W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES AND 'ONE WARM COAT' JOIN FORCES
Supporting the Effort To Distribute Needed Outerwear To Communities Across North America
(Elkton, Md. – August 10, 2006) W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore), the makers of GORE-TEX® and WINDSTOPPERS® fabrics, is partnering with One Warm Coat® to help support local communities by hosting coat drives throughout North America. The GORE-TEX® (products) “Know What’s Inside” campaign asks consumers to look at what’s inside their closets and bring gently used outerwear to participating Gore retail outlets. All donated outerwear is never resold and is distributed to children and adults in the local community who are in need of a jacket, gloves, hat or footwear.
W. L. Gore & Associates is proud to partner with One Warm Coat to help organize coat drives with key Gore retailers in local communities across America,” said Cynthia Amon, Gore Public Relations. “We know that this partnership will help provide a valuable service for those in need, and we are pleased to be part of this very worthwhile outreach program.”
“One Warm Coat is thrilled to partner with the GORE-TEX® brand and collaborate to promote our mission to ensure that anyone who needs a coat has one,” said Sherri Lewis Wood, National Coordinator for One Warm Coat. “Providing this simple, yet vital need helps people live productive lives all year round.”
Gore and One Warm Coat encourage consumers to share what’s inside of their hearts and make a donation in their city.
ABOUT W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES: Perhaps best known for its consumer products like GORE-TEX fabric and ELIXIR guitar strings, Gore is a leading manufacturer of thousands of advanced technology products for the electronics, industrial, fabrics and medical markets. The company is headquartered in Newark, Delaware, and employs approximately 7500 associates in 45 facilities throughout the world. For more information about W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. and GORE products, call 1-800-431-GORE or visit www.gore-tex.com.
About One Warm Coat:
One Warm Coat is a national non-profit organization that assists in the donation of coats. OWC helps individuals, groups, companies and organizations across the country collect coats and deliver them to local agencies that distribute them free, to people in need. The organization's mission is to ensure that anyone who needs a coat has one. Providing this simple, yet vital, service helps people live productive lives year round.
Contact:
Cynthia Amon
410-506-2647
camon@wlgore.com
GORE, GORE-TEX, WINDSTOPPER and designs are trademarks of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ©2006 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., 295 Blue Ball Rd., Elkton, Maryland, 800-431-GORE,
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