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HOME DEPOT, GIFTS IN KIND INTERNATIONAL HELP
SAN FRANCISCO'S
RECOVERY SURVIVAL NETWORK
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Press Release
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For Immediate Release
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Recovery Survival Network has been Chosen to Participate in National Product Donation Program Provided by The Home Depot Foundation
and Managed by Gifts In Kind International.
San Francisco-San Francisco - based Recovery Survival Network
has been selected to participate in Framing Hope, The Home Depot's
national product donation program, in partnership with Gifts In Kind
International, that matches Home Depot stores with local nonprofit
organizations. As a beneficiary of the program, Recovery Survival
Network will receive donated building and maintenance supplies and
assorted home improvement products from The Home Depot store from August 5, 2010 - August 4, 2011 for the newly formed partnership year.
| Recovery Survival Network Executive Director Lou Gordon (l) with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Malik Looper (c). |  |
"RSN is thrilled to be matched with our 3 local
Home Depot stores to receive donated products," said Lou Gordon,
Executive Director and founder of, Recovery Survival Network (RSN) on
behalf of The Chairman
of the RSN Board, Joel Turtle and RSN board members Amal Allan, Wells
Fargo Bank Branch Manager, David Kassis, Wells Fargo Bank Business
Specialist and Lloyd Graetz, retired Captain from the US Army. Kevin
Henley RSN Case manager for the SF Sheriff Department's NoVA program
says "This partnership with Home Depot and GIKI will help provide a new beginning for clients reentering the community from the criminal justice systems,
which will help make our communities a safer place to live". "The
products we receive will help us to fulfill our mission; "To help those
who want to help themselves. "
Launched in 2008, Framing Hope is funded by The Home Depot and The
Home Depot Foundation and managed by Gifts In Kind International, an
international charity that distributes new, donated products to
qualified nonprofit organizations. Framing Hope's mission is to support charitable organizations that focus on affordable housing
initiatives with unsold, usable products from local Home Depot stores.
Framing Hope allows nonprofits to stretch their dollars further and use
their resources wisely with donated materials that help with the
construction and maintenance of healthy, affordable housing.
"Framing Hope is a great example of a program that supports the triple bottom line,
because it benefits people by providing supplies to support safe,
healthy housing; it benefits the planet by diverting our unsold
merchandise from landfills; and it benefits local nonprofits by giving
them additional resources," said Kelly Caffarelli, president of The Home
Depot Foundation. "We are delighted that RSN will be a part of the
program, and we look forward to this partnership enhancing their ability
to make a positive impact on the community."
Currently, more than 825 Home Depot stores are partnered with about 650
nonprofit organizations across the country. The nonprofit selection
process and the specifics of the donation process for each are managed
by Gifts in Kind International.
"The generous donations of The Home Depot to charitable
organizations around the country help nonprofits such as Recovery
Survival Network to survive these tough economic times and continue
serving people in need in the community," said Gifts In Kind International President and CEO Cindy Hallberlin. "Gifts In Kind is honored to work with The Home Depot to help nonprofits and the people they serve in San Francisco obtain products that can help them be more successful."
Charitable organizations wishing to partner with a local Home Depot store should contact Gifts In Kind International at 703.836.2121 or visit www.giftsinkind.org/homedepot.com
Gifts In Kind International Ranked by Forbes Magazine as one of the
nation's best-managed charities in America, Gifts In Kind International (www.giftsinkind.org)
is dedicated to helping people and communities by distributing new
corporate product donations-including books, toys, personal care
products and clothing, building supplies, computers and other technology
products, and much more-to qualified nonprofit organizations. The charitable organization works
with more than half of the Fortune 100 consumer, retail and technology
companies. Last year, Gifts In Kind distributed product donations valued
at more than $400 million.
The Home Depot & The Home Depot Foundation
The
Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer,
with 2,245 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico
and China. Created in 2002, The Home Depot Foundation supports nonprofit
organizations dedicated to creating and preserving healthy, affordable
homes as the cornerstone of sustainable communities.
Since its formation, The Home Depot Foundation has granted $190 million
to nonprofit organizations and supported the development of more than
95,000 homes, planted more than 1.2 million trees, and built or
refurbished more than 1,875 playgrounds, parks and greenspaces. For more
information, visit www.homedepotfoundation.org and follow us on Twitter@homedepotfdn.
The Recovery Survival Network
Recovery
Survival Network is a 501(c) (3) non-profit foundation serving the
greater Bay Area since 1996. We have been assisting ex-offenders, the
homeless, veterans, adults, young adults, at-risk-youth, and people
re-entering society from residential drug / alcohol treatment programs,
and the criminal justice system. Our main purpose is to connect ex-offenders seeking survival skills training programs and providers combined with our peer-to-peer recovery and support services.
Media Contacts:
Lou Gordon, Recovery Survival Network
415-552-1111 or rsn2000@gmail.com
Kara Kozimor, Gifts in Kind International
703-299-7575 or kkozimor@giftsinkind.org
Catherine Woodling, The Home Depot Foundation
770-384-2304 or catherine_woodling@homedepot.com
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