Marlo Heights

3 of my team members for the Service Learning Project were able to go out to the Marlo Heights Adopt-a-Creek event and the Pecan Springs meeting this past weekend. Unfortunately, I was unable to go. Definitely take a look at their blogs to see how those events went though. From reading their blogs, I can see that they were able to observe many things about the community. This past week, I was delegated to contact Home Depot and Lowes for obtaining donations for painting the bridge which we have just learned is private property. The Home Depot representative informs me that they used to donate the physical products, but they no longer offer that service. Now, they would only be able to give us coupons for the products (paints and brushes) we desire as long as we have the 501(c)(03), which we do. The coupons are $25 increments which can be picked up at and redeemed at the store by showing the 501(c)(03). The Lowes representative that manages the donations would not be available until Wednesday, so I spoke with other customer service and HR representatives. They inform me that they could not promise anything or answer many of my questions, but they were able to tell me that they would usually need the request at least a month in advance. Lowes would be able to offer physical donations of the paints and brushes if they still have money leftover, which only the Lowes donation representative has the information for. The representatives I did get to speak to predict that we would not be able to get a donation though, since we only have one to two weeks until we would need the products. I'll have to discuss this issue with my team members today, but I predict that we will end up working with Home Depot to obtain the paints and brushes for the project.