VermontBiz Dismas of Vermont, founded in Burlington in 1986, has proudly been selected as part of the 2024 Lowe’s Hometowns program, a five-year, $100 million commitment to rebuild and revitalize community spaces nationwide. Since launching in 2022, the signature grant program has renovated 149 community centers, affordable housing facilities, shelters and food pantries; refurbished 15 first responder and veteran/military family facilities; and built and improved 54 community gardens, parks and playgrounds – among many other projects.
As one of 100 community projects in 2024 that make up this year’s grant recipients, the Lowe’s Hometowns grant will benefit the Buell Street Dismas House in Burlington and the East Allen Dismas House in Winooski to repaint and repair walls, replace appliances, install window treatments, and make purchases to beautify and improve the functionality of the two congregate homes for people returning to community after incarceration. Maintaining a home, especially older ones with as much use as Buell Street and East Allen, is always challenging. This award will ensure residents have a safe, comfortable place to live and our employees and volunteers have a well-running location to deliver programming that reduce barriers to post-incarceration success.
This year’s Lowe’s Hometowns projects benefit 87 communities across 44 states and Washington, D.C., and will address needs specific to each community, from housing and community centers to outdoor spaces and facilities for first responders and veterans. Each project will receive a grant from Lowe’s to make physical improvements that help local organizations continue to make meaningful impact in their communities. At the core of this commitment are Lowe’s red vest associates, who share a passion for giving back to their communities and provide support to every Lowe’s Hometowns project.
Visit Lowes.com/hometowns and follow #LowesHometowns on social media for more details on this year’s projects.
Dismas of Vermont has been serving former inmates and Vermont communities since 1986. Dismas currently maintains five houses in Burlington, Hartford, Rutland and Winooski, to include one house dedicated to women. Dismas of Vermont’s mission is to reconcile former prisoners with society, and society with former prisoners. Dismas supports this mission by continuing to learn, to grow, to change and to become the best we can be as individuals and as communities. Across the state, Dismas of Vermont houses provide shelter and support to people making the difficult transition from incarceration to new lives.
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