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2016 Community Stewardship Report
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The TAMKO Commitment TAMKO Locations Company Profile Complete Line of Building Products A Commitment to Core Values Message from our CEO
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Education Community Healthcare Youth Sports Veterans Social Media & Contact Information
T he TAMKO C ommitment The TAMKO commitment to community encompasses every aspect of operations. The TAMKO commitment to being a contributing member of the communities in which we conduct business is evident in its employees. TAMKO is dedicated to protecting the health and safety of employees, customers and the public with the goal of 100 percent compliance, 100 percent of the time, by 100 percent of our employees. The focus on having safe, productive work environments and providing top competitive wages and benefits has made TAMKO the employer of choice in many of the communities in which TAMKO is located. TAMKO’s ultimate goal is making sound decisions not only to achieve superior profits and profit sharing for our employees, but also one that provides benefits beyond the bottom line. As a family-owned and operated manufacturer of residential and commercial building products, TAMKO has taken this approach to business for more than 70 years. TAMKO takes pride in the fact that as a company, it has remained focused on its core values. At TAMKO, business decisions are driven by our guiding principles of Honesty, Integrity, Compliance, Safety, Quality, Execution and Profitability. To learn more about TAMKO Building Products, Inc. or to download a copy of this report, please visit, www.TAMKO.com.
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TAMKO L ocations Manufacturing Facilities
Warehouses
Columbus, KS Dallas, TX Ennis, TX Frederick, MD Green Cove Springs, FL Inwood, WV Joplin, MO - High Street Joplin, MO - Rangeline Knoxville, TN Lamar, MO Phillipsburg, KS Tuscaloosa, AL
Denver, CO Houston, TX Phoenix, AZ Salt Lake City, UT St. Louis, MO Tampa, FL
Corporate Headquarters 220 West Fourth Street PO Box 1404 Joplin, MO 64802-1404 (800) 641 - 4691
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C ompany P rofile TAMKO ® Building Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of residential and commercial roofing products, decking and railing products, waterproofing and cements and coatings. With more than 73 years in the industry, TAMKO’s success is a direct result of teamwork and enduring relationships with customers, suppliers and employees.
E.L. Craig
The company continues to be family-owned and operated with current management led by the third generation of the company’s founder, preserving the same values and principles of years past.
History and Philosophy TAMKO began in 1944 in a streetcar barn in Joplin, Missouri. TAMKO’s philosophy is simple – work hard, do your best, be fair and honest, and believe in those around you. It was on that foundation that E.L. Craig created the TAMKO line of roofing products. In 1960, under the leadership of E.L. Craig’s son-in-law, J.P. Humphreys, TAMKO became a national leader in the industry as the company expanded outside Joplin to facilities in Phillipsburg, Kansas; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Knoxville, Tennessee; Frederick, Maryland and Dallas, Texas. Under the leadership of its third-generation member, David Humphreys, TAMKO has expanded production capabilities in Green Cove Springs, Florida, with roofing products and asphalt cements and coatings; in Ennis, Texas, with additional glass mat production; in Columbus, Kansas, with production of polyester mat, cements and coatings, and waterproofing; and made numerous state-of-the-art production line upgrades and additions for the production of Heritage® laminated shingles, the cornerstone of TAMKO’s residential roofing product line. Beginning in 1999, TAMKO entered the composite decking business with the first of many expansions in facilities in Lamar, Missouri.
J.P. ‘Jay’ Humphreys
Ethelmae Craig Humphreys
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Complete Line of Building Products • • • • • • • • • •
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Heritage® Series Laminated Asphalt Shingles Elite Glass-Seal® 3-Tab Shingles MetalWorks® Steel Shingles Roof Ventilation Products AwaplanTM Commercial Roll Roofing Roofing Underlayments Tam-Pro® & TAMKO® Cements and Coatings Envision® and EverGrain® Composite Lumber Tam-Rail® and Marquee® Railing Systems Waterproofing
Residential Products TAMKO provides for homeowners’ roofing needs by offering a complete line of residential products to help protect and beautify any home. TAMKO’s Heritage® shingles add dimension and durability to a roof. The Heritage Series includes Heritage®, Heritage® Premium, Heritage® Vintage® and Heritage® WoodgateTM shingles. MetalWorks® Steel Shingles include a variety of styles and colors, all featuring a unique four-way locking system for easy installation. MetalWorks® are ENERGY STAR qualified and listed by the Cool Roof Rating Council. TAMKO also offers a variety of roofing accessories to complete a roofing system, including underlayments, waterproofing and roofing ventilation. TAMKO also offers a line of composite decking and railing products. TAMKO Envision® provides superior beauty in man-made decking with styles that give the look of everything from exotic hardwoods to reclaimed barn wood. To complement its capped Envision® line, TAMKO also offers uncapped EverGrain® composite deck boards. Both decking lines are compression molded for deepgrain beauty and durability. Tam-Rail® and Marquee Railing® systems complement TAMKO’s line of composite decking products.
Commercial Products TAMKO’s Awaplan is the industry’s first SBS-modified polyester roll roofing. TAMKO offers SBS modified roll roofing, base sheets, flashing membranes and more. TAMKO also produces asbestos-free cements and coatings for commercial and residential applications.
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A C ommitment to C ore V alues Since 1944, TAMKO has earned a reputation as an ethical company with employees who can be trusted. TAMKO has always done business with the highest ethical standards, respect for the law and a focus on honesty, integrity and compliance. TAMKO’s commitment to ethics and compliance guides how business is done. TAMKO employees are expected to keep their standards high, both at work and in their personal lives by always being truthful and “doing the right thing.” TAMKO does not tolerate illegal or unethical conduct.
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SAFETY
HONESTY
Conduct all business with internal and external customers with honesty.
INTEGRITY Conduct all affairs lawfully and with integrity.
COMPLIANCE Strive for 100 percent compliance, 100 percent of the time, by 100 percent of employees to achieve excellence in safety, environmental and all areas of compliance.
Create a culture of safety where nothing short of zero incidents is acceptable – Zero Incident Safety Culture (ZISC).
QUALITY Through the Quality Improvement principles of Deming, Six Sigma and automation, continuously improve processes, products and people.
EXECUTION A culture of getting the right job done effectively and efficiently.
PROFITABILITY Conduct business in a manner that focuses on customers and long-term profitability for the mutual benefit of customers, suppliers, employees, and shareholders.
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M essage from the P resident & CEO At TAMKO, we seek to operate with integrity, working to create a corporate culture that cares about each other and our community. This report contains examples of TAMKO’s commitment to the communities in which we operate through various charitable investments by the company, as well as by our employees’ volunteer efforts giving their own time in their communities. Though TAMKO strives for a wide impact, the values we hold often lead us to patterns of support. We aim to benefit our community in a way that reflects TAMKO’s vision, philosophy and values, and as such, our contributions focus especially on our youth, education, local hospitals, first responders and veterans. TAMKO is dedicated to ensuring our youth have the opportunity to grow, learn, and compete. Whether it is supporting youth sports or local family outreaches, we have made an effort to assist youth and youth organizations in our communities. Sponsoring youth athletics is one focus of our community efforts as we believe sports provide the children in our communities with a chance to have fun in a competitive atmosphere and, at the same time, learn about the values of integrity, teamwork and personal responsibility – the same attributes we hold in high esteem for our TAMKO team.
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Education, as the most important foundation for individual advancement and opportunity, continues to be a major part of our community outreach. Quality educational opportunities and availability are crucial to any community, as education is the main building block for civilized society and long-term prosperity for youth and adults alike. TAMKO endeavors to serve as an educational benefactor through funding a wide variety of student projects and travel to competitions and learning opportunities, public and private school building projects, and academic events and organizations. TAMKO always has, and always will, express our appreciation for all those who put their lives on the line for others, many of whom are members of our TAMKO employee team. These include first responders, law enforcement, active and retired military service members and everyday heroes. TAMKO so honors and values the character and skills military veterans possess, that veterans make-up more than 10 percent of TAMKO’s total workforce nationwide and an even larger percentage of our leadership team. TAMKO’s support extends into transporting wounded veterans for treatment on our corporate aircraft, and sponsoring a variety of veteran-focused events and programs. Here at TAMKO, we feel a personal sense of duty and responsibility to not only provide an unrivaled working experience, but also to do what we can to help enhance the life of our communities as we have always valued the people who make up our communities.
David C. Humphreys President and Chief Executive Officer TAMKO Building Products, Inc.
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Joplin-Area Spelling Bee Each spring, hundreds of Joplin-area elementary students pore over lists of obscure spelling words, hoping to make it to the TAMKO-sponsored annual Joplin Globe Spelling Bee. Around 100 of those students, from both public and private schools in the area, make it to the annual event held at Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School (TJ), a Joplinarea 350 student PK-12 grade independent school founded in 1993 by TAMKO’s CEO David Humphreys, and his wife, Debra. In 2016, 78 students participated in the event with the winner from Joplin’s St. Mary’s Catholic School, fifth-grader Ava Glover, pictured right, with her winning word “caravel.” TAMKO sponsors the Spelling Bee each year with financial support and Spelling Bee t-shirts and gifts for each participant, as well as providing employee volunteers for the event.
Photos from the 2016 TAMKO-sponsored Spelling Bee in Joplin, Missouri.
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Newspapers In Education
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TAMKO has been a longtime supporter of Newspapers In Education (NIE), a national program that provides newspapers to area classrooms to be used as an educational resource. NIE’s mission is to encourage literacy, connect students to their communities, help them develop a global perspective and provide educators with a powerful teaching tool to support and enhance the curriculum. Top, students at the Cerebral Palsy of Tri-County use newspapers in their classroom as part of the Newspapers In Education program. Middle, one of the educational supplements TAMKO sponsored in 2016. Bottom, Webb City, Missouri Junior High students using the NIE newspapers in their classroom.
we like to support things that we think are helpful to the life of the community.
D avid C. H umphreys
TAMKO President & CEO
TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys with members of the Joplin High School class of 1954.
Joplin High School Bronze Eagle TAMKO donated the final $25,000 needed to fund the creation of a large bronze eagle sculpture for the Joplin, Missouri High School Rose Garden as part of the Joplin High School Alumni’s graduating class of 1954 lasting legacy at Joplin’s high school built to replace the school destroyed in the May 2011 tornado. The large bronze eagle was crafted by Joplin-area artist Jon Fowler and placed on top of a boulder that was moved from the original Rose Garden site at the high school that was destroyed by the May 2011 tornado.
The bronze Eagle statue the TAMKO donation helped to purchase.
Education
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David Humphreys with members of the Joplin High School class of 1954.
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longer have that burden thanks to the generous donation from TAMKO.
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Constitution Team Coach
Carl Junction Archery A donation from TAMKO helped send the Carl Junction Middle School Archery Team to the National Archery in the Schools Program World Tournament, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The local archery team made up of Carl Junction sixth, seventh and eighth graders, earned its way to the international competition in the team’s second year in existence.
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The dedication and hard work the children have given taught them lessons about believing in themselves, setting and reaching goals, the value of a team and how to win and lose gracefully. We sincerely thank TAMKO for helping this team reach their goals.
T ami F redrickson
Volunteer Archery Coach
JHS Constitution Team TAMKO helped fund the Joplin High School Constitution Team’s trip to the national “We The People” competition in Washington D.C. TAMKO’s contribution made the trip possible for the team of 15 students struggling to raise the funds for the costly trip which the team’s coach had considered cancelling because they couldn’t otherwise afford the trip. This is not the first time TAMKO has donated to the team and TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys said, “We think it’s important to support students in our area, especially when they reach this level of national competition. TAMKO has supported the JHS Constitution Team in the past and we are happy to continue that support this year.”
Run with the Pride
TAMKO was a Lion Pride sponsor for the 2016 Run With The Pride 5K race at Missouri Southern State University. The race raised funds for the university’s Kinesiology scholarships in honor of Lori Pflug, an MSSU graduate and athletic trainer who passed away from cancer in 2006.
North Middle School In 2016, TAMKO provided 600 students of North Middle School, a Joplin school less than 1 mile from the company’s headquarters, with school pride t-shirts to be worn during assemblies. The t-shirts help the student body to be unified during events. TAMKO also sponsored several employees speaking to an 8th grade class about the importance of education and how professionals use technology on a daily basis in an effort to show students that people use the things they learn in school in the “real world.”
A student at the Phillipsburg Post Prom event sponsored by TAMKO.
Phillipsburg, Kansas Post Prom TAMKO has a very significant presence in the community of Phillipsburg, Kansas, where it has a large manufacturing facility and is the largest employer in the area. Each year, TAMKO’s Phillipsburg location donates to numerous educational committees and events, including support for two separate post-prom events in 2016, meant to provide a safe and fun environment for students after prom.
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North Middle School students show off their school pride t-shirts provided through a TAMKO donation.
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Columbus, Kansas Fire Department
Education
TAMKO sponsored a School Fire Safety program for the schools in Columbus, Kansas, where the company has a manufacturing facility. The program reaches approximately 800 children each year in local schools, churches and day care centers. The fire safety program also features a fire prevention trailer that simulates a house fire through audio-video equipment and a smoke machine. Firefighters teach the children to stay low under the smoke, crawl out of the bedroom and through the house to the exit, as well as demonstrating household fire safety and prevention in the kitchen and bedroom areas of the trailer. Additionally, Steve Burton, a supervisor at TAMKO’s Columbus location, serves as Columbus Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief. He’s served the department since 1995, first as a volunteer, then as Assistant Fire Chief, and was named Firefighter of the Year in 2016.
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These donations allow us to keep up with literature to hand out, booklets, crayons, coloring books, and of course the plastic fire helmets and candy suckers.
S teve B urton
TAMKO Columbus Employee & Columbus Deputy Fire Chief
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Above, TAMKO Columbus employee and Columbus Fire Department Deputy Chief Steve Burton assists with several of the educational programs the department offers area youth.
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Right, part of the TAMKO team that ran in the TAMKO-sponsored Big Red Shoe race, including R&D Director Andrè Lacour, above, who was named “King of the Hill.”
Ronald McDonald House Big Red Shoe Fundraiser In 2016, for the second year in a row, TAMKO was the presenting sponsor for the Big Red Shoe race in Joplin, Missouri. Race proceeds benefited the local Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States, an organization that provides housing near hospitals for parents of premature or seriously ill children. The 2016 race exceeded the event’s fundraising goal, raising more than $37,000. More than 400 runners participated in a 1-mile fun run, 5K, 10K and 15K. Twenty TAMKO employees participated in the races and several were recognized with awards for their individual times. In addition, a TAMKO employee who stayed at the local Ronald McDonald House for an extended time in the past spoke about the important place both Ronald McDonald House and TAMKO Building Products have in the Joplin community. Above, TAMKO employee Lauren Robertson and daughter pose with Ronald McDonald at the race. Left, TAMKO employee Melissa Dunson stayed at the local Ronald McDonald House while her son Samuel (pictured) spent 60 days in the NICU. She spoke briefly at the event.
American Red Cross Everday Heroes
In total, five awards were presented to Joplin’s Everyday Heroes. As the keynote speaker, TAMKO Executive Vice President Tim Whelan recognized these individuals for their selfless and heroic behavior. “One of the traits I think heroes hold that sets them apart, and that challenges and inspires us, is selflessness,” Whelan said. “Heroes are selfless. They focus on others and not on themselves. These stories inspire us.” Along with TAMKO’s sponsorship, the company was represented by two tables of employees at the event.
TAMKO Executive VP Tim Whelan presented several of the Everyday Heroes Awards.
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The local heroes in our community are those unsung heroes who don’t ask for recognition, they don’t ask for a paycheck, they don’t ask to be recognized for what they do, but yet they give of their compassion. They give all of their heart to make sure someone else is taken care of.
TAMKO also sent two tables of employees to the event.
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In May 2016, TAMKO sponsored the “Everyday Heroes” luncheon, hosted by Joplin’s American Red Cross. This event honors people who gave their time and talents to make a positive impact in the community. The award recipients ranged from a group of former foster kids who provide care packages for children entering foster care, to a group of police officers who replaced a 5-year-old’s bicycle after it was destroyed by a suspect fleeing police.
Executive Director of SWMO American Red Cross
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YMCA Family Reading Night TAMKO partnered with the local Joplin YMCA to sponsor a Family Reading Night in 2016. Each month, volunteers read a new book to children and give them the opportunity to discuss, play and create. Children were invited to come dressed as a character from the book or in their favorite pajamas. Each child who attended received their own copy of the book to take home to add to their personal library.
Children and community members participating in one of the Joplin YMCA’s Family Reading Nights in 2016.
Soroptimist International Comedy 4 Camp In 2016, TAMKO helped the Soroptimist International of Joplin raise funds for its largest annual service project – a week-long summer camp for foster children that has been held annually for more than 30 years. Soroptimists work in conjunction with the Department of Social Services to identify foster children between the ages of 8 and 14 who could benefit from this camp. Many of the children comment that it is the most fun they have all summer and look forward to coming back next year. The “Comedy for Camp” fundraiser was a casual, fun-filled evening of good food, live and silent auctions, and of course, lots of laughs, all toward the goal of raising money for the annual camp.
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A group of the Joplin chapter of the Soroptimist International preparing for their fundraiser, Comedy 4 Camp, that raises money to send foster children to camp.
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Neighborhood Adult Literacy Action
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TAMKO stepped in to fill a local nonprofit’s need. Joplin NALA, which stands for Neighborhood Adult Literacy Action, suffered a $12,000 cut in funding in 2016. NALA helps teach residents how to read and write English or how to read and write better. NALA contacted TAMKO to see if they could help ease the budget shortfall. Help came in the form of a $5,000 check.
TAMKO Community Relations Associate Stephanie Onstot, right, presents a check to Marj Boudreaux, Joplin NALA Executive Director. The donation helped bridge a funding gap the nonprofit experienced.
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We need this to keep ourselves alive, to keep the lights on, to keep books on our shelves, to keep all the services that we provide to our students.
M arj B oudreaux
Joplin NALA Executive Director
Walk to Defeat ALS TAMKO’s Green Cove Springs, Florida manufacturing facility sponsored a team for the Jacksonville, Florida “Walk To Defeat ALS” in 2016. Team “Loose Cannon” walked in support of John Cannon, longtime TAMKO General Manager who was diagnosed with ALS. TAMKO had the third largest team at the event with 65 members. TAMKO employees marched as Team Loose Cannon in the 2016 Walk to Defeat ALS in support of longtime TAMKO facility manager John Cannon.
Joplin-Area Local Candidate Forums In 2016, TAMKO sponsored two community forums so Joplin residents could learn more about the candidates in upcoming local elections. Two separate forums were held for candidates for Joplin City Council and for Joplin’s public school board. TAMKO Columbus employees handed out candy at the city’s Halloween event.
Columbus, Kansas Sponsorships TAMKO’s Columbus, Kansas facility provided an awards sponsorship to the Cherokee County Fair Association for the market animal show winners. TAMKO also participated in Columbus’ community Truck or Treat event for Halloween held on the city’s town square. Employees volunteered to help pass out candy to youth.
Christmas Tree Essay In the holiday season of giving, TAMKO provided eight families with a 6-foot-tall, prelit Christmas tree along with ornaments through a children’s essay contest hosted by the Joplin Globe newspaper. The contest ran from Thanksgiving until the second week of December. Children, grades K-12, from the four-state area submitted essays nominating their own family or a deserving family who could use some holiday cheer in 2016. A simple act of kindness helped provide a world of difference to these eight families.
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TAMKO sponsored two candidate forums in 2016 - one for Joplin City Council candidates, left, and one for Joplin School Board candidates, below.
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Phillilpsburg, Kansas Sponsorships & Donations As the largest employer in Phillipsburg, Kansas, TAMKO is heavily involved in the community, investing in a variety of organizations and events. In 2011, TAMKO played a key role in renovating the façade of the historic Majestic Theatre in Phillipsburg, a major entertainment venue in the heart of the city that dates back to 1905. In 2016, employees from TAMKO’s Phillipsburg plant volunteered to run the Majestic’s concession stands on a recurring schedule. TAMKO employees also helped prep the area where Phillipsburg holds its annual county fair. For many years, TAMKO has been a primary sponsor for the Phillipsburg Rodeo, an annual event in Phillipsburg since 1929 that is billed as the largest rodeo in the state of Kansas.
Above, TAMKO has been a longtime sponsor of the Phillipsburg Annual Rodeo. Left, TAMKO was involved in the restoration of the historic Majestic Theatre in Phillipsburg. In 2016, TAMKO employees volunteered to regularly man the theater’s concession stand.
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Right, TAMKO employees prep meals for underserved youth during a summer program. Above, a TAMKO employee preparing to hand out candy during the city’s Halloween event.
Phillilpsburg, Kansas Sponsorships & Donations In 2016, TAMKO Phillipsburg participated in a summer program for underserved youth by providing and serving boxed lunches for more than 90 area children several times during the summer months. To enhance Phillipsburg’s community center, TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys personally donated a large number of Cybex weight machines for the gym area in 2016. TAMKO Phillipsburg’s employees participated in a variety of other community events and fundraisers in 2016, including: • Sponsoring a team in the Fort Bissell Chili Cook-off fundraiser to support the Phillipsburg Museum. • Sponsoring the Phillipsburg Riverless Festival, an annual downtown event of family activities. • Sponsoring a booth at the Phillipsburg Chamber Halloween Parade and providing candy and volunteers. • Sponsoring the Juenemann TAMKO Golf Tournament.
Above, TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys personally donated weight equipment to Phillipsburg’s community center in 2016.
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TAMKO’s Phillipsburg facility sponsored the Coronado Boy Scout Council in 2016. Pictured are activities the Boy Scout group took part in during 2016.
Youth Organization Support TAMKO has a long history of supporting youth organizations. In past years, TAMKO has sponsored an annual event recognizing area citizens for their contributions to their community and donated toward service projects to groups across the country. In 2016, TAMKO’s Phillipsburg, Kansas manufacturing facility sponsored the Coronado Boy Scout Council with a monetary donation. The facility also sponsored T-shirts for the Deer Creek 4H Club Camp in 2016. TAMKO’s Lamar, Missouri facility, where the company’s composite decking and railing is manufactured, made a product donation of its composite decking to Boy Scout Troop 70 of Carl Junction, Missouri.
Law Enforcement Support TAMKO values the service and sacrifice law enforcement officers make on a daily basis. To show the company’s appreciation, TAMKO has supported several law enforcement-related projects, campaigns and departments. In the past, TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys and his wife, Debra, donated toward the purchase of a canine officer after a local department’s canine officer was killed in the line of duty. TAMKO has also donated toward crime awareness campaigns, and in 2017, will honor more than 600 First Responders from Barton, Jasper and Newton Counties in Missouri at the first Red, White & Blue Banquet in Joplin. In 2016, TAMKO helped the Lamar, Missouri Police Department provide several local children a merrier holiday through the Shop-with-a-Cop program. The program provides a $100 gift card to more than 100 area children ages 5-12 years to shop with an officer for Christmas presents of their choice. TAMKO sponsored five local children for the 2016 event. TAMKO also sponsored the Ennis, Texas Police Department’s program that educates children about the dangers of illegal drugs. Every year, the Ennis Police Department partners with L.A.W. Publications to distribute coloring books to children in the surrounding schools. This publication warns of the dangers of drugs and how making good life choices and staying drug free is important in life. TAMKO is proud to sponsor an ad in the coloring book that reflects that TAMKO is a drug free environment.
Above, the ad in the Ennis, Texas Police Department’s children’s coloring book that TAMKO sponsored in 2016.
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Left, officers from the Lamar Police Department greet children waiting to “Shop with a Cop.”
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Race4Hope Breast Cancer Foundation Fundraiser For the sixth consecutive year, TAMKO was the presenting sponsor of the Race 4 Hope to benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks. The event included a 5K race, survivor ceremony and 1-mile walk. The Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks provides resources and support for local individuals and families impacted by breast cancer. For the second year, TAMKO won the award for largest corporate team with 30 employees participating from its Joplin, Missouri-area locations. Numerous TAMKO employees were also recognized in their age groups for their finishing times and Andrè Lacour, Corporate Director of Research and Development, placed second overall.
Above right and right, TAMKO employees who participated in the 2016 Race4Hope.
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Left, part of the TAMKO team that participated in the 2016 Race4Hope.
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The TAMKO -sponsored Celebrating Freeman Nurses event featured the firstever annual Nursing Spirit Awards.
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Local Hospitals A significant supporter of both Joplin-area hospitals, TAMKO and its shareholders regularly support campaigns and programs at both healthcare systems. This support has included a $500,000 gift made by the J.P. Humphreys Charitable Foundation (funded by TAMKO shareholders) in the name the late TAMKO President to the Freeman Foundation in 2007, and a $2 million gift by the E.L. Craig Charitable Foundation (funded by TAMKO shareholders) in the name of the TAMKOIn 2016, TAMKO contributed to the Celebrating Freeman Nurses event founder in 2015 toward the rebuilding of Mercy as a corporate table sponsor. This was the first year for the expected Hospital and its cardio unit after its destruction annual event established to honor Freeman nurses for their outstanding by the devastating May 2011 tornado. accomplishments and care, featuring a nationally-known speaker, the presentation of Freeman’s first annual Nursing Spirit Awards and nursing scholarship recipients.
Celebrating Nurses
Stick It To Diabetes TAMKO sponsored a table at Mercy Hospital’s 2016 “Stick it to Diabetes” event, an annual fundraiser that features a variety of foods all served on sticks. Proceeds from the event go to Mercy Health Foundation’s Diabetes Fund to help provide equipment, programs, education and resources to benefit area diabetes patients.
Breast Cancer Screenings & Mammograms TAMKO is also proud to have helped provide breast cancer screenings and mammograms in 2016 for 10 women who would otherwise not be able to receive this potentially lifesaving preemptive care as part of Freeman Health System’s “Go Pink for Prevention” annual campaign which occurs each October. The campaign raises money for the Helping Friends Mammogram Fund that provides free mammograms for Joplin-area women who cannot afford a screening.
Phillipsburg, Kansas Sponsorships & Donations As the largest employer in Phillipsburg, Kansas, TAMKO is very involved in the community, including efforts to help those dealing with serious illnesses. In 2016, TAMKO sponsored Reagan Kendall, granddaughter of an employee at the Phillipsburg facility, in the state Juvenile Arthritis Walk for the Cure, an event that raises funds and awareness to fight a disability that affects more children than juvenile diabetes, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy combined. TAMKO’s Phillipsburg facility also participated in a variety of efforts to raise funds for individuals suffering from debilitating illnesses in 2016. These included a local Hospice auction fundraiser, the Stacy Runnion burger fundraiser to support a local cancer victim and the youth wrestling team the individual coached, and the Blair fundraiser to support a TAMKO employee’s wife who suffered large medical expenses. TAMKO also supported the Peggy Cole Glow Run, an annual event held in honor of a TAMKO Phillipsburg employee’s mother and a local cancer victim. The event proceeds go toward the Phillips County Ministerial Alliance and Phillips County Health Systems. The Phillipsburg facility also donated to the Northwest Kansas Down Syndrome Association and provided TAMKO hats to Phillipsburg-area hospitals for chemotherapy patients to use.
TAMKO sponsored Reagan Kendall, above, in the state Juvenile Arthritis Walk for the Cure. Reagan was recognized as a top fundraiser.
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Part of the team supporting Reagan Kendall, granddaughter of a TAMKO employee, in the state Juvenile Arthritis Walk for the cure. TAMKO sponsored Reagan in the walk.
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Joplin Little League
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TAMKO President & CEO
TAMKO donated $25,000 to the Joplin-area Little League to renovate their field with lighting to enable the teams to play more evening games.
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TAMKO “stepped up to the plate” in 2016 to support the Joplinarea Little League with a $25,000 donation to renovate its fields with new lighting so the group could have more than one team play each night. The Joplin-area recently combined its two Little League groups into one as the group said “the number of local children playing baseball continues to climb.” With that wonderful growth, comes growing pains, including some much needed renovations to the parks where the teams play their games.
We are proud to make this donation. Youth sports provide the kids in our community with a chance to have fun in a competitive atmosphere where they can learn about integrity, teamwork and personal responsibility – attributes important to their individual growth and the same attributes we hold in high esteem for members of our TAMKO team.
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Riverton, Kansas Baseball Fields Flooding Recovery
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In December 2015, the Riverton, Kansas High School baseball field was badly damaged due to heavy rains and flooding. With only a few months before the beginning of the season, the school was scrambling to get the facility functional once again. When the school’s baseball coach called TAMKO Building Products to ask for reduced pricing on materials to rebuild the facility, TAMKO offered instead to donate the requested material to rebuild the team’s benches and roof.
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Everyone involved in the Riverton High Baseball program would like to say ‘THANK YOU’ to TAMKO for their generous donation to our program. Thanks again for everything you do in the area!
D anny W eaver
Riverton High School Head Baseball Coach
Left, the Riverton, Kansas baseball fields flooded in 2015. TAMKO donated the materials to rebuild the team’s benches, dugout pictured above, and roof, above left.
Youth Sports Team Sponsorships
TAMKO’s Columbus, Kansas facility sponsored several youth teams, including a 12-year-old traveling softball team and the 11-year-old Cal Ripkin boys baseball team competing in state tournaments. Both teams are based out of Columbus. TAMKO’s Lamar, Missouri facility made several donations to support local sports teams including a Lamar Parks and Recreation team sponsorship and a donation to the Lamar Athletic Booster Club. The sponsorship helped to supply team shirts, insurance, umpires, field upkeep, equipment and traveling fees. Also in 2016, TAMKO donated to the Webb City, Missouri Youth Soccer Program to cover the costs of registering and playing on a team for youth who could not otherwise afford to participate.
One of the Webb City, Missouri Youth Soccer teams TAMKO sponsored in 2016.
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Once again, thank you for your support of our recreation programs. Your donation impacts the lives of our youth more than you will ever know.
M olly G orst
Webb City, MO Recreation Coordinator
TAMKO sponsored the Seneca, Missouri Youth Football team’s trip to a tournament in 2016.
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In 2016, TAMKO was proud to support the undefeated Seneca, Missouri Youth Football Team as they competed in a tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma. TAMKO’s donation covered the tournament costs and jerseys for the players.
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TAMKO’s shareholders have long-believed that youth sports help to instill the important values that TAMKO is founded on: teamwork, doing your best, and being fair and honest. This is true for both boys and girls. Unfortunately, in the United States, girls have 1.3 million fewer opportunities to play high school sports than boys have, and by age 14, girls are dropping out of sports at two times the rate of boys.* TAMKO is proud to support a number of youth sports groups that specifically cater to young women.
TAMKO sponsored the Diamond Divas Softball Program, providing equipment, uniforms and travel expenses .
In 2016, TAMKO was a Platinum Sponsor of the Midwest Diamond Divas Softball Program, helping to provide equipment, uniforms and travel to tournaments for girls “who wish to pursue their full potential as athletes in the sport of softball,” as stated in the program’s goals. TAMKO was also the 2016 Platinum Sponsor of the Webb City, Missouri MVP Strykers – a softball team made up of girls ages 12 to 14 from the Joplin and Webb City areas. The team competes against some of the finest fast pitch softball teams from across the Midwest. *According to the Women’s Sports Foundation
TAMKO also sponsored the Webb City, Missouri MVP Strykers fast pitch softball team in 2016.
Left, TAMKO sponsored the SWMO Rage Softball Team in 2016.
In 2016, TAMKO was the Platinum Sponsor for the 14U fast pitch Southwest Missouri Rage Softball Team, which provided the team’s uniforms, equipment and tournament fees. TAMKO also supported the Joplin Softball Little League team through a donation that enabled the group to travel to St. Louis, Missouri to compete in the state tournament. Joplin Little League Softball was established in 1975 with the purpose of enhancing the physical, social and educational well-being of children while creating quality playing opportunities for all. The program is designed and administrated so that every child, regardless of her abilities, has an opportunity to positively benefit from participation. TAMKO’s 2016 donation to the Joplin Softball Little League team enabled the team to travel and compete in a state tournament.
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The donation made by TAMKO takes a huge financial burden off of the team and the parents. Since we are a local team, we very much appreciate TAMKO and their support.
M ary M c D aniel
Joplin Little League Softball Team Manager
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TAMKO sponsored a golf tournament for Phillipsburg High School in 2016.
Phillilpsburg, Kansas Sponsorships & Donations As in so many other areas of the community, TAMKO is heavily involved in the youth sports in Phillipsburg, Kansas, where the company is a major employer. In 2016, TAMKO’s Phillipsburg facility supported the following youth sports groups/events: • • • • • •
American Youth Soccer Organization Team sponsorship Youth Soccer End of the Year Celebration Phillipsburg High School Golf Tournament Phillipsburg High School Volleyball Summer Camp Phillipsburg Little League Team sponsorship Summer Basketball and Wrestling Camp
Above left, the TAMKO-sponsored Phillipsburg Little League team. Left, TAMKO also sponsored a summer basketball camp in Phillipsburg in 2016.
Phillilpsburg, Kansas Sponsorships & Donations TAMKO President and CEO David Humphreys made a large personal donation to Phillipsburg High School in 2016, enabling the school to do much-needed restoration of the school’s tennis courts. He also personally donated weight equipment for the school’s training facility. Above, Phillipsburg High School resurfaced its tennis courts in 2016 thanks to a personal donation from TAMKO’s President and CEO David Humphreys.
In 2016, the Phillipsburg plant supported a Punt, Pass Kick fundraising event for children ages 6-15 years, put on by the Never Flinch Foundation with proceeds going to assist families in the Phillipsburg community who are experiencing medical and travel expenses associated with cancer treatment.
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In 2016, TAMKO supported a Punt, Pass Kick event in Phillipsburg, Kansas to benefit local families with expenses associated with cancer treatment.
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Hero Flights TAMKO has been a proud participant in the Veterans’ Airlift Command’s (VAC) Hero Flight program to provide free, private air transportation to post 9/11 combat-wounded veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots. Since flying its first VAC mission in 2008, TAMKO has been able to support 13 of the organization’s missions through the donation of TAMKO’s private aircraft, pilots and fuel, including two missions in 2016.
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An injured veteran disembarks from a TAMKO corporate plane . TAMKO transports wounded vets as part of Veterans’ Airlift Command’s Hero Flight program.
I feel it is an honor and a privilege to play a small role in giving back to those who have given so much.
J im B urnside TAMKO Chief Pilot
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Field of Honor In 2016, TAMKO’s Frederick, Maryland manufacturing facility honored past and present military service members thanks to a donation from TAMKO. The Field of Honor event was a display of 250 American flags standing in a solemn formation in front of the St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church in Ijamsville, Maryland.
Above, TAMKO employee Anthony Margiotta, left, with retired Air Force Colonel John Fer, speaker at the TAMKOsponsored Field of Honor event (top and bottom).
The display and individual flags sponsored by community members served to honor past and present military service members and first responders. The event also featured a children’s patriotism poster contest and a speech by Retired Air Force Colonel John Fer, who was shot down on his 53rd mission over Vietnam, captured, and was in a prison camp for six years (two of those years with Senator and former Presidential Nominee John McCain). The Field of Honor was put on by a local Knights of Columbus group and all of the proceeds from the event supported Building Veterans, a Brunswick, Maryland nonprofit that helps veterans suffering from PTSD and substance abuse and provides job and life skills training.
Brothers Bound Matthew Ziegler, an Asphalt Technician at TAMKO’s Inwood, West Virginia asphalt processing facility, serves as president of the nonprofit group Brothers Bound, a motorcycle club that holds fundraisers to support local veterans, people in need and local children’s hospitals.
Run with the Heroes TAMKO was the food and beverage sponsor for the 2016 Run with the Heroes annual 5K race at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. The unique race honors military service men and women by having active and reserve members of the nation’s military force run alongside the Run with the Heroes race participants. The race was held during Veterans Week.
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In 2016, Brothers Bound’s veterans event gave away more than $4,000 and a new motorcycle to a local veteran.
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Our athlete participants rely heavily on proper hydration and nutrition strategies, before, during, and after the event. This sponsorship opportunity is one of great thankfulness and remembrance of those participating, volunteering, and assisting.
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The group also raised more than $1,600 for a young girl in the area suffering with a neurological disorder. And they donated funds to a local hospital to purchase equipment to treat drug addicted infants, as well as several truckloads of supplies for the children’s ward and nurses’ station.
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Left and below, the Run with the Heroes event enabled racers to run with active and reserve military members. TAMKO was the food and drink sponsor for the event.
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More than 10 percent of TAMKO’s employee base nationwide are military veterans. Pictured are just a few of the Joplin-area TAMKO employees with military service.
Veterans at TAMKO TAMKO not only honors the service of U.S. Military Veterans, but also greatly values the skills they possess. More than 10 percent of TAMKO’s total employee population has served in the military. This includes employees at every level of the company, from the executive offices to the production lines.
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