ATLANTA, Sept. 1,
2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot Foundation
announced a commitment of up to $1
million to support immediate disaster relief and long-term
recovery efforts in the communities impacted by Hurricane Ida. This
new disaster response grant takes the Foundation's 2021 disaster
contributions to more than $6
million.
Additionally, The Home Depot's associate volunteer force, Team
Depot, will assemble more than 1,000 disaster relief kits for
distribution to the affected communities. These relief kits will
include cleaning supplies, personal protective equipment, garbage
bags and other items.
"Our thoughts are with the communities that have been impacted
by Hurricane Ida," said Shannon
Gerber, executive director of The Home Depot Foundation.
"The Home Depot Foundation will work closely with our national and
local nonprofit partners to help provide critical supplies and
services throughout the recovery process."
Ahead of the hurricane season, The Home Depot Foundation
pre-fortifies nonprofit partners' warehouses with emergency
supplies for quick deployment to impacted areas. To identify and
support the most urgent needs of the affected communities, the
Foundation is working closely with its national nonprofit partners
including Operation Blessing, ToolBank Disaster Services, Team
Rubicon, All Hands and Hearts, Convoy of Hope and American Red Cross. The Home Depot
Foundation and The Home Depot have activated warehouses across the
country, mobilized response teams and deployed critical supplies to
provide impacted communities with immediate assistance.
The Home Depot Foundation has also initiated response efforts
with World Central Kitchen to provide hand trucks, pallet jacks and
other tools to help with the organization's on-site cooking
operations.
The company activated its disaster response teams on Saturday to
support stores, associates and communities in the path of Hurricane
Ida. Associates from the company's merchandising, operations,
supply chain and other teams have been working around the clock. So
far, hundreds of trucks have reached the area with products like
generators, gas cans, lumber, AC units and fans. Several
distribution centers across the southeast are ramping up to
continue sending truckloads with supplies this week.
The Homer Fund, Home Depot's employee assistance program, is
also actively processing emergency assistance grants for associates
affected by this hurricane. As of yesterday, more than 400
associates received nearly $272,000
in emergency financial relief for Hurricane Ida. In 2020, The Homer
Fund granted $1.1 million to support
associates impacted by natural disasters.
The Home Depot Foundation and The Homer Fund are also continuing
to monitor the Caldor Fire to identify and serve the needs of the
communities impacted. To support relief efforts, The Home Depot
Foundation has provided product donations, and The Homer Fund has
activated assistance grants to impacted associates.
About The Home Depot Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation works to improve the
homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to
fill the labor gap and support communities impacted by natural
disasters. Since 2011, the Foundation has invested more than
$375 million in veteran causes and
improved more than 50,000 veteran homes and facilities. The
Foundation has pledged to invest half of a billion dollars in
veteran causes by 2025 and $50
million in training the next generation of skilled
tradespeople through the Path to Pro program.
To learn more about The Home Depot Foundation visit
HomeDepotFoundation.org and follow us
on Twitter @HomeDepotFound and
on Facebook and Instagram @HomeDepotFoundation.
About The Home Depot
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty
retailer. The Company operates a total of 2,300 Home Depot retail
stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces
and Mexico. In fiscal 2020, The Home Depot had sales
of $132.1 billion and earnings of $12.9 billion. The
company employs approximately 500,000 associates. The Home Depot's
stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is
included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard &
Poor's 500 index.
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