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Jamestown Mattress Company Starts Fund At WCA Foundation

Members of the Pullan Family gather at the Jamestown Mattress manufacturing plant. Shown from left, front, are Lori Pullan, Louise Pullan, Jim Pullan and Pam Pullan. In back are Steve Pullan, Bruce Pullan, Jim Pullan Jr. and Aaron Pullan. The family recently created a fund to permanently support health care in this region. Submitted photo

One mattress at a time. That’s the tradition of the Jamestown Mattress Company that has grown from a local company to one with a national market. For the Pullan family, which operates the manufacturing company started in 1886, supporting its local community is also a tradition.

“This community has blessed our family business since day one,” said Jim Pullan Jr. “I am so thankful that both my parents have hearts for giving. It is also my passion which is why we have started The Jamestown Mattress Pullan Family Fund.

“We make it a point to give back whenever we can,” Pullan said. “We can’t thank the community at large enough for their support of our business. Starting a fund at WCA Foundation for the support of our local hospital is one way we can say thank you to everyone. Hopefully over the years we can build this fund into a fund that can bless many.

“As a foundation board member, I see firsthand what contributions to the foundation can do at the hospital. The Jamestown Mattress Pullan Family Fund will help purchase equipment for the hospital to bring services here that would be outside the realm of the normal hospital budget,” Pullan said.

Creating a fund to meet the greatest needs of the hospital is a gift to the customers and community Jamestown Mattress was founded to serve.

“I can’t think of a better way to support the Chautauqua region and Jamestown Mattress’ customers than to create this endowed fund,” said Brigetta Overcash, executive director of WCA Foundation. “The fund’s grants will continue to support the expansive health services delivered every day of the year at UPMC Chautauqua — forever. At the foundation all donations are held permanently and the allowable income from the accumulation of those gifts is given in grants to the hospital.

“The nice thing is anyone can make a contribution to this new fund or any of the other 42 funds at the foundation. Gifts for general support like this fund makes a tremendous impact on what the foundation can do for the hospital. $463,339 in grants have been given in 2019 specifically for cutting edge technology at our hospital,” Overcash shared.

Family, community and philanthropy go hand in hand at Jamestown Mattress Company.

“I’m very lucky” said Pullan. “I go to work every day and spend time with my Dad, my brothers, son, wife and sister-in-law. We are very fortunate we all get along and have done so over the past 30 some years.

“My parents, Jim and Louise Pullan, bought the W. I. Blystone Mattress Company in 1982 giving it the name Jamestown Mattress Company. Today, our family serves customers here and across the country with factory direct prices. We sell our product out of our seven stores and have the SUNY College contract. Our company has developed a private label and we wholesale our products. Recently we started a new ‘Bed-in-a-Box’ division, DLX Mattress, that compresses and roll packs mattresses for shipping to customers doorsteps across the country. This diversity has allowed us to weather downturns in the economy and enabled us to steadily grow each and every year.

“Our family name is behind every product we manufacture. That assures our customers that we take quality and workmanship very seriously as well as customer service,” continued Pullan. “That customer service is also why we try to give back to the community all that we can. It is an honor to serve the people of this area through our family business and by starting this fund to support the hospital.”

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