As the world's largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot embraces its role as a leader in social responsibility and celebrates its long-standing commitment to volunteerism. At the end of 2004, The Home Depot will have partnered with KaBOOM!, a non-profit group that ensures that children have access to healthy play opportunities, to build 250 playgrounds in communities throughout the United States and Canada. The Home Depot--KaBOOM! partnership will result in 100 builds this year alone.

Earlier this year The Home Depot and KaBOOM! partnered with the Mount Pleasant Hispanic-American Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to build a brand-new playground at the Center. On December 17, more than 150 Team Depot volunteers will gather at the Youth Co-Op Charter School in Hialeah Gardens, part of the greater Miami area. Until now, the school had been unable to afford a playground. However, after the one day blitz build, the more than 500 students as well as families in the surrounding community will be able to enjoy a safe and fun state-of-the-art playground.