May, and the promise of summer, is finally here and it marks the second month of our new website. We have some exciting news to share. Northland Manufacturing has entered the digital age with more than just our website and online ordering – which many of our customers are taking advantage of.

We now have a fan page on Facebook and you can join us in order to receive special discounts and win free stuff by clicking on the button on the left or here. We have also joined the Twitter revolution and you can get our tweets and follow us by clicking on the button on the left or here.

In addition, we have added some new things to our online catalog. We now have paper products available for online ordering, including bath tissue and paper towels. All of our paper products match the paper dispensers that we carry and most of the dispensers that will be in your place of business.

Finally, for the month of May, Northland Manufacturing has partnered with America’s Second Harvest of the Big Bend for their annual "Skip Lunch Fight Hunger" fundraising campaign. Skip Lunch Fighting Hunger is a community wide initiative that asks individuals to donate what they normally spend on lunch to fight hunger in the Big Bend. An average lunch costs $10, that $10 in the hands of America's Second Harvest could provide a meal for forty people. We are asking to donate anything they can in order for us to reach our fundraising goal of $1000 towards this worthy and amazing organization and campaign. You can go to Northland Manufacturing’s fundraising page or you can come visit us and drop of a check made out to America’s Second Harvest of the Big Bend. If you have any questions, you can email me at leah@northlandmanufacturing.com or call me at 850-878-5149.

April has been a busy month for us here at Northland Manufacturing! We would like to announce the launch of this new website and invite you to browse around and take a look at all of our changes.  Just some of the current and upcoming changes include downloadable MSDS sheets, an online catalog, a reference area (coming soon!) and a feedback form.  Not only will you be able to browse our products, both chemical and janitorial; you will be able to see the equipment lines that we carry, and see our equipment rental rates, as well as having full access to our reference area.  This reference area will show proper hand washing techniques, how to strip a floor, information about microfiber, and videos about some of the products and equipment we carry.  Please use the "Contact Us" section to send us feedback; we want to make sure that visiting our website is a pleasant experience for all of our customers, both current and prospective.

In addition to our new website, we would also like to thank all of you who came to our Open House Thursday, April 8th, from noon until 7 PM.  Everyone enjoyed the food provided by Rita’s Ice and Coosh’s Bayou Rouge, as well as the bounce house for the kids.  And of course the adults enjoyed the opportunity to play with the machines, ask questions about the products we carry, and generally get to know us.  Thanks to local businesses, we also had a raffle for some amazing door prizes ranging from photography packages to gym memberships to accounting services.  Thanks so much for those of you who joined us - a fun time was had by all, despite the weather!

As if this wasn’t enough going on – there is even more.  We are introducing our new 5 gallon pails for our chemicals.  In order to celebrate, we offering all pails at a discounted price of $99.99 during the month of April.  Normal retail is $125.  So stop by and look for the new orange pails.

And finally, the last announcement: for the month of April, Northland Manufacturing is partnering with Southeastern Community Blood Center.  What this means is that every person that goes and donates blood in April will receive a coupon to Northland Manufacturing.  This coupon is a buy one, get one

on coupon – buy any chemical or janitorial item and get one of equal or lesser value for free.  So go donate blood and save money at the same time!