HBCUs Given “Close to a $1,000,000” by Home Depot’s Campus Improvement Program

For the fifth straight year, The Home Depot’s “Retool Your School” Campus Improvement Program rallied students, faculty, staff and alumni at historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs) via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social networking sites to cast their votes to help improve the HBCU of their choosing.

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This year, a total of 58 HBCUs competed for grants totaling $255,000.

The top winners of 2014 “Retool Your School” Grant

Knoxville College, the top winning school, was awarded the $50,000 Tier 1 Grant. Howard University, Morris Brown College and Oakwood University was awarded the Campus Pride Grants of $25,000.

The Tier II grant winners of $10,000 are Claflin University, Huston-Tillotson University, Jarvis Christian College, JF Drake State Community and Technical College, Lane College, Lincoln University of Missouri, North Carolina Central University, Paine College, Prairie View A&M University, Shaw University, Spelman College, Stillman College and Voorhees College.

The Home Depot gives back

Since its establishment, the Home Depot “Retool Your School” Program has given “close to a $1,000,000″ to HBCUs.

“The RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL program is such an important program to The Home Depot,” said Melissa Brown, the Multicultural Marketing manager at the Home Depot.

“We know how valuable our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities are and how much they have contributed to our country’s growth,” Brown said.

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