Framing Hope

Salem Nonprofit to Receive Donated Building and Home Depot Products

The United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley has been Chosen to Participate in National Product Donation Program provided by The Home Depot and Managed by Gifts In Kind International

SALEM, OR (August 10, 2010) – The United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley has been selected to participate in Framing Hope, The Home Depot’s national product donation program, in partnership with Gifts In Kind International, which matches Home Depot stores with local nonprofit organizations. As a beneficiary of the program, the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley will receive donated building and maintenance supplies and assorted home improvement products from The Home Depot store on Hagers Grove Road in Salem.

“We are thrilled to be matched with our local Home Depot store to receive donated products for our Gifts in Kind program,” said Kara Rotella, operations director for the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley.  “As nonprofits face declining monetary donations and struggle to make ends meet, our Gifts in Kind program allows them to redirect funds toward other much-needed programs and services.  Gifts-in-kind, as a community resource, have become vital to sustainability for many nonprofits.”

Launched in 2008, Framing Hope is funded by The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation and managed by Gifts In Kind International, an international charity that distributes new, donated products to qualified nonprofit organizations. Framing Hope’s mission is to support charitable organizations that focus on affordable housing initiatives with unsold, usable products from local Home Depot stores.  Framing Hope allows nonprofits to stretch their dollars further and use their resources wisely with donated materials that help with the construction and maintenance of healthy, affordable housing. 

“Framing Hope is a great example of a program that supports the triple bottom line, because it benefits people by providing supplies to support safe, healthy housing; it benefits the planet by diverting our unsold merchandise from landfills; and it benefits local nonprofits by giving them additional resources,” said Kelly Caffarelli, president of The Home Depot Foundation. “We are delighted that the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley will be a part of the program, and we look forward to this partnership enhancing their ability to make a positive impact on the community.”

Currently, more than 825 Home Depot stores are partnered with about 650 nonprofit organizations across the country. The nonprofit selection process and the specifics of the donation process for each are managed by Gifts in Kind International.

“The generous donations of The Home Depot to charitable organizations around the country help nonprofits such as the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley to survive these tough economic times and continue serving people in need in the community,” said Gifts In Kind international president and CEO Cindy Hallberlin. “Gifts In Kind is honored to work with The Home Depot to help nonprofits and the people they serve in Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties obtain products that can help them be more successful.”

Charitable organizations wishing to partner with a local Home Depot store should contact Gifts In Kind International at (703) 836-2121 or visit:  http://www.giftsinkind.org/homedepot

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About the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
The United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley was established in 1937 and remains committed to supporting the Marion, Polk, and Yamhill communities through the allocation of dollars devoted to local agencies and essential services programs.  With the help of corporate, employee, and individual donations, the United Way impacts one-in-three lives through programs that focus on urgent human and social services needs:  helping children, youth, and adults achieve their potential; promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people’s health and independence.  The United Way also oversees the HandOn Mid-Willamette Valley initiative—a volunteer action center that works to create change in the community through civic engagement.  As well as the Salem Area Transit Bus Pass Program and the Yamhill 2-1-1 helpline.  For more information about the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley call:  (503) 363-1651 or visit:  unitedwaywmv.org

Gifts In Kind International
Ranked by Forbes Magazine as one of the nation’s best-managed charities in America, Gifts In Kind International (http://www.giftsinkind.org) is dedicated to helping people and communities by distributing new corporate product donations—including books, toys, personal care products and clothing, building supplies, computers and other technology products, and much more—to qualified nonprofit organizations. The charitable organization works with more than half of the Fortune 100 consumer, retail and technology companies. Last year, Gifts In Kind distributed product donations valued at more than $400 million.

The Home Depot & The Home Depot Foundation
The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,245 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China.  Created in 2002, The Home Depot Foundation supports nonprofit organizations dedicated to creating and preserving healthy, affordable homes as the cornerstone of sustainable communities.  Since its formation, The Home Depot Foundation has granted $190 million to nonprofit organizations and supported the development of more than 95,000 homes, planted more than 1.2 million trees, and built or refurbished more than 1,875 playgrounds, parks and greenspaces. For more information, visit http://www.homedepotfoundation.org and follow us on Twitter @homedepotfdn.

Additional Media Contacts:
Kara Kozimor, Gifts in Kind International      
(703) 299-7575 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Catherine Woodling, The Home Depot Foundation
(770) 384-2304 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)