Dauntless Hook & Ladder Ambulance has seen a drastic decline in the number of volunteers willing to serve with their organization. The Lowe’s Hometown grant will allow for an overhaul of their facility, including new windows throughout the facility, new day and night rooms for volunteer crews and upgrades to their training room, so they can teach necessary skills to their newly recruited volunteers.

The Community Free Clinic provides comprehensive healthcare and pharmacy services to low-income uninsured adults of Cabarrus County. With their Lowe's Hometowns Grant, the organization will install new flooring, ceiling tiles, and a new pharmacy door. Fresh paint and other improvements will allow them to continue to provide these necessary health services for the town’s residents.

Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries tends to the physical, emotional and relational needs of children whose families are in crisis by providing housing, food, and clothing within a safe community of group homes and through a network of foster parents. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant is enabling renovations to a guest house that will provide the opportunity for families to come visit their children for a weekend, including updated bathrooms, lighting, gutters, appliances, and paint, flooring and furniture for all 13 bedrooms.

After more than 15 years at its current location, the Community Food Basket - Idaho Falls is moving to a larger facility to allow them to better serve thousands of community members with food insecurities. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will provide the necessary building renovations to allow the food pantry to operate in this new space, including installation of double doors, a usable loading/unloading area, new floors, and a new food donation shed with power and heat for after-hours food donation drop-offs.

The Children’s Haven of Southwest Missouri provides temporary shelter to area children in a safe, secure environment while their parents resolve a family crisis. After ten years of serving more than 100,000 healthy meals and snacks over the years, it’s time for a kitchen refresh. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will provide a brand-new kitchen as well as resolve plumbing issues and repair a damaged subfloor.

The City of Charlotte will plant fruit-bearing trees at the Spring Street Plaza to improve fresh food access, increase tree canopy, and improve air and water quality for the community. Shrubs and perennials will be planted to attract pollinators, and the plaza will provide a high-quality public space for the community to gather.

The Sprague-Martell Community Center serves as a hub for community gatherings and events, including baseball games, gatherings to celebrate special events, and a voting location. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will bring a new kitchen to the space, replacing the current kitchen which was installed in the 1970’s, and allow the non-profit to better serve the community as well as rent the location going forward.

With the Lowe’s Hometowns grant, the Boys and Girls Club of the Piedmont will create a safe and enjoyable atmosphere for physical, educational, and emotional child development. A new playground and drain will address the current erosion of their basketball courts and beautify this space so the boys and girls of the Piedmont could enjoy playing together again.

This outdoor play area for the kids at the West Fresno Boys & Girls Club will be built in partnership with Triple Play, a program that promotes health and wellness by teaching kids how eating smart, keeping fit and forming positive relationships add up to a healthy lifestyle. Lighting, fencing and a community garden will be added to this space to make a safe place for youth to engage outside.

The Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire is a place built to inspire and enable all youth. The Club needs new flooring and a full-service kitchen with a large refrigerator, oven, microwave, dishwasher, and an area for kids to sit. All of this would ensure more children receive a meal so that they don’t go home hungry. Upgrades to this facility will ensure the community’s youth have a great place to grow, learn, and feel safe.