Kathy Ireland Visits Troops in Germany

Wiesbaden, Germany, January 13, 2006--U.S. military personnel stationed at Wiesbaden Army Air Field got a surprise visit by Lifestyle Designer Kathy Ireland, who is the namesake for Shaw Industries' Kathy Ireland Home collection of flooring, when she toured the base hospital and visited with the wounded men and women in the armed services. Following her meetings with the hundreds of soldiers, many en route to or from Iraq and Afghanistan, Ireland, whose product empire reports sales of more than $1 billion, announced: "My life has been changed by meeting the troops at Wiesbaden. The love, heroism, courage and leadership of these men and women, who serve around the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan, make me understand what it means to be an American and to give everything that is needed for your country." Ireland's personal holiday gift to American military personnel in the two areas of combat was 70,000 pairs of socks, each with a letter of gratitude from her. Ms. Ireland, who in ten years has built her product empire Kathy Ireland Worldwide, which began with the manufacture of socks, into a home design firm with gross retail sales of over a billion dollars a year, is visiting Germany on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce to represent American business interests in commercial gatherings on this continent.

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