To mark the start of the summer painting and home improvement season, Garland Area Habitat for Humanity is partnering with Valspar to help low-income families and to strengthen communities through Valspar’s National Neighborhood Week, May 9-14.
Employees from Valspar’s Garland plant are volunteering with GAHFH May 12 to revitalize a home through a Brush with Kindness project.
Garland Area Habitat for Humanity Executive Director, Christine Hockin-Boyd, proudly shared: “Community Partnerships such as Valspar are invaluable. The ability to serve together to improve a home strengthens the quality of life. Together we are building strength and stability that enhances the community – the place in which we live, work and play. Yes, we are about building a better life for families.”
More than 500 employees from Valspar’s 30 U.S. locations are volunteering with Habitat organizations across the country 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 nearly $50,000 for Garland Area Habitat for Humanity.
“National Neighborhood Week is all about creating opportunities for children and families to build better futures,” said Kimberly Welch, Valspar vice president of Communications and chair of The Valspar Foundation. “Our employees are 
excited about volunteering with their local Habitat to contribute to its mission of helping families in need have a decent, affordable place to live.”
Valspar donates paint for every Habitat home built, repaired or refurbished in the United States — 2.5 million gallons through the end of 2015. Valspar also is a founding partner of the A Brush with Kindness program, which helps low-income homeowners who struggle to maintain their homes. The program helps transform neighborhoods by painting, landscaping and providing minor exterior home repairs for people in need, many of whom are elderly, veterans or disabled. Since co-founding the program in 1998, more than 15,000 families have been helped through A Brush with Kindness.
About Garland Area Habitat for Humanity: Founded in 1993, Garland Area Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization, Habitat for Humanity International. Operating on Christian principles, GAHFH shares the mission of Habitat International, seeking to put God’s love into action by building homes, communities and hope. GAHFH is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in Garland, Rowlett, Sachse and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. The nonprofit was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all. At GAHFH, we share this conviction. To learn more, visit garlandhabitat.org.
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