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Double Bottom Line Business Xiamen, China
Custom Gift Design & Manufacturing for Clients
Investment in its People & Community
“Valuable Gifts Made by Valuable People”
? Profit + Serving People’s Needs…
Can a business sustain both long-term?
+ Business Community Service
Hire Factory Manager, Get Equipment
Start Limited Production
Ramp Up Production & Solidify Business
Hire Leather Expert & Craftspeople
Getting Started In 2004, Barrington transitioned from contract manufacturing to owning & operating its own factory in Xiamen, China to better control product quality and provide good working conditions for its craftsmen and women.
Full-Scale Production of all Barrington Gifts
Find Mfg. Facility
Employee Growth 2004
2005
2007 2009
Employee Benefits Above average wages Healthcare coverage Maternity leave Adult education Marriage counseling
Going Beyond “Social Responsibility”
Day camp for kids Savings program Community investment Conflict resolution Cross-training in skills
• CeCe - deaf & mute (in China she’s “unemployable,” but in reality she’s definitely qualified to perform well).
• Several of the other employees have learned sign language, so they can talk with CeCe and befriend her.
Hope for the Handicapped
• Shadrach - Lost his leg as a child. • For years had been a beggar on the street. • Learned money management and earned
money to buy a new bike for transportation.
Employees Blessing Employees Employees are encouraged to give donations from their own salaries to help
the needy in their own communities.
• Tu Xian Huai, 8 years old.
• Cleft lip left him scarred physically and emotionally since birth.
• Employees gave from their own money to help him receive medical treatment and return his self-esteeem.
Before After
Community Investment Special Needs Children Orphanage
Barrington invests financially and through its employees’ time to provide physical therapy and education to the helpless children among the Xiamen community.
Poverty As Tragedy To Economic Transformation
The family living in this rundown home
had a four-year-old daughter drown in a
shallow puddle in the front yard.
Because of the generous salaries they earn, employees’ families that once lived in dilapidated homes, can now afford to move into new, modern housing.
“High-end gifts are temporary in value – but we can do things through our gifts that have lasting high-end value.”
Purpose & Meaning
When you purchase a Barrington gift of distinction, you are playing an important role in blessing the lives of people who need the opportunity to thrive and use their gifts for good!