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Home Depot Readies Sarasota Residents for Hurricane Season
The Home Depot Conducting Hurricane Preparedness Workshops for Residents In Sarasota Area
700 Home Depot stores prepare residents from Texas to Maine for 2013 hurricane season
WHAT: In an effort to equip residents in storm prone regions for the upcoming hurricane season, Home Depot stores in the area will host hurricane preparedness workshops on Saturday, July 27 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. The events are part of an unprecedented single-day outreach including more than 700 Home Depot stores from the Gulf Coast to New England.
The Home Depot is taking preemptive measures to protect residents from 2013 hurricane activity, which is once again predicted to be above average. The Home Depot experts will cover critical hurricane readiness topics, such as storm prep projects, generator safety, sizing generators for specific home or business needs and assembling disaster preparedness kits. The workshops are free and open to the public.
The Hurricane Preparedness Workshops are part of a larger initiative aimed at expanding The Home Depot’s hurricane operating plan. The company has moved workshops farther north this year and increased its supply chain readiness in northern facilities, including a new rail-connected distribution center serving Long Island, Queens and Brooklyn. The company also recently announced the opening of a unique satellite storm recovery location in Seaside Heights, NJ to support post-Sandy efforts.
Additional information and event registration is available at workshops.homedepot.com.
WHO: The Home Depot hurricane experts available for interviews in advance of and during the event
WHERE & WHEN: Sarasota The Home Depot store #255
4111 Cattleman Rd
Sarasota, FL 34233
Saturday, July 27, 2013 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Attendees should register online in advance of the workshops at workshops.homedepot.com.
CONTACT: For more information, please contact: Kim Leslie, o: 404-877-5536 m: 240-449-5575
kim.leslie@mslgroup.com
ABOUT THE HOME DEPOT
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,257 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. In fiscal 2012, The Home Depot had sales of $74.8 billion and earnings of $4.5 billion. The Company employs more than 300,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.