| By Keith Gushard
MEADVILLE TRIBUNE
GUYS MILLS - - Tammy Turner said she developed her Internet site out of frustration in not being able to find data on what products are made in the U.S.
She began to develop it July in the wake of recalls of Chinese made goods that were sold in the U.S.
There are about a dozen or so websites focusing on made in U.S.A. products, but they can be confusing and time consuming, said Turner.
"It's not a store, we don't sell anything," Turner said of www.madebyyankees.net, her Internet site.
It only has one purpose, said Turner — provide data to consumers consumer on what products are made in the U.S. and where they can be purchased. The range of products to be found on the site includes household products, sporting goods, toys and tools. Customers can search for |
FIND AN ITEM
Consumers who cannot find a specific domestically made product and businesses whose products are not currently listed in the madebyyan-kees.net database may contact Tammy Turner via e-mail at yankee617@gmail.com, through the Internet site at www.madebyyankees.net; or by toll-free telephone at (888) 816-Easy(3279).
American-made items either by product or by retailer.
Turner, who by day is the business manager at the State Correctional Institution at Cambridge Springs, said she's not making money on the project at this point.
"I hope it can be a resource for people," she said.
Turner said her goal is to develop the site enough to gamer advertiser support on it.
Keith Gushatd can be reached at 724-6370 or by e-mail at kgushand@meadvilletribime.com.
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