Home Depot is inviting online voting by Jackson State University students in its Retool Your School program.
According to Arron Richardson, coordinator of Intramural Programming and Special Events, students now through April 20 can go to www.retoolyourschool.com to have the opportunity to vote for JSU to receive Home Depot grant funds.
The money will be used for sprucing up the campus, including landscaping, painting and gardening.
The program is offered for historically black colleges and universities, with voting defined along three clusters based on the size of the institution.
Jackson State is in the Cluster 1 group of 4,000-plus students. It will have its own hashtag for social media, so that students can alert others to vote for JSU.
Some $255,000 will be awarded across nine HBCUs. This year each of the three clusters will award a:
— Tier I Grant – $50,000
— Campus Pride Grant – $25,000
— Tier II Grant – $10,000
The Campus Pride Grants will go to the school in each cluster with the most online votes and social media activity.
Voting is limited to one vote per personal device.