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From Gray LaFortune, Executive Director of the Ceramic
Tile Institute of America:
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This is a great way for our industry to demonstrate how
our people and products can benefit families in our local
communities. We believe that tile manufacturers, distributors
and contractors across the country can truly make a difference
working toward the Habitat goal of eliminating substandard
housing.” (CTIOA Executive Director Gray LaFortune)
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Jimmy Carter Work
Project LaGrange: HFH of Troup County
(LaGrange,
Georgia, June 2003) |
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Two volunteers wipe down the slab
in preparation for tile installation. (June 11,
2003) |
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| Project: |
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21 houses totaling 9,000
square feet of floor space |
| Affiliate: |
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Habitat for Humanity of Troup County |
| Crossville: |
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6,000 square feet of tile |
| Daltile: |
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3,000 square feet of tile |
| Laticrete International: |
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Setting and floor preparation materials
for full project,
installation labor and training for multiple homes
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| NATTCO: |
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25 buckets of new tile tools as well
as tile cutters and wet saws |
| Ceramic Tile Institute of America: |
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Installation labor and training for
multiple homes |
| The Tile Doctor.com: |
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Installation labor and training for
multiple homes |
| DMI
Tile & Marble: |
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Installation labor for multiple homes |
| Design Tile: |
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Installation labor and training for
multiple homes |
| Custom Building Products: |
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Installation labor for one home |
| T.Rowe Tile: |
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Installation labor for one home |
| Aqua Mix: |
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Cleaners for full project |
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| Through TPFH, industry members donated
tile, installation materials, tile tools, cleaning
materials, and installation labor and training to the
LaGrange JCWP. Volunteers worked from Tuesday, June
10, through Friday, June 13, 2003, and helped to tile
floors in 21 homes in LaGrange. |
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| Walter Hendrix, executive director of the Troup/Chambers
County Habitat for Humanity and John Castillo, construction
supervisor for the LaGrange JCWP, visit with Ally
Fertitta, executive director of TPFH. (June 11, 2003) |
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After two long days of tiling, TPFH partners call
it a night! Standing: Jeff Graveline, Jack LeBlanc,
Robert Williams, Kurt Weber, and James Mounce of
LATICRETE; Gray LaFortune of CTIOA; Paul Wilson of
CTIOA and The Tile Doctor; and Keith Haney of NATTCO.
Kneeling: Ally Fertitta of TPFH; Rick Alvarado, Bobby
Mitchell, and Victoria Wright of LATICRETE; Sean
Rapp of TPFH; and Adam Farris of LATICRETE. (June
12, 2003) |
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| TPFH volunteer Sean Rapp mixes thinset while LATICRETE’s
Jeff Graveline looks on. |
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Susan Shore sits in her new home near her tile
entryway. Scott Marshall from Design Tile, Carl Gillespie
from the Georgia Baptist Builders, and Don Flynt
from Tools Direct tiled the home, which she shares
with her husband David. (June 22, 2003) |
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| TPFH volunteers used the trailer to store materials
throughout the week. (June 11, 2003) |
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TPFH Founder Curt Rapp sets a Crossville tile in
Sandy Sedano’s new home. (June 13, 2003) |
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| Volunteers from CTIOA, LATICRETE International,
TPFH, and the Georgia Baptist Builders prepare materials
under the TPFH tent at the LaGrange build site. (June
11, 2003 |
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CTIOA Executive Director Gray LaFortune, TPFH Founder
Curt Rapp, The Tile Doctor’s Paul Wilson, Habitat
for Humanity Founder and President Millard Fuller,
and TPFH Executive Director Ally Fertitta visit at
a reception in LaGrange. (June 10, 2003) |
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| Shanova Johnson stands in her newly-tiled house
with her family in LaGrange. Kurt Weber, Victoria
Wright, Jeff Graveline, and James Mounce from LATICRETE
International used their products, Crossville tile,
and NATTCO tools to tile and grout the kitchen/dining/entryway
areas and bathrooms. (June 13, 2003) |
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TPFH’s Curt Rapp and homeowner Sandy Sedano
show off their muscles after setting the last tile
in Sandy’s new kitchen in LaGrange. (June 13,
2003) |
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