COVID-19

Chaparral Parent Company Donates $100,000

Chaparral Donates

Chaparral builds a full line of family boats at its headquarters in Nashville, Ga.

Marine Products Corporation, the parent company of Chaparral and Robalo Boats, is donating $100,000 through the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation to The Caring Place, a non-profit organization in Nashville, Ga. In addition, Chaparral Boats has donated hundreds of N95 masks to local medical facilities in south Georgia to help in the COVID-19 crisis.

Close to Home

The Caring Place provides access to basic resources to residents of Nashville and Berrien County, where Marine Products Corporation is headquartered. “Chaparral Boats has operated in Nashville since 1976,” Richard A. Hubbell, Marine Products Corporation CEO said in a statement. “This community and its support mean a great deal to us. In turn, we have always been proud of our involvement in the local economy and are pleased to support our employees, their families and the broader Nashville community in a meaningful way.”

Important Donation

Chaparral also donated hundreds of N95 masks to local south Georgia nursing homes, South Georgia Medical Center’s Berrien Campus, Tift General Hospital and the Chaparral Health Clinic.

Chaparral Donates

Robalo fishing boats are also built at the Marine Products headquarters in Nashville.

“On behalf of our community and our employees, we are very fortunate to have the support of the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation,” Buck Pegg, Chaparral founder, said. “The Rollins family has championed our company throughout many decades. Our loyalty to our employees and our community is always a top priority to ensure our decisions and commitments are made in the best interest of those we proudly serve.”