The project brought together more than 100 of PPG's top global leaders, who spent a portion of their annual global leadership meeting repainting the club's learning center, teen lounge area, art room and auditorium.
More than 100 of PPG's top global leaders completed a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES project in collaboration with Heart of America to revitalize the
PPG provided more than 120 gallons of PPG PURE PERFORMANCE paint for the project, while the
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The employee volunteers beautified the club with colors including Swirling Smoke (PPG1007-2) and Puturple (PPG1248-5), selected by PPG experts to enhance learning and engagement. Volunteers also completed an uplifting mural in the auditorium, designed to inspire students to 'dream big and work hard,' and a STEM-themed mural in the teen space.
'The goal was to create inspiring spaces so every young person that enters the doors of the
For this project, PPG teamed up with Heart of America, an education equity nonprofit organization that transforms learning spaces, bridges the resource gap, and strengthens communities to give all students room to learn, discover and thrive. The X-Bots Robotics organization also joined the PPG leaders to build and donate several specially designed physical therapy cars for toddlers with cerebral disorders affecting their body mobility.
'At Heart of America, we believe every student deserves an inspiring space to learn and thrive. And behind that belief is a deep commitment to collaboration with our partners to bring this dream into reality,' said
The Colorful Communities program provides PPG volunteers and paint products, along with financial contributions, to bring color and brightness to communities where the company operates around the world, such as in
The Colorful Communities program, PPG's signature initiative for supporting communities, aims to protect and beautify the neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. Through the Colorful Communities program, PPG's committed volunteers contribute their time and PPG paint products to help transform community assets - from painting classrooms, to bringing color to a maternity ward and redesigning a playground. Since 2015, PPG has completed more than 450 Colorful Communities projects, impacting more than 7.5 million people in 50 countries.
PPG's global community engagement efforts and the
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