Louisville’s Active Heroes Win $250,000 Grand Prize in The Home Depot Foundation’s National Facebook Contest
Check Presentation and Celebration Event Set for Today, June 1 at Westport Rd. The Home Depot Store
(Louisville, Ky.) June 1, 2013 – Active Heroes has won the battle and a $250,000 check. Earlier this morning, the local veterans nonprofit was named grand prize winner of The Home Depot Foundation’s year-long Facebook voting program called Aprons in Action and will receive the $250,000 grand prize at a celebration event later today. As the March winner of Aprons in Action, Active Heroes competed against nine other finalists from May 1 – May 31 and finished with 107,042total votes, more than 60,000 votes ahead of the competition. Grand Rapids Home for Veterans and Stiggy’s Dogs in Howell, Mich. took home the $150,000 second place and $100,000 third place prizes, respectively.
Representatives from The Home Depot Foundation will honor Active Heroes today, June 1 at noon EST with a celebration event and check presentation at a local The Home Depot store located at 10301 Westport Rd., Louisville, KY 40241. President of Active Heroes, Troy Yocum, and representatives from The Home Depot Foundation will be available for comment.
“Our team and all of Active Heroes are so excited to take first place in the Aprons in Action contest. We worked around the clock to gain support for our dream of building a retreat for veterans in need and thanks to The Home Depot Foundation, our dreams are coming true,” said president of Active Heroes Troy Yocum. “The number of votes and overall support we received from the Louisville community on Facebook was unprecedented and truly amazing.”
Across the country, The Home Depot Associates give back to their communities by volunteering their time and talents with local nonprofit organizations that support our nation’s veterans, like Active Heroes. Volunteers from Team Depot, the company’s associate-led volunteer force, offer additional hours and supplies to each of the featured nonprofits in support of their work in communities through the Aprons in Action Program.
“It’s been our privilege to help organizations like Active Heroes reach new heights in their steadfast effort to support veterans in need,” said Kelly Caffarelli, president of The Home Depot Foundation. “I am proud to say that with the conclusion of the May contest, The Home Depot Foundation reached its goal of donating $1 million to 44 deserving nonprofits.”
About Active Heroes:
The mission of Active Heroes is to strengthen military families, serve veterans and benefit active duty military by providing financial support and community reintegration. Active Heroes is dedicated to connecting and helping America’s military families through financial assistance, active challenges, leadership training and community outreach to halt the triggering point and stress associated with hard times. Learn more at www.activeheroes.org.
About The Home Depot Foundation:
The Home Depot Foundation is dedicated to improving the homes of U.S. military veterans through financial and volunteer resources to help nonprofit organizations. The Foundation has committed $80 million to these efforts over five years.
Through Team Depot, the company’s associate-led volunteer program, thousands of Home Depot associates volunteer their time and talents to positively transform neighborhoods and perform basic repairs and modifications to homes and facilities serving veterans with critical housing needs.
Since its formation in 2002, The Home Depot Foundation has granted more than $340 million to nonprofit organizations improving homes and lives in local communities. To learn more and see our associates in action, visit www.homedepotfoundation.org, follow us on Twitter @homedepotfdn, and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/homedepotfoundation.
