About Plaid - Community Support

In the Industry

As a leader in the crafting industry, Plaid focuses on promoting awareness and education to our community through various programs, including:

• The Society of Decorative Painters
  An organization devoted to the education and dissemination of information related to tole and decorative painting techniques.
  
  
• Stencil Artisans League, Inc.
  This society is dedicated to promoting the art of stenciling and faux finishing through education, certification, public awareness and networking.
  
  
• Society of Craft Designers
  An organization supporting and promoting the work of professional designers across a variety of mediums. For more information contact SCD at scd@offinger.com.

Ohter industry associations include:

• The Craft & Hobby Association
  
  
• Association for Craft and Creative Industries

Our Core Ambassador Team is up to the challenege of educating these and other groups. The team is comprised of 25 crafters from across the country. Their job is to educate crafters on new ways to use our products and find out what directions they would like to see us take our products in the future. Our Ambassadors regularly teach classes and workshops in their own communities and beyond. They've even traveled as far as Spain and South America to demonstrate Plaid products.

In the Community

Plaid Creative Group works extensively in our local community, with a special focus on women's causes. Women's issues are especially important to us since women makeup the majority of our employees and customers. From childhood education to domestic violence to breast cancer, Plaid employees work hard for our causes. Just take a look…

• Plaid Creative Group has been recognized by the State of Georgia for our work in teaching English as a Second Language to employees at our manufacturing facilities.
  
  
• Company employees "adopted" the Gwinnett County Battered Women's Shelter in Norcross, GA. In an effort to create a warm and inviting environment for the women, our helpers decorated the shelter with stencils, blocks and other products.
  
  
• Teams of employees begin raising money for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life months in advance. Through bake sales, crazy hat days, putting contests and more, our employees put their best foot forward in the relay for a cure.
  
  
• Every holiday season, Plaid Creative Group sponsors the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Festival of Trees to encourage fundraising work in the area of childhood illness.
  
  
• Breast cancer has struck close to home many times here at Plaid. In support of our employees, mothers, daughters, and friends who have suffered from this disease, we are continually raising funds for this cause. We support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation through advertising and sponsorships, and we promote the use of Breast Cancer Research Stamps, available at your local post office.