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In April 2024, Paine College celebrated winning the coveted $150,000 Home Depot Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant...
Paine's unwavering commitment to inclusivity and giving access to its entire campus family led to a winning proposal that included campus upgrades that would create a warm welcoming environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Needless to say, the sheer will and commitment to logging the most votes among 30 HBCUs in Cluster 3 positioned the College to enter its winning proposal.
This milestone attracted Grammy-award winning artist CeeLo Green who celebrated the achievement with the campus family on April 20th. Of particular note, CeeLo has donated all of his appearances and services to Paine College since becoming a Visiting Artist-in-Residence in October 2021.
Once the College's vision was approved in May, Home Depot assigned the local Home Depot store to assist Paine with ordering approved supplies and materials needed to implement the projects.
As of August 20th, approximately 95% of all materials and supplies have been delivered and stored in a secure location. The Project Coordinator and Project Managers have issued an agreed upon Project Timeline that is designed to keep all projects on track.
Now that the work is underway, we need your help to implement the "retooling" plans. Help Paine College succeed by volunteering today!
Meetings held with Program Administrator, Project Coordinator, and Project Managers, Student Affairs, and Home Depot Store Manager to review projects, supplies and materials.
Selected and ordered all supplies and materials
• 95% of the materials and supplies have arrived and stored
Held Internal Meetings with Student Affairs staff (Joseph Dingle, Sheila Paige)
Topic of discussion:
• Inventory
• Overview of Projects
Held Internal Meetings with Student Affairs and Students
Topic of discussion:
• Viewed product on site
• Reviewed projects
• Reviewed the timetable
Prep all locations for installation of product:
• Furniture
• Benches
• Bleachers
• Gazebos
• Picnic tables
• Trash receptacles
Prep all locations for electrical needs
• Gazebos
• Charging stations
• Lighting
• Assemble equipment and furniture
• Prune and remove trees in order to accommodate new furniture
• Pressure wash area on Peters Campus Center veranda
• Install sod / grass
• Paint light poles around the campus
• Paint railings on Student Center
• Paint railings on HEAL Complex
• Paint railings on the Chapel
• Paint railings on Haygood Holsey Hall
• Install safety barricades in the vicinity of the basketball court and the BBQ Grill area
• Pour cement for all locations and installations
• Install furniture
• Install benches
• Install trash receptacles
• Install picnic tables
• Install gazebos
• Install ceiling fans in gazebos
• Install lighting in gazebos and on Peters Campus Center veranda
No work will be performed week of October 14-19 (week of Board Meeting)
Prep the basketball court (strip, resurface, and seal the court)
• Install drainage system
• Install basketball goals
• Install volleyball court
• Prep and pave the parking lot adjacent to the basketball court
Internal Purchases -- Paine College will be responsible for these purchases. Home Depot will not provide Labor, asphalt for parking lot, ample cement for projects, labor related to tree and shrubbery removal, heavy equipment, sand for volleyball court, and other.
• Strip and resurface Basketball Court
• Volleyball Court (poles, sand, net, equipment)
• Basketball goals
• Buddy benches at the HEAL Complex and Basketball Court
• Install drainage system
• Install cement pads/slabs
- Bleachers
- Benches
- Gazebos
- Trash receptacles
- Picnic tables
"Let's be reminded of the collective power we possess to shape a brighter future for Paine College students. We extend our sincere gratitude to the Paine College Family, Trustees, Alumni, and Friends who have supported and are continuing to pour into this project. We are extremely grateful to Home Depot for its continued support."
Dr. Cheryl Evans Jones, President
Helene Carter, Program Administrator
LeRoy Summers, Project Coordinator
Gather Lewis, Project Manager
Yewston Curry, Project Manager
Kornelius Taylor, Project Manager
Mahmoud Alnashef & Team, The Home Depot Store #0119
Jeremy Ownby, Website & Eblast Manager
Joseph Dingle, Student Affairs Liaison
Sheila Paige, Student Affairs Liaison
Demi McKeever, Miss Paine College, Student Rep
Basheeba Smallwood, Records
Kirsten Goodwin, Alumni Liaison
Leadra Collins, Community Liaison
William Fennoy, Community Liaison
George Bailey, President, Augusta Alumni Chapter
John Kelsey, Atlanta Metro Alumni Chapter
Plant Operations Team
(This is a partial listing of Team Members & Volunteers)
Giving 
