Regal Ware Donations to Hurricane Relief Efforts top $30,000
Kewaskum, Wisconsin (October 17, 2005) -
Good things happen when people work together. Regal Ware Worldwide,
based in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, offered to match dollar-for-dollar
all employee donations for Hurricane Relief made during a
2-week period in September. The employee-match donations could
be made to either the American Red Cross or to the Steelworkers
Charitable and Educational Organization.
Financial contributions, which included the dollar-for-dollar
match plus an impromptu Wisconsin cookout fundraiser held
by the employees, totaled in excess of $12,000. In addition,
Regal Ware committed to a donation of product worth $10,000
in 2005, and an additional donation of product worth $10,000
in 2006.
Jeff Reigle, President and CEO of Regal Ware, Inc., said,
“The outpouring of generosity among Regal Ware associates
to those affected by hurricanes this season is heartwarming.
We are also pleased as a company to help people re-establish
their households with the cooking tools necessary to prepare
one of life’s most basic necessities, the food they
eat.”
Regal Ware, a privately held company founded in 1945, is
a widely respected name in the housewares industry. Regal
Ware products are available throughout the United States,
Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Asia and Europe.
The company manufactures and markets a variety of quality
items including range-top cookware, commercial coffee urns,
food service-quality cookware, and home drinking water purification
systems. Headquartered in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, Regal Ware
manufactures product at both its Kewaskum and West Bend, Wisconsin
facilities.
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