Dometic Marine Sponsors Safe Harbor Boys Home
Local boys home received 12 new Cruisair Carry-On portable air conditioning units

Dometic Environmental Corporation, the leader in engineering technology for marine air conditioning for pleasure boats, has become a corporate sponsor of Safe Harbor Boys Home in Jacksonville, Fla.

Safe Harbor Boys Home is a program designed for at-risk teenage boys that provides a safe alternative home environment aboard boats. Through the program, the boys receive seamanship training, academic lessons and vocational apprenticeship opportunities. Safe Harbor also offers instruction in basic life skills including driver’s education; career services such as job-hunting and interview training; financial management and fiscal responsibility; as well as housekeeping and nutrition.

To commence the relationship, Dometic has donated 12 Cruisair Carry-On portable air conditioning units for the boats that serve as living quarters for the program residents. The 7,000-BTU air conditioning systems install easily over a hatchtop and are ideal for boats that are too small for installed seawater-cooled air conditioning units. “Dometic has a long history of giving back to the community and we are proud to include Safe Harbor Boys Home in this tradition,” said Frank Marciano, president of Dometic Environmental Corporation.

“This program provides young boys the opportunity and the means to create for themselves better, safer lives and we’re happy to be a part of that.” “Safe Harbor is deeply indebted to Dometic for this generous donation,” said Robbie W. Smith, executive director for Safe Harbor Boys Home. “It will enable us to accept more boys year-round, even in the heat of summer. This would not be possible otherwise, since the boys’ dormitories are on individual boats. If we cannot take them, we cannot help them, so this donation is the first step in changing the lives of these young boys.”

About Dometic Environmental Corporation Dometic Environmental Corporation (www.dometicenviro.com), a business unit of Dometic Corporation, is a world leader in air conditioning and refrigeration technology for marine, vehicular and other applications. The company’s products are marketed under the Dometic, Cruisair, Marine Air Systems, Grunert and Sentry brand names, with a heritage dating back over 45 years. Corporate headquarters and operations are in Pompano Beach, Fla., with operations also in Richmond, Va. Factory-trained service facilities are located throughout the world.

About Dometic Corporation Dometic is a customer driven, world-leading provider of innovative leisure products for the caravan, motorhome and marine markets. Dometic offers a complete range of air conditioners, refrigerators, awnings, cookers, sanitation systems, lighting, windows, doors and other equipment that make leisure life more comfortable away from home. Dometic also provides refrigerators for specific use in hotel rooms, offices, and for storage of medical products and wine along with comfort products designed for the over-the-road truck market. Dometic’s products are sold in almost 100 countries and are produced mainly in Dometic’s own production facilities around the world. Dometic has more than 4,400 employees.

About Safe Harbor Boys Home Established in 1984, Safe Harbor Boys Home admits boys 15-17 who have lost one or more parent to death, and who are experiencing behavior problems at home and at school and need an alternative home setting. Referrals are accepted from the professional and mental health communities, judiciary, pastors, relatives and friends. For more information about Safe Harbor Boys Home visit www.boyshome.com.