TCNA Members Donate Tiled Doghouses

ANDERSON, S.C. — Members of Tile Council of North America, Inc. (TCNA) stepped up once again to donate handcrafted tiled doghouses in what’s become an annual event at Coverings.

The TCNA donated 16 doghouses at Coverings 2023 in Orlando, Fla., to Florida Little Dog Rescue (FLDR), which will then include the structures in a fund-raising raffle.

Participating companies include: AlysEdwards Tile & Stone, Anthology, Appomattox Tile Art, ARTO Brick & Tile, Casa Ceramica, Crossville Inc., Del Conca USA, Florida Tile, Iris US, Jeffrey Court, Marazzi, Portobello America, Questech Corp., StonePeak Ceramics, Summitville Tiles and Wonder Porcelain.

Forms used to make the doghouses were custom-manufactured and contributed by Wedi Corp.

“Every year at Coverings TCNA members give back to the local community through their time, talent, and tile,” said TCNA Marketing Director Kathy Meyer. “This year we are pleased to donate these beautiful doghouses to Florida Little Dog Rescue to support their mission to help unwanted, abused, and abandoned little dogs.”

“Florida Little Dog Rescue is thankful to TCNA and its members for providing these lovely and thoughtfully designed doghouses,” said Laurie Johnson, FLDR director. “Funds raised from raffling the doghouses will directly benefit our medically needy pups as they arrive in rescue.

“We greatly appreciate TCNA’s support in helping us rescue, rehabilitate, and find loving homes for the ‘leftover’ that are not adoption candidates and are on their last day.”

Founded in 2009, Florida Little Dog Rescue rehabilitates unwanted, abused, and abandoned little dogs and places them in loving and responsible homes to live out their lives as cherished family members. FLDR rescues dogs from all over the state of Florida, but its focus is the Central Florida area.

FLDR is 100% volunteer-based, which means no overhead or salary costs. FLDR receives no governmental funding; its mission is strictly supported through the generosity of donations. For more information, please visit www.floridalittledogrescue.com.

TCNA is a trade association representing manufacturers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials, tile equipment, raw materials and other tile-related products. TCNA is recognized for its leadership role in facilitating the development of North American and international industry quality standards to benefit tile consumers.

Additionally, TCNA regularly conducts independent research and product testing, works with regulatory, trade, and other government agencies, and publishes installation guidelines, tile standards, economic reports, and promotional literature.