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From Frecenda Mitchell, new homeowner in Pensacola, Florida:

“It means a whole lot to my family. It makes me feel good that someone donated the tile to me because Habitat is such a worthy cause. I like the tile the best – linoleum wears out after a little while! I would ask the people who donated to please come back and do it again for another Habitat home because it’s worth it!”

From Jim Dougherty, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Crossville Inc.:

“Crossville is proud to participate on any project with Tile Partners for Humanity. The Pensacola home was particularly rewarding since it helped house a woman and her five children, one of whom is handicapped.”

From Bill Olsen, President, Elite Building Products:

“In the course of business we have always looked forward to helping good causes and charitable work. Rarely, however, have we had the opportunity to provide assistance in the form of our industry experience, merchandise, and capital to a program so connected to our industry. We feel that our participation in TPFH not only allows us to give financially but also provides us the opportunity to be more intimately involved with a cause that relates to our industry.”

From Glenn Prehn, Owner, Perdido Home Tile:

“This was our first Habitat project and we were tickled to do it. We have a close-knit group and we enjoyed working with Tile Partners for Humanity to help a new homeowner in our community. The project went well and that makes it easier for us to want to do it again.”
Wheelchair-accessible build: Pensacola HFH (Florida, July 2004)
     
Tile industry partners visited with Habitat representatives and the family of new homeowner Frecenda Mitchell in her new Habitat home in Pensacola, Florida.  
     
     
Project:   One home totaling 900 square feet of floor and wall tile
Affiliate:   Pensacola Habitat for Humanity (Florida)
Crossville Inc.:   Full amount of tile for project
Elite Building Products:   Setting materials for full project, including thinset mortar and
sanded grout
The Finish Line:   Transportation of tile from Crossville, TN, to Pensacola, FL
Perdido Home Tile:   Installation labor for full project
Aqua Mix:   Sealer’s Choice 15 Gold and Concentrated Tile Cleaner
     
Members of the tile industry donated tile, setting materials, cleaners, sealers and installation labor for a Habitat for Humanity home in Pensacola, Florida. Habitat and the homeowner requested the tile specifically so that the homeowner’s son, who is in a wheelchair, could move easily throughout the new home. Industry partners tiled 900 square feet of floor space, including the kitchen/dining/laundry area, entry inside the front door, hallway, one bedroom, and two bathrooms. They also tiled a wheelchair-accessible shower.

This marked the first house that TPFH partners had tiled in the Pensacola community, though the affiliate and partners both said they’d like to tile more homes. Frecenda Mitchell moved into the home with her five children, including LaKesha, 25, David, 21, Marcia, 13, Anthony, 12, and Akeiya, 10.

 
 
These two contractors with Perdido Home Tile in Pensacola unload tile and setting materials donated for the Mitchell Habitat home.   Perdido Home Tile donated labor to install Crossville tile with Elite setting materials in this Habitat home.
     
 
This contractor with Perdido Home Tile in Pensacola donated time to install tile in the Mitchell home.   These two contractors with Perdido Home Tile in Pensacola donated time to install tile in the Mitchell home.
     
 
This contractor with Perdido Home Tile cuts a tile donated by Crossville for installation in the Mitchell home.   Perdido Home Tile donated installation labor to install Crossville tile with Elite setting materials in this Habitat home in Pensacola, Florida.
     
 
Frecenda Mitchell and her son David visit in David’s bedroom, which Perdido Home Tile tiled with Crossville tile and Elite setting materials.   David Grabhorn and David Mitchell, both of the Finish Line, donated transportation for the Crossville tile donated for this project. Here, they visit with new homeowner Frecenda Mitchell in her newly-tiled kitchen.
     
 
Crossville and Elite Building Products donated tile and setting materials for the Mitchell home.   Glenn Prehn of Perdido Home Tile, Kim Snooks and Phyllis Clayton of Pensacola Habitat for Humanity and Ally Fertitta of TPFH visit in the Mitchell kitchen.
     
 
The Mitchell family in front of their new Habitat home in Pensacola   Finished view of the Mitchell kitchen, tiled with Crossville tile and Elite setting
     
 
Finished view of the Mitchell bathroom, tiled with Crossville tile and Elite setting materials   Perdido Home Tile used Crossville tile and Elite setting materials to tile a wheelchair-accessible shower for the Mitchell family.