WESTBROOK, ME – March 23, 2011 – WGTECH, a value-added reseller that helps companies achieve success with advanced information technology, announces a new promotion from Barracuda Networks for the education field:

– 30% off of Barracuda’s Web Security Flex, which centrally manages web content filtering and spyware protection for remote offices, home-based users, and mobile device users.

– 20% off of Barracuda’s Web Filter, a complete content filtering and application blocking solution designed to enforce acceptable Internet usage policies by blocking access to objectionable content and unauthorized Internet applications.

– 20% off of Barracuda’s Backup Servers, which offer local inline deduplication backup with available offsite cloud storage.

Payment is not required until June 30, 2011.

Barracuda produces powerful and affordable security, networking, and storage solutions. WGTECH has found the Barracuda appliances to cost effective and of high quality, and implements them in many customer infrastructures.

Please contact Britt Gilbert at britt@wgtech.com for more information about the promotion

About Workgroup Technology Partners

Workgroup Technology Partners is a value-added reseller that helps businesses achieve success with advanced information technology. Workgroup’s team of professionals is highly qualified to support and consult on any aspect of technology, including networking, security, email, data storage, voice and data communication, and databases. Workgroup partners with leading technology vendors such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Network Appliance, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, Juniper, Citrix, and NetScout to design, install, integrate, and support systems that meet specific business objectives.  For more information about Workgroup, visit the company at www.wgtech.com.

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“The Community Classroom is an exciting new program offered by the Institute,” said Leslie E. Linfield, Executive Director of the Institute for Financial Literacy. “We designed this program to equip Mainers to make better, more informed financial decisions based on proven concepts and practical guidelines geared toward knowledge retention and successful, real-world application.”

Community Classroom seminars for the month of February include:

Money Management 101
Financial freedom starts here. Everything you always wanted to know about successful money management and more; including budgeting, net worth, financial planning and goal setting.
Wednesday, 2/2, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm or Saturday, 2/5, 10:00 am–12:00 pm

Credit & Debt Management
Stop the madness. Gain control over your credit and debt with proven tips to effectively manage credit, assess personal debt level and eliminate your debt once and for all.
Wednesday, 2/9, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm or Saturday, 2/12, 10:00 am–12:00 pm

Insurance & Investing Made Simple
The future is tomorrow, start planning today. Leverage the power of insurance and investing to help you reach your financial goals quicker and easier than imagined.  
Wednesday, 2/16, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm or Saturday, 2/19, 10:00 am–12:00 pm

Family Finances
Family, Inc. Manage your family finances like a business, teach your children important financial literacy skills and gain valuable insight into important family decisions involving credit, debt, insurance and retirement planning.   
Wednesday, 2/23, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm or Saturday, 2/26, 10:00 am–12:00 pm

Each two-hour seminar is designed as a stand alone course and can be taken in any order. The cost for each seminar is $50. Included in the cost of the class is a course textbook which includes a comprehensive set of financial planning tools and resources, as well as a self assessment designed to reinforce and support classroom discussion. Discounts are available for joint registrations or for a bundled package of classes. 

Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. For more information or to register, please call 207-221-3601.

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About the Institute for Financial Literacy

The Institute for Financial Literacy is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization whose mission is to make effective financial literacy education available for everyone. As a national authority on adult financial education, the Institute advances professionalism and effectiveness in the field of financial literacy by setting the National Standards for Adult Financial Literacy Education™, hosting the Annual Conference on Financial Education™, maintaining the Library of Personal Finance™, and administering the Center for Financial Certifications^® and the Center for Consumer Financial Research™. For more information about the Institute, please visit www.financiallit.org.

“This unique experience will build more than a strong resume as they gain confidence and raise money for their school,” says Derek Pierce, Principal at CBHS. “Over the past five seasons, the Pirates have helped raise more than $25,000 for the Casco Bay High School’s library and technology needs.”

CBHS’ group, Pirate Productions, Inc., worked with the Pirates’ staff, producing a logo, a finalized mission statement and a vision statement. They also developed a business plan, which they presented to a volunteer from a local bank for review.

In addition to the hands-on business lessons with the Pirates, the students participated in JA in a Day, a day-long workshop where they interacted with local business leaders and gained “minds-on” experience. Showcasing their efforts, sophomore Ben Smith and freshmen Dan Hall and Jessica Jamison presented to the Marketing and Business Development departments at JobsInTheUS.com (parent company of JobsInME.com).

Last January, Smith was the top salesperson in the Company Program and was offered a year-long internship by the Pirates, where he is still employed.

The program culminates as the students perform game operations for the Portland Pirates’ Junior Achievement Night, presented by UNUM, on January 22, 2011, when the Pirates host the Providence Bruins at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

About Casco Bay High School

Casco Bay High School is a small and rigorous public high school that reflects the increasing diversity of Portland, Maine. Intentionally small, CBHS gets to know each student deeply, and personalizes instruction that will help students become their best selves. Based on the 3 R’s (Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships), instruction is driven by Learning Expeditions that result in quality work about genuine problems for a real audience. Learning Expeditions are long-term, in-depth studies of a single topic that explore compelling social-justice questions, incorporate vital standards, involve fieldwork, and culminate in an authentic project, product or performance.

About Junior Achievement of Maine

Junior Achievement of Maine Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) whose mission is to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics in order to improve the quality of their lives.

About JobsInTheUS.com

JobsInTheUS.com (JiUS) has been operating state-specific Employment Resource websites since 1999 and remains at the forefront of the job board industry through design innovation, fresh marketing techniques and personalized customer service. To learn more about the JiUS family of websites and what it’s like to work there, please view the JobsInME.com Company Profile.

For more information, please contact Jeff Desmond at jdesmond@jobsintheus.com

THE TD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Camden, ME.   Many non profit organizations are feeling the effects of the economic downturn and facing the difficult decisions of whether to reduce program offerings, staff or other operations.   Many realize that if they had a more robust endowment when the economy turns sour, they would have greater financial stability to ride out the storm.

TD Banknorth, through the TD Charitable Foundation, is supporting Charlotte White Center’s (CWC) staff in participating in philanthropy training offered by Planning for Good. The workshops to be led by Sr. Consultant, Sarah Ruef-Lindquist, JD, CTFA will help participants gain the tools to build their endowment to improve their ability to continue to provide programs in the future.

Erica Kimball, Development Director for the Charlotte White Center noted, “With Sarah’s training and support, I am sure that we can create a sound philanthropic plan for the Charlotte White Center that will enable us to serve those who need our support for years to come. Without TDBanknorth’s financial support, reaching our goals would be even more challenging, and we want to thank them for their help.”

The Charlotte White Center, which serves adults and children with cognitive and intellectual disabilities and behavioral health challenges, provides support services in Piscataquis, Penobscot, Hancock, Washington, Franklin, Somerset, and Waldo Counties, with administrative offices based in Dover-Foxcroft. The mission of the Charlotte White Center is to respect and value ALL people and empower them to be their best. CWC has been doing that for thirty years; this will enable them to continue to honor that mission.

Planning for Good, a Maine-based firm out of Camden offers education, training and support to non-profit organizations seeking to build their endowments through planned gifts. In 2009, Planning for Good is offering a series of Workshops designed to support organizations beginning or continuing to develop their planned giving efforts.  The grant from the TD Charitable Foundation will cover the cost of staff member Erica Kimball attending all five workshops.

The workshops Ms. Kimball will be attending are designed for development and executive staff as well as board members as an opportunity to learn practical tips for designing and implementing policies and procedures to optimize planned giving to support building endowment and organizational sustainability.

For more information about the Charlotte White Center and its philanthropic plans, please contact Erica Kimball at (207) 947-1410 ext. 122 or via email at ekimball@charlottewhite.org.

The TD Charitable Foundation is the charitable giving arm of TD Bank N.A., which operates under the trade names TD Banknorth and TD Bank and is one of the 20 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States. The Foundation’s mission is to serve the individuals, families and businesses in all the communities where TD Banknorth and TD Bank operate, having made over $44.6 million in charitable donations since its inception in 2002. The efforts of the Foundation are coordinated locally through TD Banknorth and TD Bank’s community relations departments and are focused on the areas of economic empowerment, youth development and community support. More information on the TD Charitable Foundation including an online grant application is available at www.TDBanknorth.com or at www.TDBank.com.

Many non profit organizations are feeling the effects of the economic downturn and facing the difficult decisions of whether to reduce program offerings, staff or other operations.

Many realize that if they had a more robust endowment when the economy turns sour, they would have greater financial stability to ride out the storm.

Planning for Good, a Maine-based firm out of Camden, offers education, training and support to non-profit organizations seeking to build their endowments through planned gifts. In 2009, Planning for Good is offering a series of Workshops designed to support organizations beginning or continuing to develop their planned giving efforts.

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>The workshops are designed for development and executive staff as well as board members as an opportunity to learn practical tips for designing and implementing policies and procedures to optimize planned giving to support building endowment and organizational sustainability. The workshops will be led by Sr. Consultant, Sarah Ruef-Lindquist, JD, CTFA.

Ms. Ruef-Lindquist has a background in law, philanthropy and wealth management. She is a frequent speaker and writer on the topic of planned giving. Participants of other programs on planned giving she has presented have remarked: “You made a complex topic accessible.  I came in knowing nothing.  Now I know at least which questions to ask” and “Open, easy presentation style” and “(Materials are) Superb. Looking forward to revisiting them frequently” and “Opened my eyes to aspects of planned giving I have never experienced” and finally “Her pace was perfect and her use of the materials – providing just enough information on the side – produced a fascinating session.”

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { color: #0000ff } –>The schedule of workshops is as follows:

February 10 Developing a Planned Giving Workplan

Developing and refining necessary policies; Involving the board; Setting goals; Evaluating success; Planning for growth

April 6 Gift Acceptance Policies: A strong foundation for your planned giving program

Necessary input; Marketing aspects; Managing risk & maximizing opportunities

June 8 Marketing Planned Giving: Focus on Board, Professional Advisors and Prospects

Developing network of professional advisors through board and other networks; Do’s and Don’ts for outreach methods and materials

September 14 Legacy Societies:  Designing Meaningful recognition for donors

Creating recognition that supports donor relations and prospect development in keeping with organization’s culture

November 9 2009 Updates:  Trends, Developments and Ideas to support planned giving

Regulatory and legal developments that impact charitable gifting; Outlook on estate and gift tax’s changing landscape, Reports from the field of planned giving

All programs will be held 9:30a – 12:30p at the Maine State Bar Association Offices, 124 State Street, Augusta. For directions, visit www.mainebar.org. Advanced registration is required. While there is no cost to board or staff members of Planning for Good Clients, others will be charged $175 per attendee per program, or $800 to register for all 5 workshops.  FMI, call (207) 975-5165, or visit www.planningforgood.net. SPACE IS LIMITED