KB Home : Kicks off Its KB Cares "60 Acts of Kindness" by Beautifying Communities with Paint

May 25, 2017

National builder partners with Sherwin-Williams with companywide participation in National Painting Week

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In celebration of its 60 Anniversary and as part of its ongoing KB Cares initiative, KB Home (NYSE:KBH) recently launched its '60 Acts of Kindness,' a series of service activities that KB Home will carry out across the country. These activities will provide support to the communities where the KB Home team lives, works and builds new homes.

For its first nationwide project, KB Home is teaming up with Sherwin-Williams, its exclusive paint supplier, for the Sherwin-Williams National Painting Week initiative. Across the country, KB Home employees will work shoulder-to-shoulder with the local Sherwin-Williams team members to help revitalize communities with fresh paint and vibrant color.

KB Home will be refreshing spaces coast to coast, including community centers, schools, shelters, and public recreational spaces. Sherwin-Williams is donating the paint and supplies for the projects as well as assisting with logistics.

'Our KB Cares '60 Acts of Kindness' projects celebrate our commitment to our homeowners and the communities we serve,' said Jeffrey Mezger, KB Home's chairman, president, and CEO. 'We are proud to participate in Sherwin-Williams' sixth annual National Painting Week campaign to beautify community spaces. For the past sixteen years, Sherwin-Williams' paint has adorned every new KB home and plays an integral role in our ongoing efforts to build houses in which families can feel at home. With National Painting Week, we will team up once again to bring this shared focus to the broader community.'

'Sherwin-Williams and KB Home have been great partners for almost two decades, sharing similar values such as the importance of giving back to the communities in which we live and work,' said Tom Little, national director of homebuilder sales, Sherwin-Williams. 'We're thrilled to join forces this year and extend our partnership to amplify our efforts even further.'

For more information about National Painting Week, visit swpaintingweek.com or stop by your local Sherwin-Williams store.

About KB Home

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders in the United States and an industry leader in sustainability, building innovative and highly energy- and water-efficient new homes. Founded in 1957 and the first homebuilder listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company has built nearly 600,000 homes for families from coast to coast. Distinguished by its personalized homebuilding approach, KB Home lets each buyer choose their lot location, floor plan, décor choices, design features and other special touches that matter most to them. To learn more about KB Home, call 888-KB-HOMES, visit www.kbhome.com or connect on Facebook.com/KBHome or Twitter.com/KBHome.

Ask Sherwin-Williams™

For more than 150 years, Sherwin-Williams has been an industry leader in the development of technologically advanced paint and coatings. As the nation's largest specialty retailer of paint and painting supplies, Sherwin-Williams is dedicated to supporting both do-it-yourselfers and painting professionals with exceptional and exclusive products, resources to make confident color selections and expert, personalized service at its more than 4,200 neighborhood stores across North America. For more information, visit sherwin-williams.com. Join Sherwin-Williams on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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