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Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Channel Craft has been manufacturing Authentic American Toys, Games and Puzzles that are "Quality Crafted" right here in the U.S.A. for over 25 years now. You'll find
American Pastimes that are produced by skilled craftsmen and women to ensure aesthetic beauty, durability and great play value.
According to the Toy Industry Association approximately 90 percent of the toys our children play with are made in China. Channel Craft Toy Company, however, makes more than
100 authentic American-crafted toys right here in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. The wood used to make items like whistles and tic tac toe boards are locally grown and include
poplar and sassafras.
Charleroi, just outside of Pittsburgh and once a thriving steel mill town, was crippled in the 1970s when the mills were shuttered. The founder & owner
Mr. Helfer said the mill closings caused a mass exodus and he estimates the town of Charleroi is about half the population it was 20 years ago.
As testimony to the American spirit and entreprenurial zeal, today Helfer has replaced his workshop van he started in with a 32,000-foot manufacturing plant employing
more than 30 permanent American employees. Mr. Helfer has no interest in leaving the USA to do his manufacturing in China. "Everything that we sell is and will be made here in
the United States," he said.
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"I've got over 10,000 customers that are proud of that too," he said. "The retailers that sell Channel Craft Toys like to boast that the products in their toy store, in their
national park, in their museum is made right here in the United States." We applaud, honor and welcome Mr. Helfer and all the employees of Channel Craft Toys as proud members of
American Made Hero Company!
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Alexander Hamilton |
"Not only the wealth, but the independence and
security of a country, appear to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers. Every nation ... ought to endeavor to possess within
itself all the essentials of a national supply. They comprise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing and
defense ... The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the United States, which was not long since deemed very
questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted."
-- Alexander Hamilton ... an American Made Hero! |
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Diane Sawyer & ABC News fully promotes buying
American Made!
We applaud Ms. Sawyer's decision to promote and not ridicule the need for more
Americans to purchase more domestically
manufactured product and we welcome her as a new member of
AmericanMadeHeroes.com.
Click here
... for Ms. Sawyer's great support of America's domestic manufacturers!
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Teaching classic games
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Marbles in a Classic Toy Tin by Channel Craft & Made in the USA!
Nostalgic Toy Tins feature classic games from our childhood.
- 48 assorted Marbles
- 2 Large Shooters
- 20 page Handbook on marble games
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