Home Depot and Lowe's mobilized efforts to help associates and customers impacted by Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm.
The companies are also leveraging nonprofit partners and associate volunteers to help deliver more supplies to families.
For instance, Lowe's said it will deploy its bucket brigade in the coming days. Following the aftermath of a natural disaster, store associates will pass out buckets filled with essential storm relief supplies such as scrub brushes, bleach, work gloves and water to community members. The buckets are usually prepared ahead of time, so they can be deployed immediately after a storm hits.
Home Depot Foundation partner Convoy of Hope pre-positioned trucks full of supplies at a Home Depot store in Birmingham, Alabama. Meanwhile, the Home Depot Foundation plans to work with its national nonprofit partners including Team Rubicon, World Central Kitchen, Convoy of Hope, Operation Blessing and the American Red Cross to provide resources and emergency supplies where they are needed, according to Marlowe.
Teams are staged nearby in both Florida and Georgia, and will move in to help when it has been deemed safe, she added.
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