The fundraiser, which offers financial assistance to flooring installers and their families who has fallen on hard times, will take place September 3, 2022, at the Riverbend Golf Course in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has raised $400,000 to date.
During the closing event of CCA Global Partners summer convention at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, the company announced a $50,000 donation to Floor Covering Education Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to attracting a new generation of flooring craftsman and installers.
The American Floorcovering Alliance Inc. (AFA) has donated $135,000 to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) to support the college’s flooring industry programs.
Mannington donated hardwood flooring for the new Vista, California, home of U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Stuart DiPaolo who served multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has provided flooring for its 63rd home in support of the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment).
As the largest annual fundraising event for the Floor Covering Industry Foundation, the tournament has now raised $2.4 million for the FCIF, which supports those in our industry who need assistance due to unforeseen changes in their lives.
Shaw has been hosting blood drives with Blood Assurance since 2009, but the summer initiative started in 2021 in response to the low blood supply caused by COVID-19.
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