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	<title>Stories straight from the aisles &#38; selected by our associates</title>
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	<description>Celebrate The Home Depot&#039;s culture with stories straight from the aisles and selected by our associates</description>
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		<title>Heroes Walk Among Us &#8211; Alvin, Baltimore</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/11/11/heroes-walk-among-us-alvin-baltimore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Veteran&#8217;s Day, a local newspaper in Baltimore ran a story featuring a Home Depot associate who has an amazing story to share. We include part of that story here, but would encourage you to read the entire article on the newspaper&#8217;s website. 
Wherever Alvin T. Jones has lived throughout his adult life, he has reserved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Depot Celebrates Cashiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October is Cashier Appreciation Month at The Home Depot. Each October we celebrate our 60,000 cashiers. It’s an incredibly important role within the company, and we thought you’d like to meet some of our senior leaders who began their career as cashiers.
Tony Hurst – Regional Vice President

Tony joined the Company in 1994 as a cashier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Depot Legend: Cathy and Darren &#8211; Anaheim, California</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/10/03/home-depot-legend-cathy-and-darren-anaheim-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our latest Home Depot  Legends took on a heartwarming DIY job for one of our canine friends at Store  6643 in Anaheim, Calif. The project began when  a customer explained to Lead Generator Cathy Thomas that she had an unusual  request.
The customer’s brother owns a rescue shelter for dachshunds, and a poor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebration of Service: Partnering with Habitat for Humanity</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/09/29/celebration-of-service-partnering-with-habitat-for-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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On Monday, September 26th The Home  Depot Foundation announced Repair Corps, a new partnership with Habitat for  Humanity to repair and renovate homes belonging to military veterans and their  families. With $1.5 million in  funding from the Foundation, volunteer assistance from Team Depot and technical  assistance from Habitat for Humanity International, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Depot Legends: Shawn, Delaware</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/09/26/home-depot-legends-shawn-deleware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking care of special needs in the face of a hurricane: Hundreds of families were preparing their homes for Hurricane Irene’s arrival when Assistant Store Manager Shawn Cameron of Store 6843 in Middletown, Del., took a call from a customer looking for a generator. The store had sold through their stock, but when the customer explained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding mower gets a customized touch: Steve &amp; Paul &#8211; Biddeford, Maine</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/09/13/riding-mower-gets-a-customized-touch-steve-paul-biddeford-maine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a customer needed a tractor with an easy-to-maneuver steering wheel, Steve , garden associate, at  Store 2405 in Biddeford, Maine, had the perfect model in mind. “The customer has rheumatoid arthritis,” Steve said. “I have an aunt with that, so I knew exactly what her manual limitations were.”

The customer has a dog boarding kennel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More TLC in NYC for Ground Zero Museum &#8211; New York, NY</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/09/13/more-tlc-in-nyc-for-ground-zero-museum-new-york-ny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Store 6175 in Manhattan remains intimately involved with the Ground Zero Museum Workshop.
In addition to focusing on the tragedy of Sept. 11, the museum highlights the astonishing courage, love, brotherhood and strength of the human spirit. The Ground Zero Museum Workshop is the third-most popular tour in New York, and keeping the building and grounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Depot Legend: Luis &#8211; Oviedo, Florida</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/08/29/home-depot-legend-luis-oviedo-florida/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fast flooring install welcomes hospital patient home
A group of customers approached Front End Supervisor Luis at Store 287 in Oviedo, Fla., and explained they were in desperate need of help installing some flooring. The customers were friends and neighbors of a family whose young son was due to come home from a hospital where he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Depot Legends: Roger &#8211; Appleton, Wisconsin</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/08/15/home-depot-legends-roger-appleton-wisconsin/</link>
		<comments>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/08/15/home-depot-legends-roger-appleton-wisconsin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A customer approached Associate Roger, in plumbing, at Store 4928 in Appleton, Wis., and asked for his advice on making an exercise bar for her 9-year-old daughter who has a neuromuscular disease.
The customer showed Roger a picture of a piece of equipment that was beyond her budget. Roger knew he could make something quickly and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Depot Legends: Ric &#8211; Smyrna, Tennessee</title>
		<link>http://orangeblooded.net/OB/2011/08/08/home-depot-legends-ric-smyrna-tennessee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A customer in Store 776 in Smyrna, Tenn., had a dilemma. His wife is disabled and bedridden. Her new hospital bed at home was not equipped with a stand to hold her computer like the previous bed, and the customer couldn’t find anything that would work.
Ric, an Associate in electrical, heard the story and approached [...]]]></description>
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