The Home Depot Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program is coming to a close today, bu you can still get your vote in and help the HBCU of your choice win $50,000
The 2013 Retool Your School Grants which total $195,000 to be awarded as one $50,000 and oneTier I Grant, one $25,000 Campus Pride Grant for the school that receives the most votes and social media activity, and twelve $10,000 Tier II Grants.
Online voting began Feb. 18 and concludes at midnight on April 15 at https://www.retoolyourschool.com.
The goal is to provide sustainable and lasting renovations to give new life to the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Each year, the out pour of support for the program from alumni, students, parents and the community grows. Since the program’s inception in 2010, more than three million votes have been cast as the HBCU community bands together for their favorite and most deserving HBCU school projects.
“The Home Depot is thrilled to once again offer the Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant available to HBCU’s,” said Melissa Brown, manager of multicultural marketing, The Home Depot. “Now in its fourth year, we’ve seen incredible growth of support and popularity of the program. It is such a rewarding program connecting with our communities and it takes school spirit to a whole new level.”
The Home Depot’s goal is to connect with the community by awarding grants for projects that will have a lasting impact. Last year, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania received the Tier I Grant of $50,000, to restore the exterior and entryway of Lincoln Hall, one of the most historic buildings of the university.
The first-ever Campus Pride Grant of $25,000 was awarded to Alabama A&M University. In 2011, grand prize winner Bethune Cookman University, located in Daytona Beach, Fla., received $50,000 to install automated access doors and a wheelchair ramp in its Student Center to accommodate students, faculty and staff members with disabilities.
Past Retool Your School proposals and projects have included recommendations for eco-friendly and sustainability upgrades.
The Retool Your School program is a unique competition that extends to alumni, family and friends, students and the community-at-large to vote for their favorite HBCU project.
For more information on The Home Depot Retool Your School Grant Program, visit https://www.retoolyourschool.com.
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