The weekend of May 14th – 16th (while other members of Team Woods Basement Systems were participating in Relay For life) Randy, of Team Woods, visited Nashville, Tennessee to help flood victims. Randy is a member of St. Louis Family Church, whom is dedicated in helping anyone in the United States effected by flood damage.Throughout the years, they have helped out in New Orleans, Texas and now Nashville.
In the spring of 1993, St. Louis Family Church moved into a new building. Just a few months after, the Great Flood of 1993 hit their church; submerging the Chesterfield Valley in more than nine feet of filthy river water. Hundreds of members from Family Church spread throughout the Valley helping residents and business owners remove mud and debris from their facilities – not to mention, their own church. From that point forward, Randy’s church holds a special place in their hearts for flood victims.
While Randy and his church were down in Nashville, they sprayed for mold, power washed homes and helped haul trash to the streets from damaged homes. St. Louis Family Church helps these flood victims through an organization called Service International (read more here).
In addition to the help that Randy was giving to homeowners effected by flood damage, three members of Team Woods Basement Systems went down to Frontier Basement Systems to help with all the lead requests they were receiving, due to the massive amount of rain that hit that part of the country. Three of our specialists (Brian, Dan and Ken) gladly went down last week, May 17th – May 21st, and offered a helping hand.
As always, if you’re having problems with a leaky basement, smelly crawl space or foundation settling/bowing, call us at 866-288-7189 to get a FREE estimate from Team Woods Basement Systems.
On May 6th, 2010, Woods Basement Systems joined with other companies and the Central Illinois Better Business Bureau for the 2010 Torch Award Ceremony held at the Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria, IL. Because of the wide area that Woods Basement Systems Covers, they were once again considered for the Central Illinois BBB’s Torch Award – being nominated by one of their customers. Steve Cox, the keynote speaker for this event stated, “Trust needs to be earned. The BBB is a partner in helping establish a community of trustworthy businesses.”
To much surprise by Woods Basement Systems, they took home the Torch Award for the third time! Woods is the first company to ever win this award three times from the Central Illinois BBB. Jessica Tharp, Vice Pres. of the Central Illinois BBB stated, “The winning companies were deemed to exercise integrity and consistently meet very high standards in their relationships with customers, employees, vendors/suppliers, industry peers and our community.”
To congratulate their employee’s, members of Team Woods Basement Systems were presented with a cake to champion their efforts in helping the company become a three time winner of this prestigious award!
In other news, this weekend was 2010 Relay For Life, hosted at Son Life Church in Collinsville, Illinois. Members of Team Woods Basement Systems walked throughout the night so generations ahead of ours will never have to know the devastation attached to Cancer. At their Fiesta themed campsite, they sold tacos to other hungry relayers!
In total, Team Woods raised $1836 towards Cancer research, treatment and education; plus, ended up winning “Best Campsite” at Relay! This year, the American Cancer Society set the goal of $55,000 in total for Collinsville Relay For Life. At the closing ceremonies, $68,000+ was reported as raised for Collinsville Relay For Life – surpassing our goal by $13,000! Amazing!
In addition to participating in Relay For Life on Friday & Saturday, Woods held their own fundraiser on Friday for an employee’s brother who had been murdered, to help the family pay for funeral expenses.
Woods hosted a Fish Fry fundraiser at the office and invited all their employees to come eat a huge lunch of fried fish and other goodies for a small donation. Woods ended up collecting over $500 from this fundraisers and other independent donations for this employee’s family’s funeral expenses.
Woods’ hearts are warmed by the generosity of the members of Team Woods Basement Systems and how willing they are to help with anything. What a good year so far!
Woods is nominated for the 2010 BBB Torch Award…again!
As you may or may not know, Woods Basement Systems is a two time Better Business Bureau Torch Award winner in the Central Illinois area; winning once in 2005 and then again in 2008. Much to our surprise, we were nominated again to win for 2010! (click here to view other nominees)
The Torch Award, which is sure to become the most highly regarded and positive local business recognition award in Central Illinois, was initiated in 1999 by the Better Business Bureau Board of Directors. The purpose of this award is to recognize and promote a local firm whose business practices best exemplify the Better Business Bureau’s mission of promoting, through self-regulation, the highest ethical standards of business ethics and conduct.
This year, the 2010 award will be presented on May 6th, 2010 at the Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria, Illinois. The Central Illinois winner will then move on to the National Torch Award competition in 2011. Stay tuned to find out what happens!
If you have a crawl space, you have “wild things” down there.
Crawl spaces are notorious for having poor or non-existent exterior footing drains and waterproof exterior wall coatings. However, did you know water is not your main concern? It’s water vaporthat is to blame!
Air bring moisture content with it wherever it goes; and that can cause serious problems to your home and your health. In fact, did you know that your crawl space could be costing you extra money in heating and cooling costs? More than that, it could be rotting your home from the inside out! Yikes!
Even worse, crawl spaces are perfect places for bugs n’ critters. It’s a fact that pests love moisture, so termites, spiders, mice, rats, snakes all could make their new home in your crawl space.
Well, don’t panic…Woods Basement Systems has the fix to keep all these bad things from happening to your home, health and crawl space.
CLEANSPACE!
CleanSpace has multiple layers of plastics with different characteristics of flexibility and puncture resistance, and also two layers of polyester cord reinforcement; CleanSpace is incredibly durable. Putting CleanSpace in your crawl space not only seals your crawl space (to stop water vapor) but also creates lots of usable space for you!
…not to mention, it keeps those “wild things” out of your crawl space!
If you’d like to learn more about how Woods Basement Systems can save your home and your crawl space, call us at #866-288-7189 and request one of books titled, “Crawl Space Science: What to Have Done…and Why” for free!
Lots of us make New Years resolutions every year. What was yours? If yours was to renovate your basement, then we can help you keep that resolution!
When Woods Basement Systems goes out to give free estimates, we assess our customers’ cares and concerns about their home. If a customer is wanting to get a finished basement using our Total Basement Finishing products, we will also make sure that the basement is in suitable condition for finishing. If your basement is not waterproof, here are some of the products that we offer that could help fix that problem:
1.) WaterGuard
WaterGuard is a piping system engineered specifically to solve basement water problems effectively without the worry of clogging from soils under the floor. It intercepts water at the perimeter of your basement and drains it safely away. It has also been featured on Bob Vila! WaterGuard might just be the solution to keeping your basement dry all the time!
2.) TripleSafe
The TripleSafe Sump Pump has three pumps to respond to the three most prevalent problems that homeowners experience with waterproofing systems. If the first pump cannot handle the amount of water coming in, then it and a more powerful second pump run at the same time – doubling the capacity. If the first pump fails all together, the second pump will take over. Also, if the power goes out, the UltraSump battery backup sump pump takes over! Our TripleSafe is one of the best products for protecting your basement from water.
Once your basement is dry, Woods Basement Systems can totally revamp your basement to look like new! Here are some products that we offer for finishing your basement with our Total Basement Finishing products:
1.) ZenWall
ZenWall is a simple way to create a dry, clean, finished look on your basement walls. ZenWall has a 1/4″ thick encapsulated fiberglass core with a reflective foil vapor barrier on the backside. On the front side there is a decorative vinyl finish. Even better, ZenWall can make up to a 10 degree difference in the surface temperature of your walls – adding comfort and saving energy!
2.) ThermalDry and MillCreek Flooring
(ThermalDry Flooring)
ThermalDry Tile and Carpet flooring creates a thermal break in your basement floor and a vapor barrier that prevents moisture from the basement floor from reaching the basement air and creating humidity. The carpeting and tile are inorganic, which means that they will never promote mold growth or rot like most normal basement flooring options would.
(MillCreek Flooring)
MillCreek Flooring is a beautiful faux wood flooring that will never rot, support mold growth, expand or buckle if it gets wet – not to mention that it is 100% waterproof! It’s easy click-together design allows for quick installation and easy dismantling (should it need to be removed for any reason). It’s special fad-resistant UV coating and anti-slip surface provides you with a finished basement floor that you can relax on and enjoy!
Of course these are not all of the product options that we offer to finish your basement, we have tons! You can check themer out by click here! Also, did I mention that all of our estimates are free as well? Call one of our highly trained call center associates and ask them to get scheduled for a free estimate today to turn your basement from “basement to beautiful!” Call us at (866) 288-7189 Monday – Thursday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM and Friday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
Woods Helps Kick-Off the 2010 Relay For Life Collinsville Season!
Jeri, the guest speaker at the Relay For Life kick-off party described Survivoras “Someone who carries on, who keeps going, who continues.” These words also describe the person that Jeri is. Jeri had lost her father, her husband and her only son to cancer. She also is a 2 time survivor of cancer herself; having breast and a soft tissue sarcoma tumor on her arm. She was truly an inspiration to everyone who attended the RFL kick-off.
The kick-off was a place were the community could get information about why there is a Relay For Life, what the American Cancer Society does to help those who have cancer and how citizens could get involved. Woods was asked to work at the Team Captain table and explain to people interested in starting a Relay For Life team, why it was such a great idea to become a captain.
The event not only was a place of education, but a place for citizens to have a good time! At the kick-off there were fun activities, games, many prizes and food for citizens to enjoy. There were a lot of new faces at kick-off which got us really pumped and excited for the new Relay season! The party was birthday themed, because the American Cancer Society is the official sponsor of birthdays.
These are our survivors.
“This world is not just a dream. Eleven million cancer survivors will celebrate birthdays this year. That’s a sign of progress, proof that a world with more birthdays is possible. Together we’ll stay well, get well, find cures and fight back.” – The American Cancer Society
Woods Basement Systems Invites You to the 2010 Relay For Life Kick-Off Party!
As you may or may not know, Woods Basement Systems is very involved in The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. It is an organization that is very important to us because almost everyone has been touched by cancer either personally or knows someone who has been.
We would love for you to join us for the 2010 American Cancer Society Relay For Life Kick-Off Party! This party will officially kick-off the 2010 Collinsville area Relay For Life season.
Here are the event details:
What: Relay For Life of Collinsville Kick-Off!
When: Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Time:6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Collinsville VFW (1234 Vandalia Street, Collinsville, IL 62234)
At the party there will be information about how you can form a team, join a team, what Relay For Life is all about, food to enjoy and games to play! As the American Cancer Society is the official sponsor of Birthdays, this will be a birthday party themed event.
If you would like to find out more information about this event, please visit this website. You can also donate to Team Woods Basement Systems on this site as well! We hope to see you there!
A local organization in the Collinsville area, “The Collinsville Connection”, hosted an event last Friday titled “Random Acts of Kindness” Day. This event was held because it’s been a rough year for a lot of people. People have lost jobs, struggled to make ends meet, and are suffering the weight of the world this Christmas.
The event challenged anyone to commit a “random act of kindness” to someone without expecting anything in return. In honor of this event, Woods Basement Systems decided to host a food drive at their office location, in hopes of giving many families in the Collinsville area a pleasant Christmas.
You can check out the video from our food drive by clicking here!
After all was said and done, Woods collected a truck bed full of food to donate to the local food pantry! It will truly be a happy holiday for many families in the Collinsville area!
Wednesday afternoon, Dave of Woods Basement Systems was thrown behind bars at the University City, MO MDA Lock-Up
Muscular Dystrophy refers to a group of hereditary muscle diseases that weaken the muscles that move the human body. Most types of MD are multi-system disorders with manifestations in body systems, including the heart, gastrointestinal and nervous system. Currently there is no cure for muscular dystrophy.
Dave was locked up around noon on Wednesday and ended up raising enough money that he was set free!
Make sure you check our blog for upcoming fundraisers and events hosted by Woods Basement Systems to benefit Relay For Life.
(ThermalDry Flooring)
The event not only was a place of education, but a place for citizens to have a good time! At the kick-off there were fun activities, games, many prizes and food for citizens to enjoy. There were a lot of new faces at kick-off which got us really pumped and excited for the new Relay season! The party was birthday themed, because the American Cancer Society is the official sponsor of birthdays. 
We would love for you to join us for the 2010 American Cancer Society Relay For Life Kick-Off Party! This party will officially kick-off the 2010 Collinsville area Relay For Life season. 
Wednesday afternoon, Dave of Woods Basement Systems was thrown behind bars at the University City, MO MDA Lock-Up
Dave was locked up around noon on Wednesday and ended up raising enough money that he was set free!
Make sure you check our blog for upcoming fundraisers and events hosted by Woods Basement Systems to benefit Relay For Life.
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