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Giving back is a fundamental value of The Home Depot and a passion for its
associates. Through The Home Depot Foundation and its ongoing partnerships
with nonprofit organizations, The Home Depot donates millions of hours, tools
and supplies each year to community service projects.
Through Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate-led volunteer program,
associates work side-by-side to create life-long, meaningful relationships
between the Company, our neighbors and our associates. Formalized in 1992,
Team Depot programs bring together volunteerism, do-it-yourself expertise,
product donations and monetary grants as a way to support the communities
where the associates live and work.
Every The Home Depot retail store in the U.S., Canada and Mexico has a Team
Depot program and Team Depot volunteers. Projects are led by Team Depot
Captains (trained volunteer leaders) who also serve as our ambassadors to the
community.
Team Depot is recognized nationally as having developed and implemented best
practices for corporate volunteer programming.
For more information about Team Depot in your neighborhood and how they can
support your nonprofit organization, please contact your local The Home Depot
store manager or Team Depot Captain.
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Team Depot Partners and Programs
KaBOOM!
As a founding partner of KaBOOM!, The Home Depot provides financial support,
materials and numerous volunteers for play space projects across North America
as part of its ongoing commitment to give back to the communities its stores
serve.
At the end of 2007, The Home Depot and KaBOOM! completed an unprecedented
community initiative to create and refurbish 1,000 play spaces in 1,000 days
throughout North America. During the three year program, The Home Depot
invested $25 million and nearly 1 million volunteer hours in support of the
initiative.
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Racing to Play
Racing to Play is a national partnership between The Home Depot, Joe Gibbs
Racing and KaBOOM!. In just three years, Racing to Play has built 30
racing-themed playgrounds in NASCAR communities across the country and
impacted the lives of more than 11,000 children.
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Neighborhood MVP
The Home Depot NFL® Neighborhood MVP is a national program that recognizes NFL
players who are making a positive impact in their local communities through
charitable programs and contributions. In its first year, the program
recognized 17 players, one for each week of the regular season, with a
football field refurbishment or a playground build in their local market and a
donation to the charity of their choice.
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Points of Light & Hands On Network
The Home Depot partnered with the Points of Light & Hands On Network’s growing
network of volunteer mobilization organizations more than a decade ago and
provided funding to help create Hands On Atlanta.
Our partnership escalated in 2004 when Hands On helped execute the Company’s
25th anniversary celebration with a Week of Service. In 2005, this success led
to a Corporate Month of Service and the launch of the Corporate Service
Council, an alliance of CEOs and civic leaders committed to leveraging the
collective power of service. We continued our work with Points of Light &
Hands On Network and successfully completed Corporate Month of Service
programs again in 2006 and 2007.
Over the past few years, we have grown our partnership with Points of Light &
Hands On Network, achieving new thresholds of success that are resulting in
real change in communities, neighborhoods and individual lives around the
country. In the true spirit of partnership, we have pushed each other to
leverage the resources and unique competencies that we each bring to the
relationship.
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Hands On Schools
Hands On Schools will revolutionize how change is brought about in more than
100 schools across the country by engaging the local community, leveraging
corporate resources, and mobilizing teams of students, parents and other
volunteers. Founded by a $3 million challenge grant from The Home Depot, this
unique collective investment fosters positive community growth through school
revitalization and community empowerment.
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National Arbor Day Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation partnered with The National Arbor Day Foundation to
increase awareness and demonstrate the benefits of community trees. Since
2006, the partnership has planted more than 2,000 large trees each 4-8 feet
tall in 20 metropolitan cities across the country (100 trees per city),
including Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Portland and San Antonio.
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Trees For Success
Developed in partnership with the National Arbor Day Foundation, Trees For
Success will bring together The National Arbor Day Foundation, city officials,
urban foresters, Team Depot volunteers and community groups to create a
fun-filled, educational experience for area school children. Students in the
10 selected cities will help plant the trees, giving them an opportunity to
take an active role in improving their own communities and to interact with
the natural world.
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Team Depot Dollars Grant Program
When The Home Depot associate-volunteers offer their expertise and service to
nonprofit organizations, The Home Depot Foundation provides Team Depot Dollars
to nonprofits of their choice to recognize and reward their service
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