Lippert Components launches community service website, Kem Krest and Genesis Products to collaborate on social responsibility initiative
Elkhart, Ind. — Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI®) announces that Elkhart-based Kem Krest Corporation and Genesis Products have begun a social responsibility initiative inspired by LCI’s 100,000 Hours of Community Service initiative. Today, LCI is launching the digital platform www.ActsofService.com that will be used by the participating companies as a means of connecting employees with local volunteer opportunities and to record and track the number of hours spent performing community service.
A live press event will be held today, June 1, 2017 at 2:30pm EST at LCI’s Marketing and Showroom facility at 3407 Cooper Drive, Elkhart, IN 46514. LCI’s CEO Jason Lippert, along with Amish Shah of Kem Krest and Jon Wenger of Genesis Products, will discuss the initiatives at the press event. All media and press are invited to attend.
For their initiatives, Kem Krest and Genesis will be encouraging their employees to collectively accrue 20,000 hours of community service by participating in community outreach and volunteer opportunities that support local nonprofit organizations.
“To say we are excited about the future of our community’s philanthropic efforts is an understatement. To see our fellow business leaders dig in and get involved is humbling,” stated Michilah Grimes, LCI’s Director of Philanthropic Partnerships. “We’re very excited to launch www.ActsofService.com and provide it as a resource for our communities.”
The website, www.ActsofService.com, was created by LCI as a platform to connect volunteers from local corporations with community service opportunities shared by local nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit organizations that register on the website can post their volunteer opportunities with the website’s user base of more than 10,000 willing and able employees from LCI, Kem Krest and Genesis. The website is being offered as a resource to interested corporations and nonprofits located in the Elkhart, IN area.
About LCI Industries ®
From over 90 manufacturing and distribution facilities located throughout North America and Europe, LCI Industries, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, LCI, supplies, domestically and internationally, a broad array of highly engineered components for the leading OEMs in the recreation and transportation product markets, consisting primarily of recreational vehicles and adjacent industries, including buses; trailers used to haul boats, livestock, equipment, and other cargo; trucks; boats; trains; manufactured homes; and modular housing. The Company also supplies engineered components to the related aftermarkets of these industries primarily by selling to retail dealers, wholesale distributors, and service centers. LCI's products include steel chassis and related components; axles and suspension solutions; slide-out mechanisms and solutions; thermoformed bath, kitchen, and other products; vinyl, aluminum, and frameless windows; manual, electric, and hydraulic stabilizer and leveling systems; entry, luggage, patio, and ramp doors; furniture and mattresses; electric and manual entry steps; awnings and awning accessories; towing products; truck accessories; electronic components; and other accessories. Additional information about LCI and its products can be found at LCI1.com.
Lippert Components, Inc.
3501 County Road 6 East
Elkhart, IN 46514
Email: marcom@lci1.com