NWFA Announces Community Service Award Recipients
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (June 22, 2009) – The National Wood Flooring Association announced its 2009 Community Service Award recipients during its convention in Long Beach, California, April 28 – May 1. NWFA Community Service Awards are presented to companies that perform volunteer work for charitable organizations.
This past year, despite some of the worst economic times our industry has experienced in more than two decades, 32 NWFA member companies found the time, the means, and the inclination to give to others. Their volunteerism ranges from replacing all the flooring in a home-away-from-home for families with children undergoing cancer treatment, to providing the flooring for disabled soldiers returning from war, to donating materials and labor for Habitat for Humanity, to refinishing floors in senior citizen homes, to volunteering time for children in need, to repairing floors in historic buildings.
Member companies that were recognized this year with an NWFA Community Service Award at the 2009 Convention in Long Beach include:
- 3M in Long Beach, California
- 3M in Annandale, New Jersey
- Accent Hardwood Flooring in Durham, North Carolina
- Allegheny Hardwood in Emelington, Pennsylvania
- Avi’s Harwood Flooring in Martinez, California
- BR-111 Exotic Hardwood Flooring in Medley, Florida
- Costen Floors in Henrico, Virginia
- Custom Hardwood Floors in Reno, Nevada
- DriTac Flooring Products in Clifton, New Jersey
- Dura Seal in Cedar Hill, Texas
- Erickson’s Flooring and Supply in Ferndale, Michigan
- Erskine Interiors in Hudson, Wisconsin
- European Flooring Company in Upper Montclair, New Jersey
- Finishing Touch Hardwood Floors & Remodeling Company in Charlton, Maryland
- Flooring Designs in Madison, Wisconsin
- Floors Etcetera in Houston, Texas
- Fortifiber Building Systems Group in Reno, Nevada
- Golden State Flooring in San Diego, California
- Goodwin Heart Pine Company in Micanopy, Florida
- John Griffiths Hardwood Flooring in Charleston, South Carolina
- Johnson Premium Hardwood Flooring in City of Industry, California
- L&L Hardwoods in Milford, Ohio
- Maruhon in Hamamatsu City, Japan
- Mullican Flooring in Johnson City, Tennessee
- Ogle’s Hardwood Flooring in Huntersville, North Carolina
- Powernail Company in Lake Zurich, Illinois
- Rode Bros. Floors in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Seneca Millwork in Fostoria, Ohio
- Sheoga Hardwood Flooring & Paneling in Middlefield, Ohio
- Stauf Adhesives, USA in Memphis, Tennessee
- WD Flooring in Laona, Wisconsin
- Woodpride Flooring in Littleton, Colorado.
These members have all made our communities better places by exemplifying the philosophy that charity defines us as individuals, as communities, and as an industry.
The National Wood Flooring Association is a non-profit trade organization, with more than 3,700 members world-wide, dedicated to educating consumers, architects, designers, specifiers and builders in the uses and benefits of wood flooring. NWFA members receive the best in educational training, benefits, technical resources and networking, to advance their professionalism and success. The NWFA is located at 111 Chesterfield Industrial Boulevard, Chesterfield, MO 63005, and can be contacted at 800-422-4556 (USA), 800-848-8824 (Canada), 636-519-9663 (local and international), or on-line at www.nwfa.org.
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