2022 Carry the Torch Cancer Run/Walk

Join Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express In Supporting Local Cancer Patients

Most of us have been impacted in some way by cancer through our family and friends. Supporting those with cancer is the mission of the Community Cancer Network, a local organization that provides transportation, food, medicine, emotional support and so much more during the difficult times caused by cancer.

Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express are once again walking to support the Community Cancer Network and we are asking for your help!

Carry the Torch Walk

Join the Henry Poor/FE Carry the Torch Walk team on Sunday, Sept. 25 at Loeb Stadium or donate to our team in support of this cause. Attached is a CCN Contribution Form to record your donations. Contact Nicole Reece at Flooring Express at 765-607-4435 or [email protected] on how to sign up.

September 12, 2022/by Phil Steele

Building Materials, Community Event, Events, Parade of Homes

2022 Fall Parade of Homes

Tour Greater Lafayette’s Newest Homes and Designs!

Come tour beautiful new homes and lots for sale offered by members of the Builders Association of Greater Lafayette. Locations thru the BAGL mobile app and website will be available to direct you to each of these homes. Admission is free.

Fall Parade of Homes Showcases Local Builders

Saturday Sept 17 11am – 4 pm
Sunday Sept 18 11pm – 4 pm

Looking to Build or Remodel a Home?

Come see the latest trends in kitchen & bath designs; amazing outdoor living spaces; and elegantly finished interior rooms.

Latest in Kitchen Cabinets and Counter Top Styles and Materials
Flooring Options: Hardwood, Carpet, and LVT
Custom Woodwork and Trim
Creative Outdoor Living Spaces
Exterior siding and stone finishes

Like to Thank our Local Builders

All of us at Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express would like to thank all the builders who let us be part of the Parade of Homes through the many high-quality products and services we supply.

Tempest Homes • Timberstone Homes • Crown Line Homes • Majestic Homes • Milakis Homes • Citation Homes • Bogert Construction

In addition to the new homes, you can visit two developments with lots for sale.

Chesapeake Landing • Raineybrook Bay

For More Parade of Homes Information

For more on the many product lines carried by Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express go to Building Materials, Kitchen Designs, Interior Finishes, Exterior Finishes and Flooring Express.

For more details and location maps visit the 2014 Parade of Homes website: Builders Association of Greater Lafayette.

September 7, 2022/by Phil Steele

Community Event, Events, Uncategorized

“Drive Away Hunger” Challenge

Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express “Drive Away Hunger” Challenge

Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express are challenging each other to see which location can collect the most food and donations for Food Finder’s Food Bank. The competition runs from October 10 to November 15.
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Two Locations Vying for Top Honors

Help Flooring Express or Henry Poor Lumber win this challenge by dropping your donation off at either location. Nonperishable food items or donations are welcome. Check out the list of the most wanted food items:

Be part of this community wide endeavor and help us stamp out hunger in our local communities. Donations accepted anytime during business hours.
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Any questions regarding this “challenge,” please contact Sadie McKinley at [email protected] or give her a call at 765-474-1388.

October 5, 2021/by Phil Steele

Building Materials, Community Event, Events

Careers in Construction

Building homes, schools, office buildings and communities can’t happen without professionals in the construction trades and lumber and building materials industry.

Demand for new homes remains strong and so is the demand for construction workers and those working in the lumber and material building (LBM) industry. October is Careers in Construction Month. It highlights the rewarding and well-compensated career paths available in the home building industry.

Check Out the Many Career Options Available

List of Construction Careers The LBM industry offers a wide range of jobs ranging from forklift operator to engineering and design.

Many of these positions do not require a four-year college degree. We would encourage anyone with an interest in learning more about our industry to go to Careers in Construction.

We’d encourage you to learn about construction careers and training opportunities now emerging in our state. Build Your Future Indiana’s goal is to help Indiana residents to qualify for and get jobs in these high-demand occupations. To learn more go to Build Your Future Indiana.

Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express

We are always looking for talented, hardworking individuals at Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express.

If you have the desire to learn and are willing to work hard there may be an opportunity for you. Go to our Careers webpage and fill out and submit our employment application.

Check out what it’s like to make a delivery with the Henry Poor Boom truck.

October 9, 2020/by Phil Steele

Community Event, Events

Carry the Torch Walk

Community Cancer Network flyer

Carry the Torch Walk Has Gone Virtual

Join us in keeping the tradition of Carry the Torch Walk alive by participating virtually this year. Donations can be made online at Donate to CCN through October 25th. To learn more about the role the Community Cancer Network plays in our community go to Serving the Non-Medical Needs of Local Cancer Patients.

Please Make Your Donation by October 25^th.

October 8, 2020/by Phil Steele

Community Event, Events, Uncategorized

Childhood Cancer Awareness

Little Nora Jean’s Fighting Machine

The latest edition to the Henry Poor Lumber delivery fleet, “Nora Jean’s Fighting Machine.”

With the recent addition to Henry Poor Lumber’s delivery fleet of a new Freightliner flatbed moffett truck, we wanted to honor a very special person who has shown us all what toughness and resilience look like.

So we christened our new delivery truck “Nora Jean’s Fighting Machine”.

An Extraordinarily Difficult Time

Jim Andrew’s granddaughter, Nora Jean Dane, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer at the age of 3. Her treatment required extensive brain surgery, chemotherapy and proton radiation treatments that lasted over a year. From a future that promised little hope to being declared cancer free in 2019, little Nora Jean demonstrated the resilience and heart that got her, and her family, through an extraordinarily difficult time.

Raising Awareness of Childhood Cancer

Little Nora Jean test driving part of the new delivery truck named in her honor.

Did you know that each year, the parents of approximately 15,700 children in the United States will hear the words “your child has cancer”. This diagnosis can devastate a family.

Because of the personal experience the Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express family has been through with Nora Jean, they are committed to raising the awareness of the impact of childhood cancer on the lives of many young people and their families.

Childhood Cancer Facts

43 children per day are expected to be diagnosed with cancer. That is 1 in every 333 children in the United States.
Cancer is the number one cause of death by disease among children.
The average cost of a stay in a hospital for a child with cancer is $40,000.
Only 4% of the billions of dollars that are annually spent on cancer research and treatments are directed towards treating childhood cancer.
Since 1980, fewer than 10 drugs have been developed for use in children with cancer, as compared with the hundreds of drugs that have been created exclusively for adults.
More than 95% of childhood cancer survivors will have a significant health-related issue by the time they are 45 years of age. These health-related issues are side-effects of either cancer or more commonly, the result of its treatment.

Joining the Fight

In honor of little Nora Jean, Henry Poor Lumber will donate 20 cents for every mile the Nora Jean Fighting Machine logs in 2020 to the Morgan Adams Foundation.

The Morgan Adams Foundation funds kids’ cancer research. They raise awareness of, and educate our communities about the need for pediatric and young adult specific cancer treatments.

Working with leading researchers and physicians, the Morgan Adams Foundation funds new and innovative ideas that will improve cancer treatment effectiveness, overall outcomes, survival rates and quality of life while minimizing the devastating side effects current treatments have on children.

To learn more about and how to support this organization go to the Morgan Adams Foundation.

April 13, 2020/by Phil Steele

Building Materials, Community Event, Events, Uncategorized

C2E Expo Promotes Construction Industry Careers

C2E Expo Thursday, Feb. 20
IVY Tech Community College

C2E CONSTRUCTION CAREER & EDUCATION EXPO
Thursday, February 2o^th

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IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
3101 S. Creasy Lane, Lafayette, IN 47905
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STUDENT SESSIONS
9:30am – 11:30am and 11:30am – 1:30pm

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GENERAL PUBLIC CAREER EXPO
3:30pm – 7:00pm

Stop by the Henry Poor Lumber/Flooring Express display at Ivy Tech and learn about the career opportunities in the building material supply industry. Positions range from delivery driver to procurement specialist to design consultant.

Stop by the Henry Poor/Flooring Express display to learn more about careers in the Building Materials Industry.

Construction Industry Careers
The C2E (Construction Career & Education) Expo emphasizes the importance of construction to our economy while drawing attention to many rewarding, high-skill careers available within the Construction industry.

The C2E Expo brings together members of the industry to speak and demonstrate numerous skills used within three core functions; Plan-It, Build-It, and Finish-It.

The result is a collaboration between industry, students, and the general public showcasing construction careers that best fit an attendee’s personality and lifestyle.

For More Info
Students to register go to C2E Registration. No registration is needed to attend the General Public Career Expo.

February 12, 2020/by Phil Steele

Building Materials, Community Event, Decks, Events, Flooring, News, Uncategorized

2020 Home Building & Remodeling Show

Looking for Remodeling Ideas? Come See Our Newest Products!

Kitchen & Bath Ideas featuring Whitecliff Fine Cabinetry. Custom cabinetry available only at Henry Poor.

Carpet, LVT and Hardwood Flooring featuring vinyl plank flooring from MSI and Engineered Floors.

Outdoor Living Products featuring Trex
Decking and Railings. Deck design assistance also available.

Visit Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express in Booths 54, 55, 56 & 57.

Stop By Our Booth and Enter Our “Dinner On Us” Drawing
Each visitor to our booth is welcome to enter our drawing for a $100 gift card for The Bryant restaurant.

Win $500, Matt Painter Signed Basketball
BAGL is also giving visitors a chance to win $500 and a signed basketball from Purdue Basketball Head Coach Matt Painter.

January 27, 2020/by Phil Steele

Community Event, Events, Uncategorized

Happy Holidays from the Henry Poor Family

Henry Poor Happy Holidays Christmas card caption At this special time of year everyone at Henry Poor Lumber, Flooring Express and HP Wood Packaging would like to extend season’s greetings to all our customers, vendors and friends in our community.

As the year draws to a close we are thankful for all we have been given and especially for the ongoing support we have received from so many this past year.

It is comforting at this time of the year to be close to friends and family. We hope that you are able to share the holidays with those who are dearest to you. Our thoughts and prayers are with those far from home, especially our troops serving us in distant lands.

It is with these thoughts and a strong faith that all of us in the Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express family wish you and your family a blessed Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

Jim, Jay and Tom Andrew