Two days ago, The Home Depot kicked-off of its Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program for Historically Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The goal of the grant program is to provide sustainable and lasting renovations to give new life to the campuses of HBCUs.
Now into its fourth year, overall grant monies under the 2013 Retool Your School Grants have increased to $195,000.
The Home Depot will award one $50,000 Tier I Grant and one $25,000 Campus Pride Grant for the school with the most votes and social media activity, as assessed by The Home Depot. In addition, twelve $10,000 Tier II Grants will also be awarded.
Schools are required to submit a brief description of their projects by Feb. 11, 2013 for consideration, with full proposal details due by March 11, 2013, according to hbculifestyle.com.
Online voting takes place from Feb. 18 to April 15 at www.retoolyourschool.com.
“The Home Depot is thrilled to once again offer the Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant available to HBCU’s,” said Melissa Brown, manager of multicultural marketing, The Home Depot, hbculifesytle.com also reported. “Now in its fourth year, we’ve seen incredible growth of support and popularity of the program. It is such a rewarding program connecting with our communities and it takes school spirit to a whole new level.”
Florida has several HBCUs, including Florida A&M University and Florida Memorial University. In 2011, Bethune-Cookman University received $50,000 as the grand prize winner.
