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The Waterworks Named One Of America's Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces

May 03, 2009

Columbus, Ohio (May 1, 2009) – The Waterworks announced it ranked #9 in Columbus on the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America list released today by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

“We continue to see increases in the number of companies establishing and enhancing adoption benefit policies. Even with today’s tough economy, we found that companies are dedicated more than ever to providing competitive benefits packages to help their employees when they adopt,” said Rita Soronen, executive director of the Foundation. “It is one benefit that employers can add without negatively impacting the bottom line.”

“The Waterworks offers a one-time adoption assistance benefit of up to $3,000 for the adoption of a child to all full-time and part-time employees who have completed one year of service,” said Amy Giesecke, Human Resources Coordinator for The Waterworks. “The company consistently reviews employee benefits and working conditions in order to provide the best programs we can to our employees.”

Rankings for the Best Adoption Friendly Workplace list are determined by an analysis of a company’s adoption benefits – financial reimbursement and paid leave – available to employees who adopt. The Foundation compiled the results from survey data collected from 753 U.S. employers. Employee Benefit News, a SourceMedia publication that is the leading source of information for benefits decision makers, helped extend the survey’s scope even further by inviting readers to participate. Wendy’s International, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio, earned the top spot with a maximum of $24,300 in financial assistance to up to six weeks paid leave.

Today, more than 150,000 foster care children are available for adoption in North America – 129,000 of them in the United States. Most will spend nearly four years in the system before they are adopted. The release of the third annual Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace List helps the Foundation increase foster care adoption awareness while celebrating those businesses that support adoptive families.

In addition to ranking the top 100, the Foundation also recognized the top ten by size, the leaders of each industry, and companies who support the cause of adoption and adoptive families in other ways. To view the complete Adoption-Friendly Workplace list, please visit www.adoptionfriendlyworkplace.org.

About The Waterworks
Since 1935, The Waterworks has been providing central Ohio homes and businesses with professional and courteous plumbing and drain cleaning services. In 2005, The Waterworks launched Comfortworks, a comprehensive heating and cooling division.
The Waterworks is a privately-owned, local company established on the core values of trust, honesty, respect, responsibility, and communication.
Through state-of-the-art dispatch hardware and courteous operators, The Waterworks offers prompt, emergency service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With approximately 90 team members, The Waterworks’ staff represents more than 200 years of combined expertise and has completed more than 600,000 service calls.

The Waterworks boasts one of the industry’s lowest turnover rates and can credit its success to finding and keeping the best people in the business. From benefits to work environment, The Waterworks offers a rewarding career opportunity to its employees.

About the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit public charity dedicated to dramatically increasing the number of adoptions of foster care children in North America. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s and an adopted child, created the Foundation in 1992 in support of the vision that every child will have a permanent home and a loving family. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption focuses on increasing foster care adoption awareness while supporting model adoption service programs and is committed to ensuring that adoption from the foster care system in streamlined, affordable and accessible to any family wanting to adopt. To learn more about the Foundation’s work, go to www.DaveThomasFoundationforAdoption.org.

Press Contact:
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Phone: 614-850-8838
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