TPFH Names Bob Daniels to New Industry Director Position, Scott Carothers to Board of Directors, and Celebrates Five Years of Industry Partnership

Tile Partners for Humanity, the partnership between the tile industry and Habitat for Humanity, enthusiastically announces the addition of Bob Daniels, Executive Director Emeritus of the Tile Council of North America, as the organization’s first industry director.
In the position, Daniels will work within the industry to raise awareness of the value of partnering with TPFH and to raise money for the organization. TPFH will announce a major fundraising campaign, to be chaired by Daniels, this spring.

Daniels served as a member of the TPFH board of directors, representing the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, from the fall of 2003 to last year. TPFH is excited to announce the addition of Scott Carothers, CTEF executive director, to its board.
“I’m really pleased to continue working with what I believe is a great cause,” Daniels said. “It makes good business sense for our industry to get behind TPFH and support our communities through our resources.”

TPFH also celebrated its fifth anniversary in late 2002. It will mark five years of projects in June 2008 on the anniversary of the DIY Network Build in Charlotte, NC, and the Jimmy Carter Work Projects in LaGrange and Valdosta, GA.

TPFH pledged a total of $1,250,000 worth of materials and labor to Habitat affiliates and projects over a five-year period. TPFH partners donated enough to surpass that goal – and TPFH signed another five-year pledge in the same amount beginning in early 2008.
The organization is guided by representatives of the seven leading industry organizations: Rick Church of the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association, Scott Carothers of the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, Gray LaFortune of the Ceramic Tile Institute of America, Bart Bettiga of the National Tile Contractors Association, Eric Astrachan of the Tile Council of North America, Curt Rapp of TheTileDoctor.com, and Sheila Menzies of Tile Heritage Foundation.

TPFH would like to thank ALL of our industry partners for our first five amazing years – here’s to many more projects in communities around the country!!

HIGHLIGHTS OF FIRST FIVE YEARS

• In addition to our direct contribution to Habitat projects, TPFH also sent materials to Habitat stores when they could not be used in Habitat construction projects and to other deserving nonprofits when they could not be used by Habitat. The total retail value of all donations to date has been nearly 7 million dollars.

• We have procured materials and, in some cases labor as well, for nearly 600 homes.

• From 2002-2007, TPFH accepted financial donations totaling nearly $300,000.

• TPFH has directed a minimum of 85% of all donations to projects since our formation. In 2006 and 2007, 94% went to projects and only 6% went toward operational expenses.

• TPFH has coordinated projects in more than 20 states, with several new Habitat affiliates requesting materials and labor each week.

TPFH is guided by representatives of the seven leading industry organizations: Rick Church of the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association, Scott Carothers of the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, Gray LaFortune of the Ceramic Tile Institute of America, Bart Bettiga of the National Tile Contractors Association, Eric Astrachan of the Tile Council of North America, Curt Rapp of TheTileDoctor.com, and Sheila Menzies of Tile Heritage Foundation.