{"id":1366,"date":"2014-06-26T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T19:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uht.ebb.myftpupload.com\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2018-05-16T09:31:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:31:59","slug":"shaw-associates-complete-united-way-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/shaw-associates-complete-united-way-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaw Associates Complete United Way Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/shaw-carpet-mid-30.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.floorcoveringweekly.com\/Uploads\/Public\/Images\/shaw_clr.jpg\" alt=\"image 1 for Shaw Associates Complete United Way Projects\" width=\"280\" height=\"84\"><\/a>As part of the annual Live United Week of Service, Shaw Industries Group, Inc. and 900 of its associates in Northwest Georgia completed 59 projects for United Way. Shaw and their associates support 41 agencies and schools in Northwest Georgia. The company\u2019s associates volunteered at food pantries, day-cares, and classrooms. They helped by planting trees, cleaning up debris, painting, and stocking shelves. They also did other activities that support United Way\u2019s mission, which is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good.<\/p><p>Joel Hughes, director of supply chain business solutions and Shaw\u2019s 2014 United Way campaign chair, says that Shaw is proud to support United Way, and Shaw associates are able to support causes they are passionate about. Shaw has worked closely with United Way since 1968. The company\u2019s efforts have supported the community priorities, which United Way identified.<\/p><p>Here are the main areas where Shaw and its associates help:<\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Education: helping children and youth achieve their potential through education<\/li>\n<li>Basic Needs: stabilizing families in crisis by supporting basic needs<\/li>\n<li>Health: providing independence for the elderly and people with special needs<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>In 2013, Shaw and Shaw associates donated more than $2.1 million to United Way, which includes more than $1.5 million from associates. The Shaw associates hold dozes of board seats and other volunteer positions. Brenda Knowles, the vice president of marketing and product development for Shaw\u2019s commercial division, is the 2014 United Way of Northwest Georgia board chairperson. Amanda Burt, the president of United Way of Northwest Georgia, has commended Shaw for the company\u2019s continued efforts to help. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rg_i alignright\" style=\"width: 274px; height: 184px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpO3q3XWAacbdTyWwWo7M7VcQcaD0roz7OWr41KA9wRvjVXl6cew\" alt=\"image 2 for Shaw Associates Complete United Way Projects\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" name=\"KTwdMTeXANkCQM:\" data-sz=\"f\"><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/shaw-carpet-mid-30.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see our Shaw carpet.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/shaw-hardwood-mid-33.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see our Shaw hardwood.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/shaw-laminate-mid-55.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see our Shaw laminate.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/shaw-tile-mid-47.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see our Shaw tile.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/shaw-vinyl-mid-102.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here <\/a>to see our Shaw vinyl.<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the annual Live United Week of Service, Shaw Industries Group, Inc. and 900 of its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,30,24],"tags":[103,202,209,257,194,456,309,1353,312,457,458,459,455],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-carpet","category-hardwood-flooring","category-vinyl-flooring","tag-cheap-carpet","tag-cheap-hardwood","tag-cheap-laminate","tag-cheap-tile","tag-cheap-vinyl","tag-live-united-week-of-service","tag-shaw","tag-shaw-carpet","tag-shaw-hardwood","tag-shaw-laminate","tag-shaw-tile","tag-shaw-vinyl","tag-united-way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2219,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carpetexpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}