Claremont, North Carolina (Conservative Thinking) -- Hurricane Katrina has left many in Mississippi without homes and with ruined lives. People's worldly possessions consist of what was on their backs during the storm, what little they've recovered from the rubble that was once their home or business, and what they've acquired since the storm has past. Everything from dressers to kitchen tables to clothes to appliances is now gone. People are trying to rebuild but it is unimaginably difficult.

The Hickory, North Carolina area furniture manufacturers have been hit hard over the past few years but one company through a fluid business model and good management has been able to remain overwhelmingly successful. Progressive Furniture is a furniture manufacturer just outside of Hickory in Claremont, North Carolina (home offices in Ohio). Progressive Furniture's employees took a collection shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit and the company itself matched the contributions of its employees. That collection was then donated to relief efforts in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

As noble as the donation was it simply wasn't enough for the kind hearted people at Progressive Furniture who could do so much more. Conservative Thinking has learned that Progressive Furniture will be loading up at least one 18 wheeler full of queen size and children's bedroom sets and shipping those bedroom sets to the Salvation Army in Gulfport, Mississippi.

A lot of bad can be said about the problems with Katrina relief response. However, companies like Progressive Furniture are looking past that and becoming part of the solution.

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