RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) - Veterans Guest House in Reno has been selected as a finalist for Aprons in Action, The Home Depot Foundation's unique Facebook voting program, and now has the opportunity to win a $25,000 gift card from The Home Depot.
Voting begins Feb. 1 and runs through Feb. 23 at
www.facebook.com/homedepotfoundation
The organization with the most votes will win the $25,000 prize and be in the running for the grand prize of $250,000 starting March 1. The runner-up organizations will receive $5,000 in The Home Depot gift cards.
During the Aprons in Action contest, which began in April 2011, 11 monthly winners are being selected. This March, Facebook fans will have the chance to help one of those 11 winners win the $250,000 grand prize. The organization that receives the second and third most votes will receive $150,000 and $100,000 from The Home Depot, respectively.
In the February round of the competition, Veterans Guest House is competing against three other nonprofit organizations from across the country, including Hands on Greater Phoenix, United Methodist Children's Home of the North Georgia Conference, and Volunteers of America Michigan in Southfield, Mich.
Working together, Veterans Guest House and Team Depot associates have already provided and installed doors, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, toilets and a number of appliances for the Veterans Guest House newly remodeled expansion facility.
Voting runs from Feb. 1 at 6:00 a.m. PT through Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. PT.
The final percentages of votes for each nonprofit will be posted on The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation's Facebook pages on Feb. 24 at 6:00 a.m. PT.
For more information and to view the program rules, visit The Home Depot on Facebook or go to
www.homedepotfoundation.org
