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EXAIR celebrates Founder’s Day each year on February 22^nd (or the closest working day) in order to commemorate the birthday of our founder, Roy Sweeney.  He founded the company in 1983 and drove EXAIR to become the strong, successful and innovative company that it has over the years.  Roy led EXAIR for 33 years.  Today would have been his 88^th birthday.

We choose to make this day a celebration and a day to mark our ongoing commitment to the service of others in keeping with the values that Roy and his wife Jackie felt (and feel) very strongly about.  Their humble approach to helping others provides a lasting lesson for us all.  We continue to look outside our company, outside ourselves and outside our immediate surroundings to do what we can to improve the world around us.

This year, we have selected these organizations to receive donations as part of our Founder’s Day celebration:

• DAV
  Supporting disabled American veterans and their families
  https://www.dav.org/
  
  
• Freestore Foodbank
  Supplies 33 million meals per year to those in need
  https://freestorefoodbank.org/
  
  
• Lighthouse Youth and Family Services
  Supporting their Safe and Supported program for LGBTQ youth
  https://www.lys.org/services/resources-for-lgbtq-youth/
  
  
• Best Point Education & Behavioral Health
  Specializes in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers
  https://www.bestpoint.org/
  
  
• Cincinnati Works
  Partners with all willing and capable people living in poverty to assist them in advancing to economic self-sufficiency through employment
  https://cincinnatiworks.org/
  
  
• SPCA Cincinnati
  Offers programs including animal adoptions, animal cruelty investigations, spaying and neutering shelter animals, companion animal and wildlife rescue
  https://spcacincinnati.org/
  
  
• Bethany House
  Helps homeless and at-risk families with solutions to achieve housing stability and long-term self-sufficiency
  https://bethanyhouseservices.org/
  
  
• The Ion Center for Violence Prevention
  Supporting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual abuse
  https://ioncenter.org/
  
  
• Wounded Warrior Project
  Supporting American veterans and their families
  https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
  

• Aitana North American Children’s Association
  Supporting children diagnosed with cancer and their families
  https://www.aitana-naca.com/
  

In addition, EXAIR has also established an Employee Volunteer Program that enables every full-time employee with at least 90 days of service to volunteer with organizations of their choice during the normal work week with full pay by EXAIR.  As we see further normalization regarding COVID, we expect that we will see more and more of our team members collectively working with organizations in our community to improve the lives of those in need.

So, as we celebrate Founder’s Day today, we wish Roy a happy birthday.  We miss having him here.  We remember what he did for all of us and for countless others.  And we pledge to continue his commitment to helping those who need it.

Happy Founder’s Day 2022 from everyone at EXAIR!

Bryan Peters
President
EXAIR Corporation