Textile services companies have a long-standing reputation for helping people in need—whether it’s disaster relief as we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, or the recent ‘build a bear’ event at TRSA’s Annual Convention in La Jolla, CA. In the latter program, attendees assembled teddy bears and greeting cards for sick children and their families staying at an area Ronald McDonald House. 
 
Now, with the holidays nearly upon us, it’s worth noting an earlier charitable effort by a Connecticut textile services company, M. Setlow & Son Inc. In the nearby photo from the March 1973 Linen ...