TRSA companies have a long tradition of community-service efforts that extend far beyond providing customers with uniforms, linens and mats. In fact, for decades charitable giving has played an important role in strategic planning for companies seeking to show their determination to help communities here and abroad fight poverty and disease. 
 
The photos above show two examples of such ‘good works.’ The upper photo shows a group of San Francisco-area linen supply men who volunteered in 1962 for duty aboard the hospital ship known as “Project Hope.” The vessel had in its cargo hold 44 donated cloth ...