NY State Names Dec. 10 ‘Home Depot Foundation Day’
December 10, 2009 was proclaimed The Home Depot Foundation Day by the New York State Assembly. The official State Citation was presented at a ribbon cutting for a new WNY AmeriCorps “Framing Hope Warehouse” in Buffalo.
The new warehouse offers building and renovating materials to local non-profits at a low cost. It’s the first such warehouse in the nation, as part of The Home Depot Foundation’s “Framing Hope” program. The Foundation donated $364,000 in total grant funds and in-kind product donation to get the warehouse prepared for business.
State representatives were on-hand at the ribbon cutting to tour the facility and to proclaim December 10, 2009 “The Home Depot Foundation Day”.
“We appreciate the recognition of our work in The Empire State,” said Kelly Caffarelli, President of The Home Depot Foundation, via Twitter Friday.
Materials available at the warehouse are all donated by our local stores and include lighting, doors, high-efficiency windows, cabinets, fencing, window treatments, tile, paneling, trim, and bathroom fixtures.
Non-profit organizations interested in touring the warehouse and purchasing materials should contact WNY AmeriCorps at (716) 558-3325 to set up an appointment.
“The “Framing Hope” program helps Buffalo residents who are living in homes and apartments that are inhabitable. It offers encouragement to the desperate and forgotten who are so grateful that we care enough to give them the tools to create a safe and secure environment for their families,” said Cindy Hallberlin, President and CEO of Gifts In Kind International.
The materials presently available at the WNY AmeriCorps “Framing Hope Warehouse” are donated by The Home Depot Foundation to Gifts In Kind International, who in turn provides them to WNY AmeriCorps for use in community revitalization projects and maintaining a warehouse for non-profits.
Attendees at the event included Darryl Tieken, Home Depot’s Northern Division Director of Contractor Services and board member, The Home Depot Foundation; Robert Bertone, Home Depot District Manager; Sheriee Bowman, The Home Depot Foundation’s Northern Division Community Affairs Manager; Lori Cook, Home Depot Program Coordinator for Gifts in Kind International; Mark Lazzara, CEO Western NY Americorps and representatives of several local non-profits.
Read more details about the new warehouse in the press release.
The Home Depot has 12 stores in the greater Buffalo area.
Comments
It’s nice that home depot participates in such nice activities and hires people to blog about it.
Yet, I received terrible service from my home depot. They scheduled delivery and wouldn’t deliver. And what’s worse is the store employees would not take calls during the day to check on our delivery. The online Home Depot customer service promised $$ would be given to us by management, but was not. Then online customer service (Michael) ignored all complaints about us not receiving what we were promised.
it,s a start thanks. same date…this year…Georgia…so.dekalb…wesly chp.rd .
look me up.