Hickory Hardware Donations Help Secure Habitat for Humanity Homeowners’ Investments

October 29, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Merchandising on October 2007 Hickory Hardware has donated cabinet hardware for the kitchen and bath areas and door hardware for all interior and exterior doors for Nashville (Tenn.) Area Habitat for Humanity homes located in Providence Park, a community of all-Habitat house built by volunteers.

The Nashville-based hardware manufacturer donated hardware to all 38 homes constructed so far in 2007, plus two more to be built in November, one in Dickson County and one on the Meharry Medical College campus in Nashville. Last year, Hickory Hardware also provided hardware for 10 homes built in Providence Park during a one-week blitz called Whirlpool Building Blocks, during which John Westendorf, president of Hickory Hardware, his wife, Cari Lou; and John Pelka, vice president of marketing, served as volunteers.

“Hickory Hardware has been extremely generous to donate the door locks and hardware for all the houses we are building in 2007,” said Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity President and CEO Chris McCarthy. “Since joining the Nashville community, Hickory Hardware has provided hardware for 50 homes, and we are thankful for their support.”

“We are honored to be a part of this community project and to help Habitat for Humanity build new family homes in Nashville,” said Pelka, vice president of marketing, Hickory Hardware. “We hope to continue working with them on future charitable projects.”