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Over the past three years, the Lowe's
This incredible three year relationship has created monumental success in Rebuilding Together's ability and capacity to reach out to homeowners, families and the elderly in need. Nearly 70% of Rebuilding Together affiliates have been funded to provide low-income homeowners with critical home repairs, accessibility modifications and energy efficiency upgrades. Additionally, the Foundation is the lead sponsor of Rebuilding Together's AmeriCorps program, CapacityCorps. The CapacityCorps has advanced Rebuilding Together's national outreach and the number of projects completed, but the success of this program would not have been possible without the Foundation's unwavering support and commitment to Rebuilding Together's ideals and mission.
The Lowe's
"The Foundation's continued support has allowed Rebuilding Together to experience incredible growth, specifically in our Safe at Home and Green Housing National programs," said
The Lowe's
About Rebuilding Together
Rebuilding Together is the nation's leading nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing critical home repair and modification services to those in need at no cost to homeowners. With the help of everyday citizen volunteers, skilled trades people, the support of local business and major corporate partners, Rebuilding Together affiliates in America's largest cities and smallest towns make life considerably better for thousands of low-income homeowners and the communities in which they live by completing 10,000 projects per year. In addition to its core home repair work, Rebuilding Together also rehabilitates community centers and conducts home modification and repair programs that focus on aging in place. Rebuilding Together has programs dedicated to ageing in place, energy efficiency, veteran's housing, and disaster recovery and reconstruction. For more information, visit www.RebuildingTogether.org
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