A leaky roof at a veterans housing village. A workshop where foster youth can learn a trade. A brighter, more welcoming space for service dogs in training.
Those are the kinds of practical, people-first upgrades Lowe’s hopes to spark as it opens nominations for its 2026 Community Impact Grants, supporting nonprofits and community groups with renovation projects that strengthen neighborhoods.
Lowe’s is leaning on the people closest to the work: the organizations running shelters, youth programs, community centers and first responder facilities, and the neighbors who rely on them.
The labor behind the love comes from Lowe’s red vest associates, who showed up for 128 Red Vest Day volunteer events and logged 17,010 volunteer hours last year, with 2,053 volunteers participating nationwide.
The results show up in places that rarely make headlines, but shape daily life.
In Kansas City, Missouri, Veterans Community Project repaired and upgraded its Veterans Village, replacing roofs, improving ventilation and building a retaining wall so veterans transitioning out of homelessness had safer, more stable housing.
In Central Texas, Central Texas Table of Grace turned an existing building into a working mechanics shop for foster youth, including structural and foundation improvements and the installation of professional-grade tools, lifts and safety equipment, creating a hands-on path into the skilled trades.
In Smithtown, New York, America’s VetDogs renovated the first floor of its administration building with new flooring, ceiling tiles, lighting, custom cabinetry and seating to better support service dog training programs for veterans better, active-duty service members and first responders with disabilities.
Lowe’s estimates that last year’s Community Impact Grant projects will reach 918,627 people within a year of completion, including economically disadvantaged people, children and teens, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.
Community doers should keep their fix-it lists handy and watch for giant blue buckets popping up at select Lowe’s stores as part of the Lowe’s Community Bucket List Tour. Now through March 20, the tour will roll coast to coast, inviting neighbors to share the community spaces they would love to refresh, rebuild or reimagine next.
To inspire project nominations and celebrate big community impact, Lowe’s is launching the Lowe’s Community Bucket List Tour, taking oversized Lowe’s blue buckets to communities from coast to coast. Tour stops include:
- February 23 – March 1
- Dallas, Texas
Lowe’s of West Dallas: 1710 Chalk Hill Road, Dallas, TX - Louisville, Kentucky
Lowe’s of Central Louisville: 2100 Bashford Manor Lane, Louisville, KY
- Dallas, Texas
- February 26 – 28
- Birmingham Alabama
Lowe’s of Alabaster: 235 Colonial Promendae Parkway, Alabaster, AL - San Diego
Lowe’s of Mission Valley: 2318 Northside Drive, San Diego, CA
- Birmingham Alabama
- March 5 - 7
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lowe’s of South Philadelphia: 2103 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA - Tampa, Florida
Lowe’s of Land o Lakes: 21500 State Road 54, Lutz, FL
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- March 12 - 14
- Detroit, Michigan
Lowe’s of Allen Park: 23111 Outer Drive, Allen Park, MI - St. Louis, Missouri
Lowe’s of Maplewood: 2300 Maplewood Commmons, Maplewood, MO
- Detroit, Michigan
- March 18 – 20
- Salt Lake City, Utah
Lowe’s of Salt Lake: 1335 South 300 West, Salt Lake City, UT - Phoenix, Arizon
Lowe’s of Scottsdale: 16285 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ
- Salt Lake City, Utah
Visit Lowes.com/BucketList for complete program terms and to nominate a community improvement project.
