Valspar Provides $2.5 Million to Support 51 Local Habitat for Humanity Organizations

MINNEAPOLIS, April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Valspar has provided $2.5 million in cash and product donations to support 51 local Habitat for Humanity organizations in 16 states as part of Valspar's National Neighborhood Week, May 9 – 14, 2016.  Every Valspar site in the United States will be activating volunteer teams during National Neighborhood Week to work on Habitat home builds and A Brush With Kindness projects. 

"Valspar is committed to doing its part to transform neighborhoods through its partnership with Habitat for Humanity," said Gary E. Hendrickson, Valspar Chairman and CEO. "As a founding partner of the neighborhood revitalization program, A Brush With Kindness, Valspar helps families, seniors and veterans living in homes that are in need of a new coat of paint and minor repairs. Many low-income families live in challenging circumstances and struggle to maintain their homes. The A Brush With Kindness program brightens the lives of families and restores pride throughout neighborhoods."

The Valspar Foundation provided funding and a dollar-for-dollar match to the annual employee giving totaling $600,000 in financial support to local Habitat organizations in communities where Valspar operates. In addition to donating the paint for the volunteer projects, Valspar has donated paint to 60 local Habitat for Humanity ReStores. The ReStores are home improvement outlets open to the public and all revenue supports Habitat's work building, rehabbing and repairing homes for low-income families, seniors and veterans. The market value of the product donation is over $1.9 million.

Valspar's National Neighborhood Week is providing support to the following local Habitat organizations:

Alabama:

• Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity

California:

• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles
• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento

Florida:

• Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County, in Clearwater

Georgia:

• Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
• Augusta/CSRA Habitat for Humanity
• Habitat for Humanity of Newton County, in Covington

Illinois:

• Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity
• DuPage Habitat for Humanity, in Wheaton
• Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity, in Montgomery
• Habitat for Humanity Chicago
• Habitat for Humanity Chicago South Suburbs, in Hazel Crest
• Habitat for Humanity of Kankakee County
• Habitat for Humanity Lake County, in Waukegan
• Habitat for Humanity of McHenry County
• Habitat for Humanity Northern Fox Valley, in Elgin
• Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity
• Will County Habitat for Humanity, in Joliet

Iowa:

• Quad Cities Habitat for Humanity, in Davenport

Kentucky:

• Bowling Green/Warren County Habitat for Humanity
• Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville

Maryland:

• Washington County Habitat for Humanity, in Hagerstown

Michigan:

• Habitat for Humanity of Kent County, in Grand Rapids
• Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County, in Pontiac

Minnesota:

• Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, in Saint Cloud
• Habitat for Humanity of Douglas County, in Alexandria
• Habitat for Humanity Freeborn/ Mower, in Austin
• Habitat for Humanity South Central Minnesota, in Mankato
• Habitat for Humanity of West Central Minnesota, in Willmar
• Habitat for Humanity Winona-Fillmore Counties, in Winona
• Itasca County Habitat for Humanity, in Grand Rapids
• Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity, in Moorhead
• Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity, in Brainerd
• Northwoods Habitat for Humanity, in Bemidji
• Redwood River Habitat for Humanity, in Marshall
• Rochester Area Habitat for Humanity
• Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

North Carolina:

• Chatham Habitat for Humanity
• Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte
• Habitat for Humanity of High Point, Archdale and Trinity
• Our Towns of North Mecklenburg – Iredell, in Cornelius

New Hampshire:

• Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity, in Lawrence

Ohio:

• Habitat for Humanity of Summit County, in Akron

Pennsylvania:

• Habitat for Humanity of Beaver County, in Beaver Falls
• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh
• Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity

Texas:

• Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
• Garland Area Habitat for Humanity

Wisconsin:

• Dane County Habitat for Humanity, in Madison
• Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County
• St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity

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