Kyle Hedin, FCI's Floor Academy Briefing columnist, owner of Illustrious Hardwoods and host of the Floor Academy Podcast will present two discussions on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at the International Surface Event in Las Vegas.

The Home Depot Foundation surprised Atlanta-based nonprofit partner, Mary Hall Freedom Village (MHFV), with $100,000 to support local women veterans transitioning out of homelessness.

Through its charitable initiative First Fruits Fund, Footprints Floors is helping World Orphans' initiative to keep families together by providing streams of income to caregivers in extreme poverty.

The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) celebrates a number of wins in 2022 after an intense and focused year rallying the industry around the goal of reducing the shortage of installation craftsmen in the flooring industry.

Distributor Midwest is adding one cent to each square foot of flooring purchase from Welspun to help fund FCEF's efforts to address the shortage of installers. 

In honor of Veterans Day, The Home Depot Foundation will surprise 1,000 U.S. veterans across the country with rental and mortgage payment assistance for the month of December.

New and modified homes for injured veterans in the program will receive GemCore flooring, Galleher's signature line of resilient flooring that has the beauty of hardwood or stone or wood but is waterproof, scratch resistant, and easy to maintain. 

Natural stone and fabrication for U.S. Army Captain Derick Carver were provided by Arizona Tile, Alpha Granite, and Salado. 

As FCEF grows its list of technical colleges where flooring installation training is available, they’re looking for more suppliers to step up and help support the students. 

The fundraising/educational forums will help HMTXCares reach its goal of raising $1 million for our partners, which will be matched dollar for dollar by the Stone family.