Lowe's Heroes donate time & materials to Clippard

It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes dedicated volunteers to build a school, such as the "Lowe's Heroes," posing at Clippard Elementary School on Hopper Road. Clippard is the recipient of an "outdoor makeover," courtesy of the Lowe's Heroes program.

Tom Young (back row, far right) and his crew recently worked an entire day installing two picnic tables and five new benches. "We also have about 20 new trees planted around our new classroom addition and along the blacktop," according to Clippard Principal Dr. Sydney Herbst. "They added more bushes and plants and mulch. They even mowed, weeded and raked. Our rock garden area looks better than ever," Dr. Herbst added. She said that during two previous projects, the Lowe's Heroes donated more than $2400 in plants and material, in addition to all of their time and labor.

Pictured, front row, left to right, are Felicity Kuehle, Julie Slinkard, Tina Chase, and Regina Dobson. Back row: Shane Murdock, Casey Seabaugh, Mark Hendrickson, Gary Kester and Tom Young. Not Pictured: Jay Williams, Jason Smith, and Tyler Davis. The Lowe's Heroes volunteer program encourages employees to team together, adopt a volunteer project with a local nonprofit organization or K-12 public school, and make a difference in their community.