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President & Owner of WAC Lighting. “Many members of our industry have

“Many members of our industry have reached out inquiring how together we can
reached out inquiring how together

we can help our friends, customers, help our friends, customers, and neighbors.
and neighbors. To help those in need,

we have developed a comprehensive To help those in need, we have developed a

program.”
In cooperation with the New York comprehensive program.”

Blood Center, WAC Lighting has
sponsored a community blood drive to
—Shelley Wald, President & CEO, WAC Lighting
replenish blood products that are being

sent to people in need in the hurricane-
devastated areas of Texas, with a target in dark places and dark nights,” Wald including thousands of our customers

goal of 200 donors.
stated. “The compassion of our employ- throughout the southern U.S. region,”
According to Wald, costs for basic ees and industry friends is a big part
said Randy Holleschau, CEO of Elemen-

necessities have skyrocketed because of what makes us proud to work with tal LED. “We are proud to support the

of supply and demand problems in the them. Let’s demonstrate what amazing e orts of the American Red Cross in
area, making it even more di cult for things we can accomplish with love in providing critical assistance to those

people living on a tight budget to access our hearts.”
who have su ered tremendous losses
food and water. To help, the WAC Emeryville, Calif.-based lighting solu- and disruption from these catastrophic

management team, reps, and employees tions provider Elemental LED has made
storms.”

have come together to raise essential a signi cant donation to the American Mentor, Ohio-based EYE Lighting
funds for the Houston Food Bank.
Red Cross to support the relief e orts in International’s employees were also

WAC has also shipped 10,000 Houston and surrounding Texas communi- busy collecting clothing to donate to the
manually powered emergency ashlights ties impacted by the ood damage from Austin Disaster Relief Network, which is

to local emergency shelters and friends Hurricane Harvey as well as the devasta- supporting families displaced from Hur-

to distribute where ba eries are scarce tion from Hurricane Irma to Florida and ricane Harvey. Donations were collected
and electricity even scarcer. Each the Southeastern portion of the country.
from many businesses a ending the

ashlight is inscribed with a message of “Our hearts go out to all those Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
hope. “We aim to o er Hope and Light
a ected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma,
Street and Area Lighting conference in

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