Home Modifications Sponsors

LOWE'S

Lowe's has been helping customers improve the places they call home for more than 60 years. Lowe’s believes customer and community involvement extends beyond the boundaries of the traditional retail setting. Whether it's helping with natural disaster recovery or taking an active role in programs that make neighborhoods better places to live, Lowe’s is committed to helping its neighbors through alliances with well-respected nonprofit organizations.

Since 1957, the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF) has contributed to grassroots community and K-12 public education projects. In 2006, LCEF awarded more than $15 million to diverse organizations and schools across the United States.

Lowe’s is proud to partner with Rebuilding Together through a $ 1 million grant from The Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation to support the Safe & Healthy Homes Initiative with support for the Home Modifications Program. The funds will be used to help support 80+ home modification projects for elderly, disabled and low-income families across the United States through April 2008. Priority will be given to projects that incorporate universal design elements to allow homeowners to age in place.

AARP
Rebuilding Together is strongly committed to the idea that homeownership stabilizes and strengthens communities. Preserving the homes where Americans raise and enjoy their families keeps communities together and growing, and allows the homeowners who live in these houses the opportunity to continue engaging in the community.

AARP’s emphasis on Livable Communities aims to make communities more accessible to its members through measures including transportation, social services, and affordable housing options. Remaining in a safe, comfortable home is key to Livable Communities, provided that the homes afford the user the opportunity to still engage in the community.

By working together, AARP and Rebuilding Together are addressing the concern that as America ages, so does its housing stock. Though the inhabitants’ needs may change with age, the home environment often doesn’t change to support those needs, and in fact, may deteriorate and further compromise safety and security. When difficult choices must be made on how to spend limited/fixed incomes, home maintenance usually falls below basic necessities such as food, medicine, and transportation costs. By teaming the Rebuilding Together model of home repair and falls prevention work with AARP’s legions of volunteers and concerned community members, we are able to affect serious and lasting change for these families, and the communities in which they live. By allowing them to remain in the community and engaged, both the individuals and the community at large benefit.

For more information on AARP and the Livable Communities Initiative, visit www.aarp.org.