Newton Pens and Scholarship News

Hi everybody,
It’s been a while since my last and a lot has happened.
Newton Pens has it’s own Employment ID number (EIN) – YAY!
I’ve figured out a way to get the scholarship money to students, and after this year, I’m going to make the scholarship available to kids anywhere in the country.  I’ll have to start my own non profit I believe, but I think I have a friend or two who can help me get the paperwork together and filled out.

Since I started making pens I have made two pens for very nearly every order – I lost track a while back, but I’ve made lots of twins – and these pens have been given to dozens and dozens of deserving high school students at my school and several other schools around Arkansas.  I have ten or so more student pens to make, and then I’m going to call it quits for student pens.  Instead I’m going to focus on the scholarship.  Starting this summer, every pen you buy will have a portion of the money sent directly into the scholarship fund to join the money made from raffling pens off each month.  This will help to grow the scholarship and help more students achieve their college goals.  Each recipient will get a pen and a couple bottles of ink of course.

This also means my prices will be changing a little bit – more on that later when I’ve figured out exactly what I’m going to do. I’m going to get rid of the 15mm pen reducing my lineup to four sizes with four main styles for each size and any style full custom you come up with for me. 
My plan to select students for the scholarship is to form a group of like minded pen nuts to go through applications and pick recipients each year.  Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.  🙂  I still have to figure out what the requirements for being selected will be.  Hopefully some of you brilliant pen lovers will have some good ideas.  If so email me – [email protected]

The next pen starts tonight.  The pen isn’t finished yet, but here’s a sneak peak…

This has raised $310 so far!  Thank you!
Total money raised as of April 25, 2013 –
PayPal balance:   $2,002.35 USD

Finished pen pictures.

will end May 3rd so I have time to get a check from Paypal to my school for two lucky students before graduation.
So far you’ve all helped raise $1,701.67 USD.

So if all that sounds good then you can buy as many as you want payable through paypal to newtonpensscholarships@gmail.com.  Be sure not to send payment to my email address.

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know and I’ll get back with you asap.
This purchase is not tax deductible.

Thanks.
Shawn