When a natural disaster strikes, The Home Depot is here to help communities in need. The Home Depot Foundation is committing $1 million to support relief efforts after the recent wildfires in Southern California.
“We’re working with our nonprofit partners to evaluate the immediate needs in impacted areas and get essential relief supplies into the community as quickly as possible,” said Erin Izen, executive director of The Home Depot Foundation.
Community Support
Our stores in Southern California have donated water, masks and other essential supplies to nonprofit organizations to support people in need. To ensure customers have access to the products they need in-store, The Home Depot coordinated with our supplier partners and distribution centers to deploy dozens of truckloads of supplies to The Home Depot’s stores in the area.
In Los Angeles, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, Team Depot, is packing fire relief kits for Convoy of Hope and Operation Blessing to distribute in impacted areas. These kits include essentials such as safety goggles, cleaning supplies, trash bags and utility tools for those who need immediate support due to wildfire damage.
Right now, our partners are responding across 17 distribution sites.
- Total Meals Distributed to date: 37,388+
- More than 300,000 pounds of relief supplies distributed
- Essential supplies such as food, water, hygiene items, N95 mask, and air purifiers in Calabasas and a medical facility in Sante Fe Springs.
In the coming days, additional supplies will be delivered throughout the impacted region.
Partners
- Team Rubicon: Supporting points of distribution, service projects at food banks, and pre-arranged mitigation projects.
- American Red Cross: Established shelter locations where displaced individuals and families are seeking safe refuge. Through shelters, the Red Cross is distributing meals and providing supplies such as cots, blankets and water. Additionally, hundreds of responders are on the ground supporting the relief effort.
- Convoy of Hope: Distributing truckloads of essential supplies in the area, including food, water and hygiene items.
- Operation Blessing: Distributed essential items including water, solar lanterns, hygiene kits and more, along with meals to those impacted.
- ToolBank USA: In position to provide support for both immediate and long-term recovery efforts.
- World Central Kitchen: Distributed thousands of meals to the public, first responders and emergency workers across more than a dozen distribution sites.
Associate Support
After a disaster strikes, many of our associates need help recovering. The Homer Fund, Home Depot’s employee assistance fund, provides immediate financial support to impacted associates in need of safe housing, food and clothing while displaced. The company also deploys resources like meals, gas, water and shower trailers for associates without water or power.The Homer Fund will continue to support associates as they recover from this disaster.
