Custom Playhouses to Donate Sales Proceeds to Make-A-Wish

December 16, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on December 17, 2008

Custom Playhouses, a Shelley, Idaho-based maker of play beds, commercial play structures, children's furniture and accessories, announced a campaign to raise $100,000 by March 31 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The manufacturer will donate 15 percent of proceeds from every item sold to the organization, which helps children with life-threatening medical conditions attain their wishes.

"Friends tell me now is the time to scale back and not the time to be donating such large amounts to charities," said Brook Langston, president of Custom Playhouses. "Even as we begin to tighten the belt like the rest of the nation, I cannot in my heart of hearts go back on my word of helping these children. Anyone who has kids can understand. You hear about so many kids who have these debilitating life-threatening conditions and your heart goes out to them. I don’t believe in telling these kids they have to wait on what could be their dying wishes, because the economy isn't strong right now. Business is one thing, but life is another."

Custom Playhouses designs and builds outdoor playhouses representing anything from forest cottages to log cabins, fairytale castles, New England-style ranches and much more. Custom Playhouses also creates special theme beds ranging from pirate ships to space rockets to surf shacks.

Langston also runs R-Kadia, which specializes in high quality, hand-crafted furniture. Recently relocated from Minnesota to Shelley, Idaho, along with Custom Playhouses, Langston's companies have helped bring in $4 million worth of revenue and nearly 30 jobs to this small-town location in southeastern Idaho. R-Kadia also will donate 15 percent of proceeds from sales to Make-A-Wish.

"Brook's goal of raising $100,000 by the end of March is really quite remarkable," said Torene Bonner, CEO and president of the Idaho Chapter of The Make-A-Wish Foundation. "Now more than ever, we could use more people like Brook to lend a helping hand with such generous donations."

For more information, visit www.wish.org, www.customplayouses/customdesign.com and www.rkadia.com