Home Safety Council and Lowe's Team up to Host 'Safety Saturday'

Local Events Kick off Fire Safety Month with Free, Educational Activities for the Whole Family

MOORESVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Home Safety Council and Lowe's kick off Fire Safety Month with Safety Saturday on Sept. 26 to teach children and their families how to prevent fires and other accidents in the home. According to the Home Safety Council, home-related injuries account for nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits in the United States every year. For children aged 1 to 14, fires and burns are the number one cause of home injury deaths.

At 10 a.m. on Sept. 26, every Lowe's store across the United States and Canada will offer a Build and Grow workshop focused on home safety that will allow children to build a wooden fire truck to take home. Children will also receive educational materials created by the Home Safety Council, providing a fun, exciting and creative way to learn about home and fire safety.

Lowe's conducts Build and Grow workshops bi-weekly as a way for parents and adult mentors to spend quality time with their children--free of charge. The workshops are recommended for children in grades 2 to 5, and each provides hands-on instruction to approximately 50 children. To sign-up for the fire truck Build and Grow workshop at a local store, visit lowesbuildandgrow.com.

In addition to Build and Grow activities, many Lowe's stores will host safety fairs in the parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to serve as a one-stop resource for home safety ideas and project starters to help rid homes of hidden dangers. Visitors may ask local safety experts questions about home safety products and receive valuable home safety advice and information to help keep their families safe from fires, burns and other home injuries. To find a Safety Saturday event near you, visit homesafetycouncil.org/SafetySaturday.

Fires and burns are the third-leading cause of accidental home injury deaths, causing about 3,400 fatalities annually. To help educate local communities about the importance of fire safety, the Home Safety Council will lead a side-by-side burn demonstration in the parking lot of 11 Lowe's stores.

In 1993, Lowe's founded the Home Safety Council with the vision of creating safer American homes. The Home Safety Council became an independent, nonprofit organization in 2003, and Lowe's continues to support the organization's mission through the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation.

For tips on how to make your home safer, one Saturday project at a time, or to find a Safety Saturday program in your community, visit homesafetycouncil.org/SafetySaturday.

About the Home Safety Council

The Home Safety Council (HSC) is the only national nonprofit organization solely dedicated to preventing home-related injuries that result in nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits on average each year. Through national programs, partnerships and the support of volunteers, HSC educates people of all ages to be safer in and around their homes. The Home Safety Council is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization headquartered in Washington, DC.

About Lowe's

With fiscal year 2008 sales of $48.2 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE(R) 50 company that serves approximately 14 million customers a week at more than 1,675 home improvement stores in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

The side-by-side burn demonstrations will be held at:

    --  Lowe's of Cotati, Calif., 7921 Redwood Drive
    --  Lowe's of Douglassville, Ga., 7001 Douglas Blvd.
    --  Lowe's of S. Durham, N.C., 4402 Fayetteville Road
    --  Lowe's of N. Lakewood, Colo., 10555 W. Colfax Ave.
    --  Lowe's of S. Louisville, Ky., 9800 Preston Crossing Blvd.
    --  Lowe's of Mason, Ohio, 9380 Mason-Montgomery Road
    --  Lowe's of E. New Orleans, La., 5770 Read Blvd.
    --  Lowe's of Orland Park, Ill., 15601 S. Lagrange Road
    --  Lowe's of San Antonio, Texas, 18303 Rim Drive
    --  Lowe's of N. Tampa, Fla., 12901 N. Dale Mabry Highway
    --  Lowe's of West Bridgewater, Mass., 724 West Center St.

    Source: Lowe's Companies, Inc.