VOICE OF IMPACT
Lowe’s, Corporate Partner
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uring a 15-year partnership, Lowe’s has ensured Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) has the materials it needs to take on housing projects in the area. Candy Bates, Lowe’s store manager in Paintsville, Kentucky, has continued to grow that partnership by sending teams of employees to work on Elderly Housing Program projects. The teams spend three to four days on jobsites building ramps for participants to have easier access to their homes. During the week, Bates brings different employees to participate in the build to get as much of her staff involved as possible. “Our relationship with CAP has helped us learn what our community is going through,” Bates said. “It is rewarding to see the impact CAP makes on the community and knowing that through our
relationship and partnership with them we are helping with that. It’s also good to know that we are helping someone and making their life easier. Even after we are gone, we have made a lasting impact on their life.” Through the partnership with CAP, Lowe’s has been able to also connect to the community and build a personal relationship with its residents. “Whenever people think about Lowe’s, they think we’re a corporate company made up of corporate people, but we’re not,” Bates said. “People forget that even though we work for Lowe’s we live here, we shop here, we work here, and our kids go to school here. Having the opportunity to serve in the community with CAP gives us the opportunity to connect to local people.”
It is rewarding to see the impact CAP makes on the community and knowing that through our relationship and partnership with them we are helping with that.
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