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Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Phoenix
A $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant helped South Pointe Junior High create a new outdoor lunch and playground area. The old area was not user-friendly, and there were limited resources for students to access. The new shaded structure provides a critical benefit because temperatures in Arizona can reach 100 degrees by April.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Tucson, Ariz.
More than 100 Lowe’s Heroes from Tucson-area stores came together to roll up their sleeves, break out their ladders and paint the exterior of the local Boys & Girls Club. Volunteers splashed the exterior with bright colors so members at the Frank & Edith Morton Clubhouse can have an updated and welcoming space to enjoy after-school activities. Lowe’s has supported the Boys & Girls Clubs of America as a national partner since 2009.
SkillsUSA
Johnson City, N.Y.
The SkillsUSA Broome-Tioga BOCES chapter in Binghamton rebuilt a local park destroyed by Tropical Storm Lee with the help of a $24,000 Community Rebuilding grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation. Lowe’s Heroes from Binghamton and Vestal worked with students to rebuild concessions stands and four dugouts and construct new park benches and picnic tables at Northside Park. The facilities also are used by the Johnson City Central School District.
Lowe's Heroes
San Jacinto, Calif.
More than 35 Lowe’s Heroes from Lowe’s Regional Distribution Center in Perris helped update several outdoor amenities at De Anza Elementary School. In just one day, Lowe’s volunteers installed a privacy fence, picnic tables and gazebos. The updates provided an enhanced outdoor seating area for students, parents and teachers.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Wellington, Colo.
Rice Elementary School wanted to expand its organic garden as it entered its second growing season, and Lowe’s Toolbox for Education provided a $2,000 grant to help. Now, more students have opportunities in the garden through after-school and summer enrichment classes as well as hands-on service-learning projects.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Tolland, Conn.
A $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant enabled Tolland Intermediate School to install an age-appropriate playground accessible to all students. “With up to 200 students at recess three times a day, this playscape will give them the necessary exercise and challenges they need during their school day,” said Karen Moran, president of the Tolland Elementary PTO.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Jacksonville, Fla.
Students at Chaffee Trail Elementary School pitched in and got their hands dirty as part of a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. The support from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation funded four retractable awnings and several mature trees to help reduce direct sunlight on the area where they were creating an outdoor space.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Orlando, Fla.
For the fourth consecutive year, Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation helped keep Hispanic students on track for a college degree through support for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s Steps for Success program. Lowe’s $25,000 grant funded a workshop at Valencia College to promote the importance of staying in school and teach middle and high school students and their parents about college access, financial aid and scholarship opportunities. Lowe’s Heroes supported the event, which was attended by more than 270 students and parents.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Dalton, Ga.
A $45,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation allowed the Boys & Girls Clubs of Gordon, Murray, and Whitfield Counties to update bathrooms, windows and more at the Carl Rollins unit. Lowe’s Heroes helped replace and installed nearly a dozen new toilets and bathroom stalls along with 30 new windows around the club. They also replaced the front door, making the northeast Georgia facility that much more inviting.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Kailua, Hawaii
More students at Aikahi Elementary School are able to take advantage of their playground after the school expanded seating with the help of a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. The school installed new concrete benches and tables, making the area wheelchair-accessible, to ensure all students are able to enjoy the existing playground.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Chicago
Students at Zapata Elementary Academy are able to enjoy activities and learning opportunities outside year-round, thanks to a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. The school’s enclosed courtyard provides a safe outdoor environment for students, but seating was an issue. The new metal, all-weather picnic tables purchased with the grant will last for years to come and complement the courtyard’s gardens and turtle and bird sanctuary.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Marsing, Idaho
When students at Marsing Elementary School learned they had received a $4,750 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant, they were excited to get started on their outdoor classroom. More than 100 area high school students helped build the paver pathway, and the classroom provides a dynamic learning environment. It has wireless connectivity that allows students to use personal computing devices to access the district’s web-based educational programs and apps.
Lowe's Heroes
Waterloo, Iowa
Lowe’s Heroes volunteered their time and skills to landscape Kingsley Elementary School. Volunteers cleaned out and mulched several areas of the facility and planted butterfly bushes. Lowe’s contributed $2,000 in materials to the project. Principal Susan Flodeen welcomed the addition as a great learning tool for lower grades at the school.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Ponchatoula, La.
Champ Cooper Elementary School used a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant to create an exercise and walking trail on campus. The quarter-mile walking trail features exercise stations that students and community members can use for training purposes or basic recreation.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Edina, Minn.
Highlands Elementary School put its $3,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant to work in an underutilized space outside of two classrooms. The school created a sensory garden with plants and hardscape elements that stimulate and appeal to the five senses. The new garden provides numerous hands-on learning and interactive opportunities.
SkillsUSA
Kirksville, Mo.
The Kirksville Area Technical Center received a $10,000 Lowe’s Community Improvement grant to keep the Green Thumb Project alive and well in its town. Students from the SkillsUSA chapter at the school used the funds to create an outdoor classroom at Ray Miller Elementary School that included fencing, a seating area, walking paths and a small pavilion. The new area is used by students and the community.
Lowe’s Heroes
St. Louis, Mo.
Lowe’s Heroes from four Greater St. Louis area stores volunteered their time and skills to update the playground and four bathrooms at the St. Louis Language Immersion Schools. The Lowe’s volunteers installed safety padding tiles on the playground and new toilets, sinks, exhaust fans, mirrors and lights in the bathrooms. Lowe’s also contributed $3,600 in materials to help complete the weeklong project.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Windsor, N.C.
Bertie STEM High School’s Robotics team received a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant to help students build better robots for competition. The students in the STEM school had six weeks to construct and program their robot, and funds from the grant helped them purchase supplies. The Bertie team competes in FIRST Robotics competitions. FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.”
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Statesville, N.C.
Celeste Henkel Elementary School raised enough money to buy digital projectors for 25 classrooms but was able to mount them in only 19 rooms. Thanks to a $5,900 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant, the remaining six classrooms were outfitted with projectors. The technology enables teachers to project websites and other computer images. “Thanks to Lowe’s generous grant, we are able to give our students the technology they need to become 21st century learners,” said Jonathan Ribbeck, Celeste Henkel principal.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Osceola, Neb.
Osceola Middle School upgraded its vocational facilities and expanded community service opportunities for students with the help of a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. The school replaced outdated appliances with energy-efficient models that are more reliable and better for the environment. The updated educational kitchen allows vocational students to prepare assignments in a class setting and participate in more community bake sales, meals and other projects.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
Las Vegas
Cimarron-Memorial High School’s engineering program used an $18,000 Lowe’s Charitable and Educational grant to turn a vacant woodshop classroom into a state-of-the-art engineering workshop with new workstations and machinery. The grant helped expand the school’s career and technical opportunities and improved student work areas.
The Nature Conservancy
Santa Fe, N.M.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation supported six major conservation projects through its $1.25 million contribution to The Nature Conservancy, including efforts to protect Albuquerque’s watershed from pollution. The funds are being used to help keep the city’s water clean and safe. Additionally, Lowe’s support has enhanced conservation work related to Santa Fe’s freshwater resources through community education and outreach initiatives involving youth groups, nonprofits and the city of Santa Fe.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
Lakewood, Ohio
A $5,000 grant funded four raised brick planting beds, a paver walkway, flagpole and sprinkler system to enhance the learning lab in front of Lakewood High School. The project beautified the entrance of the school and added a significant dimension to the horticulture program by linking the curriculum with the natural environment. Students are learning to manage the environmental challenges of insects, weather and wildlife.
UNCF
Wilberforce, Ohio
For the fourth consecutive year, Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation contributed to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to benefit the Campaign for Emergency Student Aid, which has helped 5,400 UNCF-supported seniors graduate on time. A two-year, $1 million grant is assisting students at all 38 UNCF-member, private historically black colleges and universities, from Wilberforce University in Ohio to Florida Memorial University in Miami.
SkillsUSA
El Reno, Okla.
A $9,000 Lowe’s Community Improvement grant awarded to the SkillsUSA chapter at the Canadian Valley Technology Center funded the design and construction of an outdoor center and wheelchair-accessible learning garden for the community. Through the project, students learned about Xeriscape gardening and created a sustainable garden that can withstand severe drought in Oklahoma. Five Lowe’s employees joined students for the final build day.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Tigard, Ore.
A $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant helped build a closer connection between the students at Charles F. Tigard Elementary School and their community. The new school garden provides learning activities for students and opportunities for community members to garden alongside them. The hands-on approach taught students how to grow vegetables and support their neighbors, many of whom fall below the poverty level.
Rebuilding Together
Philadelphia
More than 100 Lowe’s Heroes from 15 area stores supported the Building a Healthy Neighborhood event in west Philadelphia. With the backing of a $500,000 contribution from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, Lowe’s Heroes helped rehabilitate 31 homes and build a playground in the Overbrook neighborhood in partnership with Carter’s Kids. The playground at the Overbook Environmental Education Center serves area public, private and charter school students who participate in the center’s activities.
Boys & Girls Clubs
Beaufort, S.C.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation provided a $50,000 grant to fund improvements at the Beaufort Boys & Girls Club. Lowe’s Heroes and community volunteers replaced the old rubber floor tiles in the gym with a new vinyl surface. The new floor expands the number of activities the club can offer, including roller skating. Since 2009, Lowe’s foundation has donated more than $4 million to improve clubs across the country.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
Rock Hill, S.C.
Old Pointe Elementary School received a $5,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation to transform a courtyard entrance into an educational garden filled with plants native to South Carolina. Lowe’s Heroes volunteered their assistance and worked alongside students and teachers to create the garden to be used extensively by the school’s bird watching and gardening clubs.
Habitat for Humanity
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Thanks to funding from Lowe’s, high school students from the Sioux Falls School District developed construction trade skills as they learned how to build an ENERGY STAR® qualified home through the Hammering for Humanity program. The Habitat for Humanity project provided affordable housing for a local partner family who purchased the home.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Memphis, Tenn.
Hamilton Middle School created a learning garden and assisted community neighbors with support from a $2,300 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. The funds paid for a set of rakes, a composter, lawn and gardening tools, soil and seeds. Students use the tools to rake and gather leaves from the yards of area residents. They use the composter to study the effects of decomposition and use the compost and soil to feed their garden and study plant growth.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Houston
More than 120 Lowe’s Heroes from 27 area stores donated their time and skills to update six clubs with critical repairs that included painting, landscaping, fencing, new appliances and kitchen and bathroom remodels. Lowe’s contributed more than $32,000 in materials to the projects, which took months of planning and several weeks of prep work. The floor-to-roof renovations improved the facilities used by more than 5,000 children and teens in some of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in Houston.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
El Paso, Texas
A $32,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation enabled the Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso to address several urgent needs. Twenty Lowe’s Heroes from two area stores volunteered their time and skills to help replace the club’s roof and air conditioning and heating units. Lowe’s volunteers gave all the rooms in the club a fresh coat of paint, and the grant also funded gym improvements that allow members to participate in activities year-round.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Corpus Christi, Texas
With help from a $3,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant, W.B. Ray High School turned a worn-out, 30-year-old greenhouse into an inviting outdoor learning laboratory for students in the school’s science department and Botany Club. The grant funded landscaping improvements that included a stoned pathway to a birdbath, fountain, benches and pond. The greenhouse also was restored and filled with tropical, desert and floral gardens along with raised plant beds.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
North Salt Lake City, Utah
A $100,000 grant From Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation and the hard work of Lowe’s Heroes helped Spectrum Academy expand its academic and recreational programs. The school serves a mixture of students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and students throughout the autism spectrum. The grant helped Spectrum Academy finish the construction of its second floor to make room for 175 additional students. More than 30 Lowe’s Heroes from Lowe’s of West Bountiful helped the school complete its playground renewal project by laying 12,000 square feet of sod.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Afton, Va.
A $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant helped Rockfish River Elementary School complete its multi-year playground improvement initiative. The grant funded a new picnic shelter that’s used an outdoor classroom and to provide a sheltered area for recreational activities. It also funded a new school store. Students built the store and run it.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Pasco, Wash.
Lowe’s employees from Pasco and Kennewick volunteered their time to support a $100,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant to the Pasco School District Vocational Building Program. The program brings together students from three area high schools to design and construct a house. Lowe’s Heroes worked hand-in-hand with students and district officials to supply materials and provide advice and installation assistance during construction.
Rebuilding Together
Seattle
More than 100 Lowe’s Heroes partnered with Rebuilding Together and Carter’s Kids to revitalize the South Beacon Hill neighborhood during a two-day event. Through the support of Seattle Public Schools, the volunteers built a new playground to benefit the preschool students at Tiny Tots Development Center and the entire South Beacon Hill community. In addition, they completed critical home renovations and repairs for five local families.
Lowe's Heroes
Monterrey, Mexico
More than 30 Lowe’s Heroes from Lowe’s Linda Vista store completed major renovations at CAM (Centro de Atención Múltiple), a public school that provides job training and helps students with disabilities develop skills and attend traditional classes. The work was completed with the support of a $20,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation. Lowe’s Heroes painted the school’s exterior and interior, and remodeled and repaired classrooms and bathrooms.
Lowe's Heroes
Monterrey, Mexico
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation contributed a $20,000 grant to fund critical improvements for kindergartners at Jardín de Niños Oswaldo Gutierrez San Miguel. More than 50 Lowe’s Heroes from Lowe’s Sendero store volunteered to complete the updates. Lowe’s Heroes installed ceiling fans, new lighting and a 600-foot security fence, painted the school’s exterior and interior, planted trees, plants and grass in play areas, and added a concrete base for the playground and patio.
Skills Canada
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
As part of Lowe’s continued support of trades education, Lowe’s Canada employees took part in provincial and national Skills competitions in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. In Ontario, Lowe’s Heroes hosted a series of paint and drywall workshops for students. In Alberta, eight schools received a $10,000 grant from Lowe’s. Carmangay Outreach School used the grant to establish its pre-trades program. Students enjoyed a guided tour and two-hour shopping spree at Lowe’s southeast Calgary store, where they purchased tools and materials used to complete their first construction project, a new garden shed.
Lowe's Heroes
Gadsden, Ala.
Lowe’s Heroes completed a major makeover of the James M. Barrie Center for Children. Lowe’s volunteers replaced the flooring in the children’s playroom and kitchen, installed new blinds and added a gas grill to the patio to help the center host cookouts. The Barrie Center assists children who’ve been victims of physical, mental and sexual abuse.
Lowe's Heroes
Phoenix
As Phoenix’s only emergency runaway shelter, the Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development serves up to 300 meals daily. When Lowe’s learned the facility lacked space for food storage and an adequate eating area, Lowe’s Heroes from 13 areas stores updated the kitchen and other spaces to allow the shelter to accommodate local youth. Lowe’s contributed more than $15,000 in materials.
Rebuilding Together
Berkeley, Calif.
Lowe’s joined with Rebuilding Together to complete energy-efficiency improvements for a senior couple who’s lived in their home for more than 43 years. With the support of an $8,000 grant and Lowe’s Heroes, the updates helped the family lower energy bills and eliminate water intrusion and exterior wood deterioration.
Habitat for Humanity
Los Angeles
Lowe’s Heroes teamed with Habitat volunteers including E! News correspondent Kristina Guerrero, her mother and sister to support National Women Build Week, an annual event underwritten by Lowe’s that inspires and trains women to build homes with partner families. Lowe’s contributed $1.3 million to help build homes across the country. More than 900 Lowe’s Heroes raised their hammers during the week.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation donated $50,000 to fund the renovation of Centennial Arena as part of the Lowe’s Community Rink Renovation program. Lowe's Canada employees and community volunteers installed a new suspended, energy-efficient ceiling system in the arena. They also helped build shelving and repaint walls in dressing rooms. In partnership with Hockey Canada, Lowe’s has committed $500,000 to revitalize 10 community arenas across Canada, two each year through 2015. The first two projects were completed in 2011 at Frank McCool Arena in Calgary and Maple Lions Arena in Ontario.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
Hintonburg, Ottawa, Canada
A $50,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation funded a long-awaited facelift for Tom Brown Arena. The upgrades completed by Lowe’s Heroes and community volunteers included a new lit building sign, the installation of an accessibility ramp, renovations to the dressing rooms, new fixtures and sinks in bathrooms, a new boiler for the heating system, energy-efficient lighting in the lobby and a fresh paint job for the arena, which was built in 1978. The project is part of Lowe’s Canada’s five-year rink renovation program benefiting youth hockey teams and Lowe’s store communities. Lowe’s Canada has supported youth hockey since opening our first Canadian store in 2007.
American Red Cross
Fort Collins, Colo.
Dozens of Lowe’s employees in Fort Collins and Greeley made 150 sifters and donated those and other emergency supplies to the American Red Cross to help wildfire victims clean up and recover from a mammoth northern Colorado blaze. Lowe’s Heroes went into affected communities to distribute relief buckets filled with trash bags, water, respirators and other supplies. In addition to a $250,000 contribution to the Red Cross to help fire victims in Colorado and other western states, Lowe’s donated more than 14,000 pairs of work gloves to the Red Cross to distribute to residents and emergency officials.
Lowe's Heroes
Waycross, Ga.
Lowe’s Heroes from Lowe’s of Waycross landscaped the grounds at the Georgia Lions’ Camp for the Blind. The volunteers planted shade trees, shrubs and a dozen fruit trees, created an herb garden and installed an irrigation system. The camp serves nearly 200 blind and visually impaired children, teens and adults each year.
Habitat for Humanity
Nanakuli, Hawaii
Employees from Lowe’s of Waipahu rolled up their sleeves and worked alongside volunteers from various military branches and Habitat for Humanity Leeward Oahu to help veterans in Nanakuli make critical repairs to their homes. With Lowe’s funding and volunteer support, the Hammers for Heroes project assisted veterans and active-duty personnel on five Hawaiian islands.
Lowe's Heroes
Pleasant Hill, Iowa
In collaboration with the city of Pleasant Hill, Lowe’s Heroes from Altoona joined together to create a community garden for the town. The Heroes’ work included installing a fence around the garden and building 20 raised garden beds. Since the late 1990s, Lowe’s employees have been teaming up through the Lowe’s Heroes program to make their communities better places to live.
The Nature Conservancy
Chicago
The support of Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation helps The Nature Conservancy build a network of volunteers to address conservation threats and create more sustainable communities. Across Illinois, Lowe’s foundation’s contributions connected volunteers to projects through the Volunteer Stewardship Network. Each year, the program links more than 20,000 individuals of all ages and backgrounds to volunteer opportunities at approximately 350 natural areas.
Lowe's Heroes
Galesburg, Ill.
Lowe’s Heroes partnered with community volunteers to provide an updated space for displaced military veterans at the Defenders of Freedom Veterans Homeless Shelter. Nineteen volunteers donated nearly 200 hours of time over three weeks to complete the project. They replaced the roof, painted, landscaped, installed a privacy fence and created a space for a cookout area.
Keep America Beautiful
Fort Knox, Ky.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation provided a $5,000 grant to the Kentucky Clean Community Program to fund a one-acre vegetable garden and introduce military families to gardening and environmental and nutritional education. The Fort Knox Military Families Community Garden was inspired by the Governor’s Garden initiative. Lowe’s foundation contributed 120 grants to support grassroots community improvement projects across the country as part of a $1 million donation to Keep America Beautiful.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
Morehead, Ky.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation provided a $16,000 grant to the Haldeman Hayes Crossing Community Center to fund a new generator and help create a safe place for local residents to stay during a disaster. Haldeman Hayes Crossing Community Center helps enhance the economic, educational, recreational and social well-being of residents year-round.
First Response Team
Kenner, La.
Lowe’s Heroes from area stores joined Lowe’s national partner, The First Response Team of America, to help local residents clean up and recover after Hurricane Isaac swept through southeast Louisiana. The storm forced thousands to evacuate and damaged 59,000 homes. The Lowe’s volunteers assisted several homeowners in Kenner with home repairs and tree and debris removal. The First Response Team traveled in and out of flooded communities on rescue craft to assist local residents in need, helped power up a large shelter and completed more than 40 projects in Louisiana.
Lowe's Heroes
Eddington, Maine
Lowe’s Heroes from two stores near Eddington helped a local Boy Scouts troop complete a veterans memorial in their community. As part of the project, they built a star-shaped retaining wall to be filled with flowers and a bench in remembrance of veterans. Last year, Lowe’s Heroes completed more than 1,300 projects in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Habitat for Humanity
Detroit
Women Build volunteers from Lowe’s and Habitat for Humanity spent six days lending a helping hand in the Morningside Commons neighborhood on Detroit’s east side to build a home for a local family. The project was part of National Women Build Week, an annual event underwritten by Lowe’s that inspires women to help create affordable housing in their communities.
Rebuilding Together
Minneapolis and St. Paul
An $8,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation funded critical home repairs for 15 families in need in the Twin Cities. More than 150 young adults volunteered their time to help make the energy-efficiency and weatherization improvements on Sept. 22, the Big Day of Serving hosted by Rebuilding Together Twin Cities. The upgrades helped keep local families warmer while lowering homeowners’ energy costs.
SkillsUSA
Bottineau, N.D.
A $10,000 Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation grant funded a new concessions stand and storage area for a local ballpark used by Bottineau Parks and Recreation. Students from the Bottineau Public Schools SkillsUSA chapter completed the renovations. In 2012, Lowe's foundation awarded 32 Community Improvement grants to SkillsUSA chapters in 28 states.
Keep America Beautiful
Tularosa, N.M.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation provided a $20,000 grant to Keep Tularosa Beautiful to build a community park and recreational facility. The grant also enabled the local Keep America Beautiful affiliate to plant more than 20 trees in the area. The new space gives local families a grassy, shady and safe place to play. Lowe’s foundation contributed 120 grants to support grassroots community improvement projects across the country as part of a $1 million donation to Keep America Beautiful.
Habitat for Humanity
New York
Lowe’s Heroes teamed with best-selling author Julie Edelman, five-time Olympic basketball star Teresa Edwards and local Habitat volunteers to revitalize the Youth Chorus Center at the New York City Housing Authority's Taft Houses. The volunteers helped paint and landscape the center during National Women Build Week, an annual event underwritten by Lowe’s.
Rebuilding Together
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Partnering with Rebuilding Together Dutchess County, Lowe’s Heroes donated their time and skills to install new windows and doors for a senior homeowner. Lowe’s volunteers also distributed energy-efficiency kits to 40 area homes. During the fall, 65 Rebuilding Together affiliates received an $8,000 Lowe’s grant to provide weatherization and energy-efficiency upgrades to low-income homeowners.
Habitat for Humanity
Miami
Vanessa Hauc, news anchor for the Spanish-language Telemundo television network, joined Lowe’s Heroes and Habitat volunteers to construct a Women Build home in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood. Lowe’s contributed $1.3 million to help build homes during National Women Build Week. More than 900 Lowe’s Heroes were among 12,000 volunteers across the country.
Lowe's Heroes
Holland, Ohio
Lowe’s Heroes from four area stores worked with crews from Springfield Township to help clean up neighborhoods after straight-line winds uprooted trees and knocked out power to thousands for days. Employees from Lowe’s of Sylvania Township, Perrysburg, southwest Toledo and north Toledo assisted residents in need.
Rebuilding Together
Columbus, Ohio
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation contributed $60,000 and nearly 100 Lowe’s Heroes joined Rebuilding Together to complete a Rebuild-a-Block project in the Greater Linden neighborhood. Lowe’s Heroes revitalized six homes and provided landscaping to transform East Blake Avenue and assist homeowners, including seniors and veterans. The volunteers completed exterior repairs and installed energy-efficient storm doors and windows along with grab bars, handrails and other accessible-living features.
Rebuilding Together
Portland, Ore.
Thanks to an $8,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, Rebuilding Together Portland was able to help an elderly homeowner make energy-efficient updates to his home to prepare for colder weather. The team of volunteers installed six custom double-paned, energy-efficient windows and a french door to prevent heat loss. They also replaced an old oven range that had one working burner with a new energy-efficient gas range.
Lowe's Heroes
Saylorsburg, Pa.
Lowe’s Heroes from Lowe’s of Stroudsburg built 16 raised garden beds and donated and planted 64 raspberry bushes for the Garden of Giving, a nonprofit organization that grows and supplies fresh fruit and vegetables to food banks in Monroe County. Lowe’s employee volunteers completed more than 1,300 projects last year.
Habitat for Humanity
Nashville, Tenn.
Lowe’s Heroes joined volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville to recruit women ages 16-25, the next generation of Habitat volunteers, to lift their hammers and build a home for a local family during National Women Build Week. More than 900 Lowe’s Heroes participated in the annual nationwide event supported by Lowe’s $1.3 million donation.
Keep America Beautiful
Arlington, Texas
With support from a $15,000 Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation grant, Keep Arlington Beautiful joined the city of Arlington and community volunteers to plant 1,000 trees at homes and businesses impacted by a spring tornado. More than 500 volunteers worked 2,600 hours to plant the free replacement trees and help re-establish the urban tree canopy.
Lowe’s Heroes
Belton, Texas
Nearly 300 Lowe’s Heroes from 16 Central Texas stores repaired and refurbished the Children’s Advocacy Center of Central Texas, a nonprofit organization that helps abused and neglected children. The two-week makeover included new flooring, kitchen cabinets and appliances for the center, as well as updates to the children’s interview rooms and playrooms. Lowe’s stores donated more than $18,000 in materials. “There is no way we could have ever done anything like this,” said Michelle Carter, executive director of the center.
Keep America Beautiful
Alief, Texas
More than 100 Lowe’s Heroes joined Keep Houston Beautiful to create a butterfly-themed nature play garden. The garden includes play areas, balance beams, a reading area, fruit trees, vines and other greenery. Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation provided a $20,000 grant to make the project possible.
Lowe's Heroes
Kamas, Utah
Lowe’s donated about $10,000 in materials and 50 Lowe’s Heroes from eight stores in the Greater Salt Lake City area teamed up to help make Camp Roger more accessible for kids with muscle diseases. The camp had to be held at an airport hotel in past years because of a lack of outdoor accommodations. Lowe’s volunteers widened and cleared trails to make them wheelchair accessible, installed door threshold ramps for the cabins, painted the exterior of cabins and installed solar landscape lights for trails along with new plumbing fixtures.
Keep America Beautiful
Cape Charles, Va.
Thirty Lowe’s grants were distributed to community groups including schools, nonprofits, cities and parks throughout Virginia to fund organized cleanups, recycling programs and beautification efforts. The grants of up to $1,000 supported projects from Pulaski to Cape Charles. Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation contributed $1 million to Keep America Beautiful to fund projects across the country.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation
Tatitlek, Alaska
Students at Tatitlek Community School wanted to make a difference in their remote town by raising broiler chickens for the local Alaska Native community. They received a $2,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation and didn’t waste any time ordering chickens. Since the town is only accessible via boat or plane, the day the plane landed with chickens was an exciting one. Students built a coop to raise the chickens and help meet an identified need in the village.
Lowe's Heroes
Franklin, Wisc.
Lowe’s Heroes worked with the Franklin School District to update the Little League concession stands and dugouts at Franklin High School. The Lowe’s store contributed $1,200 in materials along with the volunteer support. Last year, Lowe’s Heroes completed more than 1,300 projects in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Disaster Relief
Branson, Mo.
When tornadoes touched down in several states on Feb. 29, Lowe’s employees packed more than 1,000 buckets of relief supplies, including everything from water, gloves, batteries and masks to tarps, hammers, nails and more. Lowe’s Heroes from Hollister, Mo., and other Lowe’s employees in Elizabethtown and Paducah, Ky., and Mount Vernon and Carbondale, Ill., blanketed the streets to pass out the supplies and help with cleanup. Just hours after an EF-4 tornado struck Harrisburg, Ill., Lowe’s had a truckload of supplies worth $35,000 on the scene to assist residents.
Disaster Relief
Chattanooga, Tenn.
After a tornado struck southeastern Tennessee, employees at Lowe’s of Chattanooga hit the ground the next morning with more than $1,500 worth of relief supplies and plenty of muscle to begin the cleanup process. In addition to passing out supplies, Lowe’s Heroes removed trash and hauled limbs and brush for residents.
American Red Cross
Henryville, Ind.
Lowe’s Heroes responded quickly when a fierce round of tornadoes ripped through Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. Lowe’s stores set aside more than $22,000 worth of supplies, and employee volunteers distributed them and helped clean up the hardest-hit areas. When an EF-4 tornado devastated Henryville, Lowe’s hosted a disaster relief event that included free food, children’s activities and safety demonstrations. Lowe’s also raised more than $280,000 through the Lowe’s Racing for Relief program to support the American Red Cross’ disaster response.
Keep America Beautiful
Harveyville, Kan.
Keep America Beautiful-Topeka/Shawnee County used a $20,000 grant from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation and the volunteer support of Lowe’s Heroes to repaint and rebuild the town of Harveyville after a tornado devastated the community, significantly damaging about 40 percent of the city’s buildings.
American Red Cross
Sanford, N.C.
Lowe’s of Sanford, which was destroyed and then rebuilt after a massive tornado on April 16, 2011, marked the one-year anniversary of the tornado with a Give Back, Pay it Forward event. Lowe’s employees and Sanford residents donated more than $600 to their local chapter of the American Red Cross. The store hosted a blood drive and several children’s activities leading up to the anniversary, and officials from North Carolina Emergency Management and Lee County Emergency Services shared severe weather safety precaution with residents at the store event.
Disaster Relief
Woodward, Okla.
Lowe’s Heroes distributed more than a $1,000 worth of relief supplies in Woodward neighborhoods impacted by spring tornadoes. Each Lowe’s relief bucket of supplies included American flags to reinforce the power of volunteerism and encourage others to roll up their sleeves to help their neighbors rebuild and recover. Lowe’s Heroes also dropped off shovels, rakes, water and other supplies at the local armory.
SkillsUSA
Abingdon, Va.
The William N. Neff Center SkillsUSA chapter partnered with Lowe’s Heroes and Washington County Habitat for Humanity to build modular homes to help families displaced by a tornado. Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation awarded a $10,000 Community Improvement grant to the Neff Center to support the project.
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