John Locke and Bill Ecklund, Dealer-Owners of Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre, were awarded the 13th Annual Paul Straus Public Relations award during Home Hardware’s Semi-Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in St. Jacobs, Ontario. The award was to recognize their outstanding commitment …
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Colorado Springs Ace Hardware Stores Offering Free Composting
Colorado Springs Ace Hardware stores are teaming up with a local garden store to help customers compost yard waste. Ace Hardware and Don’s Garden Shops are helping local residents by making it easier to compost. Ace Hardware will provide free …
Read More »Mike Frattallone Receives Awards for Commitment to Philanthropy
Mike Frattallone, co-owner of Frattallone’s Ace Hardware, has earned two separate awards for his dedication to philanthropy. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a charity that raises vital funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals, announced Frattallone will be named its Local …
Read More »National Breast Cancer Foundation Receives $1 Million in Support from SABRE Security Equipment Corporation
SABRE Security Equipment Corporation, a brand of pepper spray and personal safety products, will surpass the $1 million mark in their donations to their partner of six years, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. “Women are the largest users of …
Read More »Small Business and Community Service Were Made for Each Other
From benefits such as brand exposure to less measurable returns such as providing morale boosts to staff, philanthropic efforts can benefit a business in a variety of ways. In May, independent home improvement retailers joined together through the NRHA to …
Read More »Home Hardware’s 17th Annual Golf Tournament Raises Money for Ray of Hope
More than 600 Home Hardware Dealer-Owners, Staff, suppliers and friends teed up for charity yesterday for the Home Hardware Annual Charity Golf Tournament in support of Ray of Hope, a community organization that provides support services for troubled youth. Each …
Read More »Westlake Ace Hardware, Salvation Army Team Up
Westlake Ace Hardware is hosting a Salvation Army Fans for Families drive at its stores. According to a news release from the Salvation Army, heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States and causes hundreds of fatalities …
Read More »A Cause for Our Industry: NRHA Partners with Fuller Center for Housing
In 2011, Indianapolis retailers joined hundreds of volunteers, including staff from the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA), in the heart of one of Indianapolis’s most crime-ridden and neglected neighborhoods for a Fuller Center for Housing work blitz that would …
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