May 7, 2014

Five Gift For Life Board Additions Announced

Gift For Life, the gift, stationery and home decor industries’ leading charitable organization, announced today that five new board members have been added to its leadership, bringing the total number of board members to 32.

Joining the board are the following:

Jessica Barile, Vice President of Specialty Sales for sister companies Paddywax and Olivina

Adrian Clapp, co-founder, CEO and publisher of Pinnacle Publishing Group, Inc.

Chad Corzine, Director of Business Development at Archipelago Botanicals

Claire Johnson, managing editor of Giftware News

Marc Rice, Vice President of Sales, Ganz

“These new board members represent many of the most important manufacturers and media in our industry,” said Stu Teller, chairman of the Gift For Life Board. “We are honored to welcome them and to put them to work organizing events, spreading the word and raising funds in support of DIFFA’s national mission.”

Each year, Gift For Life hosts regional events throughout the U.S. benefitting DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. The primary mission of Gift for Life and DIFFA is to eradicate the AIDS pandemic in the U.S. Working together, Gift for Life and DIFFA will continue to raise funds for HIV/AIDS service and education programs.

ABOUT GIFT FOR LIFE

Gift for Life, the gift and home décor industry’s volunteer group raising funds for AIDS assistance and research through DIFFA: Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS, was founded in 1992. Since then, Gift for Life has raised nearly $5 million through special events, cause-related marketing, promotions, and from corporate and individual donations. For more information visit www.giftforlife.org

ABOUT DIFFA

DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS is one of the largest funders of HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the U.S. Since its founding in 1984, DIFFA has mobilized the immense resources of the design communities to provide more than $38 million to hundreds of AIDS organizations nationwide. The DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS Web site is available at www.diffa.org