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The Home Depot Foundation, HandsOn Greater Phoenix and Native American Connections Team Up to Upgrade Local Veteran Housing Facilities
Posted on Oct 29, 2024

The Home Depot Foundation, HandsOn Greater Phoenix and Native American Connections Team Up to Upgrade Local Veteran Housing Facilities

The Arizona State Veterans Home at Steele Indian School Park and Native American Connections' Encanto Pointe are home to more than 250 veterans, and through volunteers’ efforts, low-income veteran residents across both facilities will have a safe and relaxing place to call home, resulting in well-deserved upgrades to their day-to-day life.

A group of more than 700 volunteers from The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, Team Depot, and HandsOn Greater Phoenix will work together in completing various projects to update veterans’ housing and outdoor gathering areas. Projects will include room renovations; interior and exterior painting, including custom murals; building custom seating, raised bed gardens, and exterior green therapy spaces; and landscaping.

Giving back to veterans is personal to The Home Depot, as tens of thousands of the company’s associates are veterans or military spouses. Since 2011, The Home Depot Foundation has invested $500 million in veteran causes and helped renovate and enhance more than 60,000 veteran homes and facilities, ensuring more of our nation’s heroes have a safe, comfortable place to call home that fits their individual needs. 

Volunteer projects include: 

About The Home Depot Foundation | The Home Depot Foundation, the nonprofit arm of The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, support communities impacted by natural disasters and train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap. Since 2011, the Foundation has invested more than $500 million in veteran causes and improved more than 60,000 veteran homes and facilities. The Foundation has pledged to invest $750 million in veteran causes by 2030 and $50 million in training the next generation of skilled tradespeople through the Path to Pro program by 2028. To learn more about The Home Depot Foundation visit HomeDepotFoundation.org and follow us on X @HomeDepotFound and on Facebook and Instagram @HomeDepotFoundation.

About HandsOn Greater Phoenix | HandsOn Greater Phoenix is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that puts volunteers to work where they are needed most.

About Native American Connections | Native American Connections works to improve the lives of individuals and families through Native American culturally appropriate behavioral health, affordable housing, and community development services.

 

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