Youthworks mission is to help ensure all youth have a safe place to belong and be heard. The Lowe's Hometown grant will renovate storage and program areas to make significant improvements in the organization's ability to collect and store donations for our annual clothing giveaway event and other program needs, as well as improve program area for various activity groups our organization offers.

For nearly 70 years, Youth Encouragement Services has helped kids reach their potential by offering ways to belong and grow. The Lindsley Center is a safe haven that provides programming and resources that support every kid’s future. Through the Lowe’s Hometowns grant, the facility will get a well-deserved facelift that instills feelings of hope and equips future generations. Upgrades include a new roof, enhanced security features, exterior painting, installation of a prominent mural, updated sporting equipment, window repairs, and new furniture.

United Against Poverty-Orlando/UP Orlando serves families and individuals by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, and personal empowerment, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers. With Lowes Hometowns funding, the organization will renovate its public restrooms - used by thousands each year - from old, ugly and worn out (and just plain "yucky!"), to new, attractive and accessible!

The Salvation Army serves communities by meeting human needs without discrimination through programs that provide food, shelter, and support for individuals and families in crisis. With the Lowe's Hometowns Grant, The Salvation Army's Portland Moore Street Corps (PMSC) will undergo essential painting repairs to protect its buildings from ongoing vandalism. These improvements will create a safer, more welcoming environment, ensuring that the PMSC remains a trusted resource where at-risk individuals and families can find support and stability as a stepping stone toward self-sufficiency.

TPOM has been providing wraparound services for men and women leaving incarceration for over 10 years at its south Nashville reentry center. The Lowe’s Hometown grant will convert two under-utilized classrooms into four much needed offices. This renovation will create dedicated space for counseling services and sets the stage for a planned expansion of recovery services to the justice-impacted community.

Since 1988, St. Joseph the Worker has provided pathways to self-sufficiency, with employment as the foundation of all we do. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will enable the organization to renovate its Workforce Villages Re-entry Program home, replacing essential elements such as subflooring, flooring, baseboards, kitchen cabinets, kitchen countertops, a new kitchen window, painting, and electrical work.

Ronald McDonald House of Greater Charlotte is the only nonprofit organization serving families of sick or injured children in the greater Charlotte region with essential services such as private accommodation, daily meals, and other critical support.

Project Beacon is dedicated to creating a community of belonging for adults with autism and other neurodiversities by creating inclusive spaces and opportunities that empower individuals to build independence and engage meaningfully in their communities. With support from Lowe’s Hometowns, the organization will enhance the Beacon Access Center by installing durable flooring, improving lighting and communication systems, adding sensory-friendly features, and upgrading accessibility through wayfinding signage and outdoor gathering spaces.

For 50 years, the mission of Preble Street has been to provide accessible, barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty and to advocate for solutions to these problems. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will transform an underused and unsafe area of the Elena’s Way Wellness Shelter into a client consultation room and conference room through demolition, framing, installing furnishing, and updates such as mechanical retrofitting, electrical rewiring, painting, and finish work.

Pathways empowers women and children out of homelessness through hospitality, housing, and hope through four programs: two overnight shelters, a Day Center, and an Early Learning Center. The renovations will add an infant classroom to serve more children ages 8 weeks to 6 years in our Early Learning Center that exclusively serves children experiencing homelessness. The program helps keep individuals in the workforce, reduces the number of people experiencing homelessness, and prepares children for education during the most crucial years.