Kids Workshop hits the Road in Alton

Many children at the local Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, IL were able to experience the joy of The Home Depot’s Kid’s Workshop thanks to Maudie, an associate at Home Depot store 6920 who seems to know everyone in the tri-county area. After receiving the suggestion from Operations Manager, Brian, to take the workshop on the road, Maudie took this great idea and made all of the arrangements to make it happen.

Maudie coordinated volunteers from the Alton store to set up and facilitate the workshop. Santa (Randy – Store Mgr) and Mrs. Claus (Maudie) were there along with Homer and the Kid’s Workshop Crew.

The kids had their very own workshop at the hospital, which partnered with St. Louis Bread Company to donate one-half the cost of 200 cookies.  Maudie continues to be the advocate in the Alton Home Depot store for community involvement and has done an excellent job. The Alton Home Depot is exemplifying one of our core values, “Giving Back”.

Joining Santa and Mrs. Claus at the event were (pictured):
Front Row: associates Jeri Lynn Shaw, Maudie Caselton, Randy Hopwood (Santa), Chris Furr
Back Row: associates Mike McCann (as our mascot, Homer), Brian Belchik (store operations), Fred Weigand, Kevin Kremke, Sandi Williams (human resources)