MINNEAPOLIS, May 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Valspar is
providing $400,000 in cash and
product donations to support Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity in
2016. With this donation, Valspar has reached the 100,000 donated
gallons milestone to help low-income families, seniors and veterans
in the Twin Cities area.
"Valspar is a valued partner that has activated its partnership
with Twin Cities Habitat on every level possible," said
Susan Haigh, Twin Cities Habitat for
Humanity CEO. "On behalf of so many families who have benefited
from Valspar's sustained generosity, we say thank you."
To mark the start of the 2016 painting and home improvement
season, Valspar is partnering with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
to help families in need of decent, affordable housing and to
strengthen communities through Valspar's National Neighborhood
Week, May 9-14. From Wednesday
through Saturday, Valspar employees will be painting and making
minor repairs on a St. Paul home
owned by a senior citizen who is a foster mom to four children.
Because of the homeowner's physical challenges and low monthly
fixed income, she has been unable to keep up with regular home
maintenance.
"Valspar's National Neighborhood Week is about rolling up our
sleeves and rolling on a fresh coat of paint to improve communities
in which we operate," said Kimberly
Welch, Valspar Vice President of Communications and Chair of
The Valspar Foundation. "Our employee volunteers are excited to
contribute to Habitat's mission — helping families in need of
decent, affordable housing."
Nationwide, more than 500 employees from Valspar's 30 U.S.
locations are volunteering with Habitat organizations during
National Neighborhood Week. In addition to volunteers, Valspar is
providing $2.5 million in cash and
product donations to support 51 Habitat organizations, including
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.
Valspar and Twin Cities Habitat partnered in 1998 to create A
Brush with Kindness, a paint and repair program that has since
been replicated by hundreds of Habitat organizations across the
country. With the paint donated for the St. Paul home this week, it will bring Valspar
past 100,000 gallons of paint donated to Twin Cities Habitat since
the partnership began nearly two decades ago. That's enough paint
to cover 40 million square feet, or the equivalent of nearly 700
football fields. Valspar donates paint for every Habitat home
built, repaired or refurbished in the
United States. Since 2002, the company has provided more
than 2.5 million gallons to Habitat and helped over 15,000 families
through A Brush with Kindness.
About Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (TCHFH)
Twin
Cities Habitat is a nonprofit committed to building the quality of
life, health and prosperity of the 7-county metro region through
the production and preservation of homeownership – because homes
and families are the foundation of successful communities.
Since TCHFH's founding in 1985, more than 1,170 families have
purchased homes and another 1,800 have partnered with the A Brush
With Kindness home repair program. To learn more, visit
tchabitat.org.
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industry providing customers with innovative, high-quality products
and value-added services. Our 11,000 employees worldwide deliver
advanced coatings solutions with best-in-class appearance,
performance, protection and sustainability to customers in more
than 100 countries. Valspar offers a broad range of superior
coatings products for the consumer market, and highly-engineered
solutions for the construction, industrial, packaging and
transportation markets. Founded in 1806, Valspar is headquartered
in Minneapolis. Valspar's reported
net sales in fiscal 2015 were $4.4
billion and its shares are traded on the New York Stock
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