Making a Difference in Our Communities

From health and well-being, to food, shelter, and financial insecurity, and sustainability and the environment, we proudly support our partners in making a difference.

Health and Well-Being

Czar’s Promise

Employees, family members, and friends joined together to raise money to support pediatric and companion animal cancer research, and support companion animals and their families on cancer-fighting journeys through the local Madison organization, Czar’s Promise. The AprilAire team shared with attendees the importance of testing homes for the presence of radon gas. It is a little known fact that radon is the #1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers and the second leading cause of lung cancer nationwide.

AprilAire Healthy Air Fair

We held a Healthy Air Fair near our Madison, WI headquarters featuring a 5K walk / run, live entertainment, and interactive experiences—all to promote healthy living, raise funds for the American Lung Association, and showcase our commitment to Healthy Air and our community. The event raised over $20K to support the Lung Association with 80 participants in the 5K run or walk for healthy living, one hundred volunteer slots filled, and over 400 people in attendance.

The American Lung Association

We support the American Lung Association in its mission to save lives by improving lung health, preventing lung disease, and creating a healthy world. AprilAire once again sponsored two Wisconsin events – the Fight for Air Climb and the Oxygen Ball. These fundraisers provide support to defeat lung cancer, champion clean air for all, improve the quality of life for those with lung disease, and to create a tobacco-free future. As a sponsor of the Oxygen Ball, AprilAire helped the American Lung Association in Wisconsin raise almost $300K.

American Cancer Society

Once again, AprilAire stepped up to support the American Cancer Society as a Champion sponsor of the Coaches vs. Cancer gala. The AprilAire team showed up in force to help the event raise nearly $800,000 to support individuals and families impacted by cancer across Wisconsin, including directly fueling groundbreaking cancer research at the UW Health Carbone Cancer Center.

Food, Shelter, and Financial Insecurity

St. Vincent de Paul – Madison Centennial Celebration

Our partner since 2009, AprilAire is the presenting sponsor for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Madison year-long celebration of its first one hundred years of service in our community. AprilAire provides volunteers as well as financial support for its food pantry, charitable pharmacy, microlending program, social services, and its thrift stores.

Sleep in Heavenly
Peace

Record Breaking Bed Build Good Neighbor Event

A group of AprilAire volunteers helped our partner, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, deliver and construct beds for children who slept on the floor just the night before. Another untold number of employees bedding to make those new beds cozy and special. Together, we broke the record for the most beds delivered in a single day for the Madison, WI Sleep in Heavenly Peace chapter. Forty-seven kids now have a safe place to rest, dream, and believe in a better tomorrow. Their smiles say it all.

Habitat for Humanity – Annual Home Frame Up

We framed our second Habitat for Humanity home in the parking lot of the AprilAire Innovation Center. We support Habitat in its efforts to transform the lives of local families and communities with the incredible effects of safe and affordable shelter, including improvements in health, safety, child development, economic opportunity, and educational achievement.

Luke House

Since 1986 , Luke House has been serving free meals nine times a week to Madison, Wisconsin’s hungry – year-round, rain or shine. Its mission is simple: to feed the hungry, no questions asked. Its guests show up and they are fed. Once a month a group of AprilAire volunteers teams up to serve lunch at Luke House. In addition to serving food and drinks to guests, the group also sets up and clears the dining room, cleans the pots and pans used for food prep as well as used dishes and glassware to prepare to serve the next meal.

New Partner: Poynette Wisconsin Area Community Food Pantry

Located near our production campus in the Village Hall, the Poynette Area Community Food Pantry was added as a partner in 2025. It relies on community support to provide non-perishable food items and personal care and cleaning supplies to residents in need. The pantry serves 80 to 100 families each month.

FairShare CSA Coalition
Bike/Bus the Barns

AprilAire once again sponsored the annual FairShare CSA Bike/Bus the Barns event to pay tribute to area farmers and stress the importance of all people having access to fresh, healthy foods. Each year, Bike the Barns is FairShare’s largest fundraiser, supporting its work and the Partner Shares Program, which helps low-income households afford farm-fresh veggies.

Making a Difference During the Holidays

The AprilAire team made 2025 a holiday to remember for a special family in our community. Employees across the business purchased wish list items which were used to turn an empty apartment into a cozy home. The team enjoyed decorating the home for the holidays – including leaving lots of yummy treats and gifts, as well as arranging to have the tires replaced on the family car!

Employees also generously donated 135 gifts to Toys for Tots for the annual holiday drive. In the holiday spirit, a group brought the donated items to Toys for Tots and then organized the donation in their warehouse so everything was ready to go for magical holiday gift giving.

Education

Annual Back-to-School Donation Drive

Employees, vendors, and AprilAire contributed all the necessities for a great start to the school year for students of the Westside Elementary School in Sun Prairie, WI. The AprilAire team stuffed 60 backpacks, as well as provided teacher requested classroom supplies for a successful year. The school is an important part of the Sun Prairie community located less than 3 miles from the AprilAire Innovation Center. We appreciate the contributions of local partners QTI, Kramer Madison, and Complete Office.

Madison Public Library Foundation

AprilAire once again sponsored the Madison Public Library Foundation annual Ex Libris fundraiser. Proceeds from this immensely popular event help fund the public library efforts to spark literacy, foster curiosity, and support the community. We also added a sponsorship of the annual Lunch for Libraries event. Proceeds provide support for the Wisconsin Book Festival’s free, year-round author programming, as well as Madison Public Library youth literacy efforts.

Sustainability and the Environment

New Product Spotlight:
620 Whole-Home Humidifier

AprilAire introduced the Model 620 Large Bypass Evaporative Humidifier, expanding the HydroCore™ Humidifier Series to deliver best-in-class performance and efficiency*. The patented technology delivers 55% less wastewater**. An innovative recirculation valve distributes 3X more water across the panel** for optimal saturation while simultaneously reducing water down the drain – saving up to 4,650 gallons of water per year, equivalent to about 35,000 water bottles.^

Sustain Dane
Summit

AprilAire sponsored of the 17th annual Sustain Dane Summit, a conference for local sustainability leaders to learn, connect, share, reflect, and build skills focusing on Dane County, WI. This organization supports programs to connect businesses, organizations, schools, local governments, and individuals to sustainability support and resources.

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*Versus leading competitors’ UL listed bypass humidifiers of a similar size with 6” duct opening.

**Versus AprilAire Model 600 Bypass Humidifier.

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