Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Boys & Girls Clubs of America

MOORESVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF) today announced a $1 million contribution to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Grants of up to $50,000 will fund repairs and renovations at 23 clubs across the United States.

LCEF selected the clubs based on immediate facility improvement needs, the creativity of the projects and the potential impact on club members. Club staff will work to complete the projects in the next year and in many cases Lowe's Heroes employee volunteers will provide hands-on help.

"We're so grateful to Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation for its $1 million commitment to renovating 23 Boys & Girls Club facilities across the country," said Roxanne Spillett, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. "These projects will offer our members inviting and productive spaces where they can thrive and develop great futures."

The Boys & Girls Clubs strives to enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens by providing a safe place for them to learn and grow. Since 2009, LCEF has contributed $3 million in grants to fund improvements at 60 clubs.

"Providing these grants to update the physical locations of the Boys and Girls Clubs will help promote the academic enrichment and citizenship goals that are at the center of the Boys and Girls Clubs' mission," said Marshall Croom, chairman of the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation. "This is both an investment in our future leaders and in the communities Lowe's calls home."

As part of the $1 million contribution, this year's grant recipients are:

Alabama$35,873Boys & Girls Clubs of SouthNorth CarolinaAlabama - Mobile
                                         $50,000Boys & Girls Clubs of
ArizonaNash/Edgecombe Counties - Rocky Mount

$49,044Boys & Girls Club of SierraNew Mexico
Vista - Sierra Vista$28,600Boys & Girls Clubs of
CaliforniaFarmington - Farmington$31,457Boys & Girls Club of Tulare      Ohio
County - Visalia$34,198Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland$50,000Boys & Girls Clubs of Imperial   - Cleveland
Valley - BrawleyPennsylvaniaConnecticut$43,600Boys & Girls Clubs of
$25,243Boys & Girls Club of New HavenPhiladelphia - Philadelphia
- New Haven
                                         South Carolina
Florida$50,000Boys & Girls Clubs of
$25,950Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin     Lowcountry, Beaufort Club and Beaufort
County - Hobe Sound                      Teen Center - Beaufort$50,000Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast$36,967Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee
Florida - Jacksonville                   Dee Area - Florence

GeorgiaTexas$31,591Boys & Girls Clubs of            $46,000Boys & Girls Club of Odessa -
Moultrie/Colquitt County - MoultrieOdessa$22,750Boys & Girls Clubs of the        $32,690Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso -
Coastal Empire - SavannahEl Paso$45,786Boys & Girls Clubs of Gordon,    $42,308Boys & Girls Clubs of South
Murray and Whitfield County - DaltonCentral Texas - San MarcosIllinoisVirginia$50,000Boys & Girls Club of Bethalto -  $45,148Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroBethaltoRichmond - Richmond

Indiana$34,184Boys & Girls Clubs of the
                                         Virginia Peninsula - Newport News$46,520Lebanon Area Boys & Girls Club
- Lebanon

ABOUT BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA

For more than 100 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America has enabled young people most in need to achieve great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, nearly 4,000 Clubs serve some 4 million young people through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs are located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native American lands throughout the country and on U.S. military installations worldwide. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours. Club programs promote academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. In a Harris Survey of alumni, 57 percent said the Club saved their lives. National headquarters are located in Atlanta. Learn more at http://bgca.org/facebookand http://bgca.org/twitter.

ABOUT LOWE'S

Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. The company's signature education grant program, Lowe's Toolbox for Education, has donated nearly $5 million in grants to K-12 public schools every year since its inception in 2006. Lowe's Heroes employee volunteers support local community projects and our national nonprofit partners such as Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross. In 2010, Lowe's and the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation together contributed more than $30 million to support communities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. To learn more, visit Lowes.com/SocialResponsibility.


    Source: Lowe's Companies, Inc.