GREENVILLE, N.C. (November 26, 2010) – November is a season for giving. In keeping with this month’s theme, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG) presented a check for $55,000 to United Way of Pitt County. As a sponsor of ECU athletics, the check presentation took place during today’s football game versus SMU at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

"NMHG is proud to have raised $55,000 through charitable employee donations for United Way of Pitt County,” said Jonathan Dawley, VP of Marketing, NMHG. “Even during these trying recessionary times, NMHG employees put others first. This is a true testament of what our company and employees stand for. I couldn’t be more proud to be a part of such a giving and selfless organization.”

Cecelia Scott, executive director of United Way of Pitt County, was on the field to receive the check from Dawley.

"We cannot thank NMHG and its employees enough for their contribution during a time when each and every dollar matters,” said Scott. “NMHG and its employees continue to be leading contributors to our cause, and their generosity will not go unnoticed by Pitt County residents in need during this holiday season. They are wonderful corporate citizens.”

Founded more than 50 years ago, United Way of Pitt County is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the common good by focusing on the keys to a good life – education, income, health and neighbors helping neighbors. United Way of Pitt County is a member of the United Way of America, located in Alexandria, Va. United Way of America is an independent, national organization that serves approximately 1,400 other United Ways across the country.

A world leader in the lift truck industry, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG) designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, NMHG employs approximately 4,500 people worldwide and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NC).