Tile Partners for Humanity and Industry
Partners
Celebrate Coverings Donation,
Successful First Year
(ATLANTA, GA) – Tile Partners for Humanity
(TPFH) coordinated the donation of 150 palettes and
16 crates of tile and setting materials from individual
exhibitors at Coverings to Habitat for Humanity of
Orlando. The Coverings donation filled seven trailers
with unused materials that will go to both new homes
in the Orlando area and the Habitat Home Store, which
sells building materials to fund new construction
in the community.
Freeman Decorating Company donated labor and trucks
to transport the materials from the Orange County
Convention Center to the Orlando Habitat affiliate.
TPFH is a partnership between the tile industry
and Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization
working to eliminate substandard housing around the
world. TPFH works within the industry to raise awareness
of Habitat and to solicit donations of tile, installation
materials, tile tools, cleaners and sealers, installation
labor, and installation training for volunteers and
homeowners.
TPFH hosted a seminar at Coverings on Wednesday,
March 24, to demonstrate the need for the entire
industry to get involved with TPFH and Habitat projects.
Larry Prible, a
member of Habitat for Humanity International’s
Board of Directors, was the featured speaker along
with remarks from representatives of the National
Tile Contractors Association, Houston Habitat for
Humanity in Houston, Texas, and Habijax in Jacksonville,
Fla.
Through installation training and interaction with
industry professionals, TPFH partners hope to increase
the number of volunteers who can donate labor as
well as interest volunteers and new homeowners in
a career in the industry. A handful of SuperBUILD
homeowners and volunteers expressed interest in continuing
their training and exploring job opportunities within
the Houston-area tile industry.
TPFH is guided by seven industry organizations whose
representatives sit on its board of directors, including
the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association, Ceramic
Tile Education Foundation, Ceramic Tile Institute
of America, National Tile Contractors Association,
The Tile Doctor, Tile Council of North America, and
Tile Heritage Foundation. For more information on
TPFH or to make a pledge, please visit www.tpfh.com.
Reprinted with permission of TileDealer magazine
Geoff Wilcock, Habitat volunteer
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