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Canadian Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. Delivers Life-Changing Gifts In a Big Purple Box to Surrey 11-Year Old with Friedreich’s Ataxia
Fundraiser Brings Additional $26,000 for Langley Meadows Community School 5th Grader Selena Yorke, Canadian Safe Step’s First ‘Safe Step Cares’ Honoree
SURREY, British Columbia, April 16, 2013 – Selena Yorke is a charming, inspirational and hope-provoking 11-year old girl. She has incredibly caring parents, great friends and a very supportive older brother. She shares her birthday and a passion for the color purple with Justin Bieber, whom she adores. She also has a disease: Friedreich’s Ataxia, an unforgiving, progressive neuromuscular disorder for which there is no cure.
Canadian Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. employees were so moved by Selena’s story that they asked their president Robert J. Hartley II to step up for Selena and her family. On the company’s behalf and at its employees’ behest, Hartley said yes, twice. Safe Step donated its top-of-the-line walk-in tub as well as a walk-in shower to the Yorkes as part of the company’s Safe Step Cares program, a nationwide initiative to provide state-of-the-art tubs to those in need.
Canadian Safe Step even brought her tub in a box in her favorite color: purple. “Whoa!” said Selena, as the purple box was removed to reveal her gift. “It’s got a bar, it’s got jets, it’s like a hot tub,” she continued before getting into the tub.
Safe Step says Selena is the first Canadian recipient – and second overall – of Safe Step Cares and that the company intends to keep giving back to the communities it serves on a regular basis. “Today is about Selena,” said Hartley. “She is a delightful young lady and we’re here to assist her in her quality of life. Safe Step changes lives every day and we could not be more thrilled to change Selena’s life today.”
Selena’s day did not end with the tub and shower donation. Friends and family pulled together A Night for Selena at the Cascades Casino Resort in Langley. The event raised more than $26,000, which will be used for necessary for renovations on the Yorke’s home to accommodate their beloved daughter. Additional donations can be made through Toronto Dominion Bank, account #9194-524-1677, cheque/check payable to A Night for Selena.
“It’s great to know that you have support and that you don’t have to do this alone,” said Selena’s brother.
“To get this type of help from people, some you don’t even know, is overwhelming,” added Selena’s father Brad Yorke.
“We have such amazing friends and family,” said Selena’s mother Cari Yorke. “Safe Step not only gave a Selena a tub and shower but they also have given her comfort and independence and brought awareness to her disease. This gift to us is life-changing because Selena loves baths.” She also loved the purple box.
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About Canadian Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co.
Canadian Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. is Canada’s leading walk-in tub provider. Serving all of Canada, Canadian Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. is known for quality, service and affordability. Canadian Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. has received the Ease-Of-Use Commendation by the Arthritis Society in Canada and the company has CSA approval.
Former Quadriplegic Disabled by Uninsured Drunk Driver Receives a ‘Miracle’ from Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co.
Tony Cato, Once a University of Nebraska – Lincoln Basketball Star, Becomes First Honoree of Safe Step Cares Program
OMAHA, Neb., April 8, 2013 – Tony Cato is getting used to miracles. In September, 2007 his doctors told the former University of Nebraska – Lincoln basketball star he’d never walk again. They ate their words just months later when Tony surprised friends by taking his first steps since being declared a quadriplegic following an accident involving an uninsured drunk driver.
Tony, who walks on his own but still suffers partial paralysis, recently received a surprise of his own, as representatives from Nashville-based Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. arrived in Omaha to bring Tony its top-of-the-line walk-in tub free of charge as part of the Safe Step Cares program. Cato couldn’t escape tears as he walked slowly down his porch steps to see his new tub.
“This is a miracle,” said Cato. “I wasn’t sure I was ever going to be able to take a bath again, but now I can.”
Tony has undergone 12 surgeries since the wreck and his mother says his medical bills are in the millions. In a conversation with his friend Jennifer Galloway in January, Tony was asked if he could have one thing, what it would be. His answer: a tub. So she wrote several leading walk-in tub companies requesting consideration for a donation.
“I took a chance but didn’t know if it would turn into anything,” said Galloway. “But it was on my heart, so I wanted to give it my best shot for Tony.”
Only one company responded: Safe Step.
“We heard his story, how he had fought back, never quit, never complained and made time to speak to the dangers of drunk driving in between volunteering at the VA among other community endeavors, and we said, ‘this is our guy, let’s swoop in and show him Safe Step cares,” said Omaha native and Safe Step’s corporate marketing manager Danielle Revelette, who flew in to be a part of Tony’s special moment. “We are here to change his life,” added Revelette.
Safe Step says that Tony is the first recipient of Safe Step Cares but the company intends to keep giving back to the communities it serves on a regular basis.
“Safe Step’s business is about changing lives,” said Safe Step executive Stuart Hall, who also came to Omaha to meet Tony. “When I saw the look on his face as he walked out to see the tub, I knew that we had done the right thing. Safe Step is here because we care about Tony.”
Tony’s first words upon seeing the completed install: “Wow, this is unbelievable. All I can say is this makes me feel human again. Now get out of here so I can take a bath (his first on his own in more than five years).”
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About Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co.
Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. is one of the nation’s leading walk-in tub providers, known for quality, service and affordability. Safe Step Tubs have received the Ease-Of-Use Commendation by the Arthritis Foundation and are manufactured and built in America using American-made components. Their quality is backed with the best warranty in the business, including a lifetime warranty on the tub, the door seal and faucets. Servicing all of the US and parts of Canada, Safe Step Walk-In Tub is a family company, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. Rated Highest In Customer Satisfaction
NASHVILLE, TN- September 12, 2012 — Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. has received the Gold Star Award from walk-in-tub-reviews.com for the month of August, representing the highest rated walk-in tub company in customer satisfaction as well as the best walk in tub for the money. Walk In Bathtub Reviews gives voice to consumers who have bought walk-in tubs, with a site designed to inform potential buyers through unbiased reviews.
As a company focused on the safety and comfort of those using their tubs, Safe Step Walk-In Tub Company is proud to have received this award. Safe Step Walk-In Tubs have chromotherapy, aromatherapy and dual hydrotherapy systems in addition to various safety features such as anti-slip floor and seat, grab bars, anti-scald technology and more.
About Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co.
Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. has become one of the nation’s leading walk-in tub providers and prides themselves on quality, service and affordability. Safe Step Tubs have received the Ease-Of-Use Commendation by the Arthritis Foundation and are manufactured and built in America, using American-made components. Their quality is backed with the best warranty in the business, including a lifetime warranty on the tub, the door seal and faucets. Servicing all of the US and parts of Canada, Safe Step Walk-In Tub is a family company, headquartered in Nashville, TN.
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Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. to Exhibit at the AARP Life@50+ National Event in New Orleans, September 20-22, 2012
NASHVILLE, TN- August 30, 2012 — Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. has announced that they will exhibit their top-of-the-line walk-in tubs at the AARP Life@50+ National Event in New Orleans on September 20-22, 2012. Located at booth 2948 in the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Safe Step Tubs will have 2 walk-in tubs on display for attendees to view, learn and experience the exceptional features and benefits offered by these tubs.
Attendees will have a rare opportunity to see first-hand how the chromotherapy, aromatherapy and dual hydrotherapy systems work, as one of the tubs will be filled with water and working on display. Attendees will also be able to experience the tub without water in it, allowing them to open the door and enter the tub, where they can experience how easy and safe it is to step into the tub.
Not only will Safe Step Tubs be displaying their tubs at the event, but they will also offer attendees a chance at registering to win a free Safe Step Walk-In Tub* for their own home! Attendees of the AARP National Event can register at Safe Step’s booth, #2948. The winner will be announced the week after the event.
“We are thrilled to be a part of this great event where we can interact with our audience and really show them all that our tub has to offer,” said President and Owner of Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co., Mike Duffer. “Safety is and always will be our number one concern, and we are looking forward to giving away a tub to a person in need and help make their bathroom a safer place.”
About Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co.
Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. has become one of the nation’s leading walk-in tub providers and prides themselves on quality, service and affordability. Safe Step Tubs have received the Ease-Of-Use Commendation by the Arthritis Foundation and are manufactured and built in America, using American-made components. Their quality is backed with the best warranty in the business, including a lifetime warranty on the tub, the door seal and faucets. Servicing all of the US and parts of Canada, Safe Step Walk-In Tub is a family company, headquartered in Nashville, TN.
*Rules and restrictions apply; AARP’s National Event & Expo is not a sponsor of this giveaway. No purchase necessary to enter giveaway. Must be present at the 2012 AARP Life@50+ Event in New Orleans to register.
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