Voorhees wins $10,000 Retool Your School grant from Home Depot

DENMARK Voorhees College is one of 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities to win a $10,000 Tier II grant in The Home Depots 2014 Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program.

Voorhees win will allow the institution to beautify the campus with additional assorted flowers, shrubbery, trees, planters, a drip line irrigation system, garden benches and gazebos.

We thank everyone who supported our efforts and voted for Voorhees throughout the competition. We would also like to thank The Home Depot for partnering with us to promote healthy living and learning for our students and all the constituents we serve, said Marcus Burgess, vice president of institutional advancement.

According to the competition rules, Voorhees was selected based on relevance to the proposal requirements; completeness of the proposal; ability to execute the project within the budget; ability of the project to make lasting, positive transformations on the campus that are noticeable; use of sustainable, eco-friendly and/or energy-saving materials and online voting score.

After the completion of the project, it is our hope that we can create a more welcoming and refreshing meditative space for students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends to gather, connect with nature and reenergize their spiritual being, Burgess said.

To see a complete listing of all the 2014 Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program winners, visit http://www.retoolyourschool.com/2014-winners/.

For more information, contact Teesa Brunson, communications director, at 803-780-1194 or tbrunson@voorhees.edu.

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