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Celebrate Years of Service with our newest Service Award!

We get it! Finding the perfect service gift to celebrate the time your employees spend with your company can be exhausting! There are so many different personalities to account for when making sure you get the perfect service award gift for them. Well, we felt the same way here at Baudville, and that's why we wanted to help simplify your life when we created our newest service award, the Dedicated Service Award Card.

Here are our top 4 reasons why the Dedicated Service Award Card is the best addition to your company's service awards.

1. All-in-One Service Award Gift
This all-in-one service award gift comes with an elegant box that includes a special appreciation message, a beautiful lapel pin, and a Discover^® prepaid reward card. This means your team can get what they want, but also have the appreciation presentation and message they deserve!

2. Everyone Loves It!
With over 80 participating locations, who wouldn't be able to use the award card? There is Best Buy for the techies, Macy's for the fashion lovers, and Lowe's for the handyman, just to name a few. Here at Baudville, this award card is a favorite service award gift for our employees because everyone can get what they want!

3. Adheres to Service Award Tax Laws
Celebrate your employees' years of service the right way – a tangible gift and a tax-compliant card all-in-one!

4. You Can Spend What You Want!
We have three award card options you can choose from, our $25 gift pack, $50 gift pack, and $100 gift pack. These three options let you give the perfect amount to your employees, whether they have been at your company for 1 year or 50 years!

October 26, 2013 is National Make a Difference Day – Here’s 5 Ideas to Get You Started!

For more than 20 years, USA WEEKEND Magazine and Points of Light have joined together to sponsor Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of community service. Millions of people join together on this day each year with one common goal: to improve the lives of others. >

Thanks to Newman's Own, you have the chance to win one of thirteen $10,000 grants to support your community, based on your Make a Difference Day event!

If you don't have anything planned yet, don't worry! Here are 5 ideas to get you started for National Make a Difference Day 2013!

1. Work Together As a Team. As we have found in our latest community service endeavor at Baudville, serving together as a team not only feels good, it builds camaraderie and bonds that would never come out of our day-to-day work. So gather your team, decide on a cause, and get out there and make a difference together!

2. Find Your Common Cause. Perhaps your workplace is already connected with an organization that could use your help. Or, perhaps someone in your organization has fallen on hard times – or one of their family members has. Get the word out that you're looking for ways to serve in your community. It could be something as common as serving in a local food pantry, cleaning up a local park, or doing some home improvements for a family in need.

3. Spread the Word! You may only have a couple of team members ready to get out there and pound the pavement with you – don't let that kill your mojo. Invite family members, friends, and co-workers from other departments to give their time and talents with you! Order t-shirts to build your sense of team and act as a keepsake from the event. Our "Making a Difference, It's What I Do" team shirts would be perfect!

4. Communicate, Communicate, Communicate. As the team leader, it's up to you to make sure everyone is informed. For first-time volunteers, it will probably be nerve-wracking leading up to the day. What can they expect? Are they ready? What should they bring? What SHOULDN'T they bring? Will they be uncomfortable? Will they offend someone? What should they wear? Should they bring something to eat and drink or will it be provided? How long will it last? Can they bring a friend, or their kids? Try to answer as many of these questions beforehand so your volunteers can put their minds at ease.

5. Have a Great Time & Take Pictures! You will have a great time together as a team – that's a guarantee. Document it with photos, do a few interviews of your volunteers, and the community you're serving, and after you're all done, talk about it. As much as you can. It will make you smile, and it will make you proud. Then start planning a time to do it again. Don't wait until next year – your heart, your team, and your community will thank you.

What are you doing for National Make a Difference Day 2013? Share your plans with us and then share your post-event pictures and stories – we'd love to hear about it!

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As a team member since 2005, Falon has worn just about every hat the 'ville has to offer. She's seen both sides of working life — as an employee and as a manager — so if it sounds like she knows what she's talking about, we're pretty sure that's why. When she's not juggling between the IDville and Baudville brands, she's been known to whip up a mean diorama - just like that!

Your Holiday To-Do List Is So Done!

Along with good tidings and merry making, year-end also seems to add a lot of extra to-dos to an already full list. We say Bah, Humbug to that! At Baudville, we're here to take some of those tasks off your list—not add to it!

Come shopping with us today and we'll show you ready-to-give holiday gifts that will keep your wrapping paper on the roll. And, popular theme gifts that will keep you from trolling the mall at the last minute. No time for baking dozens of cookies? Step away from the oven and grab some Sweet Treats instead.

We have some great new products that are guaranteed smile makers! Our new glitter style Twist Top Tumblers will add a little sparkle to your year-end party! While our Holiday Stocking Gift Set is just the thing for everyone on your team. Make a memorable presentation when you bundle and save with our new Die-Cut Character Pin Cards with Presentation Stand. How about giving your team members something that no one else has? Give our new Shaped Spinner Ornaments that are ready to give – all you have to do is write a personal note!

If shopping for year-end awards is on your list, we can help with that, too, with trophies and plaques in every price range and style. You won't leave our site without finding an award you'll be proud to present.

If it's yours to do, you'll find it on baudville.com. And, if you need any extra helpers, we'll be there for you with bells on. Just give us a jingle at 1.800.728.0888.

Cheers to a wonderful & prosperous holiday season!

(a.k.a the Baudville Team)

Adventures in Daily Recognition: Getting to Know the Baudville Team!

Baudville is no ordinary place to work – we drop our executives into dunk tanks, pour our hearts into philanthropic ventures together, and wear jeans for a good cause. For these reasons, our team members are no plain Janes or even Stevens either – they're super stellar rock stars! Get to know them one-by-one and we're certain you'll agree.

Meet Denise: Resident Datahead, Figure Skating Queen, and World Traveler

What do you do here at Baudville?
I am the Customer Acquisition Manager. My main responsibility is determining what non-customers (prospects) to send catalogs to for each of our campaigns. Aside from that I do a lot of analysis on different industries, product categories and, of course, our own marketing efforts.

What is something that none of your co-workers know about you?
Don't laugh too hard, I was in the Miss Pre-Teen Michigan Pageant when I was 11. Absolutely shocking.

What was your favorite recognition moment here at the Ville?
My favorite recognition moment at the 'Ville is my anniversary. It's nice to be recognized for my loyalty and dedication to the 'Ville. I enjoy having lunch with my manager, the personalized card and the token of appreciation isn't hard to take either.

Who inspires you?
The kids in my skating club. They amaze me both as figure skaters and as people. I'm impressed with how, during their tumultuous teen years, they handle themselves with grace in a sport that is not very forgiving. Their work ethic is impressive and every time I am with them I want to be a good role model. They continually inspire me in my own skating and in life.

What's your favorite app and why?
Oh my goodness, there are so many to choose from. Let's see, it is football season and baseball playoffs so right now I'll say theScore is my favorite app. I love that I can look up just about any sport, any game and get results, standings, stats and play-by-play commentary.

What Smart Saying best represents you?
I have mad skills

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As a team member since 2005, Falon has worn just about every hat the 'ville has to offer. She's seen both sides of working life — as an employee and as a manager — so if it sounds like she knows what she's talking about, we're pretty sure that's why. When she's not juggling between the IDville and Baudville brands, she's been known to whip up a mean diorama - just like that!