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10 THE HOME DEPOT
OUR COMMUNITIES
The Home Depot is not only investing in its associates and stores, but also in the communities where our customers
and associates live and work. Giving back is a fundamental value of our company and a passion of our associates.
Our associates gave their time and talents by volunteering over 530,000 hours in 2007 through our Team Depot
program. Together with our nonprofit partner, KaBOOM!, we reached our goal of completing 1,000 playground
projects in 1,000 days.
We also provide assistance to our associates through The Homer Fund, an associate sponsored fund, in times of
financial difficulties due to natural disasters, illnesses and family emergencies. Since 2006, this charity also awards
scholarships to children of associates attending a post-secondary educational institution.
Through the efforts of The Home Depot Foundation, the Company’s national giving arm, we work to create strong
communities by building healthy, affordable housing. In 2007, we made grants of almost $50 million to more than
1,350 non-profit organizations. These funds help build homes that families can afford not just to move into, but to
live in, by conserving energy and water to keep utility bills low; using durable materials to reduce maintenance costs;
and providing a healthy indoor and outdoor environment. The Home Depot Foundation has pledged to support the
building of 100,000 affordable homes and the planting of three million trees in the next decade.
Whether it’s wildfires in California, flooding in the Northeast and Northwest or tornados in the country’s Heartland,
The Home Depot is among the first organizations on the scene to ensure our customers have the supplies, resources
and support they need to rebuild their homes and communities. When disaster strikes, The Home Depot takes an
integrated approach to its relief efforts through ongoing contributions to local and national non-profit partners and
the mobilization of associate volunteers. We work to aid our communities by donating essential products to help with
rescue and recovery efforts. Our goal is to provide continuous assistance to our customers and associates by being
the last store to close and the first store to reopen in a crisis.
Home Depot associates provided
shelter for horses threatened by
California wildfires.