Home Depot adopts Friendswood school dropout prevention program

Celebrating Home Depot's adoption of Brookside Intermediate's program are (from left) CIS-Bay Area's Diana Cobb, campus coordinator; Peter Wuenschel, executive director; Julia Poritz, campus intern; Janet Summers, program coordinator, and Brookside Princi

Home Depot El Dorado has adopted the Communities In Schools-Bay Area program at Brookside Intermediate School in Friendswood.

Immediately following the adoption commitment, Home Depot provided hoodies for more than 100 students at Brookside, as well as holiday support for Thanksgiving and Christmas meals.

"Home Depot El Dorado is proud to be teaming up with such a great community partner like Communities In Schools-Bay Area and adopting Brookside Intermediate,” said Travis Humphreys, general manager of Home Depot El Dorado 1859, in a press release. “At Home Depot one of our core values is giving back, and we look forward to doing our part to make a positive impact on the children and the community."

CIS-Bay Area's dropout prevention program serves 12 schools in Clear Creek and Dickinson Independent School Districts.

For more information on the dropout prevention program, visit www.cisba.org.