NCA Survival Fund gets boost
NCA members Joseph Hallak and
Debra Kravet took their turn manning the table where raffle
tickets and ball caps were sold to raise money for NCA’s
Survival Fund during the TexCare show in Secaucus, NJ, in
April.
The Survival Fund started last year by the
Neighborhood Cleaners Association got a boost to the tune of
about $8,000 at the association’s TexCare exhibition last
month.
Raffle tickets and NCA baseball caps were
sold during the show to raise money for the fund that NCA
started last year to help fight the proposed perc ban in
southern California.
As part of its involvement in California,
NCA was asked to help fund a public relations campaign to
counter the negative publicity being generated by
environmentalists. NCA’s Board of Directors got the fund
going with contributions of more than $4,000.
Since that time, NCA received $16,750 in
contributions for the fund. In addition to $4,000 given to the
California Cleaners Association to aid the public relations
effort, another $12,000 was used to hire a lobbyist who
convinced Chicago Alderman Edward Burke to modify his proposal
for a ban on perc use in residential buildings and hotels in
Chicago. Another $5,000 went to hire a lobbyist in
Massachusetts to battle the prohibition of septic tank
discharges for shirt laundry and wetcleaning.
NCA anticipates more money will be needed
to continue those battles as well as possible action in New
York State where regulations governing drycleaning may be
opened for amendments.
“You never know where the next piece
of legislation will surface,” NCA said in an appeal for
support of its Survival Fund. “The industry must be
prepared to act quickly.”
The fund can only be used for political
action and expert testimony and none will to into the NCA
general coffers, the association said.
For more information about the fund or to
make a donation, contact NCA, 212) 967-3002.
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