Since 1988, St. Joseph the Worker has provided pathways to self-sufficiency, with employment as the foundation of all we do. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will enable the organization to renovate its Workforce Villages Re-entry Program home, replacing essential elements such as subflooring, flooring, baseboards, kitchen cabinets, kitchen countertops, a new kitchen window, painting, and electrical work.
New Life Center is one of the largest standalone domestic violence shelters in Arizona and has been a place of hope and refuge for families and individuals for more than 30 years. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will help renovate eight of the organization's emergency shelter casitas, including installing new bathroom fixtures, durable flooring, and energy efficient lighting. These improvements will ensure that survivors of domestic violence have a welcoming and calming environment in which to stabilize, heal, and transition into the next phase of their lives.
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona, Inc. is a licensed Behavioral Health Residential Facility and has four residential cottages that serve as primary residences for girls ages ten to 17 undergoing behavioral health treatment. Through Lowe's Hometowns, the cottages will be upgraded with repairs, new and fresh paint for the first time in over a decade, helping to provide a safe and welcoming place for healing.
The St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store helps to address many challenges among the homeless. This renovation will address 26 years of deterioration and transform the space into a safe and dignified environment. This project will allow the store’s profits to fund services to those in need, from food and tents to rent assistance and car services.
The Arizona Knowledge Empowerment Institute has a mission to support, educate, inform and advocate for both families and individuals with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities in having a desired quality of life. Their project entails several infrastructure needs including a storage space for tools, an area to harvest water, drip lines to water plants, raised beds and accessible beds. Grant funds would also help hire support to build a shade structure already purchased.
The Agua Fria Union School District hopes to bolster its skilled trades/construction program with lab upgrades to attract more students to the program and give enrolled students a safe working environment during their two-year instruction. Improvements would include a tool cage, material storage cage and outdoor workspace, to include an extended cover and a flat surface for proper drainage.
GAP Ministries plans to build out a Family Engagement Center on its new property. This center will offer targeted preventative care for families who are living in crisis and on the brink of removal from their homes. It will also provide remedial care for families who have been separated due to neglect and abuse. The project would finish their building.
Yavapai Elementary School seeks to redesign its current library space to create flexible student seating, a maker space for students and updated interior features.
An overcrowded school seeks to construct an outdoor space for students to study and work individually or in groups, or to enjoy an outdoor lunch during the school day. The school hopes to make the space shaded so it can be a comfortable space to enjoy on hot days for students as well as community groups that use the school facility throughout the year.
A Boys & Girls Club clubhouse nestled in a low-income neighborhood seeks to renovate and update an older clubhouse which is worn from daily use so it can continue to operate as a safe place for children to meet and socially interact while promoting unity among neighborhood residents.