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Extending a helping hand to give back

April 1st, 2025

To kick off the launch of a mobile food pantry, Marco Canvas & Upholstery staff and family members held a food drive last Easter, with the donations collected from customers and from local vendors put in the mobile pantry to help get it started. Image: Marco Canvas & Upholstery LLC For many companies in the […]

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Safety Components puts its business acumen to work for charity

October 1st, 2018

Following the events of 9/11, Joey Underwood, senior vice president of Safety Components in Greenville, S.C., witnessed several neighborhood efforts to raise money for families of the fallen firefighters in New York City. “I remember driving past a bake sale and thinking, ‘We’re in that business—we should do something, too,” he says. Safety Components develops […]

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Haartz Corporation’s community involvement goes deep

July 1st, 2018

Many mission statements of companies claim that part of their corporate responsibility is to support the communities where their employees work and live. Often, this means making a donation to a worthy cause.                 But at the Haartz Corporation, a world leader in convertible toppings and interior surface […]

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Ascend Performance Materials supports its employees and communities

May 1st, 2018

After a tornado outbreak swept through northern Alabama in 2011, Ascend Performance Materials LLC sprang into action. The Houston, Texas-based company provided housing for employees from their Decatur facility who lost everything, and volunteers from the company helped with cleanup and rebuilding efforts. Out of that tragedy, it founded the Ascend Cares Foundation to support […]

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