2017 STANLEY BLACK & DECKER PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT REPORT
1 FOR THOSE WHO MAKE THE WORLD TM 2 We are empowering makers. 14,000 Students and educators provided with STEM education. 1,250 7,300 Vocation students and educators supported. 59 140 Start-up companies supported. 1,000 Students competed to be the best in their trade at WorldSkills. Competitors challenged in the first season of Make 48. Student inventors sponsored. 31 million skill trade positions will be left vacant by 2020. - 2017 Adecco Report Spotlight On: WorldSkills Stanley Black & Decker is a proud partner of WorldSkills International. This organization emphasizes the importance of skills education and training for youth, industries and society by challenging young professionals around the world to become the best in the skill of their choice. Competitions take place around the globe in more than 75 countries in a wide range of skills and trades. Every two years, winners from these competitions gather together. In 2017, more than 1,200 young adults met in Abu Dhabi, and competed to be the very best in 51 skill competitions. The event brought people together from different backgrounds, ethnicities and genders, but with one common thread their skill. Roudha, a Chemical Engineering Student from the United Arab Emirites said before her competition, "I'm competing in refrigeration and air conditioning. Here in the UAE, for ladies, we used to have easy jobs sitting in offices and administration. But I choose to be an engineer, so that I can use my hands doing electrical installations, welding, and drilling. I m competing with 22 countries and they re all males. But females can do all male s jobs too, we only need to have the passion and to love what we are doing.
3 FOR THOSE WHO MAKE THE WORLD TM 4 We make communities stronger. 21,000 Volunteers equipped with tools. 540 600 Children in Mexico provided with homes. 150 150,000,000 Impressions raised during Home is the Key campaign with Habitat for Humanity. 770 Young adults learned to build homes for the less fortunate. Homes built in Canada during the Carter Work Project via Habitat for Humanity. Individuals supported with home repairs or new construction. 81% of Americans believe that housing affordability is a problem. - MacArthur Report Spotlight On: Center for Independent Living Samuel worked in law enforcement in New York City. One day he fell, hitting his knee, but dismissed the pain. After several days he noticed some swelling and went to the emergency room. An x-ray revealed that his knee been fractured and caused an infection. Amputation was the only choice. In 2017, the Center for Independent Living (CIL) showed up at Samuel s home with the permits, plans and tools to build him a ramp. Volunteers worked to give Samuel access to his home again. The CIL provides critical home modifications to create an accessible and safe environment to individuals throughout Florida. He was unable to keep his job with the police department and therefore could no longer afford to live in New York. In 2015, Samuel moved to Florida to live with his mother. At 83-years old, Samuel s mother could not help him in and out of the house. Stanley Black & Decker is honored to provide the tools and materials needed to help Samuel and many other individuals with disabilities throughout the state.
5 6 FOR THOSE WHO MAKE THE WORLD TM We make things right. $800,000 14,000 2,000 Worth of tools donated for Volunteers equipped with Schools rebuilt or repaired. disaster relief. tools. 30,000 4,300 2,000 Beneficiaries assisted. Disaster projects supported Shelter repair kits created including the rebuilding of for Puerto Rico. homes and communities. $306 billion on hurricanes and wildfires made 2017 the most costly U.S. disaster year on record. - Washington Post, January 8, 2018 Spotlight On: Habitat Hammers Back After Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, Habitat for Lower Keys for a rebuilding day, where nearly 900 homes Humanity conducted assessments of storm damage and were destroyed due to Hurricane Irma. helped clean out homes. My whole heart is filled with gratitude and appreciation of In 2017, DEWALT announced an official partnership with this gift. Thank you to DEWALT and Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity and contributed more than $1 Million for these donations. It helps better our lives and lets us in tool donations to support their relief and rebuilding stand back up on our feet. Tony Massih, Homeowner, efforts. In November, DEWALT kicked-off the new partner- Big Pine Key, FL ship at the NASCAR Homestead-Miami Race. The team worked with former No. 20 driver Matt Kenseth to sport a special paint scheme supporting Habitat s disaster relief services. DEWALT employees, along with Matt Kenseth and his Racing team, joined Habitat for Humanity of the
Thank you. In 2017, we donated more than $10 Million - including $2.5 Million worth of tools, storage, equipment and services - to strategic partners, community investments, and commercial initiatives. Our philanthropic impact was focused on empowering makers, building communities, and supporting disaster recovery. We would like to thank all of our employees for their dedication to giving back, and to our strategic partners in helping to accomplish these tremendous results. Together, we re creating a better world.
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