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Commitment
to Community
At Lowe's, we believe community involvement extends beyond the boundaries of the traditional
retail setting. Whether it's helping with natural disaster recovery or taking an active role
in programs that make our neighborhoods better places to live, we are committed to helping our
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LOWE’S CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Founded in 1957, the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation has a long and proud history of contributing to grassroots community projects through employee volunteerism and financial contributions. The Foundation’s philanthropic focuses include K-12 public education and community improvement. Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation also supports Lowe’s Scholarship programs. In 2007, Lowe’s & the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation together contributed more than $27.5 million to schools and community organizations in the United States and Canada.
If you would
like to request funding for your organization, please click
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TOOLBOX FOR EDUCATION®
This grant program provides parent groups with financial tools to help improve their children’s schools. Grant awards of up to $5,000 support school improvement projects at public schools nationwide. Since 2006, through Toolbox for Education, the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation has donated nearly $10 million to more than 2,000 K-12 schools, benefitting over one million schoolchildren.
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY®
Lowe’s partnership with Habitat for Humanity® International helps provide safe, affordable housing for thousands of working families. Lowe’s and its vendor partners have contributed more than $18 million to Habitat projects since 2003, and Lowe’s employee volunteers have given hands-on support at home sites coast-to-coast to help Habitat homeowners realize their dream of home ownership. In addition, Lowe’s underwrites Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program. Lowe’s Women Build clinics offer Habitat volunteers basic construction skills needed to build Habitat homes while empowering women to be part of the solution to eliminate substandard housing.
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AMERICAN RED CROSS
In times of disaster, Lowe’s is there to help through the American Red Cross, contributing more than $620,000 in 2007 to support disaster relief efforts after natural disasters including floods, ice storms and tornadoes. Since 1999, Lowe’s and our customers have proudly contributed more than $17.5 million to the American Red Cross. As a National Disaster Relief partner of the American Red Cross, Lowe’s establishes store credits to assist Red Cross chapters responding to disasters and our stores serve as customer donation sites post-disaster.
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HOME SAFETY COUNCIL
Founded by Lowe’s in 1993, the Home Safety Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping prevent the nearly 21 million medical visits that occur on average each year from unintentional injuries in the home. During 2007, Lowe’s, LCEF and its vendors contributed $3 million toward HSC safety initiatives, including the Great Safety Adventure, a traveling, life-sized home that teaches children and their parents about preventing home hazards.
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REBUILDING TOGETHER®
In 2007, the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation initiated a relationship with Rebuilding Together®, the nation’s largest all-volunteer home rehabilitation organization. Lowe’s support preserved affordable housing in nearly 40 communities, improving accessibility for 50 disabled homeowners, allowing more than 40 elderly homeowners to age in place safely and keeping dozens of low-income families safe, warm and dry. In total, the Foundation pledged $1 million in grants to Rebuilding Together® affiliates.
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SkillsUSA®
Lowe’s is helping to narrow the skilled labor gap by supporting SkillsUSA®, a national student organization with 15,000 chapters at public high schools, trade and technical schools and colleges. SkillsUSA® chapters represent 300,000 student and professional members engaged in more than 130 highly skilled occupational areas. SkillsUSA’s programs in schools help students develop their personal and technical skills while incorporating service learning to empower students and their teachers to help improve their community. In 2007, through Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, 30 high schools in 21 states received SkillsUSA®/Lowe’s $10,000 education grants supporting education program enhancements and community service projects. Lowe’s has increased our commitment to SkillsUSA® with a pledge of $1 million for 2008.
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LOWE’S HEROES
Each year Lowe's Heroes volunteer program helps to improve the communities where Lowe’s employees work and live. Together, each store team identifies a community improvement project that will make a difference in their community, such as working with Habitat for Humanity® or a local public school. While projects vary by location, Lowe’s Heroes volunteers share a common goal – to make their communities better places to live.
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LOWE’S EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND
Lowe's Employee Relief Fund distributes emergency funds to hundreds of employees each year. The company matches employee donations dollar-for-dollar. Since the program began, the Fund has provided more than $6.1 million to employees, and in 2007, the Fund assisted more than one thousand employees with funds totaling $1.1 million.
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LOWE’S SCHOLARSHIPS
In 2007, Lowe’s awarded $610,000 to college students across the United States through the Lowe’s Scholarship and the Carl Buchan Scholarship, named for Lowe’s founder.
www.lowes.com/scholarships
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THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION®
Since 2006, Lowe’s has contributed $3 million to the National Trust for Historic Preservation® (NTHP), helping to restore 20 significant historic public properties. In 2008, Lowe’s provided a $1 million grant to help restore and stabilize Rosenwald Schools throughout the southeastern United States. A rural school building program launched in 1912, Rosenwald Schools served as a major effort to improve the quality of public education for African-American students. Today, fewer than 500 of these historic structures remain, and they were placed on the National Trust's list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in 2002.
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THE NATURE CONSERVANCY®
The Nature Conservancy preserves the plants, animals and natural communities representing the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. Since 2006, Lowe’s has contributed $3 million to support a variety of conservation activities including land acquisition, efforts to restore healthy ecosystems, waterway clean up and bay and estuary restoration in the northeastern United States.
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