Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and Valspar are Hosting National Kickoff for A Brush with Kindness Week

St. Paul Habitat home is the backdrop for national launch event

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Sep 18, 2015, 03:19 ET

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT:

National kickoff event for Habitat's first-ever A Brush with Kindness Week, a nationwide effort to transform neighborhoods by painting and providing minor home repairs

  • At a Habitat home in St. Paul, volunteers will use 153 gallons of Valspar-provided paint — representing the 153 Habitat homeowner families participating in the national event — to paint a colorful 25'- x 16'-foot banner of the United States and raise it in the air. Volunteers will paint in 24 states on the map where projects will be completed during A Brush with Kindness Week.

WHEN:    

Saturday, Sept. 19, 11:30 a.m. - noon

WHERE:  

Habitat home at 1067 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN 55106

 

PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Families helping families: many of the map-painting volunteers are families with young children and all will be painting an assigned state
  • Simultaneous opening of 153 paint cans; simultaneous "dip your brush"
  • On every paint can, is a short story of one of the 153 families being helped through this event; "every can tells a story"
  • Massive 25' x 16' banner before and after shot
  • Raising the banner in the air to the cheers of the crowd as the Minnesota Vikings Skol line plays
  • Banner raised next to the St. Paul home where Habitat volunteers are working

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Susan Haigh, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity CEO
  • Gary Hendrickson, Valspar Chairman and CEO
  • Nancy Schuelke, senior vice president, Wells Fargo
  • Kristin Beckmann, St. Paul Deputy Mayor

About Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity's mission is to eliminate poverty housing from the Twin Cities and to make decent, affordable shelter for all people a matter of conscience.  An award-winning nonprofit housing developer, Twin Cities Habitat is committed to building the quality of life, health and economic prosperity of the region by producing, preserving and advocating for affordable homeownership. Since 1998, nearly 1,800 homeowners have received home repairs through our A Brush with Kindness Program. www.tchabitat.org

About Habitat's National Paint Partner Valspar
Minneapolis-based Valspar Corporation, lead sponsor of A Brush with Kindness Week and Habitat's national paint partner, is the founding partner of the A Brush with Kindness program, which helps low-income homeowners maintain the exterior of their homes. The company has donated more than 2.2 million gallons of paint to Habitat affiliates through 2014.

Valspar: If it matters, we're on it.®
Valspar is a global leader in the coatings industry providing customers with innovative, high-quality products and value-added services.  Our 10,800 employees worldwide deliver advanced coatings solutions with best-in-class appearance, performance, protection and sustainability to customers in more than 100 countries. Valspar offers a broad range of superior coatings products for the consumer market, and highly-engineered solutions for the construction, industrial, packaging and transportation markets. Founded in 1806, Valspar is headquartered in Minneapolis. Valspar's reported net sales in fiscal 2014 were $4.5 billion and its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:VAL). For more information, visit www.valspar.com and follow @valspar on Twitter.

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