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American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning's My Comfy Home Coloring

Contest Announces Eight Finalist Families Competing for a $15,000 Home Comfort

Makeover

TYLER, Texas, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constantly vacuuming, dusting and wiping down surfaces will soon become a thing of the past for one lucky family. American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning announces eight finalists in its My Comfy Home Coloring Contest and invites America to vote online at http://www.americanstandardair.com/comfy for the family they think is most in need of a home makeover valued at $15,000, including a consultation with home comfort expert and author Hannah Keeley. The deadline for voting is November 27, 2007.

Picturing a cleaner, healthier and more comfortable home

The contest invited families to drop their dust cloths and pick up some crayons to work together on their entries. Parents or caregivers were asked to submit a 100-word essay on why they wanted to make their home more comfortable, and their child was asked to draw a picture of their home. Judges sifted through entries from around the nation to select the finalists.

Americans are invited to view families' stories and illustrations online and vote for one of the following:

-- The Campagne family, Tucson, Ariz.

-- The Hernandez family, Dade City, Fla.

-- The Oakley family, Des Moines, Iowa

-- The Pieper-Hemmings family, Hendersonville, Tenn.

-- The Preston family, Willow Grove, Pa.

-- The Stannard family, Kent, Wash.

-- The Tuznik family, La Port, Ind.

-- The Wertanen family, Coloma, Mich.

Entries described and illustrated everything from an allergy-prone family of 10 that stirs up dirt, dust and dander, to a home with poor indoor air caused in part by two pet hamsters named "Munchkin" and
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