Home Depot Readies Bradenton Residents for Hurricane Season

The Home Depot Conducting Hurricane Preparedness Workshops for Residents In Bradenton 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: Bradenton The Home Depot store #244
                    2350 Cortez Road West
                    Bradenton, FL 34207

                   E Bradenton store #6319
                   5475 University Parkway
                   University Park, FL 34201
                   
                   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.