Hey Everybody! $1,000 awards going to A Meeks – Mountain Pine J Puckett – Cutter Morning Star M Hancock –  Macomb High School M McDaniel – Mountain Pine H Scott –  Bryant High School R Kennon –  Pompano Beach High School T Terry…

Hi Everybody! Thanks so much to everybody who participated in the April pen auctions.  I forgot to post a reminder for last minute bidding during the last couple of days but it was still a great month.  I’ve already posted…

Hi Everybody, So it’s been another good month for the Newton Pens Scholarship fund raising, with good notebook and postcard sales at the Arkansas Pen Show and online, and several hundred raised from the pen auctions.  We raised $673 in…

We had a great time at the pen show this year.  We raised some money for the scholarship fund, sold a few pens, met some great people, and brought our boys for their very first show!  Holden and Corbin got…

Hi Everybody!  It’s time to give a pen away!  Every month we give a pen away as a thank you to people for donating to the scholarship fund and this month, we had 27 entries, raising $135, and using random.org…

First thing a bit of news and updates and reminders – Feb 26th is coming up fast, so if you want to bid on something from this batch of auction pens better get in there quick.  You just bid by…

Good news everyone!  (that’s a Futurama reference for you this month) We received 32 submissions in January, through sales of postcards and notebooks (what few we have left) and donations and free entries.  This month the random.org number picking machine…

So the site design has been bugging me for a while.  I found a theme I like yesterday morning and last night had the bright idea (finally) to add a shopping cart to make buying inventory pens easier. Store. Let…

Hi Everybody- What’s new in the news?  This has been the best year in fundraising so far!  I’ve been told we still have money coming in from different sources going to the endowment fund, but right now, our bank account…

Good morning world! It’s been a really great month for fundraising.  You all have helped  raise about $1,482 and some change through the pen auctions and your purchases of notebooks and postcards, and generous donations.  There’s more coming in as…

Hi Everybody! Don’t forget I have a 10% off sale going right now for Fountain Pen Day until midnight tonight.  After that all prices are as listed on the site. I’ve also listed the Fountain Pen Day pen from…

Hello all of you pen users and pen lovers and collectors and everything else! It’s been another successful month raising money for the scholarship fund this October with 58 entries.  Wowza thanks! So like every other month for the last…

From a kernel of an idea in 2012, Fountain Pen Day is now a full-blown event. This year’s celebration takes place on Friday, November 3 (Fountain Pen Day always takes place on the first Friday in November). Cary Yeager, marketing…

Hi Everybody, First– thank you all so much.  This scholarship is only successful because of all of your contributions.  Your continued support and donations are going to high school students to help them succeed in college. Every month we give…

I’m not a very good blogger so I’ll just type up some of my notes from the trip, and add a few more thoughts as I think of them. 🙂 But first… Scholarship announcements. We’ve raised $810 through the pen…

Hey everybody!  Thank you so much to everybody who contributed to the scholarship fund in July (and to everybody ever over the last few years).  Through sales of postcards and notebooks, and auctions of pens, we were able to raise…

-July 2017- Hi Everybody, Something people have asked me about for a while, and that I’ve been wanting to get going for a while, is finally becoming reality.  We’re starting an endowment that will sustain Newton Pens Scholarships indefinitely, or…

Hello everybody!  In May we raised $329 thanks to everybody who bought post cards or notebooks and gave donations.  If I’ve done my maths right that means we already have $3139 for the 2018 year!  Whew!  Thanks! A special thanks…

Hi Everybody, I’ve been given another small box of pens to put up for auction.  All the money raised will go towards the scholarship fund.  Thank you so much for your donations and continued support of the scholarships.  You’re helping…

Hi Everybody! We raised way over $6,000 this year!  From June 2016 to May 2017 we raised $6,853!!  Thank you all so much!  For the month of May alone we raised about $592. Thanks to everybody who volunteered to read…

Hi everybody, I had a great time at the pen show and wanted to share some photos.  First thing, I got to see the Diamond Building from Adventures in Babysitting, which made me remember that movie, and since have watched…

Hi Everybody, I’m putting something on my site I should have done years ago. From now on when I post a new pen to one of the galleries, at the very bottom of the page, under the photos, there will…

Another month of fundraising is under our belts and we’re doing the best we’ve done so far.  After regular postcard and notebook sales and the scholarship pen auction we raised $254 for the month, putting us at $6148 for the…

Hi Everybody!  Things are getting exciting around here now that all the scholarship applications have been submitted.  I’m still waiting on paperwork to come in the mail, but all the essays are in. If any of you want to help…

Hi Everybody!  It’s April 2nd and I forgot to announce the pen winner for March.  We got 75 entries for the month, and number 6 won it!  Congrats to Scott H!  I’ll send you an email and we can work…

Hi Everybody!  This weekend, March 17, 18, and 19, we’ll be out of the shop and at the Arkansas Pen Show!  If you’re in the area come by and see us and all the other great vendors and pens! Location…

Hi Everybody!  It’s the end of the month time again this month!  That means it’s my duty to tell you about our progress raising money for scholarships to help high school kids who are going into college. First thing –…

Hi Everybody! I have more pens for auction with every penny raised going to the Newton Pens Scholarships fund. I have fountain pens, pencils, and a single lot of parts. Auctions here.  If you have any questions ask – shawn@newtonpens.live…