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Anatomic Global Will Send Team to Haiti as Part of its WorldBed Project

Group to Help Distribute 1,400 Field Beds; Assess Ground Situation for Future Delivery

CORONA, CA -- Leading U.S. memory foam mattress manufacturer Anatomic Global, Inc. will send a small team to Haiti as part of its humanitarian initiative, The WorldBed Project. The group will help distribute 1,400 emergency field beds already shipped to displaced Haitians following the January 12 earthquake near Port-au-Prince. In addition, they will assess the ground situation to make possible the delivery of up to 200,000 WorldBeds it has committed to distribute.

The WorldBed Project Executive Director Patrick Johnson and The WorldBed Project Program Director Laura Castro will head the team that will travel with World Hope International from March 1-7 to Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas. They will stay at World Hope International camps set-up throughout the Island and meet with other not-for-profit organizations active in Haiti to better understand their logistical capabilities and each groups’ needs.

“Since the project began in January, it has been important to get a team on the ground firsthand to assess how the product is being received and distributed,” said Patrick Johnson, Executive Director of The WorldBed Project. “With the information we gather in Haiti we will be able to better serve the Haitian people in the months to come.”

“We will not only assist in the distribution of the beds, but we will volunteer and provide needed comfort to those affected by the earthquake,” added Johnson.

In addition to working with World Hope International, the group will help CARE distribute 1,000 beds that they had shipped last week. They will also meet with Parakletos International who delivered the first field beds in January.

To date Anatomic Global has been joined in the effort by FXI Foamex Innovations, Deslee Textiles USA, Royal Packaging, Brookwood Companies and Parakletos International. In addition, Anatomic Global is in discussions with several other mattress manufacturing companies and retailers. The company is re-investing its corporate profits from all operations for the first quarter of 2010 to manufacture WorldBeds for Haitian relief.

The WorldBed Project is a turnkey sleep system designed for emergency care and relief efforts. Built from high performing 3-inch cushioning foam, the cot-sized field beds can be compression packaged and quickly dispatched, in volume, to areas of need, anywhere, worldwide. It was created to provide needed comfort, increased levels of health and safety, and a more sanitary place to sleep in an effort to speed recovery, aid in healing.

The WorldBed Project was initiated during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in which Anatomic Global mobilized a team to make and distribute 3,000 field beds that ended up benefiting 11,000 persons in need. In response to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit near Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12, 2010, Anatomic Global, Inc. CEO David Farley, revisited the WorldBed concept and began operating it as an adjunct business unit of his company on January 14, 2010. Its mission is to deliver 200,000 WorldBed products to displaced Haitians over the next year and will continue to aid other global disaster relief programs on an as needed basis. For more information, visit www.WorldBed.org.

Founded in 1989, Anatomic Global, Inc. sets itself apart by raising the bar on the manufacture and supply of “proudly made in the USA” environmentally-friendly mattresses and bedding. The company upholds a 360-degree green manufacturing commitment in three ways – by developing applications for its innovative and sustainable plant-based formulas; by leading the industry with its zero-air emissions manufacturing process; and by applying the most efficient direct-to-store and consumer-direct delivery methods for a reduced carbon footprint.