Mohawk Crashes Four Schools and Completes Makeovers

Calhoun, GA, August 29, 2017-This summer, Mohawk Industries partnered with a Georgia-based credit union to “crash” four schools and give them makeovers in the fourth annual Georgia United Credit Union School Crashers program.

School Crashers offers local schools the opportunity to apply for a facility makeover. In 2017, 330 schools submitted nominations for makeovers.

The goal of the program is to bring communities together to support local schools and their school systems, and that was its appeal to Mohawk, according to Kevin Wildes, vice president of marketing for Mohawk Group, the commercial division of Mohawk Industries.

Wildes describes all four schools that received donations of carpet and adhesive as “part of our community, our neighbors.” Mohawk Group’s durable commercial broadloom carpet in classic education colors was installed in Canby Lane Elementary, Decatur; Fairington Elementary, Lithonia; Eagle Woods Academy, Lithonia; and Pleasant Grove Elementary, Dalton.

School Crashers projects have now wrapped up all renovations, and the facilities are ready to give students a fresh, new start for the school year. Before and after photos of this year’s benefitting schools are available at www.gucu.org/schoolcrashers.

Additional School Crashers partners included The Home Depot Foundation, Chick-fil-A Foundation and Coca-Cola. Other projects done in conjunction with this year’s initiatives included creating new outdoor classrooms, building a therapeutic garden for special needs students, painting interiors and exteriors, making blacktop games, planting new landscaping and painting wall murals.