Cooper Lighting Donates Products To ABC's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'

Cooper Lighting Donates Products To ABC's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper Lighting recently donated lighting fixtures to ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to accommodate a 5,000 square-foot home in Dewey, OK for the episode which aired March 12th.

Cooper Lighting's donation consisted of 150 HALO All-Pro 6" recessed downlight lighting fixtures, including 143 black baffle trims and seven eyeball trims.

Pastor John White worked at Bluestem Baptist Church and lived in the church parsonage with his wife Danna and five of their 10 children. In April 2005, on his 19th wedding anniversary, John suffered a fatal heart-attack. Following his death, his widow Danna and the children had to move to make the parsonage available to the church's new pastor. With help from members of the community and church, Danna was able to purchase two run-down trailers. The trailers do not have heat, a working kitchen, locks on the doors, or carpet, and the larger of the two trailers does not have power. The kids have been staying with friends on especially cold nights.

The cast and crew of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, along with friends and family of the White's, began the rebuild on January 23 using various products, including Cooper Lighting's recessed lighting fixtures. Five days later, the state-of-the-art dream home was unveiled to the White family.

"Cooper Lighting has a history of community goodwill and generous corporate citizenship," said Tim O'Brien, vice president of marketing, Cooper Lighting. "We were pleased to participate in this project for such a well- deserved family."

Cooper Lighting's product was obtained through Tulsa Lighting Sales (rep. of Cooper Lighting) and distributed to Simmons Homes, the builder of the White house, through Cooper Lighting's local distributor, Graybar Electric in Tulsa, OK. The electrician on the job was Tri-Plex Electric, also from Tulsa, OK.

"Cooper Lighting was a blessing to deal with throughout the whole process," said Tim Harbaugh, branch manager - Tulsa, Graybar Electric. "With only a two-week advanced notice of the project, we had to rely on our strong relationships with key suppliers, such as Cooper Lighting, and get advanced commitments in order to participate. Though we already had the stock set aside for the project, Cooper Lighting was able to quickly and effectively replenish our stock so that we continue business as usual with other projects that were in action."

"It's great to be involved in a community goodwill project such as this," said Greg Cook, co-owner, Tulsa Lighting Sales. "It's truly remarkable that this amazing house was completed in just five days, but it's not all that surprising seeing as how every organization involved worked so cooperatively."

Company Information

Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE), is the leading provider of innovative, high quality lighting fixtures and related products to worldwide commercial, industrial, residential and utility markets. For more information, visit www.cooperlighting.com.

Source: Cooper Lighting

CONTACT: Scott Southard of Burson-Marsteller, +1-412-394-6653, or
Scott_Southard@marsteller.com , for Cooper Lighting

Web site: www.cooperlighting.com

NOTE TO EDITORS: Images available upon request. Please contact Scott Southard at Scott_Southard@marsteller.com or 412-394-6653.

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