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MILWAUKEE/NARI FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF FUNDRAISING RUMMAGE SALE
May 18, 2009

The Milwaukee/NARI Foundation, Inc., the educational and charitable arm of the Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Council, Inc., announced its fourth annual “Home Improvement Rummage Sale” held at the Milwaukee/NARI office in Wauwatosa on April 24, had net proceeds of more than $13,000.

The event, which was sponsored by Joe DeBelak Plumbing & Heating Company and Lakeside Electric, supported efforts of the Milwaukee/NARI Foundation to provide financial and educational support to students pursuing a career in the home improvement and remodeling industry, while helping to reduce the construction and demolition (C&D) materials that are filling landfills.

Consumers from throughout southeastern Wisconsin were able to purchase a variety of materials, including windows, doors, appliances, bathroom & ceiling tiles, cabinets, lumber, furniture, lighting fixtures, sinks, insulation, plumbing fixtures and supplies, and siding.

“The rummage sale featured consumers making purchases totaling ten or twenty dollars to those that bought a truckload of merchandise or had to make two or three trips to get their purchases home,” said Mark Brick, CR, owner of B & E General Contractors in Glendale and Milwaukee/NARI Foundation president. “With bright sunshine and warm temperatures, several hundred people visited the rummage sale and got great deals on a large selection of home improvement and remodeling materials, while helping us support our efforts to assist those that will soon be joining our industry.”

“We thank the many Milwaukee/NARI member companies that donated merchandise to the rummage, and to those members that helped organize, price, and sell the merchandise,” said Brick. “The funds will be used for scholarship programs, tools and equipment, and to educate people on the large number of opportunities available within the industry.”

The goal of the Milwaukee/NARI Foundation is to promote public awareness of the home remodeling and improvement industry through educational programs and community activities and raise funds to support scholarships and grants to help encourage and train young people and displaced workers interested in the professional remodeling industry.

To carry out its purpose, the Foundation expends funds for the refinement and/or expansion of existing Milwaukee/NARI education programs, supports scholarships to assist professional training of individuals entering the home improvement and remodeling field, and embarks on activities judged necessary to insure an ample supply of professionally trained individuals.