The Coleman Company have lent a helping hand to China by donating 1000 of their tents to help the thousands of people who have been made home less by the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province.
Sam Solomon, president and CEO of Coleman knew that the company had to lend a helping hand by shipping the thousand tents to the areas hit in the quake.

“On hearing news about the earthquake, we knew immediately that we wanted to reach out to our friends in China and help shelter literally thousands of people We were fortunate to have this volume of large tents (17-by-10 feet) ready to be shipped quickly to people in need.”

The tents were distributed on the 22nd of May, just ten days after the quake and by the 24th the tents were in the hands of the needy.