MINNEAPOLIS, June 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicagoland Habitat
for Humanity honored The Valspar Corporation June 9 at its inaugural Habitat Hero Award Dinner
at the Loews Chicago Hotel, recognizing the company's significant
contributions and support for Habitat homeowners across the
Chicago area.
Valspar has been a long-standing partner of Habitat for
Humanity, helping provide affordable housing for families and
improving communities across the region and the nation. Habitat for
Humanity has been in the Chicagoland area for over 30 years, and
Valspar has provided volunteers, funding and free paint for every
Habitat home that is built and restored.
In May, Valspar sponsored National Neighborhood Week, which
prompted more than 500 Valspar employees from 30 of the company's
U.S. locations to volunteer with their local Habitat organization.
Dozens of employees from Valspar's four Chicago-area facilities volunteered hundreds
of hours to help the eight Habitat affiliates in the Chicago region with building and painting
projects.
"Here in Chicagoland, Valspar and its local executives have been
instrumental leaders in our work to change more families' lives,"
said Tony Gambell, a partner at
McKinsey & Company, vice chair of the Chicagoland Habitat for
Humanity Board and a co-chair of the Habitat Hero event, who
presented the award. "In addition to deploying employee volunteers,
Valspar has provided a quarter million dollars in cash and product
donations to the Chicago region
alone."
Les Ireland, EVP and President,
Global Consumer, who is a member of Chicagoland Habitat's Executive
Advisory Council, accepted the award on behalf of Valspar.
"To be truly generous, one must be willing to give their time,
their talent, and their treasure to serve others. There is no
greater example of this than Habitat for Humanity, and Valspar is
very proud of our partnership and the ways in which we work
together," Ireland said. "Thank you for this wonderful honor, and
we look forward to our continued partnership."
John Edwardson, retired CEO of
CDW, also was recognized at the Habitat Hero event for his
company's and his personal long-time contributions to Chicagoland
Habitat for Humanity.
Valspar: If it matters, we're on
it.®
Valspar is a global leader in the coatings
industry providing customers with innovative, high-quality products
and value-added services. Our 11,100 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
Exchange (symbol: VAL). For more information, visit www.valspar.com
and follow @valspar on Twitter.
About Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity:
Chicagoland
Habitat for Humanity was created as a support organization for
Habitat for Humanity affiliates in the Chicagoland area, with a
goal of significantly increasing the number of families served in
the Chicagoland region. Habitat is committed to creating
opportunities for individuals and families to thrive; to
revitalizing neighborhoods and building communities; and to helping
transform generations through home ownership. We do this by making
housing affordable to hardworking people without access to
conventional financing and offer individuals a hand up, fueled by
our belief in dignity, self-sufficiency, collaboration, and hope.
For more information, visit www.chicagolandhabitat.org.
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