Poplar Bluff March of Dimes Softball Tournament
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On Saturday, 9/26/09, NORDYNE Poplar Bluff employees
turned out to support the March of Dimes by having a benefit softball
tournament. A six team double
elimination tournament was organized by employees for employees. The event
started around 9:00 a.m. with team Mushrooms, a night shift team facing off
against the Skid Marks, the shipping team. Other teams were the Sheet Heads, a
sheet metal fab team, the Mambas, the Grizzlys, and the MisFits. Food was available at the HR team
concession stand. The last game ended
around 9:00 p.m. with the Grizzlys claiming victory against the Mushrooms. Trophies were presented for 1st,
2nd, and 3rd, and T-shirts were given to the Grizzlys for
bragging rights back at work. The weather cooperated and employees and their
families had a great time. The event was a great success and $715.00 was raised
for the March of Dimes.
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Back Row, Left to Right:
Lawrence Luke, Dana Collins, Harvey Reeves, Nick Bratton, Todd Wood, Ben Ramey
Bottom Row, Left to Right:
Lee Lawrence Jared Perales, Robert Neel, Patrick Slack, Jonathan Richmond |
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Back Row, Left to Right:
Leah Crossno, Mike Morton, Mike Gordon, Randy Shepherd, Keith Miller, Scott
Carroll
Front Row, Left to Right:
Chuck Franklin, Chris Northern, Jamie Jones, Corina Stafford |
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Back Row, Left to Right:
Tate Hunter, Matt Joachim, Butch Hendrix, Sam Geter, Michael Hall, Wayne Storie,
Harley Reeves
Bottom Row, Left to Right:
Wes Brantley, Warren Pierce, Hunter Brantley, Jonny Smith
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NORDYNE Supports "Shower of Love"
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NORDYNE’s 2009 Shower of Love generated more than four dozen items for
mothers-to–be in need. From March 16 through April 8, NORDYNE WingHaven
employees generously donated diapers, wipes, onesies and other essentials to
help new and expectant mothers who would otherwise not have a baby shower.
Items from the countywide baby shower were distributed by Crisis Nursery,
Healthy Beginnings, Our Lady’s Inn, Mary Queen of Angels and Youth In Need –
local nonprofit agencies that support parents and babies. All of the agencies
work with either pregnant women and/or parents to provide parenting education
and crisis intervention services, thereby minimizing the potential risk of child
abuse and neglect.
To learn more about Shower of Love, visit www.freewebs.com/showeroflove. |
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NORDYNE Keeping it Cool in Qulin
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On April 21, NORDYNE, made a generous donation to the Qulin, Twin Rivers Middle
School. Qulin is located 15 miles southeast of Poplar Bluff, MO. In 2007 the
Twin Rivers Middle School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) started the
fundraising campaign, "Keep it Cool in Qulin", as an endeavor to install air
conditioning in the middle school gymnasium. The estimate for the project was
approximately $30,000. With the hard work and dedication of the PTO, local
businesses, parents and NORDYNE, the project has become reality. The two 15 ton
package systems donated by NORDYNE, were manufactured in the NORDYNE Dyersburg,
TN. Facility. Collaborated efforts by a local Qulin business owner and
electrician assured safe transportation of the over sized units from Dyersburg,
TN. to Qulin, MO. The Qulin Middle School PTO is grateful for the donations that
made this project a success.
They are honoring NORDYNE with a permanent banner which will be placed in the
gymnasium..The ability to cool the gym is a great asset to the school and the
community. The Gym is used for various activities, such as sports, pageants,
awards ceremonies, concerts, and other community events. With the installation
of the A/C systems scheduled for the month of May, just in time for the upcoming
summer months everyone will be able to enjoy activities in the Gym for years to
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NORDYNE Employees Raise $32,000 in United Way
Effort
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Employees of NORDYNE were rewarded for
their generosity with a luncheon recognizing a successful United Way campaign,
which raised $32,000 for the United Way of West Tennessee and the funding of
many local programs and services. The NORDYNE campaign showed a 68 percent
increase over last year's funds. From left, front, Sharon Brasfield, Karen
Rooker, Emily Howell, JoAnn Carter, Jesse Russell; back, Anthony Parr, Brant
Young and Jeremy Arnold.
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Employees at NORDYNE
increased their donation to the United Way campaign by 68 percent over funds
raised in 2006.
The NORDYNE team provided $32,000 of the $500,000 raised by
the 2007 Dyer County Campaign, a goal they reached by starting at the beginning.
"Every year, our approach is to organize as if this was the
first campaign to be conducted at NORDYNE," said Human Resources Manager Judy
Rogers. "We always make time to show the local video and this definitely
contributes to the overall success (of the fundraising campaign.) In addition,
we give our employees time to ask questions and to fill out their pledge forms.
We try to have fun and to inform everyone about what happened to the funds that
were raised last year. This takes approximately 20 minutes. I can't think of a
better way to utilize this time with our employees (than) sharing with them the
needs in our community and giving them an opportunity to make a difference."
"The employees at NORDYNE raised $32,000 for a 68 percent
increase over last year's United Way campaign," said NORDYNE Plant Manager Aaron
Tiede. "We will always make sure no employee feels pressured to contribute, but
we like to make sure that all understand the importance of giving and its
helping power in our community."
To celebrate the generosity of the employees, NORDYNE
officials passed out T-shirts and hosted a luncheon for employees over a two-day
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"We hope this
will show how proud we are to have such caring and giving employees," said
Tiede. "We want our employees to know what we accomplish is not by individual
effort, but that by coming together, anything is possible."
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Local Company NORDYNE Supports Poplar Bluff
Flood Victims with HVAC Donation
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St. Louis, Mo., March 28, 2008 — NORDYNE
announced today that the company is donating two Maytag heat pumps to the Flood
Disaster Silent Auction, set for this Friday and Saturday from 2-10 p.m. at the
River Radio Station, Pine St., Poplar Bluff, Mo. The heat pumps will provide
both heating and cooling for those in need.
St. Louis based-NORDYNE manufactures, warehouses and
distributes residential air conditioners, heat pumps, air handlers, cased and
uncased coils and furnaces out of its Poplar Bluff, Mo., facility, which
employees around 725 local residents.
“Many of our employees were affected by the flood, and we
want to do all we can to help,” says Dan Pilon, Poplar Bluff plant manager,
NORDYNE. “In addition to the donated equipment, we are also taking up a
collection at the plant.”
A trusted name in the industry, NORDYNE designs and
manufactures heating and cooling products for premium brands such as Maytag,
Frigidaire, Westinghouse, Tappan and NuTone. The company’s 23-SEER air
conditioner with iQ Drive® received the prestigious 2008 AHR Expo Product of the
Year award. NORDYNE is headquartered in O’Fallon, Mo., with manufacturing plants
located in the central United States.
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