$1.1 Million Given Back to Over 260 Community Organizations Across Canada Through the Lowe's Canada Heroes Campaign

BOUCHERVILLE, QC, Oct. 17, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Lowe's Canada, a leading home improvement company operating or servicing over 630 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, is proud to announce that its national Lowe's Canada Heroes campaign has raised $1.1 million. Throughout September, every Lowe's, RONA, and Reno-Depot corporate store in the country collected donations to help local non-profit organizations or public schools of their choosing fulfill their missions or carry out specific projects. Lowe's Canada matched 50 percent of all funds raised through the in-store campaign, up to a maximum of $2,000 per store. All funds raised in-store, along with matching corporate donations, are being donated to more than 260 community organizations.

"We are grateful that our employees and customers across the country came together again this year to help people love where they live," said Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux, Senior Vice-President, Communications, Public Affairs and Compliance at Lowe's Canada. "With all our corporate stores participating for the first time, our Heroes Campaign extended its support to even more community organizations and projects that our employees feel strongly about. Many thanks to everyone who made this year's campaign an even bigger success."

For more information about the Lowe's Canada Heroes campaign and the list of organizations supported, please visit rona.ca/heroes, renodepot.com/heroes, and lowes.ca/heroes.

About Lowe's Canada
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE^® 50 home improvement company serving more than 18 million customers a week in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With fiscal year 2017 sales of $68.6 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service more than 2,390 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 310,000 people. Based in Boucherville, Quebec, Lowe's Canadian business, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, RONA inc., operates or services more than 630 corporate and independent affiliate dealer stores in a number of complementary formats under different banners. These include Lowe's, RONA, Réno-Dépôt, Dick's Lumber, Contractor First and Ace. In Canada, the companies have more than 28,000 employees, in addition to nearly 5,000 employees in the stores of RONA's independent affiliate dealers. For more information, visit Lowes.ca.

SOURCE Lowe's Canada

Valérie Gonzalo, Media Relations, Lowe's Canada, Tel. [phone], [email protected]

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