The cleanup continues: Lowe’s hosts relief events after Hurricane Sally

From one disaster to the next, communities along the Gulf Coast are reeling from back-to-back hurricanes. A few weeks after Hurricane Laura left a wake of destruction in Texas and Louisiana, Hurricane Sally stalled over Alabama, causing major flooding and damage across both Alabama and Florida. 

Quickly, Lowe’s stores in Sally’s path arranged to host community relief event at eight locations across the two states. On Monday, the stores handed out more than 2,500 buckets filled with essential supplies to help community members begin the cleanup process. Some of those supplies included products like: 

• Flashlights
• Gloves
• Batteries
• Bug spray
• Bottled water
• Trash bags

The stores saw such a huge turnout and a greater need than anticipated, so the company decided to host three more community events on Friday, September 25 and give away even more free buckets. Locations and times for those events are as follows:

Earlier this week, 120 Emergency Relief Team (ERT) members deployed from other Lowe’s stores to serve in stores heavily impacted by Hurricane Sally. These associates serve voluntarily in areas affected by disasters to give local associates time away from work to spend with their families. 

Stores also are providing a way for customers to donate to American Red Cross Disaster Relief quickly and easily. Lowe’s recently introduced a point-of-sale change donation program specifically in response to the national coin shortage. Here’s how it works: Customers paying with cash at all U.S. stores, including Mobile and Pensacola area stores, can donate their coin change to support American Red Cross Disaster Relief. Since the program’s Sept. 3 start, customers across the U.S. have contributed more than $2 million. Combined with Lowe’s $500,000 donation in late August, Lowe’s and its customers have donated more than $2.5 million to American Red Cross U.S. Disaster Relief this year.