PPG COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg

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(Last Updated On: July 3, 2019)

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PPG COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg

PPG COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg

Thanksgiving is all about be thankful, giving to others, helping others, and being grateful for the people on our lives and all our blessings.  And this Thanksgiving season, employee volunteers from PPG showed their thanks and gave to others at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg. PPG employee volunteers painted and beautified Academy Prep classrooms with student-selected paint colors for creative learning environments. During the event, the PPG Foundation donated $20,000 on behalf of PPG’s architectural coatings business to support the school’s science, technology, engineering and math programs. Mayor of St. Petersburg, Rick Kriseman, and Director of Education and Community Engagement, Leah McRae were in attendance.

As part of its global community engagement efforts, PPG completed the COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™ project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg, Florida on November 21st.  I love being a part of a community where companies give back and are involved.  This Thanksgiving season, I am also thankful for PPG and the COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™ project.

PPG COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg

Approximately 10 local volunteers from PPG and Lowe’s Commercial Painting used 25 gallons of PPG PAINTS™ products to beautify three of the school’s classrooms. Academy Prep students voted to select the new paint colors for creative learning environments, and they created and presented a colorful banner commemorating the project to display in the school.

The $20,000 PPG Foundation grant enables Academy Prep, which is a private, nonprofit organization, to purchase a well-known science, technology, engineering and math curriculum and provide training for teachers on the program, along with providing an after-school robotics program to students. This supports the school’s mission to inspire and empower students qualifying for need-based scholarships to become future community leaders through a rigorous middle school program coupled with ongoing graduate support.

PPG COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg

“We are very thankful for the generosity of PPG and the PPG Foundation as they support our efforts to create more colorful learning experiences and brighter futures for our students,” said Gina Burkett, head of Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg. “The colorful PPG Paints products beautifully refreshed the important spaces where our students learn and spend much of their time. And, like PPG, we believe in empowering today’s students with education to inspire tomorrow’s scientists, mathematicians and innovators.”

PPG COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg

Premium PPG Paints products, including PITT GLAZE® WB1, were used to protect and beautify three classrooms. Academy Prep students selected a custom color palette including vibrant colors such as PPG Paints Minerva (PPG1231-3), Flemish Blue (PPG1238-3), Always Blue (PPG1156-3), Copper River (PPG1196-5), Artesian Well (PPG1231-5) and Rojo Colonial (PPG13-15). Specifically designed with a washable formula that withstands the rigorous cleaning and wear and tear in schools, PPG Paints brand Pitt Glaze product was selected for the walls of the classrooms.

Robb Butler, PPG regional sales manager in the St. Petersburg and Tampa area said, “At PPG, we protect and beautify the world while investing in our local communities, especially in support of local educational opportunities. We are proud to be a community partner in the Greater Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg area and hope this project helps Academy Prep continue its mission of providing students with enriching educational opportunities.”

PPG COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg

The Colorful Communities program is PPG’s signature initiative for community engagement efforts, with the aim to protect and beautify the neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. The program increases PPG’s commitment to invest in communities by adding $10 million to support efforts made during a 10-year period. Together with community partners and PPG employees who volunteer, it supports projects that transform community assets using donated PPG products. In 2015, PPG completed 11 Colorful Communities projects, and it expects to complete more than 30 this year.

Thank you PPG!

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