Hardwood Floors June/July 2019

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Modern Mission Clyde and Sam Cobb of Real Wood Floors in West Plains, Missouri, have always been highly motivated to be their best and to make a difference.

DISTRIBUTOR DOINGS

• Stauf USA announced that the company has entered into a distribution agreement with C&C Wholesale, based in Dallas, Texas. C&C will carry the Stauf product line throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. • Horizon Forest Products announced the promotion of Gaby Martinez to Branch Manager in Houston, Texas, and the appointment of Wilson Crouch to the Inside Sales Team in Charleston, South Carolina. • Fishman Flooring Solutions is celebrating its centennial anniversary during 2019. • Pallmann announced that Cascade Pacific Flooring Distributors will distribute the Pallmann Hardwood Complete range of products throughout their distribution network.

it is to be adopted into “forever families.” For yet others, it is to get a helping hand in education to open up the possibility of having a bright future. In 2010, Real Wood Floors established their 10x10x10 goal, a 10-year campaign to sponsor 100 adoptions and help fund 10 educational facilities or orphanages. At $30,000 per adoption, this goal drives the team at Real Wood Floors to make a lot of floors and make a lot of money that can be put back into the mission. “We put as much profit as we can leverage into our goal to help us reach it by 2020,” says Thom Coghlan, Nashville Manager for Real Wood Floors. This includes profit from a recent modern farmhouse where Real Wood Floors supplied the floors.

After a trip to China in 2008, the family's mission to make a difference took on a whole new meaning. While planning the trip, a friend suggested that Sam Cobb visit a specific orphanage while he was there. Upon visiting the orphanage, Cobb was blown away by the incredible work the organization was doing. He also noticed that the flooring needed attention. When he returned to the United States, Cobb organized a team to volunteer time and labor, in addition to donating materials from Real Wood Floors to the orphanage he visited in China. This trip was the start of Real Wood Floor’s mission to help children around the world without families of their own to move from hopeless to hopeful. For some children, their hope is to have a home. For others,

All professional photos were taken by and provided courtesy of Leslie Brown, @visiblestyle.

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