Hardwood Floors June/July 2019

SERVICE AWARDS

Community Service Awards

AACER FLOORING Peshtigo Elementary Learning Center’s (PELC’s) multipurpose roomneeded a new floor, as their 15-year-old VCT floor was old and worn. With budget constraints, getting a new floor was not feasible. Aacer Flooring, based in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, immediately saw PELC’s obstacle as an opportunity. With PELC being located approximately twomiles fromAacer Flooring's manufacturing facility, a high percentage of Aacer Flooring's 175 employees live in the area and either attended the school themselves or have children currently enrolled there. Working with school officials, Aacer and PELC came up with a win-win situation for all parties. Aacer could give back to their local community and gain a training venue for an annual event, while PELCwould gain a beautiful new hardwood floor. Each fall, Aacer holds a three-day training event on the installation of their sport flooring systems for their network of dealers. When the school is held at an actual jobsite, the learning experience is heightened. Aacer donated all the maple flooring for the project. Other materials and services were in kind donations fromAacer vendors, and the installation was performed by Aacer’sWisconsin dealer, Stalker Sports Floors. PELC’s multipurpose room is a high-profile area. It is used for everything fromphysical education classes to youth basketball practices and tournaments to softball pitching practice. Being able to give back to a local school that has given somuch to the community is a source of pride for Aacer. BrianWilliams, Director of Buildings, Grounds, and Transportation for the Peshtigo School District, said, “It was truly a positive experience working with the professionals fromAacer Flooring.The newwood gymfloor that they and their dealers installed looks amazing! We greatly appreciate the generous donations fromAacer Flooring and their partners that will benefit our students and our community members for decades to come.” HORIZON FOREST PRODUCTS Horizon Forest Products has been dedicated to giving back to the community since it was founded in 1992. Based in the mid-Atlantic, the company donates flooring and flooring materials tomany organizations, including HeroHomes, MilitaryMissions in Action (MMIA), and the Stepping Stones Foundation. HeroHomes andMMIAwork in their communities inMaryland andNorth Carolina, respectively, to help disabled veterans and their families by building or completely remodeling homes. In addition, the Stepping Stones Foundation builds homes for at-risk and homeless children in Texas communities. “We feel truly blessed to have an opportunity to reach out and lend a helping hand to these organizations that do somuch for their communities.The impact from the hard work done in these organizations is remarkable,” says DavidWilliams, Vice President at Horizon Forest Products. “We can’t think of worthier causes than supporting disabled veterans who served our country and helping young children that are at risk of being homeless to have the chance to live in the beautiful homes they deserve.”

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