Items Tagged with 'charities and foundations'

The Lowe’s Foundation awarded $9M in Gable Grants to 15 nonprofits, expanding skilled trades training in carpentry, HVAC, roofing, and more to address workforce shortages.

This change will enable the Rising Stars Program to significantly expand its reach, enhance its offerings and secure additional funding to further its mission of empowering underrepresented youth with career opportunities in the construction industry.

Following the record destruction caused by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in the past 30 years, Simpson Strong-Tie is donating $10,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross, processed through the American Red Cross.

On Oct. 30, Simpson Strong-Tie was honored to partner with the Valley Contractors Workforce Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Valley Contractors Exchange, to raise walls for a new home in Paradise, California.

The National Association of Women in Construction Philadelphia Foundation has released In the Construction Zone: An Activity Book, a construction-themed coloring and activity book designed to inspire creativity, problem-solving and interest in the building trades among children.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. S-5! is donating $5,000 to two amazing charities to support breast cancer patients and their families. S-5! is asking people in the industry to join the company by purchasing its “Give Cancer the Boot” t-shirts.

The Skilled Trades Advisory Council has officially earned nonprofit status. Founded one year ago, STAC is comprised of leaders across the construction, retail and skilled trades industries who joined forces to combat the crisis facing skilled labor in the U.S. and Canada.

ClarkDietrich announced on Oct. 1 the acquisition of Studs Unlimited, effective immediately.

Dunes Point Capital LP has sold Unified Door and Hardware Group LLC to Foundation Building Materials LLC. Located in Pennsauken, New Jersey, Unified is a value-added distributor of doors and related hardware for commercial building applications.