HMTX Industries Aims to Raise $1 Million to Battle Addiction Crisis

The United States is dealing with an opioid epidemic. Practically half of US adults
have been impacted by substance abuse
problems
of their households. And regardless of nationwide and international campaigns over the past 50
years to fight drug use, the variety of drug overdose deaths was nonetheless 4
occasions increased in 2018 than in 1999, in accordance with the US Facilities for Illness
Management. However one firm is making a distinction.

In 2018, HMTX Industries, a household of luxurious vinyl tile
manufacturers, based Halstead/Metroflor Addiction Crisis
(HMAC) — a nonprofit offering rehabilitation
“scholarships” and assist to households who in any other case wouldn’t be financially
in a position to assist their family members affected by substance habit problems.

“Habit is decimating our communities nationwide — no metropolis or city is immune
to its results,” stated Paul Eanes, Metroflor Company VP of Enterprise
Improvement and HMAC Program Chair. “The statistics are staggering. It’s doubtless
everyone knows somebody who has or is at present battling habit, whether or not
we know it or not.”

HMTX’s assist of this trigger is a singular instance of how corporations are committing
themselves to social
sustainability
— an vital part of the company social accountability mannequin.

Because of this, HMAC was just lately acknowledged as a recipient of the 2020 Social
Impact
Award
by the Vinyl Sustainability
Council (VSC) — a
self-funded enterprise council advancing sustainability within the vinyl trade. The
award acknowledges the efforts of a VSC member that has demonstrated a powerful
dedication to neighborhood well-being and longevity. This annual award acknowledges
excellent tasks or packages that handle a social concern using a
firm’s sources to have a optimistic influence.

“HMTX’s efforts are having a profound influence on constructing a sustainable
neighborhood,” stated VSC Govt Director Jay Thomas. “They’re reworking
the lives of dozens of individuals affected by substance abuse problems. I
applaud them for taking a lead inside our trade to battle this disaster.”

By means of a wide range of fundraising occasions, HMAC is greater than midway to its aim
of elevating $500,000, which it intends to perform by the top of 2021. Every
greenback raised can be being matched by HMTX’s founders, the Stone Household,
for a complete of $1 million. The $234,000 raised to this point has funded greater than 25
rehabilitation scholarships. To be taught extra or to contribute to their aim,
visit their website.