Tennant Company Deploys 325+ Employee Volunteers in Third Annual "Tennant Gives Back" Event
Tennant employees assist three Los Angeles organizations on
Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world-leading innovator of sustainable
cleaning solutions, is deploying more than 325 employee volunteers into
the City of Los Angeles as part of its third annual “Tennant Gives Back”
initiative held in conjunction with the company’s annual Global Sales
Meeting.
On Wednesday, Jan. 30th, from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. PT,
approximately 325 Tennant employees will work to: assemble 1,000 food
packs with approximately 10 pounds of food each for the Los Angeles
Regional Food Bank to send home with children over the weekend; assemble
900 hygiene kits, including cold-weather wear, for the Los Angeles
Mission; assemble 50 bikes to donate to the YMCA Ketchum-Downtown LA
Branch and present the bikes (with helmets and bike locks) directly to
the kids in the Growing Young Minds (GYM) program at Hoover Elementary,
their local school.
"We believe strongly at Tennant that we can make a positive difference
through our individual actions and, collectively, as good corporate
stewards by helping people and the communities in which we do business,”
said Andy Eckert, Tennant Company's VP, Americas. “We’re happy to
leverage our global sales meeting, with Tennant employees from around
the world, by coming together to be of service to others.”
Eckert will lead the team of employees working with the Los Angeles
Regional Food Bank; Tennant President and CEO Chris Killingstad will
lead bike assembly for the YMCA; and Rusty Zay, VP of Global Marketing
at Tennant, will champion the effort with the Los Angeles Mission.
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About Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Los
Angeles Regional Food Bank is a non-profit charitable organization that
has been serving the disadvantaged of their community since 1973. The
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is a partner with Feeding America, the
nation's largest non-governmental, domestic hunger relief organization.
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is the only Feeding America affiliated
food bank in Los Angeles County. www.laFoodBank.org
About Los Angeles Mission
Founded
in 1936, the Los Angeles Mission is a non-profit, privately supported,
faith-based organization that serves the immediate and long-term needs
of homeless and disadvantaged men, women and children. The Mission is
among the nation’s largest service providers to the homeless. www.losangelesmission.org
About YMCA Ketchum-Downtown Branch
The
Ketchum-Downtown YMCA is a non-profit organization committed to helping
people live a balanced, healthy life in spirit, mind and body. www.ymcala.org
Tennant Company Profile
Minneapolis-based
Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) is a world leader in designing,
manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer,
healthier world. Its products include equipment for maintaining surfaces
in industrial, commercial and outdoor environments; chemical-free and
other sustainable cleaning technologies; and coatings for protecting,
repairing and upgrading surfaces. Tennant's global field service network
is the most extensive in the industry. Tennant has manufacturing
operations in Minneapolis, Minn.; Holland, Mich.; Louisville, Ky; Uden,
The Netherlands; the United Kingdom; São Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai,
China; and sells products directly in 15 countries and through
distributors in more than 80 countries. For more information, visit http://www.tennantco.com.
