FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:             May 11, 1998

Contact:       Donna Bedwell

(540) 948—2272,   (540) 948—3544 fax

SAV-A-LIFE INDUSTRIES RECEIVES PARTNERS IN QUALITY AWARD

Madison, Virginia SAV-A-LIFE INDUSTRIES was a recipient of the 1997 Partners In Quality Award from Plow & Hearth. Currently, Plow & Hearth partners with over 400 vendors and recognized eight of them as Partners In Quality for 1997. The Partners In Quality Award is presented in recognition of those vendors who have provided exemplary vendor service and a dedication in supplying the highest quality merchandise to Plow & Hearth for at least three years.

SAV-A-LIFE INDUSTRIES supplies Plow & Hearth with the Deer Alert devices, and for  and for the past ten years they have been one of their most popular suppliers.

                         “SAV-A-LIFE INDUSTRIES is the type of vendor we want to deal with, “   states Steve Wagner, a Plow & Hearth Product Manager. They share in our philosophy of providing world class services to our customers.”

                         In addition to the Partners In Quality Award plaque presented to Sav-A-Life, their name has been placed on Plow & Hearth’s permanent Partners in Quality Award display, which is hung in the lobby of Plow & Hearth’ s distribution center in Madison, Virginia.