$pruce Up Your Home Contest–Update and Finalists!
A while back, I posted a blog about the $pruce Up Your Home Contest, sponsored by Rohm and Haas and the Arbor Day Foundation, and invited you to enter your home in the contest. The contest was part of a nationwide search to find homes that could benefit from a facelift. A distinguished panel of judges reviewed the 135 entries from across the country and have picked the top 20: five per region. Now it’s your turn! You can go to the site and vote for your favorite! There are some really nice stories along with a picture of each house. Check it out! One Grand Prize winner will receive a package worth about $20,000, including $12,000 cash and an $8,000 home improvement gift check. Eight first place winners will get up to $5000 in cash for an exterior paint job for their home. Each winning family will receive a young spruce tree on behalf of the the Arbor Day Foundation. AND, the Arbor Day Foundation will provide 10,000 trees to the winners community through the foundation’s Trees for America program.
“It’s a great time to freshen up a home with paint and other simple improvements,” says Debbie Zimmer of the Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute. “Paint, along with energy-efficient home improvements, can really turn a house into a home and take some of the pain out of utility bills. By choosing to make small improvements now, homeowners can immediately boost curb appeal and increase the value of their home.”
About Rohm and Haas Company
Leading the way since 1909, Rohm and Haas is a global pioneer in the creation and development of innovative technologies and solutions for the specialty materials industry. The company’s technologies are found in a wide range of industries and their water-based acrylic technology is responsible for taking 20 million tons of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) out of the air since 1953–the equivalent of six pounds of fewer pollutants in the air for every man, woman, and child alive in the world as of August 1, 2008. Visit www.rohmhaas.com for more information. You can also visit their Paint Quality Institute at www.paintquality.com for the latest tips and trends in interior and exterior paints.
About Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit, conservation and education organization of nearly one million members, with a mission to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. More information on the Foundation and its programs can be found at www.arborday.org
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