HOHENWALD, Tenn., Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- December 2, 2019 was a celebration of the
100,000th Safe Step Walk-In Tub manufactured and it was
given to one special man who spearheaded the company's good
fortune: Rene Bonville, who passed
away peacefully on January 22,
2020.
Bonville was Safe Step's original installer and got the
attention of Safe Step's founder Mike
Duffer, whose dream in 2008 to build the best walk-in tub
available was being compromised by sub-optimum suppliers. Bonville
facilitated a meeting between Oliver Fiberglass Products owner
Daniel Oliver, also VP of Oliver
Technologies, and Duffer. The meeting proved pivotal to Safe Step's
success over the next decade and continues to this day.
Safe Step is now the largest, most well-respected and
third-party accoladed walk-in tub company in North America. With a significant milestone in
sight last year (100,000 tubs being manufactured), Safe Step
targeted Bonville based on his invaluable impact on the company.
Duffer, Oliver and his family along with 100 team members gathered
late last year in order to honor the man who very well may have
triggered the company's prosperity.
Safe Step created a program of giving in 2013, aptly named Safe
Step Cares, which has been responsible for dozens of donations to
those in need without the cost of the state-of-the-art tub.
Bonville was the latest Safe Step Cares recipient. Rene never had
the luxury to routinely experience the masterpiece he helped
create, yet he basked in the reverence and respect he so rightfully
deserved during his day attended by virtually all loved ones, team
members, media and local dignitaries.
"Safe Step is forever grateful for Rene," said Duffer. "I could
always count on honest, candid feedback from him. He was as dear
and kind as he was smart and his counsel ultimately led to Safe
Step offering the best walk-in tubs on the planet."
Rene's story and the partnership's success were gracefully
covered by the small community's news sources such as the Lewis
County Herald and the Columbia Times.
The Herald's managing editor Ms. Becky
Newbold attended the event and turned it into a front-page
story of remembrance.
Rene Bonville was honored,
celebrated and laid to rest this past Saturday.
About Safe Step Walk-In Tub
Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co. is the largest walk-in tub company in
North America and is known for
quality, service and affordability. Safe Step Tubs have received
the Ease-Of-Use Commendation by the Arthritis Foundation and are
manufactured and built in America using American-made components.
Their quality is backed with the best warranty in the business,
including a lifetime warranty on the tub, the door seal and
faucets. Servicing all of the US and all of Canada, Safe Step Walk-In Tub is a family
company, headquartered in Nashville,
Tennessee. Its national program of giving, Safe Step Cares,
which provides tubs to those in need, has been recognized as a top
PR program in the US for the past 6 years.
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