is even better.

Awards programs and choice have not always gone hand in hand. It was generally accepted that whatever the manager or boss thought was sufficient to give to employees to recognize achievements was sufficient and achieved the goals of motivating the employees. We know that to be totally false! People like choice but too much choice can be a bad thing. It's like Goldilocks, she didn't want to burn her tongue on the porridge that was too hot and the porridge that was too cold was not very tasty. It took her unt il the third bowl to find the porridge that was just right, and baby bear may not of thought it was the right temperature for him, even though it was perfect for Miss Locks. The point of this is there is not a one size fits all approach to this recognition thing. The goals themselves will often times be different. One thing is for sure though, you need to approach it with goals in mind and then approach it accordingly. Plaques and awards are the second most used re...

For those critics who think that awards and plaques are just dust collectors, there is proof out there that shows this information to not be quite correct. Incentive magazine cited research that says 47% of companies surveys use plaques & awards for their annual compensation programs. With half of businesses planning to utilize awards and another 13% using awards spontaneously that means that 60% of businesses that use recognition programs are using awards and plaques to recognize achievements. So they are not just dust collectors, t hey are often starting points for stories that build not only morale, but connections to others in more ways than one. Retelling the story of how you got that sales award may not seem like a big deal, but to the person telling the story and the person hearing it, a bridge is being built that will connect these two for years to come, and that plaque on the wall epitomizes that achievement and is symbolic of the hard work and countless hours the per...

Recognize your independence with this Liberty Bell Resin Sculpture from Bux-Mont Awards . These make great awards for an Independence Day tournament, citizenship recognition, and much more. Dimensions: 7 x 5.75 x 4.75 Finsih: Antique Bronze/ Black Base Plate Size: 5.75 x 1.25 Weight: 4 lbs. Price: 25.00

Perkasie PA , The Pennridge Community Day Board has chosen Greg Bencsik, owner of Bux-Mont Awards and Engraving, with it's annual Citizen Of The Year Award. The Award will be presented at the Community Day Events taking place at the Sellersville Veterans Monument Sunday July 8th at noon. Bencsik just completed his 15th year at the helm of Bux-Mont Awards, a company he founded out of his basement. This award epitomizes the committment and dedication to the community in which he lives and does business. Bencsik has mentored many young aspiring businessmen in the community including one of Highway Marines top salesman Brad Anderson, Tyndale Manager Christopher Fuller, and his son Daniel. Teaching those around him to think outside of the box, to serve the community, and to always do the right thing are three of the values Greg is sure to instill in those who learn from him. Whether it is making a sacrifice for his buisness, family, friends, or the community, Greg Bencsik ...

There are times that take away your breath and make you feel proud to know a particular person or to be associated with an organization because of the things they do or say to further that organizations cause. This world is filled with many selfless people who do things that often go unrecognized. And since it is our job to recognize achievements, I figured it was only right to bring this cause to your attention. Steve Kendra is the head of The Childrens Tumor Foundation , a non-profit 501(c)(3) medical foundation, dedicated to improving the health and well being of individuals and families affected by the neurofibromatoses (NF). Steve is dedicated to this cause because he has seen the debilitating effects of the disease firsthand. Steve is so dedicated that he and a group of his friends is participating in the Race Across America, a hard core endurance bicycle race across America to raise awareness and funds to go towards research for the Childrens Tumor Foundation. He is a tru...

There are certain aspects of being in the Montgomery county that remind me of my home in Bucks County, and one of those is the beautiful golf courses and the abundance of them. Lederach Golf Course is one of them. A beautiful place to play and a pristine course that is well managed. Challenging but fun. Its my unde rstanding that the course is owned by Lower Salford Township , and how lucky they must be to own such a beautiful piece of property. We were supposed to have a golf course built in my hometown of East Rockhill Bucks County , but it never materialized. Maybe one day, and if so I hope it's as nice and well run as the Lederach Golf Course . A gem for the county indeed. They have a tournament coming up in September, and if you get a hole in one then you get bragging rights and your name on a plaque in the club house. Great course, great golf!

If you are anything like me, and I know in this area that there are thousands of us, you are an avid follower of professional sports and our Philadelphia teams. You are also well aware of the heartache we as Philadelphia sports fans have had to endure in recent years, and some of your kids are growing up not knowing what it's like to get Playoff Fever or know what it's like even going to the finals. This is really unfortunate, especially because we are such a passionate bunch and want nothing more than a winner in this town. We are an area full of winners, rich traditions, and also great heartache. Being in the awards and recognition business, knowing what goes into championships, and the sacrifice and blood sweat and tears involved, I know it's not as easy as it looks to build a winner. It often seems, though, that things never work out even remotely close to as planned, as evidence with the Freddy Garcia debacle that is currently surrounding the Philadelphia Phillies ...

an article written for Harleysville Soccer Clubs newsletter, by club president Chris Ryan. Quite articulate and well put! I understand why people don’t volunteer. It’s easy to do, there’s no sign-up required and you don’t have to worry about embarrassing yourself doing something wrong. Not that long ago, I felt the same way you probably do now (heck, I still find it hard to volunteer for some things, like painting one of the rooms in our house.) I remember being at soccer signups five years ago when the man behind the table asked me if I’d like to coach my son’s team. I thought, “What, are you kidding, me coach? I haven’t played since high school. I wasn’t even that good.” But it only took the plaintive plea from my then six year old son, “Please Dad, you’d be great” to get me to even consider the idea. Hesitantly, I printed my name on the volunteer portion of the registration form. My last thought was, “Great, now how do I get out of this?” Nothing fills one’s heart with dread ...

So we are continuing to settle into our new digs over at the second store . Slowly, more samples are arriving, more and more customers are starting to trickle in, and we are starting to become a part of the community; all important factors in opening our second store. We are even learning new things, as if that never happens. For example, in the course of reading up on the area and its thriving community in hopes of learning more about the people who use our products, I stumbled upon a neat, well written newsletter and learned quite a bit about our local soccer organization, Harleysville Soccer . The club, run by all volunteers, fields 110 intramural teams a year in addition to its travel and TOPS programs, and they also run a soccer day to showcase the skills of the players in the organization. The soccer day has become so popular it has grown to two days this year. Amazing considering it is all done with volunteer support. These people devote countless hours to all kinds...

Heard this on NPR today, and thought it was pretty interesting, or at least interesting enough to share with you. It was about our, or my generations need for praise, not just in the workplace, but for life in general. Maybe it's just because I sell products that help people recognize achievement, but I do not see this as a bad thing. One caller said that we should blame Mr. Rogers, but again I can't see why we need to blame anyone. People need recognition . It doesn't need to be over the top recognition, but a pat on the back goes a long way for most all people. Even adults like getting recognized for a job well done. We are a society that thrives on motivation and in this day and age, we need to do whatever we can to get the most out of our human resources. These are the biggest asset of any company and should be watched closely. People make and sell the things. People make relations and believe in the products they are buying and paying the prices they...

We are finally open!! hooray. The hours of the Harleysville store are as follows: Monday: 12:00 - 6:00 Tuesday: CLOSED Wednesday: 12:00 - 6:00 Thursday: 8:30 - 7:00 Friday: 8:30 - 7:00 Saturday: 9:00 - 1:00 Please come check out our showroom, it is very big and contains the latest and greatest in not only awards and recognition items but also any of a number of promotional products to help your business or organization promote yourself. We are constantly looking for ways to improve add value to our products for you, and to do this we are constantly looking for opportunities to utilize technology. We recently started a website that enables you to build your own trophies online that has been well received by you, and we are constantly training our staff on the many new technologies we employ here to better serve you.