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Lowe’s employees lend a helping hand to local homeless shelter

by Nikki Gaskins Campbell

lowes4For two days in a row, Lowe’s employees throughout the tricounty, including the Goose Creek location, joined forces to give 180 Place, a shelter in Summerville, a much needed makeover.

“We have a lot of people on different tasks, different projects,” stated Shenique Rollinson with Lowe’s. “They’re very dedicated.”

Nearly 40 Lowe’s employees volunteered their personal time to help out and make the shelter a more welcoming place for guests.

The workers are part of Lowe’s Heroes, a program which encourages employees in a location to team together, adopt a volunteer project with lowes2a local nonprofit organization or K–12 public school and make a difference.

“We had an employee named Tina Jackson who was affiliated with Crisis Ministries, and she was talking to them about various things they needed, so I called them to see if we could partner up and help them,” stated Rollinson.

180 Place provides food, shelter and critical supportive services to help individuals, veterans and families turn their lives around.

“It’s helpful to us to have people who can come out with the expertise and really know how to complete a project,” stated Brad Cashman, the organization’s director of community engagement. “We need the community support lowes3 that recognizes that families are in need and do need people to reach out and complete projects that we couldn’t do on our own.”

During the two-day event, Lowe’s employees spent approximately $15,000 on material to help upgrade the Summerville shelter.

“Lowe’s put together a gazebo which includes a new patio furniture,” stated Cashman. “It’s going to be a nice quiet area for our guests.”

Workers also put together a children’s swing, installed a front gate to the shelter, painted the shelter’s walls, donated patio furniture and much more.

lowes“We took care of every little aspect,” stated Rollinson. “It was a huge undertaking, but we understood that.”

For more information on the shelter, click here.
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