Sterling donates gifts to Air Force families

Spokane, WA, December 16, 2008 -- Sterling International, Inc., local manufacturer of RESCUE!® Pest Control Products, donated toys and food vouchers to Fairchild Air Force Base families to honor the men and women serving overseas.

Armed with Santa hats and a sleigh-full of holiday spirit, Sterling employees marched 100 new toys and $1,250 in gift vouchers to Fairchild Air Force Base. The donations helped more than 24 young airmen's families to celebrate this Christmas. 

"When we called to have families come get the gifts and food coupons, most cried with joy," said Pam Martin, Family Services Coordinator at Fairchild AFB. This holiday season marks Sterling's fifth consecutive year of donations to the base.

Leading the group of holiday helpers was Sterling founder and President Rod Schneidmiller. "It is an honor and a privilege to give back to the community where we work and play," said Schneidmiller. "It's the right thing to do."

"Sterling has touched so many military families over the years," said Martin, "I can't express how I feel, and the feeling of the folks receiving the gifts."  

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Since 1982, Sterling International, Inc. has created insect traps and attractants as an alternative to sprays. Based in Spokane, Washington, the company sells its RESCUE!^® Traps for flies, wasps, hornets, yellowjackets, Japanese beetles and Oriental beetles through home improvement centers, hardware stores and lawn & garden retailers throughout the U.S. and beyond.

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