Home Depot is Donating $50 Million to Job Training for Veterans and Disadvantaged Youth

Source: Good News Network

In order to curb rising housing prices and labor shortages, Home Depot has just announced that they will be making a huge donation towards an organization that will provide job training for the Americans who need it the most.

The Home Depot Foundation will be spending $50 million on job training for over 20,000 veterans, disadvantaged youth, high schoolers, and U.

S. Army soldiers returning to civilian life.

The money will be given to the Home Builders Institute (HBI), an organization that educates and trains workers for the construction and labor industry.

“It’s important that we support the trades,” said Home Depot CEO Craig Menear, according to USA Today.

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