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Whirlpool Corp. and Indiana University students, faculty and staff help build Habitat home for Bloomington familySep 29, 2022 | Habitat for Humanity , Social and Environmental ImpactWhirlpool Corporation and Habitat for Humanity International are concluding their yearlong House+Home World Tour which helped develop suitable new housing for people in the Americas, Europe and Asia where it all started in 2021 at Indiana University Bloomington....
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Habitat homeowner Misty finds new sense of safety and stability for herself and young son in new home In March 2020, as the COVID pandemic was at its peak, Misty and her 6 year old son were scrambling to find a safe place to shelter in their trailer in Lebanon, Tennessee, as a tornado passed overhead. They found themselves seeking shelter from a tornado again in...
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Whirlpool Corporation to reach 100 percent renewable electricity for U.S. plant operationsSep 19, 2022 | Social and Environmental ImpactWhirlpool Corp. announced that it has entered into a second wind Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) to accelerate progress towards its commitment to reach Net Zero (scopes 1 and 2) emissions in its plants and operations by 2030. This latest agreement with...
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Multiple college students benefiting from ‘Megawatt’ scholarship awards through Whirlpool Corporation and One Energy this fallSep 17, 2022 | Social and Environmental ImpactEach year, Whirlpool Corporation awards scholarships to students entering college in coordination with One Energy at its North American plants that have wind turbines on site. OneEnergy scholarship winners for 2022 stand in Whirlpool Corp's Greenville, Ohio plant...
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Jack and Barbara Nicklaus KitchenAid Senior PGA Champions for Change Scholarship helps underserved students at Lake Michigan College achieve their academic goalsSep 8, 2022 | Social and Environmental ImpactLake Michigan College, not far from Whirlpool Corp.’s global and North American headquarters in Benton Harbor, Michigan, hosts a program called “Start-to-Finish,” providing support to college students. The program is designed to help underserved individuals...
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Overcoming her fears, Christina is a Habitat for Humanity homeowner with new goals Christina thought about being a homeowner for eight years as long as she has been renting but the idea of being her own landlord was too daunting. “I wanted to stop being scared and just do it, but I’d heard good and bad things about owning a home,” she says. “I’m...
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